MediaDailyNews
Friday, August 28, 2009
  • Signals Crossed: A&E Acquires Lifetime
    by Wayne Friedman

    Disney/ABC Television Group, Hearst Corporation and NBC Universal engineered a deal for A&E to acquire Lifetime, and put Abbe Raven, president and CEO of … Read the whole story

  • TWC Finesses TV Everywhere, Verizon Launches Trial Run
    by David Goetzl

    Time Warner Cable, the country's second-largest MSO, said it will launch further trials for TV Everywhere, its initiative to offer some online video free … Read the whole story

  • Mag Bag: Commemorative Issues Prove Profitable
    by Erik Sass

    Magazine publishers need all the help they can get, and some of it comes from the dead. In the summer of 2009, newsweeklies and … Read the whole story

  • Video Streams Enjoy Impressive Growth
    by Wayne Friedman

    Although traditional TV analysts claim that online video is still a sliver of overall video watching, video streaming on the Internet continues to move … Read the whole story

  • Ink Stains: Newspaper Revenues Down 29%
    by Erik Sass

    Newspaper revenues fell by almost one-third in the second quarter of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008, from $10.1 billion to $6.8 … Read the whole story

  • TiVo Launches Local Rating Service, See Potential Rev Stream
    by David Goetzl

    TiVo's first-of-a-kind service that offers up commercial ratings in local markets has launched in San Francisco, Orlando and Tucson. Read the whole story

  • Fill 'Er Up: Hachette, Shell Cross-Promote Brands
    by Karl Greenberg

    When editors at Hachette Filipacchi enthusiast pubs Road & Track, Car and Driver and Cycle World test vehicles over the next 15 months, they … Read the whole story