The Morning Lowdown 12.07.10
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» As Newsweek merges with The Daily Beast, Tina Brown has turned to Bloomberg BusinessWeek managing director Ciro Scotti to help… Read more »
How Mark Zuckerberg Fooled ’60 Minutes’
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Leave it to 60 Minutes to pass off Facebook’s utterly meaningless redesign of the site’s profile pages as some kind of “exclusive” worth lea… Read more »
CBS Looks Back To Last.fm’s UK Crew For Renewed Creative Impetus
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After more than a year sucking Last.fm’s energies over to America, is CBS (NYSE: CBS) finally letting the music site have a bit of London fu… Read more »
Viacom Confirms Blocking Access To Full Episodes On Google TV
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Add Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon and Viacom’s other networks to the growing list of those slamming barriers up for Google (NSDQ: GOOG) T… Read more »
Confirmed: Fox Blocking Google TV
Fox has begun blocking the availability of its TV programming from Google (NSDQ: GOOG) TV, joining ABC (NYSE: DIS), CBS (NYSE: CBS), NBC (NY… Read more »
Digital Home: The Content Conundrum–How Does It All Get Paid For?
Scrounging for “digital cents” is a risky business that makes content companies worried about losing analog dollars. But they’re forging ahe… Read more »
Join Us Monday At PaidContent’s Battle For The Digital Home; New Speakers
We’re pleased to announce two more additions to our already strong lineup of speakers for paidContent Entertainment: The Battle for the Digi… Read more »
The Leash Is Off: Comcast Digital Subs Can Access Xfinity TV From Any ISP
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In a big step forward for the TV Everywhere concept, Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) is taking the beta tag off Xfinity TV and opening more than 150,0… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09.23.10
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» Back in April, when John Cook quit his post as investigations editor at Gawker to join Yahoo’s news site The Upshot, Nick Dento… Read more »
Moonves Confirms That CBS Might Bring Content To Hulu Plus
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Hulu has had recent discussions with CBS (NYSE: CBS) about bringing CBS content to the new Hulu Plus subscription service, and CBS CEO Les M… Read more »
IBM Acquires Analytics Provider Netezza For $1.7 Billion
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IBM is preparing to acquire Netezza, a company that runs analytics for data warehouse appliances, for $1.7 billion. Under the terms of the a… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09.16.10
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» Publishers, your prayers may soon be answered: Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is prepping a subscription plan for newspapers, and according… Read more »
Updated: CBSSports.com Expands U.S. Open Streaming; USTA Will Show It All
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Tennis fans should be able to get their fill of the 2010 U.S. Open with or without a TV, even if the weather is good. For the past two years… Read more »
CBS To Launch TV Channels In India
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CBS (NYSE: CBS) Studios International and Reliance Broadcast Network Limited (RBNL) Wednesday announced a deal to launch television channels… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 08.03.10
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» CBS (NYSE: CBS) and Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) have struck a major, comprehensive 10-year carriage agreement, that will prevent the… Read more »
Simon & Schuster Look To ‘Enhanced’ E-Books Beyond Apps
Scribner and Simon & Schuster Digital began selling an “enhanced e-book” of Rick Perlstein’s best-selling doorstop, Nixonland, in the Apple… Read more »
paidContent Morning Tipsheet 07.07.2010
» CBS (NYSE: CBS) has teamed up with MediaMind (formerly Eyeblaster) to create a new ad tool called the Video Extender, which is… Read more »
CBS Uses ‘Star Trek’ To Explore HTML5 Frontier
Star Trek Enterprise fans can watch any episode from Seasons 1-4 at CBS.com as long as their browser plays nice with Flash — or, as I reali… Read more »
CBS Buys ‘Green’ Media Firm EcoMedia
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CBS (NYSE: CBS) has made a small acquisition, buying EcoMedia, an environmental media firm. The two companies had already been working toget… Read more »
CBS Plans Online Video Service For Showtime Subscribers
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Several times during the CBS (NYSE: CBS) earnings call last week, CBS president and CEO Les Moonves made clear his intention to generate sub… Read more »
Simon & Schuster’s Digital Publishing Revenue Up Sharply
