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Magna Predicts Healthy, But Slowing Gains For Online Video, Social Media; Search Continues To Rule - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 08 Jul 2008 10:32 AM PST

While fellow Magna ad spend forecaster Bob Coen has taken a slightly more pessimistic view of online ad revenue growth for this year, the IPG media firm has separately issued…

Yang Accuses Microsoft Of ‘Destabilizing’ Yahoo Intentionally; Calls Refusal To Negotiate Baffling - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 08 Jul 2008 10:34 PM PST

As the Aug.1 Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) annual meeting approaches, Jerry Yang tries the personal, public approach to counter the latest from Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and Carl Icahn. The gist: stop…

AFTRA Accepts Hollywood Labor Deal - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 08 Jul 2008 08:49 PM PST

AFTRA, the smaller of Hollywood’s two performers unions, has ratified its earlier three year deal with the producers..the labor pact with major studios covering 70,000 members won final approval despite…

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Google Tries To Go Lively With Its Own Virtual World Effort - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 08 Jul 2008 08:37 PM PST

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is getting into another me-too service, and about a year or so after the Second Life bubble burst: it has launched Lively, its virtual world/avatar service, with…

More Tribune Cost Cutting: Trib Eliminates 80 Newsroom Jobs; Baltimore Sun Cuts Biz Section - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 08 Jul 2008 03:13 PM PST

More aggressive cost cutting at Tribune, which is doing everything in its power to avoid default… The flagship paper Chicago Tribune announced today that it will eliminate 80 newsroom positions…

Formerly Apex, Now Formerly AMP: Yahoo Ad Program Needs Another Name - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 08 Jul 2008 01:35 PM PST

Yahoo’s (NSDQ: YHOO) long-tested contextual ad and targeting service—initially dubbed Apex, then AMP last April—needs another name. ClickZ reported that because ad network operator Collective Media unveiled its own AMP…

Update: So It Begins: Walt Mossberg Jumps To Fox Business From CNBC - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 08 Jul 2008 01:25 PM PST

Rupert Murdoch’s WSJ remains locked in a deal with CNBC which prevents its reporters from going exclusive to News Corp (NYSE: NWS). cousin Fox Business News. But evidently they’ve found…

Industry Moves: NBCU; Baseline StudioSystems; Hearst-Argyle; MySpace; Travel Ad Network - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Tue 08 Jul 2008 01:25 PM PST

-- NBCU: Veteran program exec Jamila Hunter has been hired to the new position of SVP-programming and development for NBC Entertainment’s alternative and digital unit. Hunter will now be responsible…

Elite Social Networker Spire Gets $9 Million First Round From Hearst, Others - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 08 Jul 2008 01:19 PM PST

Because the elite can’t be seen networking with the rest of us… Spire.com, a social networking site for folks whose net worth is $250k or more, has raised a rich-looking,…

Xiaonei Rips Another Page From The Facebook: Opens Platform, Launches Developer Fund - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 08 Jul 2008 01:11 PM PST

Chinese social networking site Xiaonei already has a reputation for basically being a Facebook knock-off. Now it’s copying Facebook’s strategy too. The company, owned by Oak Pacific Interactive, has announced…

Vertical Search Engine IndustryNet Bought by Manufacturers’ News - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 08 Jul 2008 10:28 AM PST

Manufacturers’ News (MNI), a publisher of manufacturers’ directories, has acquired vertical search engine IndustryNet.com and will be merging it with its existing industrial search engine, mniguide.com. MNI, established 1912, compiles…

JS-KIT Acquires Blog Comment System Haloscan - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 08 Jul 2008 10:25 AM PST

JS-KIT, a provider of widgets and services for blogs, has acquired Haloscan, the old commenting platform, often seen on blogspot-hosted blogs, according to CenterNetworks and other reports. Deal terms are…

Earnings: BBC.com Ads Help BBCWW Soar; Big YouTube And iTunes Income - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 08 Jul 2008 09:08 AM PST

Digital revenue at the BBC’s overseas, profit-making BBC Worldwide division ballooned from £13.9 million ($27.4 million) to £21.9 million ($43.2 million) in the year to March 31, thanks to ads…

Save The Date: EconMusic Seminar: September 23, Natural History Museum - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 08 Jul 2008 08:28 AM PST

Just another reminder that, on the afternoon of Tuesday, September 23, we will be throwing EconMusic, a half-day conference in London discussing the emerging economics of the digital music business.…

Hearst To Serve Up Food Site With MSN This Fall - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 08 Jul 2008 08:13 AM PST

Following through on an internet strategy that has rested heavily on working with MSN for the past two years, Hearst Magazines is working with the Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) portal on…

Magna’s Coen Revises Online Ad Spend Forecast Downward; Sees 12 Percent Gain In ‘08 - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 08 Jul 2008 07:35 AM PST

Magna’s Bob Coen has revised his forecast for online ad spending downward—he now sees 12 percent growth for online advertising this year, where back in December, he predicted a 16.5…

Conde Nast Pulls The Plug On Golf For Women - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 08 Jul 2008 07:16 AM PST

Conde Nast will shutter Golf For Women magazine with the July/August issue after 10 years. In its announcement, Conde Nast simply says that the bimonthly mag didn’t fit its “business…

The Active Network Acquires Hy-Tek Sports Software - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 08 Jul 2008 07:16 AM PST

The Active Network, the heavily capitalized sports technology and media company, has acquired HY-TEK Sports Software, a provider of services and tools for swimming and track & field clubs. Terms…

Alerts.com Raises $1.2 Million First Round For, Well, Alerts - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 08 Jul 2008 07:16 AM PST

Alerts.com, a Seattle-based info alerts service, has raised a $1.2 million first round led by Monster Venture Partners, reports SeattlePI. The basic idea: a single site to consolidate all of…

Gannett Confirms ShopLocal Buy; Total Company Valued At $52.5 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 08 Jul 2008 06:31 AM PST

As first reported last week, Gannett (NYSE: GCI) confirmed that it has bought out the rest of local sales info site ShopLocal, currently owned by McClatchy (NYSE: MNI) and Tribune.…

Industry Moves: Bebo Takes Dailymotion MD Burns To Lead European Ops - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 08 Jul 2008 12:35 AM PST

Just four months after she joined video sharer Dailymotion as its first UK MD, Kate Burns is joining Bebo on August 4 in a new position as European VP and…

EconCeleb Conference: More Speakers Added; Details on Schedule - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Mon 07 Jul 2008 10:26 PM PST

We have added some more “stars” to our speaker lineup for the EconCeleb conference on July 23th here in Hollywood. The conference, as the name suggests, is about the Economics…

Topspin Media Gets Second Round For Online Music Marketing - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 07 Jul 2008 07:54 PM PST

Topspin Media, a music marketing firm helmed by ex-Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Ian Rogers, has raised a second round of funding led by Foundry Group. In April Last September, the company…

It’s Official: Former WSJ Managing Editor Marcus Brauchli Will Be Next WaPo Executive Editor - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 07 Jul 2008 01:29 PM PST

Enough trial balloons were floated for this not to be a surprise and yet the reality still has some bite: Marcus Brauchli, who left his post at managing editor of…

Analyst Whacks Entertainment Industry: Major Cannibalization Set To Begin… Now - 4 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 07 Jul 2008 12:56 PM PST

Here’s a bracing tonic to cure that post-holiday hangover: Lehman analyst Anthony DiClemente kicked off the fresh week with a big, across-the-board downgrade of the entertainment industry. His message: digital…