More Turmoil At Newsweek/Daily Beast As Three Top Executives Exit
IAC (NSDQ: IACI) CEO Barry Diller told investors this summer that the company could tolerate the continued losses at the combined Newsweek/D… Read more at paidContent »
Industry Moves: Safari Books Online; Compass Labs; Mesa; SocialVolt
– Safari Books Online: Andrew Savikas has been appointed CEO of Safari Books Online, a joint venture of O’Reilly Media and Pearson (NYSE: P… Read more at paidContent »
Iger: NBA Strike Won't Hurt ESPN; This Is The 'Pre-Season' Of Digital Video
The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) pulled in a pretty solid fiscal 2011 and FY Q4, but a number of challenges have emerged that could threaten… Read more at paidContent »
Disney Interactive Media Narrows Loss On Higher Revenue
The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) beat the street on revenue and earnings for the quarter ending Oct. 1, led by its cable networks and theme p… Read more at paidContent »
The Morning Lowdown 11-10-11
» ‘I Am Not Incompetent’ – James Murdoch Defends Himself (paidContent)
» Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Buys Voice-To-Text Start… Read more at paidContent »
A Tale Of Two Strategies: Home And Away With Orange And Vodafone
Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) and Orange have long been rivals in mobile phone markets in Europe, but as growth slows down in the region, the two are… Read more at paidContent »
Can Demand Media Wean Itself From Low-Grade Content?
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Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) may have pleased investors with better than expected (or less worse than expected) income losses, but the elements… Read more at paidContent »
What Twitter's Latest Move Means For Other Social TV Players
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As social TV emerges as something beyond an experiment for advertisers and TV networks, Twitter is eager to take a bigger role in connecting… Read more at paidContent »
MSLO Hires iVIllage's Lagani To Oversee Ad Sales
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (NYSE: MSO) has hired ad sales veteran Joe Lagani to the newly-created post of chief revenue officer as the… Read more at paidContent »
The Morning Lowdown 11-08-11
» NYT Digital Head Martin Nisenholtz Retiring; Won’t Be Replaced; (paidContent; paidContent)
» New York Times (NYSE:… Read more at paidContent »
@ pcE11: Angry Birds 'The Movie' Or 'The App'? It's Just 'The Experience'
Angry Birds is one of the the most popular game apps, but as various offshoots develop — merchandise, TV shows, more animated movies — the… Read more at paidContent »
@ pcE11: CBS' Lanzone: If You Want Our Content, You'll Have To Pay — A Lot
CBS (NYSE: CBS) has taken what Jim Lanzone, president of CBS Interactive, calls “a pragmatic path” in terms of distributing streamed videos… Read more at paidContent »
@ pcE11: Dawn Ostroff: Streaming Is Better Than DVRs For Advertising
Veteran TV exec Dawn Ostroff has only been in her job as the head of Condé Nast’s new entertainment unit for three weeks, so it made sense… Read more at paidContent »
The Truth About Amazon Publishing
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) isn’t exactly lacking for praise these days, and much of it is deserved. The company has revolutionized digital publishi… Read more at paidContent »
AOL’s Armstrong: ‘Benefits Are Coming Into View’
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AOL (NYSE: AOL) CEO Tim Armstrong offered a much more triumphant sounding note when he began the Q3 earnings call, seeking to convince long-… Read more at paidContent »
New Ad Service From Flurry Targets Indifferent Mobile App Users
App users can be a fickle bunch, downloading new mobile apps on a whim only to let them sit dormant for months. In that vein, Flurry is offe… Read more at paidContent »
Turner Broadcast Ad Veteran Yaccarino To Head NBCU Cable, Digital Sales
Linda Yaccarino, who left her role as SVP/COO of Turner Entertainment Ad Sales & Marketing and Acquisitions after 18 years last week, is qui… Read more at paidContent »
The Morning Lowdown 10-28-11
» Emily Gould And The Rise Of The Indie E-Bookseller (paidContent)
» Mobile Ad Company 4INFO Raises $14 Million, Spin… Read more at paidContent »
Comcast Moves NBCU Local’s Shopping Guide To DailyCandy
A year after NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) Universal’s local division launched shopping guide network The Feast, the property is being handed over to it… Read more at paidContent »
Partnership With Gilt City Shows Google’s New Focus On High-End Shoppers
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is collaborating with discount luxury network Gilt City as it looks to expand its Google Offers deals service. The partn… Read more at paidContent »
How Much Are Social Networks Really Impacting Shopping Habits?
If you read about the impact of social networks and deal sites on how people shop and what they buy when they are shopping, you would think… Read more at paidContent »
Infographic: Nokia’s Ad Peformance Holding Up, On Symbian At Least
While Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is busy courting developers with free Lumia devices to promote its new mobile OS of choice, Microsoft’s Windows Phon… Read more at paidContent »
Nokia Spreads The Lumia Love: 85k Free Devices To Developers, Bloggers
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has pushed hard to get its first two Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Windows-based phones out before the holiday season. The indust… Read more at paidContent »
Should you care how high your Klout score is?
Users are outraged about changes that Klout has made to the way it calculates online influence, and some argue these scores are meaningless. But measuring “reputation rank” is clearly a huge potential market, and Klout is far from the only one interested in doing it. Read more »
As Cable TV News Wars Heat Up, Bloomberg Builds ‘Live TV’ Placement On iPad
Bloomberg may still be battling with Comcast over better placement on its cable systems, but the financial news and information company is l… Read more at paidContent »
