Adrants |
August 29th, 2008 |
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At left: featured ad on my MySpace today. I like how, after scaring the warmth out of your cockles, it takes the ultra-subtle "click here for tips!" approach.[...]
Jossip |
August 29th, 2008 |
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How many MSNBC-bashing items can MSNBC-basher Page Six squeeze into one column? At least three, it looks like. There's the Keith-Olbermann-threatens-to-quit item (unless he gets better security at the RNC, because he's afraid of assassination attempts); the everybody-hates-Luke-Russert item (Tim's son was driven around the DNC in a golf cart, [...]
Romenesko |
August 28th, 2008 |
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New York Observer Michael Wolff believes Rupert Murdoch agreed to be interviewed for a book because "he is just pleased as punch with himself -- in a good way. There's no arrogance particularly, though he has occasionally been arrogant although not with me. I think he's just delighted. Getting the [...]
Editor |
August 28th, 2008 |
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Eric Beecher, former editor of The Sydney Morning Herald, says that Australian politicians have to support the idea that journalism may be vital to a democracy, while pointing out that quality journalism risks dying out."We can cherrypick. We can do the commentary and a little bit of investigative journalism and [...]
GigaOM |
August 28th, 2008 |
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I was talking to an executive at a major label the other day. We were talking about startups and he noted that they either sue these companies out of business or legitimize them out of business. That is not far from the truth. How many legitimate, standalone digital businesses can [...]
Seeking Alpha |
August 28th, 2008 |
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American Idol. Star Wars. The Wall Street Journal. MySpace.com. NFL NFC Football. What do all of these have in common? They are just some of the well known and valuable intangible assets controlled by media conglomerate News Corporation (NWS). News Corp is one of the largest and most diversified media [...]
Jossip |
August 28th, 2008 |
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We've come to the conclusions that the Lohan family can't survive without being involved in some sort of public feud. The latest was with America's hero, Anderson Cooper, but this time they're keeping it inside the family and battling father Michael Lohan. Oh boy. Upon news that Lindsay's girlfriend Samantha [...]
This has become the equivalent of first snowfall stories that local TV news stations do every year: this gripe against Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iTunes has been trotted out every year for the last five years or so, and now WSJ spends tons of words to rehash it again, though with [...]
Fortune |
August 27th, 2008 |
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Tell us what you would like Fortune to ask the co-founder and CEO of MySpace in an upcoming interview.[...]
On July 31, an email landed in my inbox alleging that some venture capitalist insiders from Insight Venture Partners benefited disproportionately in last year's sale of online photo site Photobucket to Fox Interactive Media (NYSE: NWS), for about $300 million. Turns out WSJ also got a similar tip, dug into [...]
After a year in the works, TheWB.com is out of beta and is opening to the public today. While the main draw to the site are the old shows that aired when The WB was known as a youth-centric TV network—e.g., Gilmore Girls, Everwood and Buffy The Vampire Slayer—the site [...]
Click here to receive mediabistro.com's Daily Newsfeed via email. It's a Maddow, Maddow World (NYO) Somewhere along the way, MSNBC power brokers and Keith Olbermann in particular, had taken a shine to Rachel Maddow's style of sharp-witted, well-informed debating. With her short salt-and-pepper mussed hair and nerd-chic glasses, she didn't [...]
Seeking Alpha |
August 27th, 2008 |
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comScore, Inc., a company which provides marketing data and services to many of the Internet’s largest businesses, released Tuesday its June ‘08 ranking of the top online display ad publishers and advertisers, based on data from the comScore Ad Metrix service. Fox Interactive Media, which owns MySpace.com - a division [...]
Amy Chozick reports from Denver on the Democratic National Convention. Comedian Jon Stewart had some very unfunny words for the media on Monday, calling cable news networks a giant monster and urging newspaper reporters not to fall prey to the 24-hour news cycle. In an informal breakfast with roughly 20 [...]
The Wall Street Journal Digital Network (Dow Jones & Company)/New York, NYCompany Description: Dow Jones & Company is a subsidiary of News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NWS, NWSLV; www.newscorp.com). Dow Jones is a leading provider of global business news and information services. Its Consumer Media Group publishes The Wall [...]
The Wall Street Journal Digital Network (Dow Jones & Company)/New York, NYCompany Description: Dow Jones & Company is a subsidiary of News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NWS, NWSLV; www.newscorp.com). Dow Jones is a leading provider of global business news and information services. Its Consumer Media Group publishes The Wall [...]
MySpace/Beverly Hills, CAJob Description The Product Manager, Content is responsible for managing their products through the entire lifecycle. Product Manager's will gather and prioritize product requirements from executives, sales, marketing, support and engineering. Product Managers will define the product vision and steps to accomplish that vision. They will work closely [...]
MySpace/Beverly Hills, CAMySpace is looking to hire an experienced Business Development Manager. Working with the mobile and business development teams, this person will work on mobile business strategy while structuring/negotiating partnerships in the wireless space. Candidates must have knowledge of mobile technology and related business experience. Responsibilities: - Research and [...]
