We’re very pleased to announce that Lauren Rich Fine has joined our company’s executive team as our Research Director, a new position for ContentNext. Building upon our existing report business,…

Read more »

Analyst reports are abuzz with all kinds of speculation and data points about Google (NSDQ: GOOG) this week, ahead of its Q308 earnings announcement this Thursday. Among them, Barclays Capital’s…

Read more »

Web analytics provider Omniture says it is buying parts of site search and optimization firm Mercado’s intellectual property and business assets for approximately $6.5 million. The price includes cash and…

Read more »

Andy Lack is back, after leaving *Sony* BMG earlier this year under troubled circumstances for the company. He is resurfacing at Bloomberg, and is being appointed as the CEO of…

Read more »

With over $2 billion in debt, the merged satellite radio company *Sirius XM* already had plenty of challenges before the credit markets tightened up these past few weeks. But CEO…

Read more »

The big question following the last few weeks following the enormous swings of the financial markets is this: how bad is it going to be? Michael Burgi, editor-in-chief of Mediaweek…

Read more »

Despite an amazing day in the stock market on Monday, it’s still safe to assume we are on the precipice of an economic slowdown. Ad forecasts are getting slashed, including…

Read more »

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) are in talks with the Justice Department over their proposed ad deal, in an effort to head off an antitrust challenge, reports WSJ,…

Read more »

Digital entertainment company Deca has invested in Smosh, taking an undisclosed stake in the teen-centric online video brand. The Santa Monica-based content development, marketing and sales studio will handle everything,…

Read more »

On the eve of the Frankfurt Book Fair, which opens Tuesday, the organizers have released the results of a mega-survey on digital issues in publishing. More than 1,000 industry professionals…

Read more »

The Sports Business Journal is out with their list of the 20 most influential figures in digital sports media: #1, John Kosner, SVP/GM, digital media, ESPN: “Content chief John Skipper…

Read more »

Intellectual property just got a potentially powerful voice – an effective copyright czar who will hold a cabinet position at the White House. The Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual…

Read more »

Web-based self-publishing service Blurb has raised around $5 million in third-round funding, according to peHUB. Previous investors Canaan Partners and Anthem Venture Partners participated in the round. Since its launch…

Read more »

Online video site Joost is finally, officially easier to use. The Flash-based, download-free version for browsers can be accessed now but the full-featured version is supposed to launch at midnight.…

Read more »

Friday’s shock selloff by Sumner Redstone had Viacom’s (NYSE: VIA) stock reeling, but company CEO Philippe Dauman remained confident about the outlook for his company, he said at the Mipcom…

Read more »

Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) are taking their game console war to the next level—launching dueling virtual environments in the next few weeks. Microsoft is rolling out the…

Read more »

Macrovision (NSDQ: MVSN) has finally found a buyer for TV Guide magazine, and it not one of the usual suspects: it has divested the magazine only (NOT online) to LA-based…

Read more »

While the search ad pact between Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has been placed on hold until the Department of Justice determines whether to block it or not,…

Read more »

With Time Inc.’s print ad revenues trending downward and digital growth likely to miss the company’s expected 53 percent gains, chairman and CEO Ann Moore is working on a two-year…

Read more »

NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) is looking at launching a standalone site for Saturday Night Live, high on its success with SNL clips on Hulu and NBC.com in this election season,…

Read more »

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has told paidContent.co.uk it intends to appeal two seperate copyright cases it lost in Hamburg, Germany today over its unauthorised indexing of an artist’s work and a…

Read more »

Financial Times CEO John Ridding hopes to build on the gains of the downturn, as its print newsstand sales rose 30 percent in U.S. in September, and about 20 percent…

Read more »

Ok, so who knows if it will last but the greenscape on our ContentNextDex is a lovely sight this morning after the week from hell. Fewer then 15 stocks in…

Read more »

Three months into completely owning Newsday, Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) has come out with some more numbers about the newspaper’s financial situation last year and first half of this year, in…

Read more »

NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) is widening the purview of its local TV stations’ sites, even as it tries to downplay the sites’ identities as broadcast extensions. The sites, which are…

Read more »