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@ CBS Radio Presentation: New Play.It Media Player Offers Personalization, Contextual Ads - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 05 May 2008 02:35 PM PST

After a brief introduction from Les Moonves, CBS Corp.’s (NYSE: CBS) president and CEO, CBS Radio executives took the stage attempting to convince advertisers that radio is not dead. Dan…

@ EconSM: Advertisers’ Love/Hate Relationship With Social Media - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 29 Apr 2008 03:45 PM PST

Advertisers and media companies have a strange disconnect when it comes to social media. On one hand, they’re heartily embrace the ability to directly engage with consumers. And on the…

CBS, NBCU To Submit Bids For Weather Channel By Mid-May - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 29 Apr 2008 09:23 AM PST

As expected, NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) and CBS Corp (NYSE: CBS). are going to submit their bids to acquire cable network Weather Channel and its Weather.com site by mid-May, Reuters…

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Earnings: CBS Q1 Revs Flat; Net Income Up 14 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 29 Apr 2008 05:49 AM PST

CBS (NYSE: CBS) reported Q1 revenue of $3.65 billion, basically flat from the year-ago quarter, though this partly had to do with having had the Super Bowl last year. Net…

Studio JV: Former Showtime Exec Could Head Planned Premium Pay Service For Viacom-MGM-Lionsgate - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 22 Apr 2008 02:02 PM PST

This is beginning to sound like a plot for a premium channel series about rivalry in the entertainment biz ... Showtime vet Mark Greenberg could wind up running the studio…

Industry Moves: Last.fm Taps Ex-Xbox Brand Manager For First Marketing VP - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 22 Apr 2008 07:43 AM PST

CBS (NYSE: CBS) has named former Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Xbox brand manager Orlena Yeung as Last.fm’s first marketing VP - a post we reported the company would create last week.…

Studio JV: Interview: Philippe Dauman, CEO, Viacom: ‘Distribution Both Linear And Online’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 20 Apr 2008 04:00 PM PST

One sign that a company is ultra serious about a new venture: when the CEO of a major media company does press calls on a Sunday afternoon. Viacom (NYSE: VIA)…

Gossip Girl Streams Pulled Off CW’s Site Due To, Well, Popularity; Cannibalization Fears - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 17 Apr 2008 11:01 PM PST

This could go down as the most bone-headed move from a TV network in 2008, or completely inconsequential: The CW network is pulling off its website the one show that…

CBS Interactive’s Quincy Smith On Re-Org: ‘More CBS Corp. Firepower Focused On Interactive’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 17 Apr 2008 05:39 PM PST

Quincy Smith, president of CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS), took the time this afternoon to explain today’s restructuring and to talk abut what’s ahead. Some excerpts: Corporate firepower & acquisitions: As…

CBS Interactive Reorganizes Under Pressure To Show Results - 5 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 17 Apr 2008 09:19 AM PST

Under pressure to deliver on all that promise and investment, Quincy Smith is adding layers and shuffling responsibilities in a reorganization of CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS). At the same time…

CBS Launches Citizen Journalism Site For Mobile - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 15 Apr 2008 08:26 AM PST

CBS (NYSE: CBS) News has quietly launched a citizen journalism site, where users can upload photos and videos directly from their mobile phone, for everyone to see. Last week the…

CBS Interactive Opening Menlo Park Office; Big Acquisition Needed? - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 13 Apr 2008 09:36 PM PST

CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS), the digital media arm of CBS, is finally opening up a fully staffed office in Menlo Park, CA, in an apparent attempt stir innovation and content…

Making (Lots Of) Money From Online Video Will Be Top Of Mind At NAB - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Sun 13 Apr 2008 07:38 PM PST

Expect a lot of talk this week at the National Association of Broadcasters’ Las Vegas conference about the same thing constantly on broadcasters’ minds: how to make money online. Whether…

March Madness On Demand Stats: 4.7 Million Unique Video Player Users; 4.9 Million Hours Served - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 13 Apr 2008 06:46 PM PST

The final stats are in for CBSSports.com’s most-open March Madness on Demand ... it’s hard to do perfect comps to previous years given the way the offering has evolved to…

Filings Watch: Exec Salaries: Moonves’ 28 Percent Raise; Martha Stewart’s $2.06 Million; Akamai - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 13 Apr 2008 03:26 PM PST

From the filings and stories, executive salary watch for some media companies: -- MSLO: Martha Stewart, founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (NYSE: MSO), received $2.06 million in compensation for…

Industry Moves: CBS Hires Bennett For Brand Integration; NBCU Hires Bass For Strategic Initiatives - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 10 Apr 2008 07:49 PM PST

CBS (NYSE: CBS) Television Distribution has brought in branding vet Greg Bennett to create an in-house ad unit to work with advertisers on creating product placement opportunities for TV and…

Last.fm’s Free Music ‘Boosts Sales’; Unlimited Services ‘To Kick In By 2012’ - 3 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 09 Apr 2008 09:21 AM PST

Last.fm claims its 12-week-old free, full-track music streams have resulted in 119 percent more CD and download sales through its Amazon.com (NSDQ: AMZN) click-through partnership. Some of that is attributable…

Update: CBS And CNN In Talks—Again—To Combine News Operations: Report; CBS Denies - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 07 Apr 2008 05:29 PM PST

See update below A perennial favorite resurfaces… NYT is reporting that CBS and CNN are in talks to combine their news operations, though the nature of the agreement or the…

Broadband Content Bits: NBCU; Yahoo; Adobe-Viacom; Paramount-VooZoo - 1 Comment
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Fri 04 Apr 2008 04:40 PM PST

-- *NBCU* to offer original webisodes of its primetime shows: NBC Digital Entertainment will release original web content based on its existing primetime shows this July, Variety reports.. The webisodes,…

CBS Cuts At Local Stations And National News; Includes Online - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 01 Apr 2008 11:32 AM PST

CBS (NYSE: CBS), reeling from disappointing earnings in the last quarter, has done some layoffs, at the corporate level, and separate from that, at some local O&O stations. On the…

CBS Radio Getting Closer To Last.fm; Partnership For Streaming - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 01 Apr 2008 08:16 AM PST

CBS (NYSE: CBS) Radio is to begin adding its streams to Last.fm, in the first real integration of the social music site with its new owner since the $280 million…

London Mixer Multimedia Report: Q&A With Martin Stiksel, Last.fm Co-Founder - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 28 Mar 2008 08:19 AM PST

Ten months after CBS (NYSE: CBS) bought social music engine Last.fm for $280 million, how is the east London-based site fitting in to a US media megacorp? “We are getting…

Updated MMOD By The Numbers: 3.3 Million Unique Users In First Four Days - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 26 Mar 2008 08:55 PM PST

It took a little longer than expected but here are some updated March Madness on Demand stats for the first four days from CBSSports.com: Total hours of live streaming video…

Industry Moves: Roeding Leaves CBS Mobile; Sellinger Promoted To EVP & GM - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 24 Mar 2008 07:56 AM PST

A change-up at CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS) ... Cyriac Roeding “has decided to leave his post heading the division to pursue various entrepreneurial endeavors.” Roeding joined what was then CBS…

MMOD By The Numbers: First Round Viewing Exceeds All Of 2007 - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 23 Mar 2008 10:30 PM PST

Some stats from the first two rounds of the most accessible March Madness on Demand offered by CBS (NYSE: CBS) and the NCAA: -- Hours streamed during Round 1: 2,883,604…