media
Media Giants Chase Online Ads With Original Shows
Major media companies, including Condé Nast, Yahoo and Hulu, are promoting online video programming on a large scale, but it is not clear whether advertising dollars will follow.
DealBook: Twitter Arrives on Wall Street, Via Bloomberg
Bloomberg L.P. announced that it was incorporating tweets into its data service, allowing traders and other professionals to monitor social media buzz and important news about companies they follow.
Spanish Magazine Publisher Bets Against the Crisis
Andrés Rodríguez, the publisher and founder of SpainMedia, has much at stake in the debut this month of a Spanish-language edition of Forbes, the American business magazine.
DealBook: Guggenheim Hires Former Yahoo Chief for Media Venture
Guggenheim Partners said on Tuesday that it had hired Ross Levinsohn, a former Yahoo chief executive, to lead a new media unit that includes Billboard, Adweek and the Hollywood Reporter.
Media Decoder Blog: BuzzFeed Announces $20 Million in New Financing
BuzzFeed, the social news Web site that was one of the media industry darlings of 2012, said Thursday that it had raised nearly $20 million in new financing from its investors.
Deal Professor: In Netflix Case, a Chance to Re-examine Old Rules
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s case against Reed Hastings, the Netflix chief executive, over a Facebook post illustrates how the regulator clings to outdated notions of how markets work.
DealBook: Netflix’s Poison Pill Has a Shareholder-Friendly Flavor
In seeking to prevent a sale of the company on the cheap, Netflix tries to be noncontroversial. But its battle with the activist investor Carl Icahn is far from over.
Media Decoder Blog: Cable Networks Help Time Warner’s Quarterly Profit
Time Warner’s suite of cable networks, including TBS and HBO, contributed to the company’s 1.9 percent increase in third-quarter net profit, but revenue was offset by continued weakness at its magazine and movie divisions.
Circa Now: Background Checks and Personal Ethics in the Age of Google
How much information is too much, and what does all this Web searching say about ourselves?
Circa Now: Background Checks and Personal Ethics in the Age of Google
How much information is too much, and what does all this Web searching say about ourselves?
Van Heyst Group Aims to Turn Company Events Into Media Gold
The Van Heyst Group helps companies organize live events and translate them into print, video and Web products.
Discovery Invests in Digital Textbooks in Hopes of Growth
Under pressure to expand, media companies are capitalizing on the changes that technology is bringing to classrooms.
