The Morning Lowdown 07.30.10
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The Morning Lowdown 07.28.10
» Steve McPherson has resigned as president of ABC (NYSE: DIS) Entertainment Group to concentrate on his wine business and a “new… Read more »
Washington Post Buys Personalized News Site iCurrent
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The Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) has made a small acquisition, buying up personalized news site iCurrent, we have confirmed. iCurrent pro… Read more »
Washington Post-Bloomberg Co-Branded Biz Section Goes Live; Worth The Wait?
Some eight months after announcing a partnership for a co-branded online business page, the Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) and Bloomberg have f… Read more »
Newsweek Now Has At Least Three Official Suitors
“Indications of interest” in Newsweek are in and the publication has at least three official suitors. Bloomberg says in a report that OpenGa… Read more »
New Newsweek.com Emphasizes Minimalism; Paid iPad App Next Week
As the Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) tries to find a buyer for its struggling Newsweek, the magazine has revamped its website with a somew… Read more »
Newsweek Sale Book: First Bids Due By June 2; Complete Financials
When the Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) announced that Newsweek was for sale, the top-line numbers we pulled out of SEC documents weren’t n… Read more »
(Another) WaPo Digital Shakeup: Sheikholeslami Leaves; New CRO
The Washington Post’s top digital exec is leaving next month. The departure of Goli Sheikholeslami, GM, Digital & VP, Digital Product Develo… Read more »
WaPo Launches Statehouse Politics Blog Network
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The Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) is dipping its toes into the blog network pool again, with the launch of a new network focused on state gove… Read more »
Haim Saban — And 70 Others — Consider Bidding For Newsweek
Haim Saban, fresh off of buying back the rights to the Power Rangers characters from Disney (NYSE: DIS), tells the WSJ he would take a “seri… Read more »
Newsweek Revenue Dropped 36 Percent In Q1; Ad Rev Down 38 Percent
With the Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) already considering the sale of Newsweek, the first quarter results surely cemented it. While other… Read more »
Washington Post Swings To Profit; Newspaper Display Up 17 Percent
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For the most part, The Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) had a pretty good Q1 — except, of course, for the magazine division (i.e., Newsweek… Read more »
Newsweek’s Jon Meacham To Jon Stewart: ‘Time To Flip’ Emphasis To Digital
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In the department-of-good-timing department: Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham was already scheduled to be on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart the… Read more »
Media Buyers: Newsweek Sale Won’t Affect Mag’s Ad Value
The Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) Co.’s plan to sell Newsweek isn’t likely to impact its already dismal ad picture, media buyers tell paidCont… Read more »
Don Graham On Newsweek: ‘We’ll Get A Buyer’
In the past, whenever Newsweek posted the occasional loss, Don Graham could see a way back to profitability. That wasn’t the case this time… Read more »
Irony Alert: Slate Group Claims Q1 Ad Revs Rose More Than 50 Percent
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Not all of the Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) Company’s publications are seeing a long list of declines: On the same day that its parent announ… Read more »
Newsweek by Some-Really-Crazy Numbers
Peeking through Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) Company’s 2009 10K is instructive, if you want to know the current state of Newsweek. Or even th… Read more »
Newspaper Fas-Fax: E-Edition Circulation Up 40 Percent
Buried inside today’s not-as-bad-as-feared newspaper circulation FAS-FAX (newspaper circ was only down 8.75 percent daily), some data on wha… Read more »
SEC Watch: Washington Post’s Graham’s Compensation Cut In Half Last Year; Weymouth Gets Big Bonus
In contrast to senior executives at the NYTCo (NYSE: NYT) and Gannett (NYSE: GCI), who took home more money in ’09 than the year before, Was… Read more »
Washington Post’s Sheikholeslami: ‘Year Of Experimentation’ For Paid Mobile App
Like so many of its peers, The Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) is trying to find the right notes to play in just the right order when it comes t… Read more »
Washington Post Adds iPhone App With Annual Fee
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A few hours after Steve Case tweeted that Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) CEO Don Graham told a hometown crowd Tuesday the paper wouldn’t ch… Read more »
