WSJ’s Thomson Sets Up Special Project Team ‘Crucial’ To Company’s Success
While parent News Corp (NSDQ: NWS) expands the staff on its stealth tablet effort, Robert Thomson is setting up some kind of skunkworks at t… Read more »
In NYT vs WSJ, Murdoch As Shark, A Broadway Dance-Off
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You may have seen these amusing 3D news illustrations from the Far-East lately, like this one depicting Google’s Larry and Sergei as interga… Read more »
Sarnoff Leaves Dow Jones To Join BBC Worldwide America As COO
Herb Scannell continues to pull former Viacom (NYSE: VIA) colleagues into BBC Worldwide America. The latest is Ann Sarnoff, who left Dow Jon… Read more »
Gordon McLeod Resigns As President, WSJ Digital
Gordon McLeod is leaving Dow Jones (NSDQ: NWS) effective October 1. The president of the Wall Street Journal Digital network announced his r… Read more »
MySpace Ad Dip Drags Down News Corp’s Digital Media Group
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News Corp (NSDQ: NWS) blamed “lower search and advertising revenues at MySpace” for higher Q4 and full-year operating losses in its digital… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 07.29.10
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» The new Kindle is lighter, cheaper, faster than ever — but will it kill the iPad? [paidContent]
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CCMP Completes Infogroup Acquisition; Ex-Dow Jones Exec Hart Named CEO
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Database marketing company Infogroup has been acquired by affiliates of PE firm CCMP Capital Advisors. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.… Read more »
Can Rupert Murdoch Remain King Of Content?
By Charles Arthur: Content is king, as we so often hear. The problem is, the internet is a republic; which means that the most exalted conte… Read more »
Updated: Read This Dow Jones Reply To A Licensing Request — And Weep
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We’ve been running a two-part interview with Dow Jones (NSDQ: NWS) top business and editorial execs, Les Hinton and Robert Thomson, includin… Read more »
Interview: Part 2: Dow Jones’ Les Hinton & Robert Thomson On WSJ Digital
The Wall Street Journal was a poster child for premium subscriptions long before Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp (NSDQ: NWS) bought out the Bancr… Read more »
Interview: Part 1: Dow Jones’ Not-So-Odd Couple Les Hinton & Robert Thomson
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Les Hinton and Robert Thomson don’t exactly finish each other’s sentences — they’re a tad too polite for that — but they could. When I jok… Read more »
WSJ To NYT On Slogan Steal Accusation: Are You Serious?
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The WSJ has responded to the NYT’s cease and desist order regarding the Dow Jones’ paper’s use of a tagline the NYT says is rightfully their… Read more »
NYT Accuses WSJ Of Ripping Off Its Ad Slogan
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The NYT is ordering Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) to “cease and desist” using the slogan “Not Just Wall Street. Every Street” in its advertisements… Read more »
@ D8: Murdoch: ‘What’s An iPod Without Music?’
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It may not qualify as irony but it is a lovely coincidence: the same week that The Times and The Sunday Times go behind a paywall, News Corp… Read more »
iPad News Figs: UK’s Times Sold 5,000, FT Shifted 130,000, WSJ 10,000 Subs
The Times’ iPad edition, which went on sale along with the tablet’s UK debut Friday morning, sold 5,000 copies in three days, News Corp.’s C… Read more »
MySpace Pulls The Plug On Social Media Incubator Slingshot Labs
MySpace is finally winding down News Corp (NYSE: NWS). social media incubator Slingshot Labs after a slow death. Valleywag, which broke the… Read more »
Springer Dumps WallStreet:Online Business News Sites
German media conglomerate Axel Springer is selling off its 75 percent stakes in business news site WallStreet:Online and stock broker WallSt… Read more »
Murdoch: WSJ iPad App Has 64,000 Active Users — And We Keep The Money
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It’s not even a rounding error but one of the numbers Rupert Murdoch seemed to really enjoy tossing out during the News Corp earnings call:… Read more »
Newspaper Fas-Fax: E-Edition Circulation Up 40 Percent
Buried inside today’s not-as-bad-as-feared newspaper circulation FAS-FAX (newspaper circ was only down 8.75 percent daily), some data on wha… Read more »
About That NYT Strategy Towards WSJ’s NY Launch …
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During the Q1 earnings call last week, New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) Janet Robinson was grilled on the company’s plans to deal with the muc… Read more »
Updated: IAC, DJ Shutting Down Personal Finance JV FiLife Following Dramatic Traffic Decline
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IAC (NSDQ: IACI) and Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) are shutting down FiLife today, paidContent has learned and IAC has confirmed. We reported last m… Read more »
Dow Jones Suing Briefing.com For Headlines “Misappropriation”
The news producers are getting antsier against the aggregators day-by-day, and who else but Rupert Murdoch to lead the charge. Dow Jones, pa… Read more »
Targeted Advertising: WSJ Courting FT Readers For iPad Switch
Now this is what I call targeted advertising. The Wall Street Journal is so keen on its new iPad app, it’s advertising it to online readers… Read more »
WSJ.com Expands Premium Service Aimed At Professionals To Consumers
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Rupert Murdoch has already made it quite clear that he believes in paywalls. Today’s launch of WSJ.com’s “professional edition” for $49 a mo… Read more »
WSJ Puts High Price On iPad App Subs
The app announcements have been rolling out all morning in anticipation of tomorrow’s iPad release. Among the initial iPad apps now in Apple… Read more »
Updated: WSJ Attempts To Ignite Subscription Price War With NYT – Or Does It?
