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Earnings: Hearst-Argyle Q1 Digital Revenues Rise 22 Percent As Total Revs Drop 2.6 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 01 May 2008 05:15 AM PST

TV station owner Hearst-Argyle (NYSE: HTV) saw revenues decline 2.6 percent in Q1 to $165.1 million as the softening economy held back spending from automakers, the broadcaster’s largest ad category.…

Hearst Interactive Backing Kindle-Like E-Book Reader Startup FirstPaper - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 05 Apr 2008 12:52 PM PST

Hearst Interactive, the digital media investment arm of Hearst Corp, is incubating a Kindle-like e-book reader, paidContent.org has learned, and the separate venture is called FirstPaper. The stealth startup is…

Hearst Acquires UK-Based Map Of Medicine From Informa - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 02 Apr 2008 07:07 AM PST

Another deal in the hot health info space… Hearst has acquired Map of Medicine, a UK-based medical info service targeting doctors, from B2B media firm Informa. The web-accessible service, launched…

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Hearst Buys Relationship Advice Site Answerology - 5 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 25 Mar 2008 03:09 PM PST

Hearst has bought out online relationships advice site Answerology.com, we have learned, and now confirmed through the company. The site, based in New York City and founded in 2005 by…

Interview: Chris Johnson, VP, Hearst Digital: Pinning Its Digital Strategy On Portals - 3 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 28 Feb 2008 11:00 AM PST

Like pretty much every large magazine publisher, Hearst has been heavily focused on refining its online strategy for the past year. After a good deal of experimentation, the company has…

The Quadrant Goes Collective: Newspaper Ad Alliance Picks Sides - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 27 Feb 2008 08:34 AM PST

We hear that NYC-based online ad network Collective Media has won a bid to power quadrantONE, the online newspaper advertising alliance backed by The Tribune Company, Gannett (NYSE: GCI), Hearst…

Earnings: Hearst-Argyle Q4 Revs Down 8 Percent; Digital Up 25 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 22 Feb 2008 06:17 AM PST

Hearst-Argyle (NYSE: HTV) has reported Q4 revenue of $216.6 million, down 8 percent year-over-year from $234.4 million. Net income slipped 23.8 percent to $33.6 ($.35 per share) million from $44.1…

Broadband Content Bits: NBCU; MySpace-GOOD; Hearst; CNET; Showtime; YouTube Audience - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Wed 20 Feb 2008 01:08 PM PST

-- NBCU’s entertainment sites offer retro shows: NBC Digital Entertainment and NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) Cable Entertainment announced they will be offering vintage TV content on their entertainment sites, NBC.com,…

Industry Moves: National Geographic; Sony; WB; OpenX; Providence; Alpha Media; News Corp; Hearst - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Tue 19 Feb 2008 04:17 PM PST

-- National Geographic Global Media: NGGM has announced Maps.com veteran Charles Regan as its new VP-digital mapping business. Regan will report to SVP Paul Levine and be responsible for maintaining…

Earnings: MediaNews Revs Down 7.2 Percent On Ad Weakness; Internet Down 8.3 Percent; Kaango Details - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 18 Feb 2008 09:05 AM PST

Privately-held newspaper publisher MediaNews Group has filed its latest quarterly figures with the SEC, showing revenue of $345.2 million, down 7.2 percent from $372.4 million. A 9.1 percent decrease in…

NYT-Gannett-Trib-Hearst Combine To Form Local Online Ad Sales Company quadrantONE - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 14 Feb 2008 11:53 PM PST

This has been in works for a while as an alternative to the Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) newspaper consortium, as well as the Google-newspapers ad effort, and now it is finally…

Ad Industry Roundup: Lehman, Borrell Ad Forecasts; TiVo-Carat; Hearst-Argyle-Google; AOL; Alibaba - 2 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 28 Nov 2007 12:15 PM PST

-- Lehman Charts Online Ad Slowdown Through ‘09: Online ad revenues in United States will grow 25.6 percent, 23.6 percent and 20 percent in 2007, ‘08 and 09, respectively, according…