WaPo’s Display Revs Rose 13 Percent; Online Classifieds Continue To Plunge
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The Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) Company’s online newspaper revenue was up just 1 percent to $31.5 million in Q4, but in a sign of a turnarou… Read more »
Social Net For Gay Men Fabulis Raises $625K From WaPo, Others
Fabulis, a social net and lifestyle site aimed at gay men, has raised $625,000 in a first round funding, founder and CEO Jason Goldberg told… Read more »
WaPo’s Narisetti: ‘Stay Tuned’ On Charging Decision
Washington Post Managing Editor Raju Narisetti took questions from readers online Monday, politely answering all kinds of queries and compla… Read more »
How To Turn Journalists Into Profit Centers
Charles Pelton, a former journalist, served as General Manager of Conferences and Events at The Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) last spring. He… Read more »
Newsweek Sells Budget Travel To Fletcher Asset Management
Barely a month after word slipped out that Newsweek was looking to unload Budget Travel magazine, the Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) unit h… Read more »
Washington Post’s Avenue100 Buys Online Job Site GetTheJob.com
Washington Post-owned digital marketing company Avenue100 has bought up career site GetTheJob.com. GetTheJob aggregates thousands of listing… Read more »
@ UBS Media Week: WaPo’s Graham: Having ‘Conversations’ About Online Pay; Backs Comcast-NBCU Deal
The Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) continues to avoid any overt suggestion that it will start charging for charging for Washington Post con… Read more »
WaPo Closes N.Y., L.A., Chicago Bureaus; Focus on DC Local & Politics
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The Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) is shutting down its bureaus in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, following some layoffs at its online divi… Read more »
Newsweek Eyeing Sale Of Budget Travel Mag
With times still tough for magazines and the travel category in general, Newsweek is considering unloading Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel ma… Read more »
With DoubleX’s Demise As A Standalone, Peggy White Leaves Slate
As Slate’s DoubleX prepares to wind down after a nine-month stint as a standalone, Peggy White is leaving the company as publisher of the wo… Read more »
Education, Cable TV Assets Push WaPo Profits Up 64 Percent; Online Drops 18 Percent
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The good news from the Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) in Q3 all came from its cable TV and education holdings as the newspaper, magazin… Read more »
Politico Owner Launching a Local DC Site; Jim Brady Running It
Politico’s owner is not content with decimating Washington Post’s franchise of politics coverage, but is now going after where it may hurt m… Read more »
Updated: Washington Post, Bloomberg Team Up For New Syndication Service; Co-Branded Business Page
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The Washington Post and Bloomberg News are launching a new syndication service Jan. 1, 2010 — the Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) News Service… Read more »
LAT-WaPo Syndication Service Dissolved; LAT Merges Into McClatchy-Tribune Combine
The Los Angeles Times-*Washington Post* News Service, a syndication service formed back in 1962 with more than 600 clients worldwide, is bei… Read more »
WaPo’s Social Media Guidelines Paint Staff Into Virtual Corner; Full Text of Guidelines
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Late Friday afternoon, Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) Senior Editor Milton Coleman sent a memo to the staff with a social media policy — effec… Read more »
Updated: Washington Post Online, Print Operations Will Merge Jan. 1, 2010
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*Washington Post* Publisher Katharine Weymouth’s push to integrate the paper’s print and online operations continues to move at a rapid pace… Read more »
Google Fast Flip Goes Live; Experiment In News Reading And Revenue Sharing
*Google* Labs flipped the switch today on *Google* Fast Flip, an experiment certain to be blown out of proportion by some people because it… Read more »
Industry Moves: Washington Post Events Exec Resigns After Misfire
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Charles Pelton, who was supposed to establish an events business for the Washington Post and wound up being at the center of a fuss over the… Read more »
Slate Ends Print News Summaries; Will Offer Thrice-Daily Recaps Instead
Slate magazine has retired one of the earliest news aggregators, as its daily print news summary Today’s Papers is making way for The Slates… Read more »
