Five Media Deals I’d Like To See Happen In 2010
Ken Sonenclar is a managing director at DeSilva + Phillips, LLC, a New York investment bank specializing in media.
This brutal year in M&A… Read more »
Sirius XM Adds Subscribers; Expects A Better 2010
Sirius XM Radio (NSDQ: SIRI), which has taken a hit over the last year due to the fall in car sales, has a bullish outlook for 2010. In repo… Read more »
SeeSaw Appoints Commercial Chief; Bigmouthmedia’s New CEO; TBWA Agency President Leaves
– SeeSaw: Arqiva has hired former Channel 4 business development manager Matt Rennie as the commercial head of its forthcoming consumer VOD… Read more »
Forecast: Online Radio Revenues Will Jump 20 Percent Next Year
As terrestrial radio ad dollars continue to shrink, the adoption of online radio by listeners and marketers will push the web side into doub… Read more »
UK Mobile Radio Listening On The Up
By Chris Tryhorn: Increasing numbers of people in the UK are using their mobile phones to listen to FM radio, especially those between the a… Read more »
Bonfire Of The Managers: BBC Cutting 100 Exec Jobs; Pay, Bonuses Slashed
When the BBC says it’s finding ways to cut back costs so budgets match the carnage in the commercial sector, it means business. The BBC Trus… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: XBox-Sky; Sony-Vidzone; Sky IPTV; Radio Website
– XBox-Sky: BSkyB’s Sky Player service has finally gone live on Microsoft’s XBox 360 console offering Sky channels on a live and on-demand… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: Eastenders Online; Orange IPTV; French Piracy Warnings; Absolute Radio
– Eastenders online: The BBC soap opera will get an online spinoff in February to mark its 25th birthday. Eastenders:E20 will be a standalo… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: Zoopla; Guardian.co.uk; Canal+; CompareMyRadio; Zavvi; U2 Gig; Tradeclips
– Zoopla: The property site is upgrading all its sites with Zoopla’s property search database and technology. Zoopla, which uses public dat… Read more »
How To Get Readers To Pay: Carrots Vs Sticks
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The big debate over pay walls is getting down to the fine points; as opposed to grand theological, existential questions, it’s really more o… Read more »
The iPhone Wrap: Apple’s New Radio App; Multi-Tasking Dreaming; App Store Complaints
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Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is working on iPhone radio app: Apple is developing its own iPhone radio.app, according to a tip sent to 9to5mac.com. The… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: Dennis’s Paid-For iPhone App; Absolute Radio; Shazam On Windows Mobile
– Dennis Publishing: Dennis’s online lads’ mag Monkey is working on an app costing £1.79, with Android and Blackberry versions being consi… Read more »
Stardoll Dresses Piczo Up As A Blogging Network In Another Relaunch
Seven months after merging with fellow tween-and-teen-friendly sites Stardoll and Paperdoll Heaven to form the Stardoll Network, Sweden-base… Read more »
NPR Launching New Online Local Pilot With $3 Million From CPB, Knight
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When Vivian Schiller took the job as CEO of NPR, she told paidContent she thought NPR was uniquely positioned in hyperlocal: “Big news organ… Read more »
Absolute’s New Digital Lab Cues Up User-Programmed DAB Station
Absolute Radio, which always had a strong internet track record as Virgin Radio, may have found its online fire again. It’s devised an exper… Read more »
Industry Moves: Global Radio Calls Up Sky.com Editor Perreau
By John Plunkett: Global Radio has hired BSkyB’s strategic content editor Ben Perreau to be its first director of digital content, working a… Read more »
Industry Moves: Goom Radio CEO Williams Resigns
Goom Radio CEO Rob Williams is leaving the heavily-funded internet radio startup, paidContent has learned. Williams, who was previously the… Read more »
With $5 Million Grant in Hand, Bay Area Non-Profit News Site Takes Shape
As the ad spending outlook remains dim, the not-for-profit model for news organizations is likely to continue gaining adherents even as esta… Read more »
Triton Digital Media Acquires Online Radio Tracker Ando Media
Online radio services provider Triton Digital Media has bought web radio audience measurement firm Ando Media, the companies said in an e-ma… Read more »
Last.fm To Take Over CBS HD Broadcast Stations In Four Markets
While most radio stations are looking for ways to expand their online presence, *CBS Interactive* Music Group is doing the opposite with soc… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: iPlayer on PS3; Virgin Media; Stream5's VC Deal; BBC Five Live Site
