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@ MTV Upfront: Jon Stewart On The Big Ad Show: ‘I Thought We Don’t Do These Anymore’ - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 08 May 2008 01:06 PM PST

MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) is bringing out as many diverse stars as possible for what is nevertheless considered a more scaled down upfront presentation this year. Justin Timberlake, Samuel…

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,…

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…

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@ EconSM: Election ‘08 And The Rise Of Voter-Generated Content - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 28 Apr 2008 07:00 PM PST

After discussing their new jobs, Dennis Haarsager, interim CEO of National Public Radio, asked members of the opening panel at ContentNext’s EconSM conference the way social media has influenced the…

IAB Video: Wenda Harris Millard’s ‘Pork Bellies’ Speech - 2 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 16 Apr 2008 01:04 PM PST

In a keynote presentation at the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s Ecosystem 2.0 conference last month, new IAB chairperson Wenda Harris Millard sparked a new round of questioning over the rise of…

Vertical Networks Poised To Take A Larger Share Of Online Ad Market: Analyst - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 11 Apr 2008 05:16 PM PST

To many media industry observers these days, the notion of a major publisher joining or starting an online ad network seems to feel like an over-hyped trend that’s long since…

AP Debuts Online Video Syndication; Strikes Distribution Deal For AnswersTV’s Health Channel - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 11 Apr 2008 01:10 PM PST

The Associated Press has created a new syndication feature for its Online Video Network, the video player and uploading service for its 1,800 affiliate member websites. The global news service…

On Ad Networks: Pork Bellies, Diamonds, Or The New Direct Marketing? - 9 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 08 Apr 2008 09:00 AM PST

Over the past few weeks, a debate over the use and growing prominence of ad networks and exchanges has been gathering. The recent shuttering of ESPN’s (NYSE: DIS) and the…

In Austin For 9th International Symposium On Online Journalism In Austin - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 03 Apr 2008 03:08 PM PST

I’m in Austin for the 9th International Symposium on Online Journalism at the University of Texas Friday and Saturday, where I’ll be on a panel about emerging business models. (Poetic…

Diller To Back Tina Brown’s Planned News Aggregation Site; FiLife Dormant? - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 02 Apr 2008 01:44 PM PST

Former New Yorker and Vanity Fair editor Tina Brown is teaming with Barry Diller on the creation of a non-partisan news aggregation site, Radar reports. Edward Felsenthal, the former deputy…

2007’s Online Ad Spend Grew 18.9 Percent, Down From 35 Percent The Year Before: Nielsen - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 31 Mar 2008 11:24 AM PST

The Nielsen Company’s latest ad spend figures for 2007 confirms the findings of ZenithOptimedia, TNS Media Intelligence and eMarketer in the past month: total ad growth was essentially flat at…

Hollywood Dealmaker Safran To Bring Scripted Shows To Microsoft Xbox This Fall - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Sun 30 Mar 2008 06:42 PM PST

Hollywood producer and talent agent Peter Safran’s deal with Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) to bring digital entertainment to the Xbox Live system represents a major expansion for both. As the NYT…

Thomson, Reuters Shareholders Approve Merger - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 26 Mar 2008 07:42 AM PST

Shareholders have given Thomson’s (NYSE: TOC) acquisition of Reuters (NSDQ: RTRSY) the nod, Reuters reported. The Canadian financial media company says that nearly 99 percent of the shareholders in Toronto…

Wikipedia Gets $3 Million Sloane Foundation Grant - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 25 Mar 2008 04:37 PM PST

The Wikimedia Foundation has picked up $3 million in grants from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The philanthropy will parcel out its grant in $1 million installments over three years to…

Amid Flat Ad Spend In ‘07, Display Grew 15.9 Percent; Online’s Share Passes Radio - Report - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 25 Mar 2008 05:08 AM PST

As ad spending in the U.S. was essentially flat last year, display ads continued their double digit growth, according to data from TNS Media Intelligence. The researcher, which doesn’t measure…

New Google Search Tool Finds Web Publishers’ Concerns - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 24 Mar 2008 08:07 AM PST

Some large online publishers are expressing initial wariness about Google’s (NSDQ: GOOG) new “search within a search” feature, which some feel could diminish their role in directing users around their…

ESPN Pulls The Plug On Ad Network; Millard Warns About Treating Ads Like Pork Bellies - 3 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 24 Mar 2008 05:10 AM PST

With nearly every media company getting in the ad network game—the latest entrant being Forbes—one major player is bucking the trend. ESPN (NYSE: DIS) has ended its arrangement with Specific…

Forbes Plans 400-Member Financial Ad Network; Viacom Forming Ad Nets For Music, Male Lifestyle - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:28 PM PST

Forbes Inc. has ambitious plans for an ad network with about 400 financial blogs as members, according to AP. The financial news media company is expected to release more details…

SPONSOR POST: Courtroom Live - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 15 Mar 2008 06:41 PM PST

CourtroomLive captures courtroom proceedings to deliver live and on-demand video directly to subscribers’ desktops. Viewers can simultaneously view video of the proceedings while examining digital snapshots of evidence presented in…

Our New BlackBerry And Mobile App For Our Feeds - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 28 Feb 2008 08:45 AM PST

After lots of requests to make our e-mail newsletters better formatted for BlackBerry (we are almost done with designing a simple text one), we have gone one step further: created…

Writers Vote To End Strike; New Contract Still Must Be Ratified - 2 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 12 Feb 2008 08:40 PM PST

It ended right at the 100-day mark: 92.5 percent of the 3,775 members of the Writers Guild of America who cast their ballots today voted to end their work stoppage.…

Interview: Steve Waldman, CEO BeliefNet: Putting Faith In Video Expansion - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 12 Feb 2008 11:21 AM PST

Steve Waldman’s decision to sell faith-focused community site BeliefNet to News Corp (NYSE: NWS). last December wasn’t an easy one. Speaking on a panel at the Media Dealmakers Summit in…

@ Dealmaker’s Summit: MSLO’s Wenda Harris Millard On YHOO’s ‘Monomaniacal Obsession’ With GOOG - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 07 Feb 2008 09:36 AM PST

Almost a week after Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) unveiled its $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), former chief sales officer Wenda Harris Millard, now president of media for Martha Stewart…

@ SIIA: This Used To Be A Media Culture; Now It’s An “Engineer Culture” - 2 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 30 Jan 2008 03:22 PM PST

The fascination with Rupert Murdoch was center stage during a discussion on old media vs. new media at the SIIA Information Industry Summit. When Tribune CEO and chairman Sam Zell’s…

@ MidemNet: Our Coverage - 1 Comment
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Mon 28 Jan 2008 09:00 PM PST

Our paidContent:UK editor Robert Andrews has been at the MidemNet conference in Cannes, covering the big music conference and marketplace. Some highlights: -- @ MidemNet: YouTube’s Hurley: EU ‘Made Things…