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New York Times Buying Stake in Indian Newspaper Deccan Chronicle: Reports - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 12 Jun 2008 10:56 PM PST

The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), through International Herald Tribune, is close to picking up a 5 percent stake in Hyderabad, India-based publisher Deccan Chronicle Holding (DCHL), according to…

Industry Moves: Top Tribune Publishing Exec Scott Smith Retiring - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 12 Jun 2008 02:47 PM PST

Scott Smith, president of Tribune Publishing since 2005, is stepping down. In a memo (via Chicago Tribune) Smith told the company: “Sam, Randy and I agree it’s time for new…

Discovery Communications: Executive Pay, $31 Million In Digital Media Revs; Anti-Takeover Measures - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 12 Jun 2008 09:20 AM PST

As Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) gets set to trade as a standalone company, it has filed a detailed, preliminary proxy filing, explaining what the business consists of, its financial picture,…

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WBTVG Inks Syndication Deals With Joost, TiVo, Veoh, Others - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 12 Jun 2008 09:00 AM PST

Now that its online programming is ready to go, Warner Brothers Television Group has lined up a roster of distribution partners: Dailymotion, Joost, Sling Media, TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) and Veoh…

Interview: Wenda Harris Millard, Co-CEO, MSLO: Continuing The Comeback; No Other Changes Planned - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 11 Jun 2008 04:29 PM PST

Susan Lyne, the outgoing CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia hardly ever missed a chance to trumpet the company’s strengths to marketers and investors at media conferences the past few…

eBay Pulls The Plug On Cable TV, Radio Ad Exchange - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 11 Jun 2008 03:03 PM PST

After struggling for more than a year to attract advertisers, cable TV networks and radio stations to its Online Media Exchange, eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) has decided to close it down,…

Industry Moves: WaPo; Discovery; Comcast; Channel M; PV Media - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Wed 11 Jun 2008 02:07 PM PST

-- *Washington Post* Company: Chairman and CEO Donald Graham went inside for a successor to longtime CFO Jay Morse. Hal Jones will succeed Morse as SVP-finance and CFO of The…

Industry Moves: MSLO CEO Lyne Steps Down; Millard and Marino Named Co-CEOs - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 11 Jun 2008 06:19 AM PST

Susan Lyne has stepped down from her posts as Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia’s (NYSE: MSO) president and CEO. In her place, MSLO is promoting Wenda Harris Millard, president of media,…

Weather Channel Parent Landmark Turns Attention Towards Publishing Arm Sale - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 11 Jun 2008 04:21 AM PST

With the sale of The Weather Channel in its final innings—it’s down to Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) and NBC/BlackRock by all reports—parent company Landmark is now exploring the sale of…

ABC Considers Major Online Newscast Overhaul; CBS Looks To CNET, Celebs For Boost - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 10 Jun 2008 09:27 PM PST

When it comes to all the tropes the broadcast networks continue to cling to, the national evening news shows are arguably the most in need of drastic change. As the…

Paul Steiger’s ProPublica Opens For (Non-Profit) Business - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 10 Jun 2008 01:19 PM PST

While his former colleagues at the Wall Street Journal deal with the reverb from News Corp’s (NYSE: NWS) acquisition of Dow Jones, long-time WSJ managing editor Paul Steiger has been…

Ad Industry Roundup: IPG; NYTCo.; IAB; IPG; Facebook; Coke; Meebo - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 10 Jun 2008 12:15 PM PST

-- IPG’s investment strategy: Forget Interpublic Group’s ad strategy; their investment activity is much more interesting… At the Deutsche Bank conference this week, IPG CEO Michael Roth reviewed the company’s…

Industry Moves: Tennis Company; Nuance; BabyCenter; ITV; Uber.com - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Tue 10 Jun 2008 12:13 PM PST

-- The Tennis Company: A week after joining The Tennis Company as chairman, Tacoda founder Dave Morgan has hired former Tacoda exec Dominic Schmitt as GM of Tennis.com, where he…

Haymarket Media Buys Compliance Week - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 10 Jun 2008 10:43 AM PST

Haymarket Media, the US arm of the UK-based publisher of magazines like PR Week and Management Today, has bought Financial Media Holding Group’s Compliance Week. Terms were not disclosed. A…

The Sporting News Reinvents Itself Again; Goes To Digital Daily 365, Slashes Print - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 10 Jun 2008 10:04 AM PST

The day after US News & World Report announced its shift comes word that another magazine is slashing its publication schedule and increasing online reliance ... Stretching back to 1886,…

XM Settles Suit With EMI on Portable Music Player; Major Labels Out Of The Way - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 10 Jun 2008 09:23 AM PST

XM Satellite Radio (NSDQ: XMSR) has settled a lawsuit brought by EMI against the firm over the Pioneer Inno digital media player, which has live recording capabilities. This is the…

HealthCentral Network Buys Consumer Health Info Service MedTrackAlert - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 10 Jun 2008 07:59 AM PST

HealthCentral Network, the online consumer health info network, has bought out consumer health info company MedTrackAlert. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. MedTrackAlert was started in 2006, and…

NYTCo: Focused On Cost Cuts, Digital Growth, And Maybe A Prudent Acquisition - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 10 Jun 2008 07:16 AM PST

Straight from the “world’s largest climbing wall”, as they were introduced, a panel led of senior executives led by CEO Janet Robinson talked strategy at the Deutsche Bank Media &…

Lauren Rich Fine On Tribune’s Changes And The Newspaper Industry - 1 Comment
Posted By Lauren Rich Fine - Tue 10 Jun 2008 06:07 AM PST

The Tribune announcement to measure journalists based on their productivity and move to a 50-50 ad-news ratio came midway through the Florida Press Association’s annual meeting, in which I participated.…

‘Canoe Ventures’ Unveiled; Aegis’ Verklin To Head New Cable Ad Targeting Unit - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 09 Jun 2008 07:48 PM PST

As widely expected, outgoing Aegis Media Americas CEO David Verklin will head the new Comcast-backed cable ad targeting company Canoe Ventures—previously known as “Project Canoe,” WSJ reports. Introduced back in…

Sports Social Net My Team Zone Gets $2.3 Million First Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 09 Jun 2008 12:48 PM PST

My Team Zone, a social networking service for amateur sports teams, has raised a $2.3 million first round from unidentified investors, according to VentureBeat. Basically, the company makes online software…

Newspaper Roundup: Gannett; NAA; McClatchy - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 09 Jun 2008 12:17 PM PST

-- Gannett: Blaming the dismal ad market, Gannett (NYSE: GCI) has two pieces of bad news for investors: one, it write down the value of its assets by $2.3 billion…

Heeding To The Oxymoron: U.S. News Killing the Weekly; Focusing On Biweekly and Online - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 09 Jun 2008 11:05 AM PST

U.S. News & World, the No 3 weekly news magazine in U.S., has seen the writing and is among the first to respond to it: it will be dropping to…

Broadband Content Bits: ESPN360.com; Network Sites’ Visits; UK, Canada iTunes; MySpace; Hulu - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Mon 09 Jun 2008 09:55 AM PST

-- ESPN (NYSE: DIS) reports audience growth across online and TV viewership: ESPN’s NBA coverage has grown across the company’s online and TV platforms. Its broadband network ESPN360.com provided live…

Tribune’s Lean Approach: Analysts Fret, But Neuharth Applauds - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Sun 08 Jun 2008 11:14 PM PST

Analysts may be fretting over the new model newspaper outlined last week by Tribune CEO Sam Zell, but Al Neuharth, perhaps the last person who truly revolutionized newspapering, likes what…