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@ ABC Upfront: Kimmel: ‘ABC Is The Worst Date Ever’; Research Take Center Stage - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 13 May 2008 02:05 PM PST

I’m seated in a makeshift press room on the second floor of ABC’s corporate headquarters, as the audience of marketers and media buyers gather a few blocks away at Avery…

Ad Industry Roundup: DVRs; Online Ad Prices; Starcom MediaVest; Platform-A - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 13 May 2008 06:55 AM PST

-- DVR viewers watch online ads, but don’t pay attention: Google-owned DoubleClick’s research arm, Performics, recently completed a survey of DVR owners that acknowledges wide ad-skipping. But the study makes…

10-Q Watch: Mediabistro’s Q108 Revenues: $2.2 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 13 May 2008 05:39 AM PST

We have previously reported on Jupitermedia’s (NSDQ: JUPM) Q108 revenues, as well as its subsidiary Mediabistro’s full year 2007 revenues. Now in its latest quarterly 10-Q, filed yesterday with SEC,…

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Media Intelligence Firm Biz360 Raises $10 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 12 May 2008 10:35 AM PST

Biz360, a market and media intelligence firm specializing in the web, has raised $10 million Foundation Capital, along with past backers Granite Ventures and Scale Venture Partners. According to peHUB,…

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…

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…

Despite Being Rebuffed By TNS, WPP Continues To Hold On; Higher Offer Expected - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 06 May 2008 08:27 AM PST

Although WPP Group’s $1.9 billion offer to acquire audience researcher Taylor Nelson Sofres was rejected over the the weekend, the UK ad holding firm is still pressing the TNS’ board…

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…

Editors Warm To Free Model, Plan Integration, Fear Youth Drop-Off - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Sun 04 May 2008 04:00 PM PST

You’re reading it here first… The number of newspaper editors who believe news will become an entirely free commodity - both online and in print - is growing. This year’s…

Nielsen Finally Combines Mobile Web Traffic With PC Online Use - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 02 May 2008 09:50 AM PST

Nielsen has released a new reporting service that combines audience measurement for online and mobile called TotalWeb. The service, which is operated by the Nielsen Online unit, claims to show…

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…

Local Online Promotions Poised To Overtake Internet Ad Spend By 2012: Borrell - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 28 Apr 2008 01:31 PM PST

Online display ads have steadily been losing their luster over the past two years and are expected to hit a peak of $12.6 billion in ad spending in 2008, according…

More Steep Declines In Newspaper Circ: FAS-FAX - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 28 Apr 2008 09:53 AM PST

U.S. newspapers’ circulation experienced across the board declines over the last six months, falling 3.6 percent collectively, according to the FAS-FAX report released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations, Reuters…

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…

The ‘Gold Rush” For Ad Nets is On; But Crowded Space Brings An End To Remnants’ Low Prices - 2 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 21 Apr 2008 01:46 PM PST

A prolonged economic downturn could turn out to be a upturn for advertising networks, at least in the short term. But, as the space gets more crowded with companies selling…

ComScore: Defending The Google ‘Miss’; Value Of Third-Party Data Debated - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 18 Apr 2008 12:06 PM PST

After taking a beating last night, comScore (NSDQ: SCOR) is out defending itself from the charge that its Google (NSDQ: GOOG) paid click numbers were inaccurate. In a post on…

comScore Shares Sink After Blowing Google Call - 3 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 17 Apr 2008 04:45 PM PST

More on the “gotcha mongers” theme: So who was the big loser from this evening’s Google (NSDQ: GOOG) report? It looks like comScore (NSDQ: SCOR). The traffic analysis firm had…

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…