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Update: While the WSJ is certainly trying to drive a wedge between the NYT and its readers and advertisers, it looks like the Dow Jones-owne… Read more »
Is FiLife Running On Borrowed Time?
Less than two months after talking up the turnaround at Dow Jones-IAC (NSDQ: IACI) personal finance JV FiLife, paidContent has learned the s… Read more »
NYT Marketing Campaign Aims To Blunt WSJ’s Metro, Luxury Ad Effort
The WSJ’s New York metro edition is debuting in about two weeks and with it, a stepped up effort to challenge the NYT’s tight hold on area r… Read more »
Video @ paidContent 2010: Thomson Reuters’ Wenig: Why M&A May Bounce Back By Year-End
Reuters (NYSE: TRI) makes most of its money in B2B, but the company is also trying to prove that it can also build revenues on the consumer… Read more »
Murdoch On WSJ’s NYC Edition: ‘Ready To Give NY Post Some Competition’ — And One Unnamed Paper Too
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In a speech before the Real Estate Board of New York, Rupert Murdoch finally acknowledged that WSJ will launch its special New York metro ed… Read more »
It’s Official: Dow Jones Acquires SmartMoney Stake From Hearst
As expected, Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) has bought the remaining 50 percent stake in personal finance mag SmartMoney from Hearst. The financial t… Read more »
New York Newspaper War: WSJ Making Moves To Break NYT’s Hold On Big Retailers
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The WSJ has been targeting the NYT’s luxury retail advertisers for over a year, but with the expected debut of the News Corp-owned paper’s N… Read more »
Dow Jones In Negotiations With Hearst To Buy Remaining Half Of SmartMoney
Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) wants to buy the 50 percent stake it doesn’t currently have in personal finance mag SmartMoney from Hearst, the WSJ re… Read more »
MarketWatch Launches Paid Newsletter ‘Revolution Investing’; More Premium Offerings To Come
While others are trying to figure out how to charge for their content, Dow Jones’ financial news site MarketWatch is plowing ahead with plan… Read more »
Dow Jones Reboots Financial News, Retains As Standalone Site
While Murdoch’s footsoldiers rush to charge for consumer news like WSJ.com does for biz content, and while WSJ.com itself continues its Euro… Read more »
Updated: Dow Jones Forms JV To Run Stock-Indexing Unit In $600 Million Deal
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Update: Dow Jones has issued a release saying it is forming a joint venture with CME Group to operate a global financial index services busi… Read more »
News Corp. Returns To Profit; Newspapers/Info Segment Rose Nearly 30 Percent
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News Corp earnings were up across the board, as the company swung to a profit of $254 million ($0.10) in Q4, reversing $6.4 billion loss. Th… Read more »
Brauchli Got $6.4 Million For One-Year WSJ Stint
Current Washington Post editor Marcus Brauchli exited his one-year stint as managing editor of the WSJ with $6.4 million, Politico says, cit… Read more »
WSJ Adds Travel Booking Services To Its Wine Business
With advertising still struggling, the WSJ is expanding its commerce offerings by getting into travel services. The site, WSJ Travel, will s… Read more »
Kucharz Leaves IAC-DJ’s FiLife To Head CBS Local Digital Media; Wiener Promoted To GM
A little more than a year after joining FiLife as president and general manger, Ezra Kucharz is leaving to become president of CBS (NYSE: CB… Read more »
