Biz & Fin

Earnings: Jupitermedia Misses on Revenues; Losses Increase - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 09 May 2008 11:14 AM PST

Jupitermedia (NSDQ: JUPM), the images and online media company, has reported its Q108 earnings, and revenues for the quarter were down slightly, to $34.5 million, compared to revenues of $34.8…

@ Needham Digital Media Con: Tom Clarke: TheStreet.com To Rebrand Itself?; Going Hard After Bankrate - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 08 May 2008 03:28 PM PST

At the Needham Internet and Digital Media Conference, Thomas Clarke, CEO of TheStreet.com (NSDQ: TSCM), gave an almost identical presentation to one he gave at a Jefferies conference earlier this…

@ Needham Digital Media Con: Spanfeller: Economy Isn’t Only Factor In Slower Growth; Forbes.com IPO? - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 08 May 2008 11:11 AM PST

Brand advertising growth has slowed down online, but the weakening economy is just one factor, according to Jim Spanfeller, CEO of Forbes.com. During a keynote interview with senior analyst Mark…

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Earnings: TechTarget’s Q1:Small Losses; Revenues Up 30 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 07 May 2008 11:54 AM PST

TechTarget (NSDQ: TTGT), the B2B tech media company, has reported its Q108 earnings numbers, and total revenues increased by 30 percent to $23.9 million, compared to $18.3 million for the…

LinkedIn Close To Its ‘Nuclear Winter’ Round? - 2 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 06 May 2008 07:59 PM PST

This has been in the works for a while and now drum beats suggest it’s close at hand. LinkedIn, the big business networking site, is close to or has raised…

ABM Conference: How Do You Change Nielsen? - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 05 May 2008 10:14 AM PST

At American Business Media’s annual Spring conference at La Quinta, CA, the opening keynote this morning going on right now is by David Calhoun, Chairman/ CEO of The Nielsen Company.…

IDG’s Transformation: Biting The Bullet on Print - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 04 May 2008 08:34 PM PST

IDG, the privately-held B2B trade media biggie which has usually kept quiet about its numbers till now, has opened up a bit in this longish NYT story. The company has…

Ziff Davis Comes To Agreement on Its Ch 11 Bankruptcy Proceedings - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 29 Apr 2008 02:07 PM PST

Ziff Davis, the embattled business media firm, has finished up its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. The legalese: “it has reached an agreement with an ad hoc group of holders of…

AV Launches Another Rollup Fund: $50 Million For Corp. Social Networking, With Dachis - 3 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 28 Apr 2008 12:56 AM PST

Austin Ventures, the VC and private equity firm, has launched its eighth mini-rollup fund in the last five years, and this is an intriguing one: it is putting $50 million…

Filings Watch: Pearson Bought Money-Media For $64M; Amazon.com’s Withoutabox Purchase: $19M? - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 27 Apr 2008 10:58 AM PST

Some filings deep-dive this weekend: -- Pearson: According to its annual report, filed with SEC on Friday, Pearson (NYSE: PSO), the parent Financial Times and FT.com, acquired Money-Media, an online…

Reed Business Sale: Apax Sitting Out For Now; Parts To Be Broken Up; U.S. To Be Sold Separately - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 24 Apr 2008 03:05 PM PST

So some reality check coming into the sale process of Reed Business Information, the business publishing arm of Reed Elsevier (NYSE: RUK) . We have learned that Apax, initially thought…

Thomson Reuters Day One: TRI.L Starts To Sing In London - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 17 Apr 2008 12:43 AM PST

Nobody told *Google* Finance (it still doesn’t have the updated stock ticker), but Thomson Reuters‘ new TRIL.L listing started trading on the London Stock Exchange at 8am GMT, after their…

Updated: Thomson Reuters Day One: Combined Company, New Logo - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 16 Apr 2008 05:47 PM PST

The biggest business media company in the world is being born today (April 17th, which it is in Asia now), as Thomson Reuters. The new company, with headquarters in New…

Ziff Davis’ Ch 11 Update: Revenue Projections And Liquidation Analysis; Print To Be Sold or Closed? - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 15 Apr 2008 08:03 PM PST

Ziff Davis‘ Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing hearing continues, and the first amended document with all the details of the reorg and the plans has been filed (embedded below). It has…

Penton Restructures; Company-Wide Hiring, Salary Freezes; New Online Division - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 14 Apr 2008 02:24 PM PST

Penton Media, the trade media company now owned by MidOcean Partners, Wasserstein & Co. and others, has done a major restructuring: firstly, it is forming an unnamed digital media division,…

Nielsen Business Media Lays Off Between 40-50; Mainly Editorial - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 09 Apr 2008 09:25 PM PST

The trouble in traditional B2B media land continues, as Nielsen Business Media is laying off between 40-50 staffers, FBNY reports. The layoffs were scattered across editorial departments of Adweek, Brandweek,…

TheStreet.com Expands Content Partnership With AOL; Better Play But Still No Pay - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 07 Apr 2008 09:01 PM PST

TheStreet.com and AOL (NYSE: TWX) are expanding their relationship with a three-year deal that includes the company’s homegrown personal finance site MainStreet.com and BankingMyWay, the Bankrate (NSDQ: RATE) competitor that…

CNBC: Ad Revs Up 17 Percent In ‘07, 15,000 Webcast Subscribers - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 01 Apr 2008 05:36 AM PST

Yep, CNBC still dominates the cable news game, even if it let upstart rival Fox Business News have MLK day—when foreign markets imploded—all to itself. In fact, as Fortune’s Jessi…

Ziff Davis’ Ch 11 Bankruptcy Hearing: The Headwinds With Unsecured Bondholders - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 30 Mar 2008 11:38 AM PST

Ziff Davis, which is in the middle of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy re-org, has hit some headwinds from some of its unsecured noteholders...of course that’s what led to the bankruptcy…

10-K Watch: Business.com Founder Holds $9M Worth Shares in RHD - 3 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 16 Mar 2008 08:47 PM PST

Late last month, R.H. Donnelly surprised everyone by announcing the sudden departure of Business.com CEO Jake Winebaum....the company had bought Business.com in July last year and quickly made Winebaum the…

Updated: Bear Stearns Media Con: NYTCo CEO Presents Case For Keeping Activists Off Board - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 11 Mar 2008 06:51 AM PST

Update: The powerpoint from the presentation is embedded in the extended entry… Had some audio problems in the beginning but tuned in for the heart of the New York Times…

PE Firm Permira May Bid For Reed Business; Drumming Up Interest? - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 07 Mar 2008 10:09 AM PST

Permira, the UK-based private equity firm, has emerged as a potential suitor for Reed Business Information, reports Times UK, citing sources. PE firm have been thought to be the top…

Trade Media Firm Tippit Gets $12 Million Third Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 06 Mar 2008 08:58 PM PST

SF-based Tippit, an online trade media firm, has raised a $12.17 million third round led by Granite Global Ventures, reports PE Hub. Also participating were return backers Lightspeed Venture Partners…

More on The Real ZD: ZDE Says We Are Not ZD - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 06 Mar 2008 06:18 PM PST

More in the ongoing Ziff Davis bankruptcy saga...as we mentioned before, the confusion over three companies having Ziff Davis (or at least ZD) as part of their branding doesn’t help.…

Will The Real ZD Please Stand Up? - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 06 Mar 2008 10:37 AM PST

Alan Meckler, never one to mince his words, had an interesting observation on Ziff Davis’ Chapter 11 filing yesterday: “Presently there are three ZD-like entities in the arena: Ziff Davis…