Industry Moves: Hearst; WebCollage; AccentHealth; Magnetic
– Hearst Newspapers: Lincoln Millstein has been promoted to EVP and deputy group head of Hearst Newspapers, from SVP of digital media. His… Read more »
Industry Moves: Forbes; Digitas Health; MSLO; Time Inc; TwelvefoldMedia
Here is a roundup of some of the latest executive-level hirings and exits in the world of digital media business…
– Forbes Media: *Mered… Read more »
Academics Revolt Against Elsevier’s Journal Pricing
photo: Corbis / Jose Luis Pelaez
Academics are staging a mini-revolt against science and medical journal publisher Elsevier’s terms, and analysts fear the movement could hit… Read more »
Three Founders Are Out At Demand Media
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Demand Media is known for churning lots of content through its sites, but today it’s notable for another churn, of the executive kind: three… Read more »
Industry Moves: HealthiNation; Machinima; Vevo; Ai; Starz
– HealthiNation: Anthony Dunaif has joined HealthiNation as SVP of syndication and strategic partnerships. Previously, he was CMO of Inform… Read more »
Rodale Launches E-Singles Program With Runner’s World, Men’s Health Titles
photo: Runner's World
Book and magazine publisher Rodale is looking to some of its most popular magazines for content as it introduces e-originals this week. Firs… Read more »
Everyday Health Puts Ex-ABC News Digital Head Slavin In Charge Of Video
Wellness news and info online network Everyday Health has been working on expanding its video content to TV for a while and it now has exec… Read more »
Everyday Health Moves From Online To TV With Syndicated Series
Wellness news and info online network Everyday Health is getting its own TV program during the Saturday morning block following Good Morning… Read more »
Wal-Mart Buys Kosmix As Part Of ‘Social Commerce’ Push
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Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) is buying long-standing search technology firm Kosmix in what the big-box retailer is describing as a move to expand in… Read more »
The Fix Launches Aiming For Health Content Niche: Rehab News
Maer Roshan, the founder of the gossip mag and site Radar, has debuted his new project, an online news magazine called The Fix. The site is… Read more »
NYTCo Sells About Group’s UCompare
photo: Corbis / Dennis Degnan
With the About Group experiencing some struggles on the revenue front, the New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) has decided to sell that unit’… Read more »
Reader’s Digest Partners With Health Content Aggregator OrganizedWisdom
Reader’s Digest is expanding its health content and marketing offerings with an online/offline partnership with OrganizedWisdom, a company w… Read more »
Sporting News, Everyday Health Bet On AOL For Big Traffic Boost
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Two of AOL’s new content partners, The Sporting News and Everyday Health, are both counting on the portal to deliver major traffic numbers i… Read more »
AOL Outsources Sports; Fanhouse Brand Absorbed Into Sporting News
AOL (NYSE: AOL) organized a hasty after-market call to announce three content deals designed to buttress its push towards premium content. T… Read more »
Supreme Court Health Data Case Could Sway Online Privacy Debate
The Supreme Court has announced it will hear Sorrell v. IMS Health, a case relating to the sale of health data. Though not obvious at first… Read more »
Men’s Health Publisher Rodale Adds New Mobile Head, Aims For Premium Apps
Rodale, the health and wellness publisher behind magazines like Men’s Health and books like Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, has appointed M… Read more »
MSN Rolls Out A Health And Fitness Site With Rodale
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Microsoft’s MSN, which has launched a series of very successful sites with major magazine publishers over the last two years, is now partner… Read more »
Online Health Giant Everyday Health Cancels IPO; Raises $20 Million Instead
Everyday Health, the online health content giant which filed to go public in March, but has been mum about its plans since, is withdrawing i… Read more »
iVillage Takes Over Display Sales For New Partner QualityHealth
NBC Universal’s iVillage is continuing to build up its wellness offerings, this time with a partnership with QualityHealth. In an interview… Read more »
A New Peek At Everyday Health’s Financial Well-Being
