Beyond Groupon: Other Players In The Daily Deals Space To Watch
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OK, Groupon now has its exit plan. Who else in the daily-deals world is creating momentum?
It’s increasingly big business — daily-deal si… Read more »
MSLO Shakeup: Blackstone Advises On Possible Sale; Oxygen’s Gersh To Be CEO
A flurry of announcements came out of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (NYSE: MSO) were dropped this morning, pointing to several new directi… Read more »
The Bestsellers: Out-of-Print Romance Title Lands New Profits As E-Book
Don’t Say a Word by bestselling romance/suspense novelist Barbara Freethy was published by Penguin/NAL imprint Signet in 2005, but soon wen… Read more »
Christina Norman Out At Oprah’s OWN; Liguori Takes Over
Christina Norman is out as CEO of OWN (NSDQ: DISCA), the Oprah Winfrey Network, the victim of dissatisfaction over poor ratings for one of t… Read more »
Sugar Raises $15 Million In Part For More Acquisitions
Female-focused online media company Sugar has raised $15 million in a new round of funding led by Institutional Venture Partners; existing b… Read more »
More Changes At Disney Online; Luckett Leaving, Maigret To Lead Innovation
So far the top jobs in the *Disney* Online re-org have gone to Disney (NYSE: DIS) newcomers — Mark Walker to head Disney.com, Brooke Chaffi… Read more »
DailyCandy Expanding Beyond The E-Newsletter, Deals With The Roundup
As the ink dries on the merger between Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) and NBC Universal, the cable operator’s women’s lifestyle subsidiary DailyCandy… Read more »
iVillage Launches App Network; Adds BN.com’s Gottlieb
For over the past year, Comcast/NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) Universal’s iVillage has been overhauling its sites and expanding its international presen… Read more »
The Knot Pays $37M To Buy Back Shares From Macy’s
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Weddings and related lifestyle company The Knot (NSDQ: KNOT) has paid $37.7 million to buy back all 3.7 million shares of its common stock o… Read more »
iVillage Plans Canadian Expansion With Rogers Communications
Comcast/NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) Universal’s iVillage has tapped cable giant Rogers Communications to launch a version of the female-focused site n… 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 »
BuzzMedia Buys Women’s Site The Frisky From Turner
BuzzMedia, the operator of a network of pop culture sites, has acquired Turner Broadcasting System’s women’s site The Frisky. Terms weren’t… Read more »
Ex-Newsday Editor Mancini Joins HollywoodLife.com
Tina Brown isn’t the only one hiring traditional news vets. Bonnie Fuller is adding some editorial and strategic firepower to HollywoodLife.… Read more »
Reality Check: Social Media ROI Is Still MIA
One of the reasons I love my job is there is always something new going on. Given the volume of new business ideas and trends that I have to… Read more »
AOL Partners With Supermodel Heidi Klum On Women’s Programming
While Ken Auletta’s New Yorker piece expressed skepticism about AOL’s content model — combining hyperlocal news and with big name entertain… Read more »
Meredith Rides Ad Recovery Wave, As It Relies More On Integrated Marketing
Women’s magazine publisher Meredith Corp. (NYSE: MDP) posted strong results last quarter, signaling that the magazines and local broadcast w… Read more »
Disney Digital Hires Brooke Chaffin As SVP, Women & Family
The new management at Disney (NYSE: DIS) Interactive Media Group has made its first high-profile hire, luring Brooke Chaffin, president of A… Read more »
Meredith Buys Remaining Piece Of Real Girls Media Network
Meredith Corp. (NYSE: MDP) has acquired the remaining stake in the Real Girls Media Network. Financial terms weren’t released. The publisher… Read more »
Glam Launches ‘Communities,’ Hires Foodbuzz’s Stern
Following its moves into men’s content and continued international expansion over the past year, lifestyle blog network Glam Media is starti… Read more »
MSN Rolls Out A Health And Fitness Site With Rodale
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Microsoft’s MSN, which has launched a series of very successful sites with major magazine publishers over the last two years, is now partner… Read more »
