Archive for July, 2008
Cablevision Beats Competition and Outperforms Expectations
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Cablevision Systems posted stronger-than-expected earnings for the second quarter, handily beating back competition for customers, especially telephone company competition.
Cablevision Posts Drop in Earnings
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Cablevision said profits fell 69 percent, but earnings in the year-ago period were boosted by the sale of the company?s stake in a regional sports network.
Advertising: A Jeweler Joins Its Friends on MySpace
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Cartier is one of the first luxury brands to hang out its shingle on a social networking site.
Clay T. Whitehead, Guide of Policy That Helped Cable TV, Is Dead at 69
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Mr. Whitehead laid the groundwork for Open Skies, the policy that led to the creation of the domestic satellite system that brought cable television into millions of American homes.
Theme Parks and Media Networks Lift Disney
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Disney reported an 8.5 percent rise in profit showing strong third-quarter results at its media networks and its theme parks.
Advertising: Tug of War in Food Marketing to Children
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
The Federal Trade Commission issued a report detailing the pervasiveness of food marketing to children, and a coalition of food companies responded with its own report arguing they had made progress on the issue.
Interpublic Profit Falls, but Revenue Up
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Interpublic Group said second-quarter profit fell 28 percent as a tax provision offset a bigger-than-expected jump in revenue.
IAC Posts Loss on Charges
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
IAC/InterActiveCorp posted quarterly results that beat Wall Street forecasts, although charges for its online mortgage and catalog units resulted in a net loss.
SearchDay: Yahoo’s Judgment Day
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Yahoo's Judgment Day; Avoid Getting Coding Problems Flagged by Search Engines; and more.
SearchDay: Tips for Creating a Successful Blog
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Tips for Creating a Successful Blog; SEM Going Legit -- Literally EDU; Judge Protects Google Source Code, But Not YouTube Users; and more.
Otto Fuerbringer, Former Time Editor, Dies at 97
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Mr. Fuerbringer was the hard-driving, conservative-leaning managing editor of Time magazine during the political and social upheavals of the 1960s.
With Commercial, McCain Gets Much More Than His Money?s Worth
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
John McCain?s campaign has proved adept at making commercials intriguing enough to draw wide coverage from news outlets.
Weak Ad Revenue From Cable Channels Weighs on Viacom
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Viacom said that advertising revenue at its cable channels had been lower than expected in the second quarter.
Hit Buoys Animation Studio?s Profit
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
DreamWorks Animation SKG said that second-quarter profit fell sharply, but still topped expectations, helped by its hit ?Kung Fu Panda? film.
XM Satellite and Sirius Complete Merger
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio said they have completed their long-pending merger.
McGraw-Hill Second Quarter Earnings Fall 23 Pct
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
McGraw-Hill, a textbook publisher and bond rating company, said that second quarter earnings dropped 23 percent, as revenue at its bond rating business declined.
Robert Novak Has Brain Tumor
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
The columnist Robert Novak has a brain tumor and will stop writing and making television appearances, at least temporarily.
No Longer Young, Nick at Nite Plans to Show It Can Be Nimble
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
At 29 years old, Nickelodeon is trying to produce programs that the first generation can watch with its children.
New Brand Logos Reflect Shift at G.M.
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Opel and Vauxhall, General Motors? biggest-selling brands in Europe, are getting new logos that aim to ?send a message that something is happening with these brands.?
The World: Scandal! Fleet Street Without Sex!
Monday, July 28th, 2008
Britain?s courts say celebrities have a right to cavort in privacy.
Say So Long to an Old Companion: Cassette Tapes
Monday, July 28th, 2008
There was a funeral the other day at the Manhattan offices of book publisher Hachette to mourn the passing of what it called a ?dear friend? -- the cassette tape.
India?s New Partnership: Bollywood and Hip-Hop
Monday, July 28th, 2008
Indians are getting their first encounter with American rapper Snoop Dogg, who sings a rap song in a Sikh turban in ?Singh is Kinng.?
Advertising: Leftover Ad Space? Exchanges Handle the Remnants
Monday, July 28th, 2008
Because there are usually lower fees, buying off exchanges tends to be cheaper -- though more labor-intensive -- than buying through networks.
Scene Stealer: Steven Spielberg?s Director?s Cut
Monday, July 28th, 2008
Steven Spielberg?s recently announced partnership with an Indian group to form a new movie company contains an element of shock: that Hollywood could not come up with a rich enough deal for him.
Media Talk: A DVD Marketing Campaign Horton Would Definitely Hear
Monday, July 28th, 2008
20th Century Fox Corporation is backing the arrival of ?Dr. Seuss? Horton Hears a Who!? on DVD with one of the biggest marketing pushes in the medium?s history.
Media Talk: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Absurdly Implausible Excess
Monday, July 28th, 2008
Is ?nuked the fridge? the new ?jumped the shark?? The phrase, inspired by a scene from the latest Indiana Jones film, is gaining traction online.