Everyday Health, which filed to go public in January, provided an update on its financial well-being today; the company which is behind site… Read more »
HealthGrades.com Owner Being Taken Private In $294 Million Deal
Health Grades, the publicly-traded owner of popular doctor ratings site HealthGrades.com, is being taken private by PE firm Vestar Capital P… Read more »
Doctor Search Site ZocDoc Adds $15 Million
Online doctor search and appointment site ZocDoc has raised $15 million in its second round of funding. On ZocDoc, users designate their cit… Read more »
Former Aerosmith Manager, Real Estate Investor Buy Grandparents.com
Steve Leber, best known as the former manager of the rockband Aerosmith, along with New York real estate investor Joseph Bernstein, have pur… Read more »
Online Health Firm Healthline Raises $14 Million More
Healthline Networks, which has landed two very high-profile content and ad deals over the last month and says it is now profitable, has rais… Read more »
Yahoo’s Outsourcing Continues: Healthline To Manage Yahoo Health
photo: Corbis / Jose Luis Pelaez
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is handing over the management of its Yahoo Health vertical to Healthline Networks under a broad partnership with the co… Read more »
ABC News Digital Strikes Content, Ad Sales Deal With Healthline Networks
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Coincidental with the House of Representatives’ passage of the health care reform bill this weekend, ABCNews.com unveiled a new content and… Read more »
iVillage Plans Larger Health And Wellness Rollout
photo: Corbis / Michael Keller
Since updating its look last fall, iVillage has been tinkering at the edges, adding three new channels around celebrities, food and even ast… Read more »
Weight Loss Community iChange Gets Funding
iChange — an online community for people who want to lose weight — has raised a first round of funding from Momentum Venture Management, a… Read more »
Online Health Giant Everyday Health Files For $100 Million IPO
Everyday Health, which owns a portfolio of 25 online health sites, including its flagship, EverydayHealth.com, dieting site SouthBeachDiet.c… Read more »
Thomson Reuters Buys Analytics Firm Discovery Logic
Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI) has acquired scientific analytics software provider Discovery Logic as the company looks to expand its content a… Read more »
Local Lead-Gen Platform AppointmentCity.com Raises Angel Round
AppointmentCity.com has raised an $800,000 angel round of funding for its online appointment-setting and lead generation platform, per an SE… Read more »
Eldercare Site Caring.com Adds $10 Million Second Round
Eldercare site and community Caring.com has raised $10 million in a second round of funding. New investor Shasta Ventures led, with particip… Read more »
WebMD Looks Healthy, As Profits, Revenues Rise Double Digits
WebMD’s profits and revenues were up 18.7 percent and 15 percent, respectively, in Q3, as the company was once again able to weather the eco… Read more »
HealthGuru Raises $3.2 Million For Health Site
HealthGuru Media, which runs health info site HealthGuru.com, has raised $3.2 million in a third round of funding led by Castile Ventures. E… Read more »
Vertical Health Buys Up Two Diabetes Sites
Vertical Health has added two diabetes sites to its portfolio of health-related online properties. The company has bought up Diabetic-Lifest… Read more »
Video: Steve Case On AOL Spin, Health Content Biz & More
Steve Case joined his business partner Ted Leonsis on CNBC this morning to talk about Revolution LLC and more. The former chairman of AOL Ti… Read more »
Time Inc’s Health.com Partners With RightHealth On Ads, Content
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Microsoft Brings HealthVault To MSN
Since the launch of its HealthVault consumer health platform two years ago, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has mostly been pushing the service by pa… Read more »
NextBio Raises $8 Million For Life Sciences Search Engine
NextBio — which has carved out a niche for itself in specialized scientific searches — has raised $8 million in a third round of funding… Read more »
Alliance Health Raises $3.3 Million For Health-Related Social Networks
Health-related social networking company Alliance Health Networks has raised $3.3 million in a third round of funding led by Highway 12 Vent… Read more »
