Next Issue Media’s Digital Storefront Opens For Business On Samsung Galaxy
Next Issue Media, the major magazine and newspaper joint venture, is officially opening its “digital storefront” on the Google (NSDQ: GOOG)… Read more »
Updated: The New Yorker Leads Conde Nast’s iPad Subscription Push
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Conde Nast takes an important step this week towards finding a rational tablet subscription plan, albeit one that includes a significant cut… Read more »
Hearst Adopts AOL ‘Large Format’ Ads
As AOL (NYSE: AOL) prepares for its Q1 earnings on Wednesday morning — and the expectation that it will have reduced declines in display ad… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 05-02-11
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» How the Bin Laden announcement leaked out on Twitter. (Media Decoder)
Dish, Echostar (NSDQ: SATS) Settle Long-Running Patent D… Read more »
Magazine Publishers Scramble To Streamline Their App Production
Magazine publishers are not only trying to pack more features and content into their apps — they’re also trying to design for an ever-growi… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 04-19-11: EU 4G Spectrum; White iPhone 4; MCV; Nokia 3D
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: the EU opens GSM frequencies for 4G services; Sony* Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) reports earni… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 04-12-11
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» NYTimes.com (NYSE: NYT) visits are off as much as 15 percent a day since the debut of its paywall. (paidContent)
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The Morning Lowdown 04-05-11
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» Satellite TV system Dish Network (NSDQ: DISH) is partnering with cross-platform pay-TV venture Epix, which is backed by Paramou… Read more »
Hearst Promotes Swartz To COO; Aldam To Run Newspaper Division
Steven Swartz, who has run Hearst Newspapers since joining the company 2001, has been named chief operating officer of Hearst Corp. As Swart… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 03-29-11
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» New York Times (NYSE: NYT) Digital Subscriptions: The Unofficial FAQ Updated (paidContent … Also, see our Staci D. Kramer on… Read more »
Cordray Exits Hearst Magazines For Pitney Bowes’ Volly
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After five years as one of the top digital executives at Hearst Magazines, Chuck Cordray is leaving the company to become president of Pitne… Read more »
Hearst Adds Daily Deals Powered By Analog Analytics
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The latest newspaper chain to turn to daily deals to supplement its online revenue: Hearst Corp. The company will soon offer daily deals in… Read more »
Rodale’s Kang To Manage Hearst Magazines’ ‘Content Extensions’
Hearst Magazines is continuing to refine its approach to balancing its print and digital publications and has tapped former Rodale executive… Read more »
After E-Commerce Experiments, Hearst Looks More Seriously At Shopping
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In addition to apps and tablets, Hearst Magazines President David Carey provided some general outlines of the company’s e-commerce strategy… Read more »
Hearst’s Carey: Tablets Will Provide 25 Percent Of Magazines’ Circulation
The notion that the iPad was going to save newspapers and magazines had been diminishing somewhat lately, especially since publishers have t… Read more »
Hearst Exec Shuffle: Khemlani Succeeds Kliavkoff; Parrish Joins DailyCandy
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With George Kliavkoff now heading up Hearst bill payment management start-up Manilla, Neeraj Khemlani has been named to succeed him as EVP &… Read more »
Hearst Names Kliavkoff CEO Of Manilla; The Plan: Disrupt The Postal Service
Hearst is unveiling the beta version of Manilla, a free personal account management service that lets consumers organize their bills, financ… Read more »
Infographic: Mobile Browsers Compared Worldwide (Or What Nokia’s Giving Up)
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All talk these days is about Google/Android and Apple/iOS, but here’s a nifty infographic that underscores just how fragmented the picture r… Read more »
Lagardère Seals Deal To Off-Load Global Magazines To Hearst
French media conglomerate Lagardère says it’s received a binding offer from Hearst of €651 ($892.52/£560.45) million for its non-French… Read more »
Next Issue Lines Up Magazines For Launch Of Digital Newsstand
Next Issue Media, the newspaper and magazine publishing JV, has been slowly putting itself together for the past year and is almost ready to… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 01.11.11
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» Sources say Rupert Murdoch will be joined by Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs for News Corp.’s unveiling of its “iPad newspape… Read more »
Hearst Backs Discount Restaurant Site VillageVines
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Hearst Interactive Media is investing in VillageVines, as part of the restaurant deal site’s $3 million first round. With VillageVines, memb… Read more »
Hearst And Google Ventures Back A TV Check-In Startup
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Hearst Interactive Media and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) (through its Google Ventures VC arm) have put $1.5 million in Miso, a startup that lets peo… Read more »
Google Weighing Up Its Own Newsstand, But Who’s Reading?
