Media Week

@ UBS Media Week: E.W. Scripps; Bolt-On Acquisitions; Keeping Shopzilla - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 05 Dec 2007 04:45 PM PST

During the final session at UBS Global Media & Communications Conference, E.W. Scripps (NYSE: SSP) CEO Ken Lowe joked that his presentation represented the last thing standing in the crowd’s…

@ UBS Media Week: Omnicom’s Wren: M&A Frenzy Starting To Cool - Meaning It’s A Better Time To Buy - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 05 Dec 2007 04:08 PM PST

Omnicom CEO John Wren feels right about sitting out the current interactive digital M&A frenzy until prices become more in line with reality. Even then, Wren told attendees at the…

@ UBS Media Week: McClatchy To Reduce Reliance On Print Upsells; Yahoo Deal To Deliver By Next Year - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 05 Dec 2007 03:10 PM PST

Declining circulation, accounting adjustments from last year’s Knight Ridder purchase and a soft real estate market have combined to bring down not only The McClatchy Company’s (NYSE: MNI) print side,…

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@ UBS Media Week: Gannett Emphasizes Reader Interaction As Its Newspapers Evolve - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 05 Dec 2007 02:21 PM PST

If you’re an online newspaper and you want to attract younger demos, it’s best not to resemble a newspaper too closely, said Sue Clark-Johnson, president of the newspaper division at…

@ UBS Media Week: Robert Daleo, CFO, Thomson; Reuters Merger on Track; Product Synergies - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 05 Dec 2007 01:55 PM PST

The merger of Thomson (NYSE: TOC) and Reuters (NSDQ: RTRSY) is on track, but for now, Thomson is a standalone entity, so the Thomson business dominated Robert Daleo’s presentation to…

@ UBS Media Week: Speculating, Meredith Interested In Time Inc. Health Titles, Southern Progress - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 05 Dec 2007 12:23 PM PST

If the rumors are true that Time Inc. may sell several of its health titles and its Southern Progress unit, rival magazine publisher Meredith (NYSE: MDP) would be very interested…

@ UBS Media Week: Sorrell: WPP Looks To Emerging Markets For Next Wave Of Digital Acquisitions - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 05 Dec 2007 12:23 PM PST

Laying out the challenges and opportunities facing advertising companies, Sir Martin Sorrell, WPP Group’s CEO, opened his presentation for the UBS Global Media & Communications conference with a comparison of…

@ UBS Media Week: Donald Graham, CEO, Washington Post; More Hyperlocal Likely; In Talks on Partners - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 05 Dec 2007 09:23 AM PST

The Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) Company has gone from being a ‘media & education’ company to an ‘education & media company’, as the the Kaplan education division is on the…

@ UBS Media Week: Michael Angelakis, CFO, Comcast; Economy Not Robust, No ‘Me-Too’ Wireless - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 05 Dec 2007 05:59 AM PST

There were two big announcements from Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) this week: On Monday, the company confirmed that it would not be bidding in the 700 MHz. Then yesterday, it issued…

@ UBS Media Week: Lionsgate’s Burns To Apple: Want New Movie Titles? Raise Your Prices - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 04 Dec 2007 03:32 PM PST

Lionsgate vice chairman Michael Burns has a message for Apple: if you want new home video releases available on iTunes, make your prices more in line with other retailers. Even…

@ UBS Media Week: Les Moonves, CEO, CBS; Digital Future Bright, But No Need for Shades (Yet) - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 04 Dec 2007 02:08 PM PST

Networks executives have been slammed over their apparent doublespeak when it comes to digital media. How can digital represent such a boon, but there still not be any extra money…

@ UBS Media Week: Dan Glickman, CEO, MPAA; More ISPs to Join Fight Against Piracy - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 04 Dec 2007 02:08 PM PST

The MPAA isn’t a publicly-traded, for-profit entity, so CEO Dan Glickman’s presentation at the UBS Global Media & Communications Conference was sparsely attended. But there is decent contingent of folks…

@ UBS Media Week: Susan Lyne, CEO, MSLO; Very Interested in Digital Acquisitions; Waiting on Mobile - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 04 Dec 2007 01:33 PM PST

