Putting its recent $200 million capital raise to use, Pinterest just bought Icebergs -- a Barcelona-based start-up that specializes in content-organizing and sharing tools. … Read the whole story
E.W. Scripps and Journal Communications, publisher of the 'Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel,' announced plans for twin spinoffs and mergers, consolidating their broadcast properties and newspapers in … Read the whole story
Google, Facebook and Twitter are among a host of tech companies that are backing the video-sharing site Vimeo in its battle with record labels. … Read the whole story
DirecTV posted 5% higher second-quarter revenues -- a direct result of nearly 5% higher-than-average monthly subscription bills, as well as added Latin America business, … Read the whole story
Capping off another busy week for Twitter, the micro-broadcasting giant just acquired security software startup Mitro. Best known for a Web browser extension that … Read the whole story
RTL Group, a large European media company, on Thursday announced it will buy a majority stake in SpotXchange, a supply-side platform (SSP) for programmatic … Read the whole story
By and large, magazine publishers have made comparably little progress in convincing their readers to consume their publications on the tablet, and few are … Read the whole story
Discovery Communications, which posted big double-digit advertising gains for its second-quarter earnings period, had a modest upfront advertising season. Discovery had stellar results for … Read the whole story
Underage adults, ages 18-20, are heavily exposed to advertising for alcohol brands popular with young people in magazines, according to a new study published … Read the whole story
Time Warner Cable, in the process of being merged with Comcast Corp., posted somewhat underwhelming second-quarter results. Both revenue and net income results were … Read the whole story
FX has shifted its media account from Media Storm to Zenith Media without a review or pitch. Zenith Media is the incumbent agency for … Read the whole story
Some watchdogs are trying to convince the Federal Trade Commission to intervene in a class-action lawsuit alleging that Google violated users' privacy. Google agreed … Read the whole story
Given the uproar over that overly aggressive Comcast customer service representative phone call a couple of weeks ago, you may wonder whether other media … Read the whole story