As the ink dries on the merger between Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) and NBC Universal, the cable operator’s women’s lifestyle subsidiary DailyCandy has been looking for ways to share its content with the TV network’s female-focused content properties like iVillage. One of the ways it’s both expanding its own brand and…

For over the past year, Comcast/NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) Universal’s iVillage has been overhauling its sites and expanding its international presence. Now it is moving more forcefully into mobile with the launch of its app network. As part of its push into mobile, the company has named former Barnes & Noble…

Comcast/NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) Universal’s iVillage has tapped cable giant Rogers Communications to launch a version of the female-focused site network for the great white north. This is iVillage’s first country-specific site since establishing its UK version over a decade ago. Coincidentally, Rogers Media last week hired former Gannett (NYSE: GCI)…

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 evaluate on a day-to-day basis, it’s absolutely necessary to be rigorous. For every Google (NSDQ: GOOG), there are a hundred Pets.coms.

Lost amid the dozens of executives who played musical chairs Wednesday over at NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) was a subtle but significant shift that could cause problems for Comcast.

The media personnel shifts keep on coming… iVillage is promoting John Curbishley from VP of strategy to SVP of Business Development, the NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) unit will announce later this morning. Curbishley, who will report directly to Jodi Kahn, EVP of iVillage, will work on expanding iVillage’s growing list…

NBC Universal’s iVillage is continuing to build up its wellness offerings, this time with a partnership with QualityHealth. In an interview with paidContent, Jodi Kahn, iVillage’s EVP, says that QualityHealth will give the NBCU property the exclusive right to manage display ad sales for its flagship site.

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Ex-Nickelodeon exec Mike Skagerlind is leaving his post as VP, head of content at Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) to take the job of SVP/GM of iVillage. Skagerlind, who has been at B&N since September ‘07, will report to Jodi Kahn, EVP of iVillage, when he officially starts next month.…

Since NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) acquired iVillage for $600 million four years ago, the women’s content network has tried a variety of ways to make good on that deal. After several brand restarts, NBCU brought in Readers Digest Association’s global digital head Jodi Kahn 18 months ago to finally put…

Since updating its look last fall, iVillage has been tinkering at the edges, adding three new channels around celebrities, food and even astrology. Now, it’s working to expand its health and wellness content amid a wave of competition from other female-focused websites. The NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) site has unveiled…

iVillage is looking to expand its advertising role to include sites not specifically aligned with parent NBC Universal (NYSE: GE). The female-focused lifestyle site has struck a deal with recipes and nutrition information and part of EatingWell Media Group to oversee advertising for EatingWell.com. The move is seen as a…

Catherine Balsam-Schwaber has left her post as a senior marketing exec at MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) to take on a similar role at NBC Universal’s iVillage. This is the second big hire for iVillage within the past two months. In September, publishing vet Joe Lagani defected from Glam Media to…

Deborah Fine, the former head of NBC Universal’s iVillage, is taking on the CEO role at Direct Brands, the operator of Book of the Month club and DVD purveyor Columbia House, the company announced. In September 2008, Fine was moved out of her post as president of iVillage after two…

Updated: Two years after arriving at Glam Media from Conde Nast, publishing industry vet Joe Lagani has left the company to join NBC Universal’s iVillage, which is currently in the middle of its latest turnaround.  IVillage says that Lagani, who was most recently Glam’s head of client sales, will become…

After drumming up attention for its upcoming website overhaul, iVillage  wants everyone to know it’s also created a new celebrity news site as part of the revamp. With celeb news one of the few major growth areas for online ad dollars, it’s understandable that iVillage would be tempted to jump…

Just over two years since its last major revamp, NBC Universal’s iVillage is promising to be more topical, more focused and more user-generated. Although the full redo isn’t being unveiled until this Wednesday, as the NYT reports, the site has been sporting a new logo and lighter, less cluttered homepage…

NBCU’s iVillage plans to retool the content across its three sites, and has tapped former In Style founding editor Angela Matusik as its chief content executive. Matusik will report to relatively new GM Rebecca Miskin, overseeing the editorial development across iVillage.com, Astrology.com and iVillage.co.uk. Matusik joins iVillage from Time Inc’s.…

NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) finally has filled the top post at iVillage ... Jodi Kahn has resigned as president of global digital media for Readers Digest Association to join NBCU as EVP of the iVillage Network. She’ll report to Lauren Zalaznick, president, NBC Universal Women and Lifestyle Entertainment Networks, replacing…