Media

Industry Moves: Tribune Ups Broadcast/Interactive Head Randy Michaels To COO - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 07 May 2008 01:16 PM PST

After a chaotic six months at The Tribune Company’s interactive division, this may be a sign that things are settling down… Randy Michaels, who defected from radio network Clear Channel…

Earnings: WebMD’s In Q1 Losses On Charges; Revenues Up 14 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 07 May 2008 12:47 PM PST

WebMD (NSDQ: WBMD), which has already pre-announced its lower guidance for the year, has now announced its Q108 results, and revenue came in at $81.7 million compared to $71.9 million…

NBC Pulls The Curtain Up On Virtual Women’s Network; Plans Hyper-local Content Center In NYC - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 07 May 2008 11:33 AM PST

NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) has finally launched Women@NBCU, its long-anticipated virtual female-targeted content and ad network. Also as expected (by us, at least), Lauren Zalaznick has been promoted to president,…

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Cablevision’s Rainbow To Buy Sundance Channel For $496 Million Cash And Stock Transfer - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 07 May 2008 06:30 AM PST

Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) is trying really hard to spend more than $1 billion on acquisitions—we’ve been reporting on the $600-plus million bid for Newsday and now the company’s Rainbow Media…

WSJ Plans Closer Ties With London Times; May Offer Business Tools - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 07 May 2008 05:04 AM PST

News Corp (NYSE: NWS) is planning closer integration between its new Wall Street Journal website and its existing News International publications in the UK. Times Online EIC Anne Spackman told…

Earnings: DirecTV Q1 Revs Up 17 Percent; Net Income Up 10 Percent; Strong Gains In Latin America - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 07 May 2008 04:00 AM PST

A solid quarter from DirecTV (NYSE: DTV), which reported a 17 percent rise in revenue to $4.6 billion from $3.9 billion. Net income was up just over 10 percent 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…

Online & TV Ad Firm Spot Runner Gets $51M Round From Daily Mail,Televisa, Others; More M&A Coming - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 06 May 2008 09:01 PM PST

Spot Runner, which helps marketers buy TV ad spots on local cable and broadcast using its online service, has raised a big $51 million fourth round from an international group…

Lauren Rich Fine On Dropping Print: ‘Tremendous Difficulty’ Regaining Lost Ad Rev - 1 Comment
Posted By Lauren Rich Fine - Tue 06 May 2008 05:43 PM PST

Many in the newspaper industry were stunned by the Capital Times‘s decision to move to an online-only edition. IDG Magazines decision to drop the print edition of InfoWorld, while equally…

WB Considers MomLogic.com Syndicated Talk Show Spin-Off - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 06 May 2008 08:22 AM PST

TV offspring for MomLogic.com: THR says WB’s Telepictures Prods. is considering a daytime talk show based on its still new MomLogic.com, possibly as early as 2009. This fits in with…

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…

Zune Still Exists; Adds TV Shows From Viacom, NBCU - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 05 May 2008 09:45 PM PST

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), serious about this thing called digital media, has added TV shows to its Zune marketplace. It will offer about 800 TV shows, each for $1.99, for download…

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…

Online-Video-To-TV Provider ZeeVee Closes Second Round - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 05 May 2008 09:49 AM PST

Online video viewing source ZeeVee has completed an undisclosed, second round funding, giving the Littleton, Mass.-based company a total of “double-digit millions” to date, VentureWire reports (subscription only). Participants in…

CraveOnline Buys Two Hockey Fan Sites; Keeps Craving For More - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 05 May 2008 12:01 AM PST

Male-focused online entertainment network CraveOnline and its parent AtomicOnline have been on an acquisition tear lately. The company tells paidContent that it has completed its fifth and sixth site purchases…

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…

Cablevision Bids $650 Million For Newsday; Murdoch Won’t Match: Reports - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 04 May 2008 12:57 PM PST

Offering to outspend Rupert Murdoch and Mort Zuckerman by $70 million to acquire Newsday from Tribune Co., Cablevision Systems Corp (NYSE: CVC). has formally bid $650 million, according to the…

Lauren Rich Fine: Newsday And Other Musings - 0 Comments
Posted By Lauren Rich Fine - Fri 02 May 2008 03:40 PM PST

My former associate was laid off from Merrill Lynch earlier this week as part of its job slashing. I can assure you it wasn’t a comment on his talent but…

Announcing EconCeleb; Video Interview: Alan Citron, GM, TMZ.com - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 02 May 2008 08:15 AM PST

We are doing a very exciting conference on July 23rd in Los Angeles, called EconCeleb, which will explore the business of celebrity and entertainment content online (and on mobile). It…

Industry Moves: FT.com ME And Publisher Ien Cheng Quits To Join Google - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Fri 02 May 2008 07:40 AM PST

FT.com managing editor and publisher Ien Cheng, the Financial Times’ most senior digital executive, is quitting the company to take up the post of director of product management for advertising…

Earnings: WaPo Q1 Profits Fall 39 Percent; Online Up 8 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 02 May 2008 06:03 AM PST

A dismal economy combined with the usual newspaper industry challenges led The Washington Post Company’s (NYSE: WPO) Q1 net income downward 39 percent to $39.3 million ($4.08 per share) from…

ABC.com Testing Multiple Commercials For Online TV Episodes - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 02 May 2008 04:43 AM PST

Disney-ABC Television Group plans to test viewer reaction to the presence of multiple commercials within long-form online videos on its ABC.com streaming media player, THR reports. It’s fairly standard for…

Microsoft Ready For Hostile Bid; Announcement Could Come Tomorrow - 4 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 01 May 2008 09:56 PM PST

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is now leaning towards a hostile bid to take over Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), and the announcement may come tomorrow morning, WSJ reports, citing sources. But the situation…

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…