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Earnings
McClatchy Beats Earnings Predictions, Touts Digital Investments

Feb 7, 2012 10:29 AM

McClatchy (NYSE: MNI) Company’s fourth quarter operating earnings beat analysts’ predictions, while the newspaper chain also reported an overall boost from investments in online properties like Cars.com and Apartments.com.

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Posted In: Advertising, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Money, Earnings, Companies, McClatchy, careerbuilder, cars.com, miami herad

Another Tech Blogger Launches An E-Book Venture

Feb 7, 2012 10:23 AM

Does three make a trend? In recent months, both former Gawker editor Emily Gould and GigaOm’s Michael Wolf launched their own e-book ventures. Now Lifehacker editor Jason Chen has left Gawker Media to launch an e-bookstore of his own, StoryBundle.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Books, e-books, emily gould, gawker, gigaom, jason chen, lifehacker, michael wolf, storybundle

Earnings
Uneven E-book Growth Sees Lagardere Book Sales Slim

Feb 7, 2012 7:35 AM

Global holiday-quarter books revenue dipped by 3.8 percent at Hachette operator Lagardere Publishing despite booming western e-book sales, the Lagardere group reported, as it warned it would write off almost €1 ($1.3/£0.83) billion against other group activities.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Books, e-books, e-readers, Money, Earnings

Will Netflix Kill Ratings For Pay Cable?

Feb 6, 2012 4:24 PM

The launch of Netflix’s first original series positions the company right where it wants to be – competing against pay cable companies like HBO, Showtime and Starz. But whether Lilyhammer becomes a hit for Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) or falls flat, don’t expect the streaming video company to honor one very…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, TV, Social Media, Video, Companies, Netflix

An Amazon Store In Seattle?

Feb 6, 2012 2:49 PM

A new report suggests that Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is opening a small, Kindle-focused retail store in Seattle to test whether the concept could be expanded to other markets.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Books, e-books, e-readers, Companies, Amazon, Kindle

Kindle Touch Now Shipping Abroad—But Not To UK/Germany/Spain/France/Italy

Feb 6, 2012 1:27 PM

The Kindle Touch WiFi is now available in some additional countries, but not the biggest international e-reading markets that already have their own Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) sites.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Books, e-books, e-readers, Companies, Amazon, Kindle, Countries, Europe, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, kindle touch

Another Chain Says It Won’t Carry Amazon Books, But Does It Matter?

Feb 6, 2012 10:53 AM

Canadian bookselling chain Indigo Books & Music is joining Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) and Books-A-Million in their refusal to carry any Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Publishing titles in their stores. But what does this boycott really mean?

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Books, e-books, Companies, Amazon, Kindle, Barnes & Noble, Nook, books-a-million, heather reisman, indigo books & music, kobo, rakuten

Academics Revolt Against Elsevier’s Journal Pricing

Feb 6, 2012 5:25 AM

Academics are staging a mini-revolt against science and medical journal publisher Elsevier’s terms, and analysts fear the movement could hit parent Reed Elsevier.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, B2B, Health Content, Companies, Reed Elsevier

Apple Clarifies: We Don’t Own The Content You Put Into iBooks Author

Feb 3, 2012 3:49 PM

When Apple first released its free iBooks Author software, some were upset about its end-user licensing agreement, which states that works created in the program must be sold exclusively through Apple (NSDQ: AAPL). The company has now tweaked the EULA to make it a bit more clear.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Books, e-books, Companies, Apple, iPad, ibooks author

The New York Times’ About.com: From All-Star To Albatross

Feb 3, 2012 1:49 PM

About.com is in free fall. The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) revealed yesterday that its network of information sites suffered a 67% drop in profits and that revenues had fallen by a quarter.

