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Some of the stories people are talking about this morning: »  The Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) is desperate to unload Newsweek magazine&#82...
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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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»  The new Kindle is lighter, cheaper, faster than ever—but will it kill the iPad?»  Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) execs are increasingly d...
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Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) execs said the company posted double-digit growth in auto, health care and retail advertising in Q2. As the fall elections approach, political is also expected to be a big revenue driver for its ad business this year. But for the moment, advertising is a small part of Comcast’s business,...
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Online revenues for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (NYSE: MSO) benefited from the ad recovery in Q2, a period in which the company ramped up its focus on mobile. Overall, h...
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Comcast’s acquisition of NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) is still pending before regulators, but the deal has already cost the cable operator $22 million in transaction fees in Q2. That sent profits down, though it didn’t completely account for the decline to $884 million from $967 million in Q209. Meanwhile, the improving ad...
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Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) is giving corporate development exec Bruce Campbell some additional responsibilities as chief development officer and general counsel. At the same time, Campbell will be handing over his duties as president of Digital Media to Peter Liguori, Discovery’s COO, who will take on management of the Digital Media and...
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Jason Krikorian, co-founder of video technology company Sling Media, has joined venture capital firm DCM as a general partner. In January ‘09, Krikorian, along with his brother and Sling Media co-founder Blake, left the company less than a year after it was bought by EchoStar (NSDQ: SATS) as...
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NBC Universal’s earnings performance in Q2 was described as “good” by parent General Electric (NYSE: GE) this morning, as the expected sale to Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) inches closer. The broadcaster’s profit’s were up 13 percent, while revenues gained 5 percent, a sign that the recovery in ad spending began to...
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After its popular Rock Band franchise saw sales dwindle last year, MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) has sought to find other ways of building up its gaming holdings. The Viacom company is now looking to capitalize on the social gaming trend and has acquired developer Social Express to continue to build...
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