AOL CEO Tim Armstrong promised improvements in U.S. display ad sales processes, after international growth embarrassed domestic declines. Read More »
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DirecTV continued to reap the benefits of Latin American expansion in Q1, increasing revenue in the region by 33 percent while providing a role model for other subscription-based media companies like Netflix who are also endeavoring the expense of southern infiltration. Still, investors remain unimpressed. Read More »
The Washington Post Co. newspaper division continues to struggle, nearly doubling its operating loss with drops in print circulation and advertising — and digital ad sales aren’t picking up the slack. The company may to reevaluate its no paywall’ stance. Read More »
Amazon’s earnings were down during its first quarter, but both revenue and profit came in much higher than investors had expected on the back of another strong quarter for the company’s electronic sales efforts. Read More »
InformationWeek publisher and events organiser UBM on Wednesday became the latest to report what is now becoming a trend. Read More »
As the online video opportunity booms, video index and advertising firm Blinkx is growing fast – but not quite as fast as had been expected, as revenue for the last 12 months fell slightly behind analysts’ expectations.. Read More »