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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,…

Hearst Buys UGO.com; Possibly As Much As $100M-$150M - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 23 Jul 2007 09:37 PM PST

We got a tip about this two weeks ago, but could not confirm it out of disbelief: UGO has been around for so long, and has been on the block…

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Hearst Sells Its Stake in Local Search Engine Local.com - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 17 Jul 2007 05:19 PM PST

Hearst, which invested $6 million in Irvine, CA-based business directory site Local.com earlier this year through its Interactive Media division, has apparently sold its stake in open market, reports Barron’s…

Updated: Industry Moves: Betty Cohen Resigns From Lifetime; Andrea Wong New President and CEO - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 26 Apr 2007 08:30 AM PST

Betty Cohen is out as president and CEO of Lifetime Entertainment Services Wednesday, a day after what I gather was one of the network’s most successful upfronts. It certainly was…

Upfront: LifetimeTV.com Revamp Slated For June; New Broadband Player; Hearst, About.com, RNWK - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 24 Apr 2007 08:39 AM PST

Lifetime’s rash of upfront announcements includes a full remake of LifetimeTV.com slated for June and expanded digital content that, if successful, could post some challenge to NBCU’s iVillage.com and the…

Everyone’s Green: WaPo’s Green Site; NatGeo; Hearst’s DailyGreen; Lime’s Green Blog Ad Network - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 23 Apr 2007 07:51 AM PST

This week is green, coming in the wake of Earth Day on Sunday: -- Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive has tapped several former magazine executives, including some from Rodale’s defunct Organic Style, to…

Online Mags Experience Limited Success In Luring Print Subscribers: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 16 Apr 2007 02:28 PM PST

Despite hopes that magazine websites would yield higher subscription rates, online-originated subs have hovered around 10 percent of all new orders, from 7 percent five years ago, Dan Capell, editor…

Yahoo-Newspapers: It’s Official: McClatchy Joins; Deal Expands To Display Ads, Search, Content - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 16 Apr 2007 06:02 AM PST

Yahoo and the newspaper consortium announced a significant expansion of their deal—and new member McClatchy, as expected after reports last week from the WSJ and LAT. The consortium now includes…

Broadband Content Bits: Joost-WMG; Fox-Hearst; Endemol; Cooper’s Podcast; LX.TV-Jaguar - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 10 Apr 2007 01:41 PM PST

-- Joost-WMG: Joost has another significant content deal, this time with Warner Music Group. The video service, still in beta, will produce multiple WMG channels, programmed either by genre, label…

IDG Founder Teams With News Corp, Hearst On a $50 Million China Digital Media Fund - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 21 Mar 2007 02:57 PM PST

IDG, which already has big investments in China through its venture arm there, has tied up with News Corp and heart to launch a $50 million “China New Media Fund”…

Following Trend, Hearst Expands Video On Retooled Websites - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 05 Mar 2007 06:28 AM PST

As it continues reshaping its 14 magazine websites, Hearst is working with internet TV tech company Maven Networks on the ability to run about 1,000 pieces of video by the…

Hearst Interactive Media Invests $8 Million In Local.com - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 26 Feb 2007 05:52 AM PST

Hearst Interactive Media is investing $8 million in Irvine, CA-based business directory site Local.com, which plans to use the proceeds for general working capital and strategic initiatives. Hearst did not…

Hearst Tests Microsoft News Reader At One Paper; Considering Use At Others - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 22 Feb 2007 04:01 PM PST

Hearst’s Seattle Post-Intelligencer began a beta test Thursday of a Microsoft program that lets readers download the entire newspaper onto their computers and portable devices. Once the content is received,…

Esquire’s New Look A Step In The Right Direction—But More Steps Needed - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 21 Feb 2007 03:23 PM PST

Esquire’s website revealed its anticipated makeover on Wednesday, boasting several new features, along with sharper graphics and more prominent photos – but no video (it’s coming). For the past several…

Magazines Starting To Add Games To Sites - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 16 Feb 2007 10:13 AM PST

Hearst magazines is making a novel addition to its sites: it has tied up with online game developer Arkadium in a two year deal to add a number of games…

Hearst Magazines Revamps Mobile Sites For Lifestyle Titles, Embraces Ad-Funded Approach - 0 Comments
Posted By Peggy Anne Salz - Wed 07 Feb 2007 12:40 PM PST

Ad Age reports on Hearst Magazines’ renewed push into mobile, launching free, ad-supported mobile sites for its Seventeen, Cosmopolitan and Cosmo Girl magazines. The sites will replace earlier (and much…

After eCrush, Hearst Revs Up Digital Moves - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 11 Jan 2007 02:06 PM PST

Hearst Magazines may have been too cautious in the past when it came to building up its website properties (for instance, the not-so successful strategy with iVillage), but the company…

Hearst Buys Youth Social Networking Company eCrush - 3 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 08 Jan 2007 12:25 PM PST

Hearst has finally made a move in the online M&A market, after its venture arm has been investing heavily in digital media startups (Sling Media, Brightcove and others): it has…

Glam Media Raises a Big $18.5 Million Round; Jarl Mohn Joins Board and Invests - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 14 Dec 2006 10:16 AM PST

This is a big huge round considering it is a pure content play, and only a year old, though I’m assuming some of it might be for acquisitions: Glam Media,…

Yahoo-Newspapers: Conference Call: Why Yahoo? Timelines, Plans, Etc. - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 20 Nov 2006 03:48 PM PST

Picking up again with the Yahoo-newspaper consortium call ... can’t help wondering if there’s some formula to determine the likelihood of success based on how many different entities are involved…

Yahoo-Newspapers: More Details: Search, Local Listings Included; Co-Branded Online - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 20 Nov 2006 06:28 AM PST

Some more details about thre Yahoo-newspaper deal we’ve been writing about for the last couple of days. In addition to HotJobs, the other features iof the agreement with a seven-newspaper…

It’s Official: Yahoo HotJobs-Seven Newspaper Publishers Join Forces; Deal Includes Local News - 4 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 19 Nov 2006 07:56 PM PST

ScrippsNews appears to have jumped the gun by a few hours by running a done-deal story about a “wide-reaching alliance” between Yahoo and seven publishers. Some of the details have…

Hearst, McGrawHill Invest in Gather.com; Total Raise $10 Million - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 16 Nov 2006 10:42 PM PST

Gather.com, the Boston-based online networking/community site (I met a bunch of Gather employees at our Boston mixer tonight...who were smart enough not to leak the WSJ exclusive), has received a…