Three years after paying $225 million to buy online ad company Allyes, Chinese ad firm Focus Media is selling a majority stake in the company, which bills itself as China’s “largest online media service provider,” to PE firm Silver Lake. Silver Lake is paying $124 million...
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Paul Lee, the former head of ABC Family, has been made the new president of ABC Entertainment, looking after, among other things, programming for the main network.
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Apple’s Steve Jobs somewhat famously said in April that people aren’t searching on their phone, but instead, are using apps. He reasoned, apps ...
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A few days after its newspaper sibling A.H. Belo (NYSE: AHC) reported narrowing its losses, local broadcaster Belo Corp. (NYSE: BLC) posted some very healthy profits and revenue numbers. Among them was a 14 percent jump to $8.1 million in online revenues tied to its 20 TV station...
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Fortune magazine launched during the Great Depression, and it's still with us today. But The Big Money, a business site launched by Slate during the dark days of September 2008, is going away. The smart site never got much traction. But then again, it didn't seem to get that much support.
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Ripple effect: Facebook's non-move gives Zynga more time before it goes public too. Meanwhile, if you're dead set on buying some of Zuck's company next year, Digital Sky Technologies may be able to help.
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When will Spotify, the best music service Americans can't use, finally make it to the U.S.? No time soon, according to a new report from Billboard. The good news for impatient people: There are plenty of substitutes available right now.
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MTV has reorganized the heads of its Integrated Marketing Group with the return of MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) sales executive Angela Courtin to the Viacom (NYSE: VIA) company. Courtin will serve as SVP, MTV Integrated Marketing. In conjunction with the new hire, MTV also promoted Jeannie Scalzo to SVP, MTV Integrated...
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Interpublic Group’s Mediabrands is building up its hyperlocal unit Geomentum by adding former Forrester analyst Lisa Bradner has its first president. She’ll head up account management and consulting, as the company expects to expand into client categories such as restaurant, retail, and banking. In addition, she’ll be working with Mediabrands and the various IPG...
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Ebooks go multimedia and Post-Its go home in today's media coverage.
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