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Posted In: Advertising, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Companies, New York Times, about.com, darline jean

Books-A-Million Won’t Carry Amazon Titles, Either

Feb 3, 2012 11:39 AM

Books-A-Million—the nation’s second largest bookstore chain after Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS)—announced today that, like B&N, it will not carry Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Publishing titles in its stores.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Books, e-books, Companies, Amazon, Barnes & Noble

Random House Will Keep All Its E-Books In Libraries, With A Price Increase

Feb 3, 2012 9:17 AM

Random House is now the only big six publisher to allow unrestricted access to all of its e-books in libraries—and it said yesterday it will continue to do so, though it is raising prices.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Books, e-books, hachette, harpercollins, libraries, library journal, macmillan, overdrive, penguin, random house, simon & schuster, stuart applebaum

Feds Seize Hundreds Of Websites Days Before Superbowl

Feb 2, 2012 5:55 PM

In what is becoming a ritual akin to Superbowl Week itself, federal prosecutors today announced the seizure of 16 websites that offered live streaming of sporting events and 291 others that sold counterfeit sports merchandise.

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Posted In: Entertainment, Sports, Legal, Copyright, Piracy, Media & Publishing, TV, Events, homeland security, superbowl, website seizures

Industry Moves
Bloomberg’s Lex Fenwick Named Dow Jones CEO

Feb 2, 2012 3:03 PM

News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS) has appointed Lex Fenwick as the CEO of Dow Jones & Company, filling the position left open following Les Hinton’s resignation in July.

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Posted In: Industry Moves, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Companies, News Corp., Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal, bloomberg, chase carey, les hinton, lex fenwick

New York Times Co To Expand Health Coverage Online

Feb 2, 2012 1:37 PM

Late last year, the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) relaunched its tech blog to add more reporters and more video—in hopes of pulling in more ad revenue. That followed an even larger buildup of its business and finance blog, Deal Book. Now, the company will be giving the same treatment…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Money, Companies, New York Times, about.com, all things d, arthur sulzberger, bits, jr.

Mashable CEO Beats Oprah In Influence—At Least On Reuters’ New Site

Feb 2, 2012 12:14 PM

In a new business-oriented social media site, Reuters (NYSE: TRI) aims to index “the most talked-about news, companies and influencers across the Web.” A better definition might be “what people are doing on Twitter.”

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Social Media, News Sharing, Companies, Facebook, Reuters, Twitter, alex leo, mashable, oprah winfrey, pete cashmore, rupert murdoch

Earnings
NYT Co Sees Drop In Earnings But 20% Rise In Digital Subs

Feb 2, 2012 10:05 AM

Higher online circulation was a small bright spot in an otherwise gloomy earnings report for the New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), which is still looking for a CEO who can implement a comprehensive digital strategy.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Money, Earnings, Companies, New York Times, about.com, janet robinson, regional media group

New Stats: E-Book Growth Slows As Children’s Hardcover Jumps

Feb 1, 2012 4:33 PM

The newest statistics from the Association of American Publishers show that e-book growth slowed somewhat in November, though it’s still high—up 65.9 percent over November 2010. Slower growth could be attributed to a pre-holiday sales lull, as consumers waited for new devices like the Kindle Fire to come on the…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Books, e-books, e-readers, Kids & Teen Content, aap

Report: Broadcast Networks Will Get 8% Higher CPMs At Upfront This Year

Feb 1, 2012 2:26 PM

The rush of content announcements from video companies in recent days, from players like YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) and Hulu, has caused a number of people to suggest that internet video has reached a new tipping point with consumer and advertiser adoption. But if it has, it doesn’t appear to coming…

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Posted In: Advertising, Media & Publishing, TV, Broadcast, Research & Metrics, Research, Companies, Google, YouTube

Why Tech Innovation Is Taking A Breather

Feb 1, 2012 1:13 PM

OK, I’ve been talking with hundreds of geeks from around the world this year at three conferences, CES, DLD, and World Economic Forum. I’m seeing a trend that is worth talking about. What is it? We’re seeing the end of one of the most disruptive ages in human history. I…

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Tablets, Media & Publishing, TV, Mobile, Social Media, Video

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