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Joost Expands Beta; Adds Programming From Turner, NHL, Sony - 2 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 01 May 2007 10:28 AM PST

Anderson Cooper, Adult Swim, the NHL—at this rate, Joost is starting to look like basic cable. The company expanded its beta again today and said advertising from the 32 partners…

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Time Inc. Closes TeenPeople.com, But Keeps Brand Alive Within People.com - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 11 Apr 2007 08:41 PM PST

A new twist on the recent trend of print magazines transitioning to online-only editions: a year after shuttering its hard copy edition, TeenPeople.com will close at the end of the…

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Time Inc.: Still Not For Sale—Until It Is - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 02 Apr 2007 12:07 AM PST

It really doesn’t matter how many times top execs deny a property is for sale—if other people think it should be, it will be proposed and talked about until either…

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Time Inc. Highlights Recent Digital Moves, Emphasizes Video For Revamped Sites - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 26 Mar 2007 04:26 PM PST

A few hours after announcing it was ceasing publication of its Life newspaper insert and having the brand serve as an online photo portal, several Time Inc. executives held a…

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SI.com, NBCSports.com Sharing Content; Will Offer Cross-Platform Media Buys - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 11 Mar 2007 06:59 PM PST

SI.com and NBCSports.com started an intriguing relationship this weekend that includes content production and sharing, cross promotion and combined ad sales opportunities. It meshes each franchise’s strengths and gives SI.com…

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Print Titles Vie For Online Oscar Attention - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 19 Feb 2007 08:50 AM PST

If last month’s Golden Globe awards are any indication, next Sunday’s Oscars are going to be very good for the web traffic of traditional media outlets covering the Academy Awards,…

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Time Unveils SI VOD Channel And New Digital Studio; Brightcove Signs Video Deals With Time, TV Guide - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 12 Feb 2007 06:20 AM PST

Following Rafat’s report from last week’s Dealmakers Summit that Time Inc. would soon unveil a cable VOD channel, comes the full details: On Wednesday, Sports Illustrated will launch SI On…

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Time Inc To Launch a Cable VOD Channel - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 08 Feb 2007 09:22 AM PST

Time Inc EVP John Squires is speaking at the Dealmarkers summit in NYC today, and he had a small bit of news: The company is soon going to announce the…

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More On SI’s Acquisition Of FanNation.com - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 01 Feb 2007 08:08 PM PST

As we reported, SI Digital Group announced its acquisition of FanNation.com from Sports Technologies, Inc. Thursday; that was accompanied by Time Inc.’s investment in a new subsidiary of STI, which…

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SI Acquires FanNation.com; Time Inc. To Buy Interest In Parent Company - 6 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 31 Jan 2007 10:08 PM PST

You’re reading it here first ... The Sports Illustrated Group will announce Thursday that it has an agreement to acquire sports social net FanNation.com and its underlying technology. At the…

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@ SIAA: Time Inc. CEO Moore: Not Time For Champagne; Haven’t Made Enough Mistakes; Life-Google - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 30 Jan 2007 07:10 AM PST

Time Inc. CEO Ann Moore covered a lot of ground in her early a.m. keynote at SIIA. One tidbit: Time Inc. is about to announce a partnership with Google that…

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Bonnier To Acquire Time Inc’s Time4Media, Parenting Group For Estimated $210-240 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 25 Jan 2007 07:32 AM PST

The Time4Media and Parenting Group didn’t fit into Time Inc.’s plans but will help another publisher transform its business. Swedish publisher Bonnier Magazine Group is buying all 18 titles; Bonnier…

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More Than 250 Laid Off At Time Inc.; Bureaus Closed - 4 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 18 Jan 2007 11:00 AM PST

At least 250 Time Inc. employees are getting the bad news today as the Time Warner unit goes through a long-anticipated round of deep cuts. As expected, not even the…

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As Time Inc. Waits For More Cuts, Company Prefers To Focus On Digital - 2 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 15 Jan 2007 05:15 PM PST

Nestled in the umpteenth story about impending Time Inc. layoffs, the NYT offers a tantalizing number related to the Time Warner unit’s digital front. Also, we once again hear how…

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About Time – Or Out Of Time? - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 08 Jan 2007 09:48 PM PST

It remains to be seen whether Time’s highly touted revolution within the past week – primarily issuing the magazine on Fridays instead of Monday and website relaunch today – will…

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SI Continues Interest In Social Networks; $25 Million On 40 percent Of Start-up FanNation.com? - 2 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 18 Dec 2006 10:20 PM PST

Last week SI launched its relationship with high school social net Takkle. Now comes word that the Time Inc. magazine may be negotiating for a piece of social net FanNation.com,…

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More About SI-Takkle; Revenue Plans - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 12 Dec 2006 07:32 AM PST

I wasn’t able to get revenue details into yesterday’s post on the Takkle-Sports Illustrated deal but via an email exchange with Jeff Price, president of SI Digital, can provide some…

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High-School Sports Social Net Takkle, SI Team Up - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 11 Dec 2006 03:57 PM PST

This has been in the works for months ... high-school sports social net Takkle is going national and launching a strategic alliance with Sports Illustrated at the same time. The…

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@ Sports Media & Tech: New Media’s Role In Sports Business—NFL, Mobile ESPN, Users - 1 Comment
Posted By David Eckoff - Tue 14 Nov 2006 09:11 PM PST

More from a busy first day at the Sports Media & Technology Conference in New York ... The heads of digital operations for some of the largest media companies -…

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Amid Changes, Time Shifting: To Guarantee Total Audience—Print And Online - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Fri 10 Nov 2006 09:23 AM PST

Time Magazine isn’t just tweaking a few things—it’s literally retooling, like a plant being refitted to produce a new car. In addition to changing the publication day to Friday, already…

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Earnings: TW’s Parsons Downplays AOL Sale Chatter, Talks Up Ad Sale Gains - 0 Comments
Posted By Jonathan Berr - Wed 01 Nov 2006 08:16 AM PST

During the 3Q earnings call, Time Warner CEO Dick Parsons and COO Jeff Bewkes each tried to dampen speculation that AOL is for sale. Parsons called AOL “a core asset”…

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Earnings: Time Warner 3Q Disappoints; AOL Makes Ad Gains; SI.com, CNNMoney.com Help Time Inc. - 0 Comments
Posted By Jonathan Berr - Wed 01 Nov 2006 05:32 AM PST

Time Warner managed to disappoint investors in the third quarter even though net income more than doubled. The media conglomerate also reaffirmed its earnings guidance Net income was $2.3 billion,…

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Moore Is Less At Time Inc. Interactive; People, SI, CNNMoney Rule What’s Left: Report
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 29 Oct 2006 11:16 PM PST

Time Inc. chairman and CEO Ann Moore is pursuing a tiered interactive strategy with People.com, SI.com and CNNMoney.com at the top and Time.com at least a rung below, according to…

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Two Dozen-plus Show Interest In Time Inc.’s Niche Mags - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 20 Sep 2006 06:11 AM PST

Keith Kelly reports that at least 28 parties have expressed interest in looking over Time Inc.’s Niche pubs as potential bidders but only a few are from U.S with financial…

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Moore: Time Inc. Has To Shrink In Order To Grow - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 18 Sep 2006 10:11 AM PST

And if you love something let it go free .. no, wait, that’s a t-shirt saying, not part of the actual interview David Carr did late last week with Time…

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