Technorati Buys Silicon Valley Women’s Group
Technorati continues its march from blog search engine to blog network with the acquistion of Silicon Valley Moms Group, and the launch of… Read more »
Oprah Releases Mag App For The iPad; Ad Placements Are Limited And Premium
Oprah’s still got her TV show and the upcoming debut of her Discovery TV network next year. But what she hasn’t had is an iPad app dedicated… Read more »
DailyCandy Wants To Make ‘Deals’ With Local Marketers
As the discount shopping space continues to attract attention from media companies, DailyCandy, the Comcast-owned fashion and entertainment… Read more »
Glam To Step Up M&A Activity; MSFT’s Roston Tapped To Run Acquisitions
When it comes to doing acquisitions, blog network Glam Media hasn’t exactly shied away from using the $50 million mezzanine round it raised… Read more »
Gourmet Live Hits The App Store; Epicurious Averages 50k Downloads Weekly
After the huge fanfare that greeted Condé Nast’s June preview of the defunct Gourmet magazine’s reincarnation as a free iPad app, the brand… Read more »
Looking For More Content, Ad Partners, iVillage Promotes Curbishley
The media personnel shifts keep on coming… iVillage is promoting John Curbishley from VP of strategy to SVP of Business Development, the N… Read more »
Yahoo Shine Editor Brandon Holley Exits, Returns To Condé Nast
Brandon Holley is leaving Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) after three years to return to the print magazine world as editor-in-chief of Condé Nast’s Luc… Read more »
Wetpaint Goes Pro With 15 New Sites On TV Shows
Wetpaint, which is best known for its user-generated fan sites, is making a big move into more premium content, with the launch of 15 new, p… Read more »
iVillage Takes Over Display Sales For New Partner QualityHealth
NBC Universal’s iVillage is continuing to build up its wellness offerings, this time with a partnership with QualityHealth. In an interview… Read more »
Total Beauty Buys Women-Focused Site LimeLife
Beauty-based online media company Total Beauty Media has bought up LimeLife, which is behind the women-focused lifestyle site and mobile pro… Read more »
The Knot Launches Groupon-Like Program
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Weddings and related lifestyle company The Knot (NSDQ: KNOT) has long relied heavily on e-commerce in addition to revenues from its print an… Read more »
DailyCandy Launches ‘Style Alerts’ On Android; NYC Gets It First
DailyCandy, the Comcast-owned fashion and entertainment e-newsletter operator, has unveiled its first app effort, a “location-triggered” mes… Read more »
Nickelodeon’s Sachs Joins DailyCandy As Sales Exec
DailyCandy, the Comcast-owned fashion and entertainment e-newsletter operator, has added MTVN (NYSE: VIA) ad exec Jeanne Sachs to its execut… Read more »
‘Bravo Now’ iPad App Launched To Promote Season Finale Of ‘Bethenny’
Just in time for the season finale of the Real Housewives of New York City-spinoff, Bethenny Getting Married?, Bravo is introducing an iPad… Read more »
ThisNext Adds On To Third Round, Brings In Federated Media For Ads
Social shopping site ThisNext has raised some additional funding to the $1.2 million round from February, and says it will begin working wit… Read more »
Oxygen: Women Are Addicted To Facebook, But Unsure Where To Draw The Lines
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For a large segment of women, checking Facebook has become a primary part of their morning routine, with the act of scrolling through status… Read more »
Sugar Buys Daily Deals Site FreshGuide
Women-oriented blog network Sugar Inc. tells us it’s buying FreshGuide, a startup that offers daily deals in four markets targeted at women.… Read more »
NBCU Sued Over Aborted Domain Name Sale
NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) is being sued by Done Ventures over what the latter claims is a sale gone wrong. According to Techcrunch’s account,… Read more »
Bravo Promotes Berwick To President
NBC Universal’s Bravo Media is promoting Frances Berwick to president of the cable property. Berwick, who has been with the network even bef… Read more »
Condé Nast Glamour Hooks Up With Match.com
Although magazines are getting a breather from the ad recovery, the realization that marketers’ spending isn’t going to make a full comeback… Read more »
