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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…

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…

HBO’s Finally Seen It: Coming To iTunes With Tiered Or Differential Pricing: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 12 May 2008 09:17 AM PST

HBO, which has always made it interminably difficult to find any of its shows online (that’s because they aren’t, at least legally), is close to announcing a deal with Apple…

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Video Interview: Jeff Price, President, SI Digital, Time Inc - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 11 May 2008 11:28 AM PST

At our recently concluded EconSM conference in LA, I did a short video interview with one of our speakers, Jeff Price, the president of SI Digital, the digital sports media…

Earnings: Liberty Interactive Up 10 Percent; IAC Resolution ‘Possible’; Starz-Viacom Competition - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 08 May 2008 12:04 PM PST

Maybe it’s just the time of day but looking at Liberty Media’s (NSDQ: LINTA) Q1 earnings and listening to the call is making my head hurt. While thorn-in-the-side Barry Diller…

Google Execs ‘Divided’ On Yahoo Search Deal; AOL Talks Continue Without Urgency: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 08 May 2008 04:37 AM PST

Where have all Yahoo’s Plan Bs gone? In the days before Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) withdrew its bid for the company, it put out word that it was on the verge…

News Corp: Yahoo ‘Talks’ Overstated; No Discussions With Microsoft or AOL Ongoing - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 07 May 2008 02:37 PM PST

Asked during a press call today about cooling talks with Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), News Corp (NYSE: NWS) COO Peter Chernin replied quickly: “Saying talks have cooled overstates them ... I’m…

Another One Bites The Dust: Turner Folds Comedy Site SuperDeluxe Into AdultSwim.com - 2 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 07 May 2008 12:39 PM PST

Yet another comedy site fails to deliver its overpromise ... paidContent has learned that Turner told staff today it is folding SuperDeluxe.com into AdultSwim.com, and laying off much of…

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…

Who Will Microsoft Buy Now With the $50 Billion Change Left? AOL? Facebook? - 3 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 03 May 2008 08:36 PM PST

Despite the fact that Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has withdrawn its offer to buy Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), the M&A machinery on all sides is still in full gear, and expect tons…

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…

Day And Date Movies Starting on iTunes; Warner Bros’ Will Do It For VOD and Online - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 30 Apr 2008 11:40 PM PST

It was only a matter of, well, days, before day-and-date would arrive for the VOD and online release of movies, and it has: Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is expected to announce…

Time Warner and Others Invest $25 Million in Meebo; Korea, Japan Expansion Plans - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 30 Apr 2008 09:00 PM PST

As we reported first earlier today, social IM firm Meebo has closed its third round of funding, and it came in at a big amount: $25 million. The lead investor…

Federal Court Rules AOL, Yahoo, Real Must Pay ASCAP Music Licensing Fees; Could Run $100 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 30 Apr 2008 05:37 PM PST

ASCAP is ballyhooing a federal court ruling today that AOL (NYSE: TWX), Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) must pay higher licensing fees for streaming songs by its 320,000-plus…

AOL: Tacoda Not Fading Away; Plans To Integrate The Technology Across Ad.com Next Month - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 30 Apr 2008 12:50 PM PST

Despite either laying off or losing nearly half a dozen of its senior executive team over the past two months, AOL is insisting that its behavioral targeting unit, Tacoda, is…

Time 100 Includes Ballmer, Jobs, Allen, Rock Band Creators, Radiohead, Zuckerberg, Arrington - 22 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 30 Apr 2008 09:04 AM PST

You’re reading it here first ... the tech-related members of the much-hyped Time 100 due to be announced on Time.com overnight (check back here for a link) and at newsstands…

Earnings: TWX CEO Bewkes: Time Inc’s Online Rev Grew Fast Enough To More Than Offset Print Losses - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 30 Apr 2008 07:34 AM PST

At his first earnings call as CEO, Jeff Bewkes said Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Cable’s fate would be determined by today and, sure enough, the announcement that TWC would be…

Earnings: Time Warner Q1 Revs Up 2 Percent; AOL Falls 21 Percent; To Separate Cable Completely - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 30 Apr 2008 03:45 AM PST

Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) has announced Q1 revenue of $11.4 billion, a 2 percent increase from $11.18 billion in the year-ago period. Total operating income decline 20 percent, largely on…

@ EconSM: Interview: Ron Grant, President, AOL: Bebo Will Return Us To Our Roots - 2 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 29 Apr 2008 05:47 PM PST

AOL president Ron Grant, appearing on our EconSM panel, suggested new acquisition of Bebo would be used to thread social features throughout AOL’s new-look websites. In a later chat with…

@EconSM: AOL & Bebo; ‘The Final Leg Of The Stool’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 29 Apr 2008 04:45 PM PST

AOL’s (NYSE: TWX) $850 million purchase of Bebo back in March was one of the big social media deals of the year. In a Q&A with ContentNext co-editor Staci Kramer…

@ EconSM: Traditional Media Companies Fight The ‘Lumbering Giant’ Tag - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 29 Apr 2008 02:00 PM PST

Lumbering giants of the past or the prime innovators of the moment? That was the question moderator and EconSM conference editorial director Elizabeth Osder put to a panel of old…

Warner Bros. TV Unveils Online Programming Slate; WB Gets Second Chance As Female-targeted Video Net - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 28 Apr 2008 11:00 AM PST

Although details slipped out about its broadband plans a few weeks ago, Warner Bros. TV Group is now prepared to say it’s resurrecting its WB Network TV brand as an…

Industry Moves: AOL CMO Burbank Defects To The Nielsen Company - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 25 Apr 2008 08:51 AM PST

paidContent has learned that AOL (NYSE: TWX) Chief Marketing Officer John Burbank is leaving, less than a year after he arrived, to take on the newly-created CMO role at The…

AOL Buys Fantasy Football Site Fleaflicker - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 25 Apr 2008 05:18 AM PST

AOL has acquired Fantasy Football site Fleaflicker for an undisclosed amount, Mediapost reported. The site will be added to AOL Sports, whose existing fantasy football offerings were described as “modest”…

AOL’s Platform-A Answers ‘Spray And Pray’ Ad Sales With Spot Market System - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 23 Apr 2008 09:01 PM PST

AOL’s (NYSE: TWX) Platform-A is unveiling Spot Marketplace, a service that aims to give advertisers a bit more selectivity when it comes to online placements, the company tells us. The…