Today’s standout standout but still small digital number from earnings reports: CBS (NYSE: CBS) Publishing aka Simon & Schuster reports a ro… Read more »
CBS Interactive Display Revs Rise 19 Percent
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As CBS and the other broadcast nets head into the heart of the upfront season, the ad recovery appears to be gaining momentum. The company’s… Read more »
Bewkes On CBS-CNN Reports: Talking To All The Players
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Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) CEO Jeff Bewkes isn’t dismissing the possibility of a partnership between CNN and a broadcast news operation but he… Read more »
Updated: CBSi’s Lurie Promoted To SVP-Strategic Dev Across CBS; Interview
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When Quincy Smith left CBS, former CNET CEO Neil Ashe was the natural successor to head CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS). Now Zander Lurie, the u… Read more »
Interview: Turner’s David Levy: All March Madness Games Will Still Stream Live
Caught up with a frenetic David Levy long enough to get some answers on the digital aspects of the blockbuster $10.8 billion 14-year deal Tu… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: BBC Introducing, Jobsite, Demand Five, Last.fm
– BBC Introducing: The Beeb says 20,000 unsigned music artists have used its Uploader, a tool designed to share new music with BBC Radio st… Read more »
New NCAA 14-Year, $10.8 Billion Deal With Turner & CBS Changes Terms For March Madness On Demand
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*CBS* Sports will keep the NCAA mens’ basketball championships in its lineup with a deal that marks the end of an era on the air and online.… Read more »
SEC Watch: CBS CEO Moonves’ Comp Topped $43 Million In ’09
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CBS (NYSE: CBS) CEO Leslie Moonves made $43 million in 2009, more than double his 2008 compensation of $21 million. Sounds good but keep thi… Read more »
Redstone Extends Viacom CEO Dauman’s Gig Through 2016
Following an extension that keeps Leslie Moonves at CBS (NYSE: CBS) through 2015, Sumner Redstone has locked in longtime friend and adviser… Read more »
Last.fm Silences On-Demand Music, Depends On Third Parties
Last.fm is retiring a feature whereby users could play any full song they like, and is instead outsourcing the feature to a range of third-p… Read more »
Tiger Metrics: Day One Masters Traffic More Than Doubles For CBSSports.com
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Tiger Woods delivered on the course and online on the opening day of the 2010 Masters. The overall numbers are sure to be larger when Master… Read more »
Updated: March Madness Final Stats In; More Than Half-Million Watched Final Online
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The final March Madness stats are in for CBS (NYSE: CBS), CBBSports.com and the NCAA. As is usually the case, the bulk of the viewing — rou… Read more »
Updated: iPad Rush: CBS, ABC Create Special Stream Formats; Madison Ave. Scrambles
TV networks and advertisers have been rushing to get ready for the release of Apple’s iPad on Saturday and from the looks of it, they all wi… Read more »
CBSSports.com: March Madness On Demand Passes ’09 After Round 2; Streams More Than 8.7 Million Hours
The number of upsets kept me checking in through the first two rounds and it looks like the same was true for other March Madness followers:… Read more »
March Madness: CBSSports.com Says It Served 3.4 Million Live Hours On Day One
Initial stats are in for NCAA March Madness on Demand and it looks like CBSSports.com will be able to declare victory again (unlike fans of… Read more »
Interview: CBS Thinks Last.fm Will Turn A Profit This Year
After its 2007 acquisition, it doesn’t seem like CBS (NYSE: CBS) has been able to get the most from its $280 million Last.fm outlay. There’s… Read more »
CBS Adds Live 3G Streaming To March Madness App; Charges $9.99
No need to duck out of work early, now you can watch March Madness games live over your iPhone, and for the first time — anywhere over AT&T… Read more »
CBS’ TV.com Aims For UK With Five VOD Deal
By Chris Tryhorn: UK broadcaster Five has signed a deal with CBS (NYSE: CBS) to make programmes available on the US network’s on-demand vide… Read more »
CBS Extends Moonves’ Contract Till 2015; Same Salary But Performance Targets
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CBS (NYSE: CBS) Corp believes Les Moonves is the guy to lead and protect the TV net revenues in face of digital erosion, so much so that it… Read more »
CBS’ Moonves And Redstone: Content Is King And TV Is The Jewel; Online Ads Rising In Q1
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After some effusive praise for CBS’ cost containment and ability to withstand the economic downturn, Sumner Redstone, executive chairman, CB… Read more »