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– BBC-PS3: The Beeb’s released an updated version of the iPlayer for Sony (NYSE: SNE) PS3s. FM&T online controller Anthony Rose says the qu… Read more »
Weekend Reading: Intentional Nonprofit News
photo: Flickr/Alex Barth
The New York Review of Books has met the future of journalism and it’s buried inside a 5,200-word essay that I’m finally getting through. Jo… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: BT Vision Gets Bollywood; German Online Radio; Amino's PVR Release
– MoMedia: The Endemol-based online content distributor is bringing a Bollywood-themed channel to the BT (NYSE: BT) Vision IPTV platform vi… Read more »
UBC Media Buying Marketer Radio Lynx
After selling off its own traffic news unit in February, radio services group UBC Media is now buying Radio Lynx, a company that makes custo… Read more »
Cox Restructures Media Group, Merges Newspapers, TV, Radio
Cox Media Group, which was the product of a reorg by parent Cox Enterprises to bring its newspaper, TV, radio and digital properties closer… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: ESPN Tiscali, Indy Radio, Eidos' Pay-What-You-Like Footy Game
– ESPN: The sportscaster now has its channels on Tiscali TV, the ISP’s IPTV offering. Via Telecompaper.
– Indy radio: Ever keen on affili… Read more »
NPR Mobile Strategy Mixes Text With Live And On-Demand Audio
National Public Radio is already a leader in podcasting. But a free NPR News iPhone app that launched Saturday night opens up a new dimensio… Read more »
Sirius XM Offers $250 Million Of Debt To Pay Off Liberty
Sirius XM Radio (NSDQ: SIRI) is offering $250 million of debt, in order to pay off money it owes Liberty Media (NSDQ: LINTA), which saved th… Read more »
Ando Media, Spacial Merge To Expand Online Radio Customer Base
Online radio audience measurement and ad management firm Ando Media has merged with Spacial Audio, which offers a variety of services, inclu… Read more »
Public Radio, Music Industry Reach Agreement On Online Royalty Rates
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Another week, another agreement on web streaming royalty rates. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has reached a deal with SoundExchang… Read more »
Earnings: Sirius XM Ups Guidance, Subscriber Losses Smaller Than Expected
Sirius XM (NSDQ: SIRI) cut its losses during the quarter, as it benefited from savings due to the merger between Sirus and XM a year ago. Ac… Read more »
Old Radio Meets New: Clear Channel Subsidiary To Sell Ads On Pandora
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Online radio streaming service Pandora has found a big (but potentially controversial) advertising partner in *Clear Channel*, the conglomer… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: New BlackBerry; NPR Mobile; Opera Page Views; NFL On Pre; Qualcomm Widgets
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– T-Mobile USA gets new Curve: Research In Motion said today the new BlackBerry Curve 8520 will be available via T-Mobile USA on August 5.… Read more »
NPR.org Relaunches; Video Doesn’t Play A Big Role
On the internet, any media outlet can overcome its single-dimension status offline. Print outlets can excel in video, local TV stations can… Read more »
FlyCast Raises $2.1 Million For Mobile Radio
Radio streaming service FlyCast has raised $2.1 million in a round of funding, according to an SEC filing. A spokesman would not say who had… Read more »
Public Radio Dangerously Close To Making Public Radio Obsolete
The Public Radio Exchange has just released the 2.0 version of its iPhone app, which aggregates almost all the public radio stations in the… Read more »
Google Radio’s Assets Being Bought by WideOrbit
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For a change, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is selling off something: Google Radio, its online radio ad buying service which didn’t gain traction in t… Read more »
New York Times Raises $45 Million With Sale Of WQXR-FM
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The New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) continues to pare its assets, this time with the sale of New York City classical music radio station WQXR… Read more »
Updated: Pandora Raises $35 Million After Near-Death Experience
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Talk about a comeback. Not only has online music streaming service Pandora settled its long-standing disagreement with music labels over the… Read more »
Budget 09: FBT Gone; 5% Excise Duty On Set Top Boxes; Higher DAVP Rates To Stay; Reactions
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Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee delivered a budget that brought some cheer and some additional taxation to the media sector. Key points:… Read more »
