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CBS-CNET: Ad Execs Bless The Marriage, Adding ‘CBS Isn’t Getting Any Younger’ - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 15 May 2008 07:30 PM PST

As a TV company, CBS (NYSE: CBS) has long skewed older, a notion CEO Les Moonves has both embraced and bristled at. The company’s $1.8 billion purchase of CNET (NSDQ:…

Industry Moves: Simon & Schuster Shuffles Digital Deck Amid Hires, Promotions And A Departure - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Thu 15 May 2008 07:08 PM PST

Simon & Schuster Digital has made key additions and changes to its existing staff: -- Adrian Norman joins as VP-marketing and new products and former Oxygen Media CTO Steve Morgan…

Knight Foundation News Winners: Greater Focus On Mobile This Year - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Thu 15 May 2008 11:25 AM PST

The Knight Foundation is awarding $5.5 million for a “Freedom Fone” and other projects as part of the second annual Knight News Challenge. Sixteen digital experiments intended to transform community…

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Time Inc. Revives Health.com Brand - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 15 May 2008 10:00 AM PST

Time Inc. is relaunching its Health.com brand on Monday, tapping into the growing online health news and community trend. The site is tied to the media company’s Health print pub,…

Lee Enterprises Takes $722 Million Charge On Pulitzer Acquisition - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 15 May 2008 07:38 AM PST

Back in March, newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises (NYSE: LEE) warned that it would take a $500-$700 million non-cash hit related to its $1.4 billion purchase of Pulitzer in 2005. We’d…

CBS-CNET: Our Coverage In Links - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 15 May 2008 05:25 AM PST

CBS Corp.’s (NYSE: CBS) purchase of CNET (NSDQ: CNET) Networks for $1.8 billion comes amid a lot of change and drama at both companies from CNET’s draw-out proxy fight with…

Associated Press May Wind Up Owning VeriSign’s Moreover - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 15 May 2008 12:27 AM PST

VeriSign (NSDQ: VRSN) has had news search and delivery firm Moreover Technologies on the blocks for months, part of the company’s to divest assets that don’t fit with its current…

Earnings: Vivendi Q1 Profits Fall 5.6 Percent; Universal Music Digital Up 33 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 14 May 2008 08:16 PM PST

Entertainment and telecom conglomerate Vivendi (EPA: VIV) said its Q1 EBITA dropped 5.6 percent to $1.86 billion (€1.203 billion) from $1.91 billion last year. Although not exactly an indication of…

Comcast And Plaxo Invite You To The Marriage Of Set-top Box & Social Software - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 14 May 2008 04:30 PM PST

Just got off the phone from a tandem interview with Plaxo CEO Ben Golub and Comcast Interactive Media‘s Sam Schwartz. They weren’t willing to talk money but answered just about…

Industry Moves: Head Of About Health Leaves For Waterfront Media - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 14 May 2008 03:50 PM PST

paidContent has learned that health content vet Marjorie Martin is leaving About.com Health, where she has been SVP and GM, for Waterfront Media. The company is creating a position for…

@ CBS Upfront: A Symphony Of Radio, Outdoor, Digital, And, Oh Right, TV - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 14 May 2008 01:38 PM PST

I’m seated on in a second-tier balcony at Carnegie Hall, a location that CBS Corp. President/CEO Les Moonves references as metaphor for “the orchestra of media offerings” the company is…

Industry Moves: NAMG; Travel Ad Network; ContextWeb; CCC; Image Metrics - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Wed 14 May 2008 12:40 PM PST

-- North American Membership Group: Bryan Ellis, former president of Betelsmann A.G.’s Direct Group in China, joins as president and CEO, succeeding Nancy Evensen. While at Bertelsmann, Ellis was SVP…

Journal Register Shareholder Wants To Invest $25 Million In Company— If Lenders Restructure - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 14 May 2008 12:10 PM PST

Newspaper publisher Journal Register (OTCBB: JRCO) is veering close to bankruptcy. The stock, which fell from the NYSE to the bullet boards, currently trades at just $.19 per share, and…

Earnings: EchoStar Revs Up 24 Percent; Swings To Profit, But Tied To Slowing DISH - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 14 May 2008 08:48 AM PST

For now, EchoStar’s fate is closely tied to that of its surgically separated Siamese twin DISH, which just reported sharply lower sub growth: Total revenue grew 23.8 percent to $554.5…

Turner Upfront: We’ve Got Contextual Ads! For TV! - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 14 May 2008 06:05 AM PST

Not all the networks were skimping on their presentations to advertisers this week. David Levy, president of Turner Broadcasting Sales and Turner Sports, kicked off the Time Warner (NYSE: TWX)…

It’s Official: Clear Channel, Banks, Buyers Agree On Deal At $36 Per Share - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 14 May 2008 03:08 AM PST

After two days worth of reports, Clear Channel (NYSE: CCU) confirmed late last night that it, its private equity buyers (Bain and Thomas H. Lee), and a consortium of banks…

Earnings: UK’s Johnston Takes Big Investment To Off-Set Ad Declines, Debt - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 14 May 2008 01:49 AM PST

Debt-ridden UK regional news publisher Johnston Press is buying (or rather, selling) itself a financial lifeline in the struggling regional classifieds market by taking a £212.3 ($414 million) investment from…

@ 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…

Deal Reached For Clear Channel Sale At $36 Per Share: Reports - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 13 May 2008 12:44 PM PST

It looks like a deal has been reached in the Clear Channel (NYSE: CCU) case. The company said yesterday that there were indeed settlement talks between the buyers and the…

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…

Sensing Opportunity For Eco-Centric News, Greentech Media Closes $2.75 Million Second Round - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 13 May 2008 06:26 AM PST

Greentech Media, the online environmental news and research outfit, has raised $2.75 million in a second round funding. New backers Egora Holding and The Massachusetts Green Energy Fund co-led the…

More Details on HBO-iTunes: DVD Window; New Series Not Available; $2.99 Higher Pricing - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 13 May 2008 05:52 AM PST

We wrote yesterday about HBO’s plans to offer shows through Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iTunes. The companies have now officially announced the details and some other unofficial ones: -- In another…

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,…

Earnings: DISH Q1 Revs Up 7.5 Percent; Sub Growth Slows On Competition, Economy Hurts Churn - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 13 May 2008 04:54 AM PST

Satellite operator DISH Network reported Q1 revenue of $2.84 billion, a 7.5 percent increase from $2.64 billion in the year-ago quarter. Net income was up 64 percent to $258 million…

Broadband Content Bits: Microsoft; Oprah-XM; Complex Media; Few Get Their TV Online: Poll - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Mon 12 May 2008 09:04 PM PST

-- Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) launches video on Messenger Users will now be able to watch video clips with their network of friends while chatting via Windows Live Messenger, reports Reuters.…