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (NYSE: MSO) is “very interested” in acquisitions, particularly in the online space, according to CEO Susan Lyne. She delivered a standard stump speech for the UBS…

@ UBS Media Week: DoubleClick Or Not, Google To Explore More Partnerships - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 04 Dec 2007 10:47 AM PST

Whether or not Google’s (NSDQ: GOOG) purchase of DoubleClick gets anti-trust approval, the company is focused on entering additional partnerships to advance its aim of providing the connective tissue between…

Interview: Tom Rogers, CEO, TiVo: DVR As Retriever, Not Just Receiver - 3 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 04 Dec 2007 09:19 AM PST

TiVo’s (NSDQ: TIVO) has had an eventful seven days: signing NBCU and its TV properties as its first major network ad/data partner; the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ruling on…

@ UBS Media Week: Discovery CEO Zaslav; HowStuffWorks on Prime Web Real Estate - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 04 Dec 2007 09:04 AM PST

It’s been a busy year for Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) and its CEO David Zaslav, who took the job in January. In August, the company made two digital acquisitions: TreeHugger…

@ UBS Media Week: Belo Chairman Decherd: Yahoo HotJobs Has Passed Monster.com In Dallas - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 04 Dec 2007 07:24 AM PST

With Belo (NYSE: BLC) Corp preparing to split between newspapers and broadcast, there’s concern about what value there is in the newspaper assets. Belo Chairman and CEO Robert W. Decherd…

@ UBS Media Week: Christie Hefner, CEO, Playboy: Online Ads up 50 Percent; Extending the Brand - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 04 Dec 2007 05:55 AM PST

It’s early on day two of the UBS Global Media & Communications Conference, but a theme is starting to emerge, particularly among the global media companies: they all have great…

@ UBS Media Week: Poltrack: TV Viewership Not Diminished By DVR, Internet Use - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 03 Dec 2007 03:04 PM PST

As he has for the past few years, Dave Poltrack, president of *CBS* Vision, attempted to make the case to a morning audience at the UBS Global Media & Communications…

@ UBS Media Week: IPG’s Roth: Microsoft Will Remain A Client, Not A Challenger - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 03 Dec 2007 02:46 PM PST

Although ad holding company Interpublic Group hasn’t been as aggressive as rival WPP Group in pursuing interactive ad shops, IPG CEO Michael Roth used his presentation at the UBS Global…

@ UBS Media Week: FIM’s Michael Barrett: HyperTargeting Yields 50 Percent Premiums - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 03 Dec 2007 01:32 PM PST

Fox Interactive’s Michael Barrett kicked off his presentation at the UBS Global Media & Communications Conference in a feel-good manner, talking up all of key players in the industry. But…

@ UBS Media Week: Greg Maffei, CEO, Liberty Media; Interested in IAC Assets At The Right Price - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 03 Dec 2007 12:35 PM PST

Of all the companies present at the UBS Global Media Conference Liberty Media (NSDQ: LINTA) was likely the only one that required a minute-long introduction to explain its capital structure.…

@ UBS Media Week: NBCU’s Zucker: Making Sure Digital Dollars Don’t Become Pennies; $15M From Apple - 2 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 03 Dec 2007 11:41 AM PST

Among the goals Jeff Zucker, president and CEO of NBC Universal, (NYSE: GE) outlined for the company during the lunch session at the UBS Global Media & Communications Conference: replacing…

@ UBS Media Week: Philippe Dauman, CEO, Viacom, More Third Party Distribution Deals - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 03 Dec 2007 11:35 AM PST

Viacom (NYSE: VIA) has disparate brands in a range of entertainment areas, all of which have tremendous potential—especially if the company is successful at getting them to complement each other.…

@ UBS Media Week: Online Ad Growth Continues Through 2010; Video, Mobile Skyrocket - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 03 Dec 2007 10:58 AM PST

ZenithOptimedia and Universal McCann presented buoyant internet ad outlooks for the next four years to kick off the UBS Global Media & Telecommunications Conference. Both Bob Coen, SVP and director…