Trade publisher Lebhar-Friedman has sold Dowden Professional Publications to multimedia communications company Quadrant HealthCom Inc. Included in the deal are Dowden's four medical journals: OBG Management, Current Psychiatry, The Journal of Family Practice and Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Also included is its events division. Financial terms were not disclosed, but two dozen staffers were let go. The journals will continue to publish in print, although the new publisher intends to expand each brand into digital and live event formats. Quadrant HealthCom publishes nine medical journals and their affiliated Web sites.

TMZ isn't just interested in Hollywood gossip; it sees fertile ground for sports celebrity scandal, as evidenced by its zealous coverage of the Tiger Woods sex story. Woods became part of TMZ's universe along with Michael Jackson, Alec Baldwin, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie when he crashed his car and his peccadilloes were later revealed. In fact, the Woods' story helped increase TMZ's traffic to 5 million unique visitors in the week ended Dec. 6, up from 3.2 million in the comparable week in 2008, according to comScore, an online research firm. Once it starts, TMZSports would be the …

Warner Music Group is the second major label to strike a content licensing deal with Hulu, the Internet video site co-owned by NBCU and News Corp. The deal brings music videos, concert performances, interviews and behind-the-scenes footage to the site. Now, a Muse-branded page will appear on the Hulu site, which currently features a "Saturday Night Live" performance, several performances from Wembley Stadium, and interviews and deep-catalog videos. Next up are Jason Mraz and Paramore. The deal comes after WMG settled its licensing dispute with YouTube in September, adding a Warner-branded channel to Hulu that features links back …

Alexis Glick is leaving the Fox Business Network. She was one of the networks first hires and is part of the daily show "Opening Bell." She would not reveal where she was going after her cable gig. Previously, Glick worked for CNBC and NBC's "Today" as well as a stint at Morgan Stanley. She had anchored several FBN shows. Going forward, several people will fill in for Glick. She joined FBN three years ago and was considered a key appointment.

Group owners of local broadcast TV stations defended current spectrum allocations to the FCC. They noted that it's not only non-MVPD subscribers who get TV off-air; so do many of the actual MVPDs who then pass the programming on to their subscribers. They reminded the FCC that broadcast television remains the nation's first source of entertainment. Using the collective name Local Television Broadcasters, and summarizing its argument, the group wrote, "Television broadcasting represents the highest and best use of the spectrum in the public interest. To remain competitive in the media marketplace, television broadcasters must have the ability to innovate... …

For the week beginning Jan. 3, graphical elements across Fox properties will turn yellow to honor "The Simpsons." On-air graphics, Fox's Web sites, social network pages and special on-air promos -- all in yellow. The move is part of the final push of what's been an extensive "Simpsons" marketing push to honor the 20-year-old series, which concludes with a Jan. 10 one-hour documentary special on the show directed by Morgan Spurlock. Right before the doc, "Simpsons" will air its 450th episode.

Like their newspaper brethern, half of the top 30 global news sites had a tough time matching last November's performance, marking one year after a closely watched presidential election. Of the top five sites, only AOL News increased its traffic in November year-over-year after a push to generate original content. AOL's monthly uniques grew 9% to 23 million. Growth at Yahoo News, the No. 1 site on the list, was flat at 38.7 million uniques. CNN Digital Network had the highest average of sessions per person at 7.3 in November, while the Huffington Post increased its traffic in November …

Limelight Networks, which helps speed delivery of Web content, agreed to acquire privately held interactive digital advertising provider EyeWonder for up to $110 million in cash and stock. The purchase lets Limelight better participate in video, mobile and Web TV ads. Atlanta, Georgia-based EyeWonder develops monetization services that help advertisers, interactive agencies and content publishers create, build, track and optimize rich media and interactive video ad campaigns. EyeWonder's ad platform is projected to service over $500 million in media spend globally in 2009.

The National Telecommunications & Information Administration did not use the extra funding provided in the stimulus package for DTV-to-analog converter box coupons, some $490 million. The upshot: The agency has returned to the Treasury $241.6 million left over from the DTV-to-analog coupon program. That money has been divided up by Congress and applied to HR 3326, the just-passed Defense appropriations bill ($128 million), and HR 2847, a jobs bill ($111 million) that is technically an appropriations bill for Commerce, Justice, Science and related agencies. (NTIA is part of the Commerce Department). The unused $250 million goes back into …

Yahoo is expanding the online ad partnership it struck with Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia to include her magazine, TV and radio programs. This past weekend, MSLO began running the first of eight custom Webisodes it produced with Yahoo. In 2009, MSLO's online ad revenue has been mixed, while its general publishing and broadcast dollars have challenged. The deal with Yahoo should help MSLO improve 4Q and grow its online video business. "There were some smaller, online-only advertorials that we've done, but this is our first cross-platform deal with Yahoo," said Janet Balis, MSLO's executive vice president of media sales …