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Industry Moves: Babelgum; Buzztime; Getty Images; Sorpresa; Coutts - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Wed 16 Jul 2008 11:20 AM PST

-- Babelgum: Babelgum has just opened its first U.S. offices and hired Ethan Podell as president, Babelgum U.S. and Michael Rosen as EVP and chief revenue officer. Podell will report…

Last.fm’s Indie Talks Stall, Labels Protest ‘Illegal’ Use Of Repertoire - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 09 Jul 2008 12:45 PM PST

Independent labels are taking legal advice over what they say is illegal use of their repertoire by CBS’ (NYSE: CBS) Last.fm, after efforts to strike a royalty accord stalled, paidContent.org…

Analyst Whacks Entertainment Industry: Major Cannibalization Set To Begin… Now - 5 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…

Interview: Leslie Moonves, CEO, CBS: Choice Between CNET, Weather Channel Wasn’t ‘That Blatant’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 30 Jun 2008 12:26 PM PST

While others deal with the integration of CNET (NSDQ: CNET) Networks into CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS), CBS CEO Leslie Moonves has to keep selling the strategy and the acquisition to…

Interview: CEO Quincy Smith, President Neil Ashe, CBS Interactive; Filling In Gaps, Cross Promotion - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 30 Jun 2008 10:38 AM PST

Now that the merger is complete, it’s time for CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS) to get onto the business of “changing the world,” in the words of newly named division President…

Updated: CBS’s New New Interactive Unit: Quincy As CEO; Ashe As President; More Changes - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 30 Jun 2008 09:34 AM PST

CBS (NYSE: CBS) has announced a reorg of its interactive unit, after completing the big acquisition deal of CNET: the newly expanded and integrated CBS Interactive division will have Quincy…

CNET’s New ‘Pipeless’ Logo - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 23 Jun 2008 05:38 PM PST

CNET (NSDQ: CNET), in the process of being bought by CBS (NYSE: CBS), has launched a new logo for the company, without its vertical pipe, and has also redesigned its…

As Viacom Falls, Analysts Question Company’s Entire Premise, Rethink The Split - 2 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 23 Jun 2008 12:18 PM PST

The deep slide of Viacom (NYSE: VIA) stock says a lot about how fast Wall St. can turn on a company. Last week, we wrote about Rich Greenfield’s analysis, calling…

Last Days Of CNET: CBS Successfully Completes First Tender Offer - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 23 Jun 2008 06:23 AM PST

No surprise: CNET (NSDQ: CNET) shareholders are tendering their shares over to CBS (NYSE: CBS). Approximately 78 percent of CNET shares have been tendered, CBS said in a statement this…

Jana Confirms It’s Done With CNET Fight - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 19 Jun 2008 05:16 AM PST

Not that it was in doubt, but Jana is done with its CNET (NSDQ: CNET) proxy fight. The company said in a filing that in light of the CBS (NYSE:…

Should Viacom Go Private And Escape The Wall St. Beauty Pageant? - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 18 Jun 2008 01:32 PM PST

In 2007, Viacom (NYSE: VIA) was just about the only big media firm not to see a decline in its shares. Since then the stock has joined its peers, falling…

CBS Reforms Celebrity Culture Site Dotspotter As TheInsider - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 17 Jun 2008 01:53 PM PST

CBS (NYSE: CBS) has unveiled a “sneak peak” of its challenge to celebrity blogs like TMZ.com and PerezHilton: TheInsider.com. The site, which is tied to CBS TV Distribution’s syndicated TV…

CNET Acquires Chinese Site 55bbs.com - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 17 Jun 2008 10:02 AM PST

CNET (NSDQ: CNET) Networks, in the process of being bought by CBS Corp (NYSE: CBS). is buying Beijing-based 55BBS, a lifestyle and shopping website, for an undisclosed sum. This comes…

EconAds Video: CBS’ Jo Ann Ross On Upfronts And CNET Acquisition - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Mon 16 Jun 2008 08:05 PM PST

During this Q&A ad EconAds a few weeks ago, our founder, publisher and editor Rafat Ali interviewed Jo Ann Ross, president of network sales, CBS (NYSE: CBS) about the state…

ABC Considers Major Online Newscast Overhaul; CBS Looks To CNET, Celebs For Boost - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 10 Jun 2008 09:27 PM PST

When it comes to all the tropes the broadcast networks continue to cling to, the national evening news shows are arguably the most in need of drastic change. As the…

CBS Gets Anti-Trust Clearance on CNET Deal - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 10 Jun 2008 11:05 AM PST

Not that this was going to be an issue, but the CBS’ (NYSE: CBS) buyout of CNET (NSDQ: CNET) Networks is moving along, and more significantly, no other bidders have…

Broadband Content Bits: ESPN360.com; Network Sites’ Visits; UK, Canada iTunes; MySpace; Hulu - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Mon 09 Jun 2008 09:55 AM PST

-- ESPN (NYSE: DIS) reports audience growth across online and TV viewership: ESPN’s NBA coverage has grown across the company’s online and TV platforms. Its broadband network ESPN360.com provided live…

Jim Cramer: Too Many Me-Toos Trying To Build Next Guitar Hero; Think Cleveland Valley, Not SV - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 09 Jun 2008 06:33 AM PST

It wasn’t quite Mad Money on the roof of the Soho House, where Jim Cramer talked economics with a gaggle of press and internet folk this morning. But perhaps that…

Lunch With Yahoo: We Have Plans; Decker: Narrowing Search Rev Gap—With A Little Help From Google - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 04 Jun 2008 07:10 PM PST

Combining the aspects of a press conference with speed dating, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) president Sue Decker, along with Mike Walrath, SVP, Yahoo Advertiser Marketplace Group, and Todd Teresi SVP, Yahoo…

CBS Expands Audience Network Reach With Yahoo Deal—Now People Have To Watch - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 04 Jun 2008 01:12 PM PST

With the addition of Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) to the *CBS* Audience Networks confirmed today, CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS) can claim 92 percent unduplicated reach in the U.S.—meaning the number of…

@ EconAds: Jo Ann Ross, President, Network Sales, CBS: Upfronts Not Changing Substantively - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 03 Jun 2008 10:58 AM PST

Stepping away from busy upfront negotiations, a sleep-deprived Jo Ann Ross, President, Network Sales, CBS (NYSE: CBS) talked with ContentNext Media publisher and editor Rafat Ali at the EconAds Seminar…

CBS-CNET: The Fallacy Of Ownership At Work? - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 02 Jun 2008 08:35 PM PST

James Surowiecki, the influential financial journalist for the New Yorker, has done a simplistic yet interesting deconstruction of the corporate M&A mania, using the CBS-CNET (NSDQ: CNET) deal as an…

CBS Interactive Promises “HD” Look To Video Player Content - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 02 Jun 2008 12:29 PM PST

CBS Interactive has upgraded its video player, though the full effects won’t be immediately available, the company said in an email press release. Among the player’s new features are the…

RedLasso To Networks: Bloggers Love Us; Brings In Ex-CBS Vet As Advisor - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 29 May 2008 01:55 PM PST

It looks like RedLasso, the fast growing video embedding service, is ready to play a game of high-stakes brinksmanship with the networks. Last week CBS (NYSE: CBS), NBC and Fox…

Quadrangle Looked At Taking Stake in CNET Networks - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 27 May 2008 11:32 AM PST

This weekend we reported that a private equity firm was in discussions to take a minority stake in CNET Networks (NSDQ: CNET). Now we have confirmed through sources that the…