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 »
Comcast, Time Warner And Charter Sued Over Modems
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Most Americans have never heard of a company called WiLan, but that company is now claiming that it should get a cut of many of the cable mo… Read more »
Springtime for Time Warner Cable: New Tier ‘Designed To Fail,’ Says Analyst
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Surely you recall Springtime for Hitler, that intentionally misbegotten musical dreamed up by the schemers in Mel Brooks’ comedy classic The… Read more »
Time Warner Balks At Subpoenas In Mass Copyright Suits
The biggest headache when suing 10,000 people for copyright infringement? Finding out who they are.
Lawyers from Time Warner Cable (NYSE:… Read more »
Why Cheaper Cable Opens A Pandora’s Box
That Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) is even considering a discounted offering like the TV Essentials package it will test in select markets m… Read more »
Time Warner Cable To Test Cheaper TV Package
So maybe cord-cutting isn’t imaginary after all.
Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) is testing a discounted tier of channels in select markets n… Read more »
Bewkes: Era Of ‘Media Mogul’ Is Over
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After trying to determine which seat was the power seat on stage at The Paley Center’s International Council conference, the NYT’s David Car… Read more »
‘Harry Potter’ Leak Seems More Like Publicity Than Piracy
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The first 36 minutes of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I suddenly popped up on Bittorrent sites Tuesday, just a few days before… 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 »
DreamWorks’ Stacey Snider Feels The “Pressure” of Premium VOD
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First it was Time (NYSE: TWX) Warner’s Jeff Bewkes last week, then Fox Filmed Entertainment’s Peter Levinsohn yesterday. Today’s high-powere… Read more »
Fox Digital Chief Levinsohn: Premium VOD ‘Slowest Rollout Ever’
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Premium VOD, also known as home theater on demand, would represent a formation of a whole new window for in-home exhibition of films just a… Read more »
Dish CEO: My Kids Think I’m Crazy For Being In Pay-TV Biz
A startling admission from Charlie Ergen, CEO of Dish Network (NSDQ: DISH), on his company’s Q3-earnings call capped a week of high anxiety… Read more »
How Hollywood Will Squeeze Netflix
It seems the studios have figured out one way to ease the pain of declining DVD revenues: putting the screws to Netflix. Read more »
Bewkes: Expect Decision On VOD For Theatrical Releases By First Half 2011
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“TV Everywhere,” VOD for recent movie releases, and combined print and digital subscriptions dominated Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) CEO Jeff Bewk… 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 »
A Race To 4G In The Biggest U.S. Cities; Will Clearwire Or Verizon Win?
Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) and its partners have announced commercial roll-out plans in three of the country’s largest cities — New York City,… Read more »
News Corp. Tries Fox.com, Hulu As Pawn In Retrans Battle With Cablevision
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Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) internet customers lost access to Fox.com and Fox programming on Hulu for a time Saturday afternoon — the result of… Read more »
Clearwire’s Spectrum Is The Best Thing It Has Going For It — So Why Sell?
Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) frequently lists its tremendous amount of spectrum holdings as one of the distinct advantages it has over the competi… Read more »
Industry Moves: IPC’s Digital Boss, Trinity Digi Director, Arts Alliance
– IPC Media: The publisher is promoting Simon Loxham (pictured), web technology head of its Southbank and Connect brands for women’s titles… Read more »
Updated: The Contraction Of IPC: A List Of Sell-Offs So Far
IPC Media is off-loading two more magazines in its great right-sizing of 2010. This time, it’s Model Collector and Stamp Magazine being sold… Read more »
Time Warner’s Bewkes Tells UK’s ITV: No Need For Micropayments
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Some unsolicited advice on Telegraph.co.uk today, from Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) CEO Jeff Bewkes to ITV (LSE: ITV), which, under new chief Ada… Read more »
Warner Bros. Hires Transpera’s Ballard To Lead Digital Games
Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) has hired mobile gaming veteran Greg Ballard to lead its digital games business, as the company continues to double… Read more »
IPC Selling Web User Magazine, Website To Dennis
IPC Media is another publishing house contracting its portfolio to get in to shape. In the latest of several sell-offs, it’s selling Web Use… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09.17.10
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» CNN may have officially stopped using the AP’s content after 30 years, but the news wire begs to differ. [The Upshot]
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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 Warner Vet Adler Joins MediaLink LLC As Senior Partner
Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) vet Time Ed Adler is joining Michael Kassan and Wenda Harris Millard’s MediaLink LLC consultancy as senior partner.… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09.07.10
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» Twitter app developers have seen a 50 percent cut in early-stage investment over the past year — though it’s not clear if that… Read more »
TV Everywhere Plays Important Role In New Disney-Time Warner Cable Deal
Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) and the Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) stepped to the precipice of blackout Armageddon — and wisely took a giant… Read more »
AOL’s Armstrong: Google Deal ‘Better For Us Per Search’
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Any search deal with AOL (NYSE: AOL) would start with the same given: search-advertising revenue will continue to decline as it loses access… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 08.30.10
» YouTube is negotiating with the major movie studios to launch a streaming video service, which would include new releases and c… 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 »
The Morning Lowdown 08.06.10
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» A Jack Griffin-led Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) would include the same emphasis he put on marketing services at Meredith (NYSE: MDP),… 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 Warner Profits Rise, As Publishing Revs Remained Flat
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There’s a reason publishing executives have adopted the phrase “flat is the new up” over the past few years and even in an ad recovery, the… Read more »
