The Mobile Lowdown 05-02-11: Apple Cloud; Huawei/ZTE; Time/Apple; Free Apps
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Time (NYSE: TWX) and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) reach a “free content” deal; more possible deta… 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 »
SI Expands App Horizon With ‘Front Row’ Photos; Flipboard, iPhone, Android
Sports Illustrated’s newest digital product launches today — without a standalone iPad app. Based on a framework developed for use across… Read more »
Yahoo Hires Time’s Fuchs; Expands Beatty’s Role
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Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is shuffling the management of its media properties: The company tells us it has hired Time (NYSE: TWX) Inc.’s Ken Fuchs… Read more »
Griffin Loses MPA Chairman Post; No Fallout On Ad Business – Yet
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The surprise ouster of Jack Griffin as CEO of Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) is also leading to his stepping down as chairman of the MPA, a post he t… Read more »
Insiders: Bewkes Fired Griffin Over Poor Communication, Talent-Drain Fears
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My first thought when I heard that Jeff Bewkes fired Time Inc. CEO Jack Griffin was a sentence I can’t print here. The second one: maybe he… Read more »
Time Warner Fires Magazine Head Jack Griffin; No Immediate Successor
In a stunning turn of events, Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) CEO Jeff Bewkes has fired Jack Griffin, who joined Time Inc. as the magazine publisher… Read more »
Time Inc.’s Hauser To Head Digital Labs, All Women’s Content
Time (NYSE: TWX) Inc.’s Fran Hauser is adding “lifestyle” to her role as president of Digital for Time Inc.’s Style & Entertainment groups.… Read more »
@ MWC: Big Media Is On The Fence Over New In-App Charges
While Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) are battling it out to woo publishers with their in-app payment services, I asked major con… Read more »
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Print Version Offers Videos Via Smartphone
Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) is rolling out a mobile campaign for tomorrow’s Sports Ilustrated “Swimsuit Edition” aimed at connecting print readers… Read more »
Time Inc. Rolls Out ‘All Access’ Sub For Digital, Print – But Not iPad
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Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) unveiled its new “All Access” digital subscription model for Sports Illustrated: one monthly or annual price for prin… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 02.11.2011
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» As our Staci D. Kramer reported earlier this week, Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) is starting its multiple magazine-app subscription pla… Read more »
Time Inc’s Rothenberg: No ‘One-Size-Fits-All Model’ For Subscriptions; HP Up First
The iPad may be the biggest tablet game in town but it’s not the only one and *Time* Inc.’s digital publishing strategy reflects it. The new… Read more »
CNNMoney.com Integrates LinkedIn To Keep Readers On Site Longer
CNNMoney, the online face of Fortune magazine, is integrating business social network LinkedIn the Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) mag’s annual list o… 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 »
Time Inc. Creates Dedicated Integrated Marketing Unit
Time (NYSE: TWX) Inc.’s decision to form a standalone “branded solutions” unit appears to be the final piece of the puzzle that CEO Jack Gri… 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 »
Time Inc.’s Latest Reorg Comes To Sports And News
Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) is continuing the restructuring that has started on the sales and marketing side with a few personnel changes in news… Read more »
Zuckerberg Named Time Magazine’s ‘Person Of The Year’
After a mostly unflattering portrayal in a movie that became a box office hit, more concerns about privacy and advertising, Facebook’s Mark… Read more »
Time Inc.’s Jack Griffin: Digital Needs A Single Point Person
Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) CEO Jack Griffin and Interactive Advertising Bureau president and CEO Randall Rothenberg began talking about the job o… Read more »
IAB Head Rothenberg Named Time Inc.’s Digital Chief
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This is probably the biggest change during Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) CEO Jack Griffin’s three-month tenure: Randall Rothenberg, the president an… Read more »
Time Inc. Creates New Roles For Revamped Marketing, Ad Sales Teams
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Less than three months since former Meredith Corp. (NYSE: MDP) exec Jack Griffin succeeded Ann Moore as Time (NYSE: TWX) Inc.’s CEO, the mag… 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 »
Yahoo Hires Time Inc’s Powers As U.S. Sales SVP
Another big hire for Yahoo: Wayne Powers, the president of Time (NYSE: TWX) Inc.’s Media Group, is joining Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) as its SVP for… Read more »
Time Warner’s Cable Nets Prop Up Revenues; Publishing, Films Remain Mixed
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The revenue and profits for Time (NYSE: TWX) Warner’s cable networks HBO and Turner remained solid in Q3, as its magazines made gains in adv… Read more »
Time Inc. Reorgs Consumer Marketing, Promotes SI’s Fuchs To Digital Post
Like a lot of publishers over the past year, Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) has been building up its marketing business as it looks for additional re… Read more »
Time Inc. Digital Exec Jason Kelly Joins AdMeld
Fresh from a huge $15 million funding round last month, sell-side optimizer AdMeld has hired Jason Kelly as chief media officer. Kelly was m… Read more »
Time Inc’s Paid Content Head Monica Ray Moves To Condé Nast
Monica Ray, who had been managing Time (NYSE: TWX) Inc.’s paid content strategy, is taking on a new job at Condé Nast. She has been named E… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 08.23.10
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» Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) TV (or perhaps Apple’s iTV) may just revolutionize TV consumption by truly connecting the computer, mobile a… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 08.20.10
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» The People magazine iPad app, delayed due to a dispute with photographers, will be made available for free to print subscribers… Read more »
Next Issue Predicts $3 Billion Worth Of E-Paper Subs By 2014
There has been a lot of doubt about publishers’ hopes that tablet devices could help return magazines and newspapers to the days when scarci… Read more »
It’s Official: Jack Griffin Joining Time Inc. As CEO Next Month
Following last week’s news leak, here’s the official word… Jack Griffin, who stepped down as Meredith’s National Media Group president las… Read more »
Meredith’s Jack Griffin Tapped To Succeed Ann Moore As Time Inc. CEO
Hours after Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) posted mixed results for its publishing unit, Time Inc. is preparing to announce that Jack Griffin, who… Read more »
Bewkes: Rental Delays From Netflix, RedBox Is Paying Off For DVD Sales
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Early agreements from Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Redbox to delay renting new titles until 28 days after they are first available for purchase… Read more »
Time Magazine Dons An Online Condom
Let’s get the easy stuff out of the way. Time.com didn’t go behind a paywall this week and there aren’t plans for that to happen. Technicall… Read more »
First Look: Slick SI App Matches Expectations With One Exception: No Subs
The Sports Illustrated iPad app hit the iTunes store overnight with lots of glossy features in place — and without an anticipated subscript… Read more »
Video: SI’s McDonell Demos Browser Version At Google I/O; iPad App En Route
Sports Illustrated converted some of this week’s issue into a slick in-browser HTML5 edition in time for the Google (NSDQ: GOOG) I/O keynote… Read more »
Mags Look To Facebook To Hawk Print Subscriptions
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There have a been a number of platforms introduced in recent years to use the web to sell magazine subscriptions. But so far, one of the mos… Read more »
Time Appoints New Publisher For Mag & Online Sales
Right as the debate about the future of newsweeklies is at its loudest — with Newsweek being for sale — Time (NYSE: TWX) magazine has fill… Read more »
There Goes The Neighborhood: Hachette Moving Into Time Inc.’s Building
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Here’s an interesting New York real estate story: we’ve heard that Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S will be vacating its long-time 50th St. and… Read more »
