David Kaplan
Sep 20, 2011 9:47 AM
With digital revenues across E.W. Scripps’ newspaper and television divisions sometimes offering an incomplete picture, the company has decided to consolidation its many interactive efforts into one single unit. Digital will now be run by the new VP/chief digital officer Adam Symson, who is being promoted from the his role…
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Laura Hazard Owen
Sep 1, 2011 9:22 AM
When Hurricane Irene hit the East Coast last week, several newspapers took down their paywalls for all weather-related coverage. But when does a big weather alert turn from emergency news into an ongoing story? With its new metered paywall, Northern Texas’s Times Record News, which is published by Scripps, is…
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David Kaplan
Jun 30, 2011 8:30 AM
Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:» Specific Media Buys MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) for $35 Million; Justin Timberlake Gets A Stake (paidContent) » Howard Stern Was Paid $600 Million By Sirius—And Still Wants A Raise (paidContent) » Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI) announces $1 billion share repurchase…
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David Kaplan
May 5, 2011 9:35 AM
Although Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI) was able to reduce the drag on profits and revenues by struggling comparison shopping engine Shopzilla last fall, the segment has significantly turned around just in time for the unit’s sale to PE firm Symphony Technology Group for $165 million. The deal, announced last…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Apr 25, 2011 4:10 AM
The Travel Channel is investing in Oyster.com, as part of the hotel review site’s latest funding round. The cable channel tells the New York Times that it’s investing in Oyster in order to expand into online travel booking and will be advertising Oyster on its shows. Oyster features original reviews…
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Joe Mullin
Apr 21, 2011 8:25 PM
A Nevada attorney and former tournament blackjack player says he invented—and patented—most forms of targeted online advertising. Now, Sheldon Goldberg has filed a lawsuit demanding royalties from 12 major media companies, including the owners of Conde Nast magazines and alt-weekly publisher Village Voice Media.
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Joe Mullin
Mar 31, 2011 1:38 PM
After several days of grumbling, it looks like the knives are coming out. Fox confirms that it sent a letter Tuesday demanding that Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) stop streaming its National Geographic and FX channels to iPads. This scuffle with TWC could turn into the first battle over whether…
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Ingrid Lunden
Nov 19, 2010 2:19 PM
Mobile TV has had a mixed reception in the U.S. - with the assets of one recent high profile failure, Qualcomm’s Flo TV, the subject of speculation just this week - but this is not stopping the market from trying to find the sweet spot in the medium anyway. Mobile…
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Staci D. Kramer
Nov 5, 2010 10:28 AM
Update: Scripps Networks (NYSE: SNI) and AT&T (NYSE: T) U-Verse reached enough of an agreement Sunday to put the networks back on the air. No details about how they resolved their differences although from the statement it appears that AT&T got at least some of what it wanted in terms…
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David Kaplan
Nov 4, 2010 8:01 AM
Scripps Networks’ online comparison shopping properties Shopzilla and BizRate have been a drag for some time on the cable programmer’s otherwise strong revenue picture. But with the economy still sputtering along, and Scripps Networks (NYSE: SNI) trying everything it can to improve those businesses, Ken Lowe, Scripps Network’s chairman, president…
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David Kaplan
Nov 2, 2010 9:21 AM
Bundling print and online newspaper ad sales together has come to be viewed as problem that publishers need to move away from. E.W. Scripps (NYSE: SSP) situation over the past year makes that point pretty well. The Cincinnati company’s Q3 reflects previous the previous quarters, in that online-only ad dollars…
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David Kaplan
Sep 17, 2010 7:30 AM
Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:» CNN may have officially stopped using the AP’s content after 30 years, but the news wire begs to differ. [The Upshot] » How the rejection of an Onion app shows the inconsistencies in Apple’s policies for developers. [Daily Finance] » …
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David Kaplan
Aug 9, 2010 9:17 AM
E.W. Scripps’ online advertising revenues continued to rise in Q2, and the company offers a breakdown that shows where the success is and where it’s still struggling. For one thing, it shows the drag that tying print and online ad sales together can have on the bottom line, while demonstrating…
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David Kaplan
May 10, 2010 8:45 AM
Like most newspaper companies, EW Scripps (NYSE: SSP) is seeing a hint of light at the end of the tunnel. Thanks to cost-cutting efforts, the Cincinnati-based company slimmed its net losses to $880,000 ($0.02 cents a share from with a prior-year loss of $220.7 million ($4.12 per share), while revenue…
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David Kaplan
May 6, 2010 8:15 AM
During the CBS (NYSE: CBS) earnings call yesterday, Les Moonves, the company’s president and CEO, repeatedly spoke about how broadcasters coveted the retrans and affiliate fees that those on the cable side have been able to tap. Scripps Networks (NYSE: SNI) Interactive’s Q1 results prove how valuable affiliate revenues can…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Apr 27, 2010 4:41 PM
EW Scripps (NYSE: SSP), which said in late February that it was putting its United Media character licensing business up for sale, has now sold those operations to Iconix Brand Group for $175 million in cash. The deal means Iconix will take over the licensing of brands, such as “Peanuts”…
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David Kaplan
Apr 15, 2010 8:13 PM
Over the past six months, newspaper earnings results have been relatively positive as Gannett (NYSE: GCI), the New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) and McClatchy (NYSE: MNI) have returned to profitability and ad declines have abated. When Gannett kicks off the Q1 newspaper earnings season on Friday morning, analysts expect…
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Tricia Duryee
Apr 13, 2010 3:47 PM
After working together for years through a trade association, a dozen broadcasters are now forming a financially-backed joint venture to develop a national mobile service, including live and on-demand video, local and national news and entertainment from both TV and print companies. The joint venture is upping the financial stakes…
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David Kaplan
Mar 17, 2010 5:36 PM
Scripps Networks (NYSE: SNI) is promoting Lisa Choi Owens to SVP of digital media, which will give her oversight of the cable net’s websites and chart the further development of its mobile and social media programs. Owens has been with Scripps for nearly two years and has been handling online…
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David Kaplan
Mar 5, 2010 12:59 PM
Newspaper website veteran Rusty Coats is leaving his post as VP of interactive for the newspaper division of The E. W. Scripps, E&P reports. In a memo (after the jump) sent to Scripps staffers, Coats, who was instrumental in establishing the Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Newspaper Consortium, also said that he’s…
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