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Memo From Cablevision’s Smith: Newsday’s Online Strategy Is About Cable, Print Retention, Not Sales

Jan 28, 2010 4:12 PM

This week’s coverage of Newsday Publisher Terry Jimenez’s acknowledgment that Newsday.com has sold only 35 online-only subscriptions since putting up a high paywall prompted an staff-wide strategy memo from Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) brass. Tad Smith, the former CEO of RBI USA who joined Cablevision as president of local media last…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Magazines, Online News, newsday, tad smith

Most Of Cablevision’s Newsday.com Goes Exclusive For Print, Optimum Online Subs

Oct 22, 2009 9:01 AM

Updated: Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) is testing the power of its combined ownership of Newsday and the dominant Long Island broadband provider with a bold move: making access to most of Newsday.com an exclusive benefit for print subscribers and its Optimum Online customers throughout the New York area as of Oct.…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Online News, Companies, Best Buy, Cablevision, Disney, ABC, newsday, optimum online, tad smith

Industry Moves
Tad Smith Joins Cablevision As President, Local Media; Overseeing Newsday

Aug 12, 2009 3:46 PM

So this wasn’t in one of my guesses, but Tad Smith, the former CEO of RBI USA, is joining Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) as the president of local media, a new division within the cable/media conglom. Starting Sept 1, he will oversee Newsday Media Group, News 12 Networks and other interactive…

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Posted In: Industry Moves, Companies, Best Buy, Cablevision, Disney, ABC, tad smith

Industry Moves
Where Will Tad Smith End Up?

Jul 30, 2009 4:17 PM

The latest news about selling part of Reed Business came in tandem with word that Tad Smith is leaving Reed Business Information-USA. We’ve been told he wasn’t ousted, despite the instant conclusions popping up—that he had decided to leave for a new job. RBI and Reed Elsevier (NYSE: RUK) were…

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Posted In: Industry Moves, Media & Publishing, Magazines, Companies, Reed Elsevier, forbes, tad smith

Reed Elsevier Puts Chunk Of RBI-US Up For Sale; Smith Out As CEO

Jul 30, 2009 1:09 PM

Reed Elsevier (NYSE: RUK) plans to sell off a major portion of its U.S. assets—including B&C and Multichannel News—but will keep Variety, which has a detailed report. At the same time, the company announced that longtime U.S. top exec Tad Smith is leaving as CEO of Reed Business Information-U.S., effective…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Magazines, Companies, Reed Elsevier, keith jones, reed business information, tad smith

@ FOBM: Advertising: Where Should the Money Go?; Search Is Altering The Spending Balance

Oct 30, 2007 9:46 AM

Speakers on the Future Of Business Media conference’s advertising panel tended to agree that the pie for online advertising is continuing to rise, but certain slices are being sliced more thinly. Staci Kramer, executive editor for ContentNext Media Network, asked how the nature of online advertising is changing in the…

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Posted In: Advertising, Media & Publishing, Companies, IAC, Bing, contentnext media, peter horan, rob norman, staci kramer, tad smith

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