Feb 19, 2010 8:53 AM
Pali Capital’s Rich Greenfield opened the paidContent 2010 conference at the TimesCenter with a note of skepticism about the recent spate of media joint ventures, such as Hulu or the recently-launched YouTube music video channel Vevo. Moderator Quincy Smith, ex-CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS) exec now partner, Code Advisers, put the…
Posted In: Advertising, Entertainment, Music, Media & Publishing, TV, Cable & Telecom, Social Media, Video, Events, ContentNext Events, paidContent 2010, david verklin, john squires, quincy smith, rich greenfield, rio caraeff
Feb 15, 2010 3:02 AM
Hulu started the new wave, now Vevo, Next Issue Media, Epix, Canoe and others are following: companies in the same vertical banding together for joint ventures and consortiums. What happens when companies that haven’t been able to crack the code on their own combine for scale, reach and sales power?…
Posted In: Events, ContentNext Events, paidContent 2010, david verklin, john squires, quincy smith, rich greenfield, rio caraeff
Nov 15, 2009 5:23 PM
Quincy Smith, the outgoing head of CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS), spoke last week at NewTeeVee Live conference in SF, where he spoke about the future of online video, and the tension between online and the traditional TV side. A great line about promo value of online video for networks: “3…
Posted In: Companies, CBS, CBS Interactive, quincy smith
Oct 28, 2009 8:45 PM
Quincy Smith came to *CBS* in late 2006 to make deals and make them he did—with just about everyone but Hulu. He had been advising CEO Leslie Moonves on corporate internet strategy as an investment banker for Allen & Co. In an interview with paidContent Wednesday afternoon about “the worst…
Posted In: Media & Publishing, TV, Broadcast, Companies, CBS, CBS Interactive, leslie moonves, neil ashe, quincy smith
Oct 28, 2009 1:20 PM
It’s official. Deal maker Quincy Smith is leaving as CEO of CBS Interactive after three years to start a boutique consulting/M&A shop with CBS as the first client. The news, broken first by Kara Swisher, was announced by CBS this afternoon. (Release after the jump.) Neil Ashe will remain as…
Posted In: Industry Moves, Social Media, Video, Companies, CBS, CBS Interactive, leslie moonves, quincy smith
Jun 25, 2009 1:49 AM
It didn’t take long for *CBS* to issue a statement after Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) and Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) announced the upcoming national trial of TV Everywhere, expressing interest in anything “to help extend our business in such a way that is open and non-exclusive; consumer friendly; and responsible to…
Posted In: Entertainment, Sports, Media & Publishing, TV, Broadcast, Cable & Telecom, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Companies, CBS, CBS Interactive, Comcast, Time Warner, Turner, march madness, quincy smith, tv everywhere
Jun 30, 2008 12:38 PM
Now that the merger is complete, it’s time for CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS) to get onto the business of “changing the world,” in the words of newly named division President Neil Ashe. As we wrote earlier, the unit is dividing into specific verticals. Among them: News & Technology, headed by…
Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, CBS, CBS Interactive, CNET, neil ashe, quincy smith
Jun 30, 2008 11:34 AM
CBS (NYSE: CBS) has announced a reorg of its interactive unit, after completing the big acquisition deal of CNET: the newly expanded and integrated CBS Interactive division will have Quincy Smith as its CEO, and Neil Ashe, the former CEO of CNET (NSDQ: CNET), as its president. The newly expanded…
Posted In: Industry Moves, Companies, CBS, CBS Interactive, CNET, neil ashe, quincy smith
May 15, 2008 11:53 AM
Spent a few minutes talking earlier today with Quincy Smith, president of CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS), and Neil Ashe, CEO of CNET (NSDQ: CNET), about this morning’s news. Given that the $1.8 billion deal is far from closing, the two hewed close to the talking points of the day and…
Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, CBS, CBS Interactive, CNET, neil ashe, quincy smith
Apr 17, 2008 7:39 PM
Quincy Smith, president of CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS), took the time this afternoon to explain today’s restructuring and to talk abut what’s ahead. Some excerpts: Corporate firepower & acquisitions: As part of the changes, Bryon Rubin is moving from CBS corporate to CBS Interactive as EVP and CFO. From the…
Posted In: Companies, CBS, CBS Interactive, quincy smith
Dec 14, 2007 5:16 PM
Update: Some new info for now: CBS.com and CBSNews.com both have been hit hard by today’s layoffs. As I said below, CBSNews.com is vulnerable—despite what I am told were fierce efforts to the contrary by CBS (NYSE: CBS) News president Sean McManus, the site is losing roughly 30 percent of…
Posted In: Industry Moves, Companies, CBS, CBS Interactive, quincy smith, sean mcmanus
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