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When it launched last year, the iPad was hailed as the fresh-faced savior of the beleaguered and tired publishing industry. That idea looks… Read more »
Nonprofit Start-up Bay Citizen Adds $9.5 Million In Funding
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The Bay Citizen is going public with a new round of funding a little sooner than planned after a column in the rival San Francisco Chronicle… Read more »
NatMag Focuses On Customers By Hiring Insight Director
It seems publishers are increasingly keen to start learning more about their audiences.
Hearst’s UK arm NatMag is adding a research and ins… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 12.15.10
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» Hearst and Hachette execs are set to meet in the next few weeks to finalize deal talks. But before that happens, it’s losing so… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 12.13.10
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» A group of some of the largest demand-side platforms — MediaMath, Turn and DataXu — have formed a joint effort called OpenRTB… Read more »
Hearst Flexes Marketing Muscles With Amazon On Advertorial E-Publication
Just in time for the holidays, Hearst Magazines’ Popular Mechanics and Esquire have released a digital publication on Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) th… Read more »
Lagardère Looks For Outside Help To Run Hachette U.S. Mags
It looks like Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. hasn’t finished cutting its costs, as parent Lagardère Active is considering selling off most… Read more »
Flipboard Tries To Deliver Magazine Promise With New Looks For Media, Ads
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Flipboard launched in July to rave reviews and intense interest in an iPad app that made Twitter and Facebook look downright glossy. But unt… 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 »
Next Issue Media’s Digital Newsstand Is Ready To Start Charging
It looks like Next Issue Media, the newspaper and magazine publishing JV, is finally ready to open its digital newsstand for business. The c… Read more »
NBC, Fox, 10 Others Ante Up In Mobile TV, First Content To Come In 2011
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Mobile TV has had a mixed reception in the U.S. – with the assets of one recent high profile failure, Qualcomm’s Flo TV, the subject of spec… Read more »
Oprah Releases Mag App For The iPad; Ad Placements Are Limited And Premium
Oprah’s still got her TV show and the upcoming debut of her Discovery TV network next year. But what she hasn’t had is an iPad app dedicated… Read more »
Hearst’s Khemlani: App Makers Need To Search Harder For ‘Inspiration’
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The mobile ad market may be starting to bloom thanks to the efforts by Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Google (NSDQ: GOOG), but Neeraj Khemlani, VP a… Read more »
Hearst’s Black Steps Down To Lead NYC Schools; Klein Will Join News Corp.
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Cathie Black, the chairwoman of Hearst Magazines, is leaving to become chancellor of the New York City Schools. Black had been president of… Read more »
MMO Developer Gazillion Raises $60 Million
The massively multiplayer online game market has lately been overshadowed by the boom in social gaming, but money is still flowing into the… Read more »
Hearst TV Digital Exec Koepele Joins Ziff Davis
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Eric Koepele is leaving his post running digital ad sales for Hearst TV to join Ziff Davis. This is the third high-profile media vet to join… Read more »
Esquire Gets Animated For iPad App Debut
Esquire took its time, but it finally released its iPad mag app last night on iTunes. While the Hearst mag has been selling digital issues o… Read more »