A Media Powerhouse Everyone and Nobody Knows
Monday, July 28th, 2008
Aviv Nevo took a modest inheritance and parlayed it into a fortune by investing in media and Internet companies.
Black Radio on Obama Is Left?s Answer to Limbaugh
Monday, July 28th, 2008
Black radio hosts? efforts to support Barack Obama could help increase voter turnout in a vital part of his coalition.
Belo Income Drops Into the Red
Monday, July 28th, 2008
A.H. Belo swung to a loss in the second quarter because of a sharp drop in newspaper advertising revenue.
Pearson Posts Narrower Loss, Upbeat Outlook
Monday, July 28th, 2008
Pearson, the publisher of the Financial Times and Penguin books, reported a narrower first-half loss as sales rose in both its U.S. publishing business and the FT group.
Sirius Satellite Loss Narrows, Subscribers Rise
Monday, July 28th, 2008
Sirius Satellite Radio said its second-quarter adjusted quarterly loss narrowed as it increased subscribers to its pay radio service.
SearchDay: SERP Position: It Ain’t Horseshoes
Monday, July 28th, 2008
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: SERP Position: It Ain't Horseshoes; If You Give Google A Cookie; If Google Gives You Comics; and more.
SearchDay: Some New SEO Services Not So Special
Monday, July 28th, 2008
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Some New SEO Services Not So Special; Newspapers Bleed Red Ink: Death by Internet; SEO Quarterly Web Site Review: Villas of Distinction; and more.
Board of Screen Actors Guild Backs Negotiators? Demands
Monday, July 28th, 2008
Hollywood?s largest actors union backed negotiators? demands for greater control over Internet content, indicating any deal with studios might be weeks away.
A Means for Publishers to Put a Newspaper in Your Pocket
Monday, July 28th, 2008
Verve Wireless believes it can save the dying local newspaper by making it mobile.
Raucous Russian Tabloids Thrive
Sunday, July 27th, 2008
As long as they do not threaten the Kremlin or its friends, it seems, Russian newspapers can say what they like.
Baseball Team Clashes With Environmentalists Over Oil Company Advertising
Sunday, July 27th, 2008
Environmentalists are protesting the advertising relationship between the Washington Nationals and ExxonMobil.
The Medium: Prime Times
Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Why the best new TV shows are set in the medium?s heyday.
Q&A with Bryan Eisenberg, Co-Founder, Future Now Inc.
Saturday, July 26th, 2008
In conversion marketing, the best leads go to the person who best understands the personas of their prospective customers and will spend the time to continuously improve their marketing by refining the alignment between those personas, their campaigns, and their messaging.
Agents Replaying a Hollywood Drama
Saturday, July 26th, 2008
How the talent agency Endeavor, founded in 1995, goes about proving it has staying power offers a window onto the shifting landscape of talent brokering in Hollywood.
4,000 U.S. Deaths, and a Handful of Images
Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Some journalists say the American military is making a growing effort to control graphic war images from Iraq.
Business Briefing | Earnings: Belo Beats Forecasts After Spinoff of Newspapers
Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Shares of the television station owner Belo Corporation rose Friday after the company posted second-quarter earnings that, excluding results from the company it spun off, beat analysts? expectations.
Rolling Stones Switch Record Labels
Friday, July 25th, 2008
The Rolling Stones are leaving EMI and have signed a long-term recording deal with the Universal Music Group, the company announced.
China Surpasses U.S. in Number of Internet Users
Friday, July 25th, 2008
China said the number of Internet users in the country reached about 253 million last month, ahead of the U.S., thanks to a powerful surge in Internet adoption in the last few years.
Merger of Sirius and XM Approved by F.C.C.
Friday, July 25th, 2008
The buyout of XM Satellite Radio Holdings by Sirius Satellite Radio will translate into a group of 18 million subscribers at a cost of about $3.5 billion.
Advertising: Microsoft Seeks an Ad Friend in Facebook
Friday, July 25th, 2008
It failed in its pursuit of Yahoo. It is paying people to use its search engine. Now Microsoft thinks it has found a source of users for its foundering search service: Facebook.
Advertising: A Product?s Place Is on the Set
Friday, July 25th, 2008
Name-brand products make regular appearances on television shows, where they are typically written into a drama. But TV News? You bet.
DealBook: Clear Channel Shareholders Approve Buyout Deal
Friday, July 25th, 2008
Clear Channel shareholders approved a $17.9 billion takeover by two private equity funds, ending a 20-month effort to take the radio and billboard operator private.
Merger of XM and Sirius a Step Closer to Approval
Friday, July 25th, 2008
The F.C.C was set to approve a merger between XM and Sirius and end a nearly 18-month review of a deal that would essentially create a monopoly in satellite radio.
Weak Ad Sales Trim Profit at McClatchy and Scripps
Friday, July 25th, 2008
Earnings at the newspaper publisher and media company fell more than 40 percent in the second quarter on sharp declines in newspaper revenue.
