Networks like A&E, Scripps, and possibly even *CBS* are ready to test whether the much-hyped TV Everywhere concept will serve as a lucrative business model for online video, but there is news that premium video sites like Hulu and TV.com are finally starting to deliver ad rates that are greater…

It didn’t take long for *CBS* to issue a statement after Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) and Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) announced the upcoming national trial of TV Everywhere, expressing interest in anything “to help extend our business in such a way that is open and non-exclusive; consumer friendly; and responsible to…

After pruning CBS’s online news efforts two years ago, the company is now trying to build it back up as CNET’s tech and edit/management integration permeates across the company, and as part of that, it has relaunched CBSNews.com tonight. The new site takes cues from CBS (NYSE: CBS) Evening News’…

Last.fm’s founding trio is leaving the social music site, a few weeks its parent reorganised it in a new CBS Interactive Music Group. Martin Stiksel (pictured), Felix Miller and Richard Jones announced their decision in a blog post: “After two years running Last.fm within CBS (NYSE: CBS). we feel the…

Different sport, same lawsuit. Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court seemingly settled the issue of whether sports leagues could charge licensing fees for the use of their stats in fantasy-sports leagues, refusing to hear an appeal from Major League Baseball. But the NFL Players Association isn’t convinced. Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO)…

CBS (NYSE: CBS) has the rights to two of the next five Super Bowls but the network that offers up every minute of March Madness live online has some decisions to make about how to handle that other iconic sporting event. Oh, and the NFL still holds the streaming rights.…

Don’t expect to be able to watch the Super Bowl live online anytime soon, Sean McManus, president, CBS (NYSE: CBS) News & Sports, told Staci D. Kramer, EVP and Co-Editor of paidContent parent ContentNext in the opening panel of the company’s EconAffinity conference. CBS, which has the rights to the…

Updated with CBS (NYSE: CBS) response below: TechCrunch co-editor Erick Schonfeld’s story in February alleging that Last.fm gave member data to the litigous Recording Industry Association of America drew a fierce denial and this response from the social music site: “TechCrunch is full of s—-.” Now Michael Arrington himself, clearly…

CBSSports.com has become one of the top sports sites around by developing a broad community of users, establishing important partnerships, and beefing up promotions of efforts such as live streaming to increase viewership. Sean McManus, president of *CBS* Sports, will discuss these approaches and more during the keynote interview at…

When asked point blank about being the only network that’s not on Hulu, CBS (NYSE: CBS) Interactive’s CFO Zander Lurie said the problem was the rival site’s need for exclusivity: “Hulu’s done a great job executing—acquiring compelling content and running ads—but we have a great model that runs on non-exclusive…

We’ve heard about indie developers making millions of dollars in revenue from mobile and social media apps, but what about a giant like CBS? CBSi has an app for TV.com, not to mention music apps for Last.fm and third-parties like *AOL*—but are users flocking to them? Are advertisers? Our Staci…

Add *CBS* CEO Leslie Moonves to the growing of media execs seeing signs of hope as the second quarter of 2009 hits the midpoint. Moonves told analysts on the company’s Q1 earnings call that CBS (NYSE: CBS) is “seeing early signs of improvement in the advertising market place both locally…

It’s not usually a good sign when your earnings report starts with a vote of confidence from the boss and is followed by an explanation about why the same quarter last year was so good. CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) lost $55.3 million, or $0.8 per share, in the first quarter,…

Digital-music companies play a major role in the evolution of the mobile social market, and we’ve lined up executives from two key companies in that sector for the EconSM keynote session to discuss this impact. Eric Johnson, president and COO of Wolfgang’s Vault, and Zander Lurie, CFO of CBS (NYSE:…

CBS (NYSE: CBS) is bringing all its online music units together under one roof, the company said. The new unit, the CBS Interactive Music Group, will house CBS Radio’s roughly 100 music websites and online audio streams, as well as its various mobile apps. The creation of the interactive music…

In the wake of the Disney deal with Hulu, what about CBS? Hulu CEO Jason Kilar told paidContent he’d love to have CBS (NYSE: CBS) add its programming to the video service, while CBS Interactive, representing the remaining major broadcast network without a Hulu deal, issued a careful statement about…

Joost has given us a “no comment” to reports it’s trying to sell itself. The site is pitching itself as an online video platform to cable and satellite providers, with Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Cable amongst those to have “expressed interest”, according to anonymous sources cited by News.com. CEO Mike…

Last year was one of the toughest ever for the 500 largest American companies —combined they lost over $500 billion—and media companies, unsurprisingly, are near the top of the list. Total U.S. advertising fell 4.1 percent last year, according to ZenithOptimedia, and since the majority of media companies make most…

The final tally is in—CBSSports.com’s internal numbers show that 7.52 million unique visitors used the NCAA March Madness on Demand video player during the 2009 men’s basketball tournament, up 58 percent over the 4.76 million counted last year. Last year’s total was eclipsed at the end of the first four…