The Dow, with its first sub-8,000 close in five years, wasn’t the only index with a record-you-don’t-want day: the ContentNextDex, our own index of media, tech, mobile and entertainment stocks, dropped nearly 6 percent to 507.32—the lowest close since we launched it officially in September 2007. Compared with the year’s…

We’re marking the new year with some updates to our ContentNext Media Index, an index of 100 U.S.-traded companies in the media, Internet content and related sectors.  Two of the most obvious reasons for change: Tribune Company went private and Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) is now a News Corp. subsidiary.…

In September, we launched the ContentNext Media Index, an index of the top 100 US-traded companies in our purview. Despite a slew of market-rocking stories, particularly in the second half of the year, the index, along with the major averages, turned in solid gains, with the market extending a multi-year…