MediaNews and Hearst Buy Majority in Classifieds Site Kaango For $20 Million - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 14 Nov 2007 06:36 PM PST

This was buried in newspaper conglom MediaNews‘s 10-Q filed earlier today with SEC: the newspaper group, along with The Hearst Corp., has bought 80 percent of online classifieds and software…

Zillow.com Makes Deal With 11 Newspaper Chains To Carry Real Estate Ads - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 12 Nov 2007 10:16 PM PST

Real estate site Zillow.com, which specializes in house price comparisons, will carry real estate listings from 11 newspaper publishers including Hearst Newspapers, Lee Enterprises, (NYSE: LEE) MediaNews Group, EW Scripps…

New Newspaper Ad Net May Compete With Yahoo; Gannett, Hearst, Tribune, MediaNews, Cox In Talks - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 06 Nov 2007 08:38 AM PST

Five of the largest U.S. newspaper chains are considering a new national ad network that could both overlap and compete with the Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) newspaper consortium, according to the…

Hearst Buys Stake In MediaNews Group For $317 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 22 Oct 2007 03:05 PM PST

Hearst has paid $317 million for a stake in rival newspaper publisher MediaNews Group, Reuters reported, citing a regulatory filing. The complicated deal involves the ownership of several newspaper in…

Hearst Bids For Emap Magazines: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Ingrid Lunden - Mon 08 Oct 2007 07:33 AM PST

Hearst Corp. has made a preliminary offer of £700 million ($1.4 billion) for the consumer division of Emap (LSE: EMA), reports the FT. Apax Partners is reported to be the…

Hearst Buys Health Info Site RealAge; Possibly Around $100 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 16 Sep 2007 07:39 PM PST

Hearst is on a mini-acquisition tear: it is buying health and wellness info site RealAge, for what NYT estimates to be around $100 million. Founded in 1999, RealAge refers to…

Broadband Content Bits: ESPN; mtvU/Cisco; CosmoGirl - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Sun 09 Sep 2007 06:00 PM PST

-- ESPN Premiere Original Webisodes, Mobisodes: ESPN.com has begun airing a new web series, Countdown Daily, which is updated Mondays through Fridays with 12- to 15 minute breakdowns of notable…

Google News Starts Test With YouTube Video From BBC, CBS, Others - 2 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 21 Aug 2007 11:25 AM PST

Starting today, Google News (Nasdaq: GOOG) will incorporate click-and-expand news video from some YouTube content partners as part of a limited test. Content providers taking part include BBC, Hearst TV…

Weekend Reading: Hearst Steps Up Interactive Strategy - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Fri 17 Aug 2007 06:35 AM PST

In the first half of 2007, Hearst’s relatively new digital media group launched 19 sites (14 web, 5 mobile)—all part of its post-iVillage super-charge strategy to engage readers across platforms…

Hearst’s UK Jellyfish Goes Belly Up - 4 Comments
Posted By Ingrid Lunden - Wed 15 Aug 2007 12:18 AM PST

Well, you can’t blame them for trying...Hearst‘s UK division Natmags has axed its digital-only magazine Jellyfish after a five-month trial, citing distribution challenges. The celebrity/fashion title had been sent out…

Hearst Buying Shopping Recommendation Site Kaboodle - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 07 Aug 2007 09:30 PM PST

Hearst has announced its second online acquisition in two weeks: first it bought UGO for between $100-$150 million, and now it is buying shopping recommendation site Kaboodle, reports WSJ. Terms…

Digital Production Studio Worldwide Biggies Receives $9 Million In Funding - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 06 Aug 2007 12:25 PM PST

Worldwide Biggies, a digital production studio started two years ago by former Nickelodeon President Albie Hecht, has received $9 million in first-round funding, according to the NY Post. Participants in…

Earnings: Hearst-Argyle Q2 Digital Media Revs Rise 48 Percent, Offsetting Ad Sales Declines - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 26 Jul 2007 02:22 PM PST

Hearst-Argyle Television (NYSE: HTV) reported that Q2 profits were down 32 percent to $17 million compared to $25 million for the same period last year. Total revenue was $193 million,…