Seeking Alpha |
September 6th, 2008 |
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Desperate times are yielding some extreme measures at The New York Times. Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. just announced a major redesign of the weekday paper that will involve moving the metro section, heretofore a standalone, into the "A" section (where it will coexist with the national and international reports) and [...]
Miami Herald |
September 6th, 2008 |
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McClatchy Co. (MNI) Chief Executive Gary Pruitt resigned from four family trusts that control about 41 percent of the newspaper company's voting power.[...]
Steven Russolillo writes: "Am I the only one irritated by the fawning treatment given Pimco's Bill Gross and his commentary?" Paul Kedrosky asks. Gross calls for fiscal policies that "open up the balance sheet of the Treasury" to prevent a continuing asset and debt liquidation of "near historic proportions." Kedrosky [...]
MediaShift |
September 6th, 2008 |
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"Nowadays it's essential for journalists to blog," says Professor Mary Quigley to a class of 16 NYU journalism students. The class is titled "Reporting Gen Y (a.k.a. Quarterlifers)," and it's one of the few NYU undergrad journalism classes that focuses on new media. I sit in Professor Quigley's class unsure [...]
Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. (CNHI) has sold two Texas papers, the Mexia Daily News and the weekly Hubbard City News, to Moser Community Media.[...]
PaidContent.org |
September 5th, 2008 |
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The story of the sale of B2B publisher and Datamonitor owner Informa got longer last night after it rejected a total 3.2 billion ($5.57 billion) bid from a three-way consortium of Providence Equity LLP, the Carlyle Group and Blackstone. The trio offered 1.87 billion ($3.25 billion) but would also have [...]
PaidContent.org |
September 5th, 2008 |
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Maybe it was the bad economy. Maybe it's the back-to-school season or an attempt to generate more interest ahead of Christmas shopping period. In any case, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) hopes to see a sales boost now that its XBox console is now cheaper than rivals Nintendo Wii and Sony (NYSE: [...]
There will be a lot of different reactions to the first of Microsoft's newest series of commercials, featuring Founder Bill Gates playing straight man to comic Jerry Seinfeld. Set up as a discount shoe-buying skit, Seinfeld helps Gates buy a pair called "The Conquistador" and, for some Seinfeldesque reason, it's [...]
Portfolio |
September 5th, 2008 |
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The WSJ's stylebook editor, Paul Martin, issues a hyperbole alert: In times of economic anxiety, it is tempting to use scary words to try to dramatize the situation. But we should curb the urge. "Plummet? A highway-tax revenue decline of 3.7% is a plummet?" a reader asked in a letter [...]
Seeking Alpha |
September 5th, 2008 |
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In a television advertisement for some sort of savings account at GMAC Bank, viewers hear that they can "earn more, while keeping your money safe and secure." Then, over a screen that flashes "FDIC INSURED" in big block letters, we hear this tagline: "GMAC Bank...smart, simple, safe." When the safety [...]
T.W. Farnam reports on the presidential race. Barack Obama tried to find common ground with conservative talk-show host Bill OReilly over a nuclear-armed Iran and the cost of the Iraq war. But the two repeatedly interrupting each other as OReilly pressed Obama to admit he was wrong in opposing the [...]
MediaShift |
September 5th, 2008 |
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Sarah Palin parodies Fakesters run amok online, including a Twitter feed Post-Gustav panorama USA today photoshot reveals hurricane damage Comcast traffic throttling Appeals FCC order on Net neutrality violations What the Buck? YouTube celeb makes jump to HBO uPlayMe Former Warner exec starts music community[...]
MediaShift |
September 5th, 2008 |
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Last week, Digg CEO Jay Adelson sat in a crowded room in Denver holding a stack of papers while facing a camera and trying to project his voice over the cacophony around him. Next to him sat a tired-looking U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who had taken a [...]
Do you think you know who is going to win this year's presidential election? If so, you may want to make a wager online. WSJ's Brett Arends reports. (Sept. 4)[...]
GigaOM |
September 4th, 2008 |
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As we reported on Tuesday, NebuAd has lost its CEO and, after facing Congressional scrutiny over privacy fears, the will to pursue ISP customers with its deep-packet inspection technology. But its UK rival, Phorm, apparently wants investors to believe it's still in the game. While NebuAd told the Washington Post [...]
NewTeeVee |
September 4th, 2008 |
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LG and Netflix have been doling out more details on their joint hardware project day by day. Here's what we know about the BD300, with thanks to Wired Gadget Lab, The New York Times Bits Blog, and of course, the official press release. It'll be available the first week of [...]
NY-New York City, Position Description The Wall Street Journal Online seeks a part-time video editor to edit and publish video on a part-time basis. The job involves some encoding and editing of video, writing headline[...]
FL-Tampa, The Winston-Salem Journal, a Media General property, and Journalnow.com is searching for a high level Interactive Account Manager to be a key catalyst for revenue generation for Media General's relati[...]
FL-Ft. Lauderdale, We represent a well-established premier marketing company that has recently launched an exciting new ONLINE enterprise focused on the ENTERTAINMENT industry: Music, Fashion, Stage & Screen, Writing, F[...]
FL-Ft. Lauderdale, Job description : The Marketing Manager will oversee marketing and merchandising plan creation for the website and marketing vehicles, segmentation, personalization and offer strategy for email, produ[...]
