Magazines

Hachette Cuts Online Editorial Staff; Possible Plans Include Outsourcing Web Video Production - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 09 May 2008 10:10 AM PST

Hachette Filipacchi U.S., the U.S. magazine arm which is part of Lagardere, has laid off over a dozen staffers from its online division, Gawker reported. Among the casualties are senior…

@ 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: Primedia Profit Nosedives 87 Percent, As Ad Revenue Remains Flat - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 08 May 2008 06:09 AM PST

Consumer guide publisher Primedia (NYSE: PRM) profits plummeted 87 percent to $13.6 million in Q1 from $104.7 million the year before. The $91.1 loss was attributed to residual affects, such…

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Earnings: Macrovision Call: TVGuide Mag To Be Sold Without Site - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 07 May 2008 02:32 PM PST

As we first reported, Macrovision (NSDQ: MVSN) is indeed looking to sell TVGuide the magazine sans its online home, TVGuide.com. Said CFO James Budge: “We expect the online properties to…

Earnings: Playboy Execs: Yes We Can…Hope - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 06 May 2008 09:26 PM PST

A tough quarter for Playboy Enterprises ... during the Q1 conference call with investors and analysts, Bob Meyers, Playboy’s (NYSE: PLA) EVP and president of media, said the company sees…

Earnings: Playboy Swings To Loss; Online Revs Drop 3 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 06 May 2008 05:13 AM PST

Playboy Enterprises (NYSE: PLA) reported a Q1 net loss of $3.1 million, or $0.09 per basic and diluted share, compared to net income of $5.1 million last year. Revenues were…

Online Magazine Revampings: Mediaweek, BW, Reader’s Digest, Forbes Upgrade Digital Features - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 05 May 2008 12:15 PM PST

-- Mediaweek: The Nielsen Business Media title follows a similar digital revamping for Mediaweek that it had taken by sister pub Adweek.com three months ago. Both pubs are have been…

Industry Moves: Ziff Davis Media Brings Back Tech Marketing Exec Weedfald As President - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 01 May 2008 07:37 PM PST

Ziff Davis Media, having just wrapped up its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, can now get back to the business of running a struggling tech publishing company. To help right things,…

Time Inc. Digital Revenues Increase By $20 Million; Online Mag Strategy Rests Heavily On Video - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 01 May 2008 03:00 PM PST

Time Inc. digital revenues grew $20 million year-over-year, thanks mainly to the interactive efforts of Sports Illustrated and CNNMoney, Folio reported. Speaking at the Time Inc. Digital Showcase, EVP John…

Gemstar-TVGuide Sale To Macrovision Means Layoffs; F+W Publications Cuts Staff By 30 - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 30 Apr 2008 05:08 PM PST

TV Guide is laying off staff following shareholder approval of the $2.8 billion merger of Gemstar-TVGuide with Macrovision (NSDQ: MVSN), according to Folio. The deal is expected to close Friday.…

@ EconSM: Traditional Media Companies Fight The ‘Lumbering Giant’ Tag - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 29 Apr 2008 02:00 PM PST

Lumbering giants of the past or the prime innovators of the moment? That was the question moderator and EconSM conference editorial director Elizabeth Osder put to a panel of old…

Earnings: McGraw-Hill Revs Down 6.1 Percent On Finance; Media Up 3.2 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 29 Apr 2008 11:39 AM PST

McGraw-Hill (NYSE: MHP), publisher of BusinessWeek, announced Q1 revenue of $1.21 billion a 6.1 percent decline from $1.29 billion in the year-ago period. The bottom line was even worse, with…

Industry Moves: IDG TechNetwork Taps Digital Publishing Vet Peter Longo As CEO - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 25 Apr 2008 06:29 AM PST

As IDG expands its tech-focused ad network to third-party blogs, the company has made an executive hire to oversee the unit. Publishing industry vet Peter Longo joins as CEO of…

