by Gavin O'Malley
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
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by Erik Sass
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
by Wendy Davis
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
by Wayne Friedman
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
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by Gavin O'Malley
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
by Tyler Loechner
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
COMMENTARY
by Florian Kahlert
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
by Wayne Friedman
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
by Erik Sass
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
by Wayne Friedman
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
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by Amy Corr
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
COMMENTARY
by Wendy Davis, Staff Writer
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
COMMENTARY
by Wayne Friedman, Staff Writer
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