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Interview: Paul Rittenberg, SVP, Ad Sales, Fox News: Fox Fusion ‘Makes Sense’ Heading Into Upfront - 3 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 21 Apr 2008 07:00 PM PST

When Paul Rittenberg, SVP of ad sales for Fox News Channel and Fox Business News, meets with media buyers to describe Fox Fusion this week, he’ll begin by telling them…

The ‘New’ WSJ; Small Steps For Now; Expanded Opinion Section; Crovitz Column Debuts - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 21 Apr 2008 06:53 AM PST

On the surface, it looks pretty much the same, but today marks a key day in the Wall Street Journal’s assault on the NYT. I had to hunt for it…

Wall Street Journal Paper Redesign: Launching Tomorrow; Broader Focus - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 20 Apr 2008 01:57 PM PST

The much-anticipated Wall Street Journal print redesign is launching tomorrow, as this long Newsweek story writes about, including positioning it as Rupert Murdoch’s full frontal assault on the New York…

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The Murdoch Effect: Bloomberg-New York Times Merger Thoughts?; Civic Duty To Save NYT - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 20 Apr 2008 01:20 PM PST

So Newsweek is reporting, though details are very sketchy and preliminary for now: it reports that Michael Bloomberg’s friends are encouraging him to explore the idea of a Bloomberg-New York…

Dow Jones Acquires Business Networking Tool Generate - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 17 Apr 2008 08:58 AM PST

Dow Jones has started its acquisitions again, now as part of News Corp (NYSE: NWS). it has bought a much-talked about company in the business social networking space: the Boston-based…

Blog Reading: Kind Of Like Getting A Nicotine Fix: Study - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 16 Apr 2008 08:48 AM PST

As someone who’s checked the Drudge Report once an hour, every hour for the last 10 years of my life, I can certainly accept the idea that the sites I…

WSJ.com In For a Major Redesign; Starts With Some Sections - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 15 Apr 2008 11:11 PM PST

WSJ.com is on for a major redesign and relaunch soon, and some elements of it are being rolled out now on the site, and some would view it as the…

Fox Fusion Attempts To Boost Cable News Sites’ Ad Revs, Traffic With Help From WSJ Sites - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 14 Apr 2008 03:37 PM PST

Just in time for next month’s TV upfront, Fox will begin unveiling a new ad sales program designed to match up media buys along its cable channels and online news…

WSJ Staff To Move Into News Corp HQs?; Online Model Set For Now - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 26 Mar 2008 09:40 PM PST

The new Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) CEO Les Hinton gave his first public interview to The Australian, and though no revelatory points, some reiteration of current policies, and a hint…

Industry Moves: PointRoll; DriverTV; Spot Runner; Bankrate; Baidu - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Tue 25 Mar 2008 10:45 AM PST

-- PointRoll: PointRoll has appointed Max Mead, Sanjiv Karana and Dea Lawrence to its senior management team. Mead has been named VP-business development and strategy, most recently having been COO…

Dow Jones Newswires Switches Partners; Will Distribute AFP, Not AP - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 18 Mar 2008 07:28 PM PST

Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) and the Associated Press are ending a longstanding distribution and resource-sharing agreement. Instead, Dow Jones Newswires will distribute stories from Agence France-Presse. DJ has been sharing…

Dow Jones Makes First Post-News Corp Acquisition: Buys Betten Financial News - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 10 Mar 2008 07:50 AM PST

Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS), now officially part of News Corp. has made its first acquisition after the deal: it has bought Dutch company Betten Financial News, in an effort to…

Newspaper Roundup: DJ Settlement; Star Tribune; NCT Buyout; McClatchy Downgrade; Bruce Sherman - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 15 Feb 2008 09:49 AM PST

-- Dow Jones: As tipped last month, the SEC has settled an insider trading complaint against ex-Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) director David Li and certain affiliated parties. Li was alleged…

Dow Jones Invests in Obits Site Tributes.com; Spinoff From Eons.com - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 12 Feb 2008 11:37 PM PST

Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS), now part of News Corp. has done an unusual strategic investment: it has invested in Tributes.com, a new obits site which is a spinoff from boomers…

Industry Moves: Goldberg Appointed News SVP-Digital Strategy And Operations For WSJ Digital Network - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 06 Feb 2008 01:13 PM PST

Following on the heels of News Corp (NYSE: NWS). chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch’s latest confirmation of his hybrid digital strategy, Dow Jones is adding some exec power at the…

Industry Moves: WSJ; Fortune-Money; TargetSpot; US News - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Tue 05 Feb 2008 10:28 AM PST

-- Wall Street Journal: Another ESPN vet joins Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) ... Andrew Sippel moves to WSJ as VP-marketing and business development, effective Feb. 25. He will report to…

NWS: Murdoch Spells Out Value Of DJ Subscription Content, Boasts About Lower Dependence On Ad Market - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 04 Feb 2008 02:42 PM PST

In case anyone was holding on to the idea that News Corp (NYSE: NWS). chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch might pull back on his Davos comments that WSJ.com would be…

Dow Jones Recommitting To Ventures Group Again; Will Consider Acquisitions - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 01 Feb 2008 01:59 PM PST

Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS), which announced its Dow Jones Ventures group about two years ago and then for the most part went silent over it (except for the DJ-IAC (NSDQ:…

@ SIIA: Gordon Crovitz: Consumer Media Woes A Warning To Biz Media; ‘Hybrid Model Works Very Well’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 31 Jan 2008 06:37 AM PST

Though he didn’t directly come out and say it,ex-WSJ publisher Gordon Crovitz, had a different message in his SIIA keynote than what we heard yesterday from Reuters CEO Tom Glocer.…

Microsoft To Serve Ads On WSJ Digital Network - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 29 Jan 2008 08:23 AM PST

Right on the heels of its ad serving deals with CNBC and Viacom (NYSE: VIA), Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) now has a deal to supply contextual and paid search ads to…

WSJ Notes: Move To Mid-Manhattan Possible; Brit Editor For New Luxury Mag; Sports Page - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 28 Jan 2008 04:54 PM PST

New WSJ HQ?: The New York Observer is reporting—and we have confirmed—that News Corp (NYSE: NWS). is considering moving the editorial staff of the Wall Street Journal uptown to its…

EX-DJ Director Li To Settle Insider Trading Charge With SEC: Reports - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 28 Jan 2008 11:56 AM PST

Former Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) director David K. P. Li is close to settling insider trading charges with the SEC, according to the FT and WSJ. Li, who is chairman…

WSJ.com Pay Wall Benefits TheStreet.com: Analyst - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Sat 26 Jan 2008 02:49 AM PST

Needham analyst Mark May, a longtime follower of TheStreet.com, is out with a new bullish report on the financial news service, following its recent analyst day. Among the points he…

Murdoch: WSJ.com Will Not Go Completely Free; In Fact, Premium Pricing Will Rise - 7 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 24 Jan 2008 10:41 AM PST

With any luck this will put an end to the “will he, won’t he” chatter about WSJ.com ... WSJ reports that Rupert Murdoch told a panel in Davos that free…

Much Ado About Murdoch’s ‘Change Of Heart’ Re Free WSJ.com - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 16 Jan 2008 10:54 PM PST

We’re shocked, shocked to find that WSJ.com might not go completely free after all. I say that fully with tongue in cheek because I’ve never believed the Journal would go…