CondéNet Buys Travel Blog Publisher SFO Media; Chubb Says More Acquisitions Ahead - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 24 Apr 2008 11:06 AM PST

CondéNet, the online unit of magazine publisher Condé Nast, has acquired travel blog producer SFO Media, whose sites include HotelChatter.com, Jaunted.com and the forthcoming TripHacker.com. Terms of the deal were…

BusinessWeek Online Banks On Reader Engagement; Adds Editor To Manage Efforts - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 23 Apr 2008 10:39 PM PST

Most magazines have adopted some form of online community aspect by this point. But John Byrne, BusinessWeek Online editor-in-chief, feels most efforts haven’t really gone beyond the introduction of reader…

Earnings: Meredith Posts Modest Profit Gains Of 1.5 Percent In Q1, As Revs Remained Flat - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 22 Apr 2008 05:28 AM PST

Magazine publisher and broadcast owner Meredith Corp. posted flat Q1 revenues of $401 million while earnings from continuing operations were up a slight 1.5 percent to $73.2 million from $72.1…

24/7 Real Media Creates B2B Ad Net; Initial Publishers Include Nielsen, Reed Business, McGraw-Hill - 2 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 21 Apr 2008 01:17 PM PST

WPP Group’s 24/7 Real Media has formed a B2B online ad network with four media companies: Nielsen Business Media, Reed Business, McGraw-Hill (NYSE: MHP) and Cygnus Business Media. Although focused…

Warner Bros. TV Teams With Essence Magazine On New Site, Broadband-to-TV Plans - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 21 Apr 2008 11:00 AM PST

Warner Bros. TV Group is partnering with its Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) sibling Essence magazine on a series of online and broadcast moves, starting with a revamped, video-heavy website for…

PIB: Economic Woes Send Mag Ad Revs, Pages Downward In Q108 - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 15 Apr 2008 02:35 PM PST

The economic downturn is having a notable affect on magazines, as rate-card-reported ad revenues for Q1 came in at $5.2 billion, a 1.2 percent decline from the previous year, according…

Atlantic Monthly Tries Digital, Print Makeover - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 14 Apr 2008 10:06 AM PST

Having taken down its website’s paywall earlier this year, the 150-year-old Atlantic Monthly is revamping the print mag and its digital version, The Atlantic.com, Folio reported. Havas ad agency Euro…

Ziff Davis Enterprise Restructures, Issues Layoffs - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 10 Apr 2008 11:17 AM PST

Tech publisher Ziff Davis Enterprise is cutting an unspecified number of jobs, according to B2B magazine. The layoffs were handed down by Steve Weitzner, who was named chairman-CEO of ZDE…

Nielsen Business Media Lays Off Between 40-50; Mainly Editorial - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 09 Apr 2008 09:25 PM PST

The trouble in traditional B2B media land continues, as Nielsen Business Media is laying off between 40-50 staffers, FBNY reports. The layoffs were scattered across editorial departments of Adweek, Brandweek,…

Sandow Media Set To Buy Harvard-Oriented Mag 02138 - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 09 Apr 2008 10:14 AM PST

02138, the Harvard-oriented magazine that’s made a name for its coverage of the Facebook/ConnectU lawsuit, is on the verge of being sold to Sandow Media, reports WWD. A spokesperson for…

Entrepreneur Media For Sale; Hopes of Around $200 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 07 Apr 2008 09:34 PM PST

Entrepreneur Media, the Irvine, Calif.-based media company which focuses on small-business owners, is up for sale, we have learned, and the first round of bids are over. The company hopes…

Ad Industry Roundup: Job Numbers; Conde Nast; NBCU/Fox; AzoogleAds; Modernista; McDonald’s; Omnicom - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 02 Apr 2008 02:51 PM PST

-- Online jobs post first year-over-year decline: Online job vacancies posted an unusually poor showing last month, as the Conference Board said listings fell slightly by 21,200 from March 2007…