- News Corp. To Acquire Oil Price Information Service For $1.15 Billion
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, August 2, 2021
The deal will provide Dow Jones with analytics and benchmark capability for the oil, natural gas liquids and biofuels industries. ...
- Amy Walter Takes Charge As Editor, Publisher Of 'Cook Political Report'
Publishers Daily, Fern Siegel - Monday, August 2, 2021
New management befits a new name. The independent, nonpartisan newsletter is now called "The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter." ...
- High-Traffic News Sites Have Strong Social Media, Newsletter Outreach
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Thursday, July 29, 2021
Pew studied 97 news outlets whose flagship websites averaged at least 10 million unique visitors a month, making them popular sources of digital news. ...
- Cable TV News Network Ratings: Fox On Top, July Sees Double-Digit Declines
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Fox News Channel is down 34% in Nielsen live-plus-same day time-shifted viewing, with MSNBC down 37% and CNN losing 43%. Total day results for July were similar to prime-time, wi ...
- What's Missing From TV News? That Guy Who Used To Be President
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Thursday, July 29, 2021
With Trump no longer residing in the White House and playing his outsized role as agent of chaos, TV news no longer has its biggest "star." ...
- How LinkedIn Marketing Solutions Biz Exceeded $1 Billion For The Quarter
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, July 28, 2021
The company's ad business surpassed $1 billion in revenue in Q2 2021 for the first time -- up 97% year-over-year, growing three times faster than the category. ...
- Consumer News Media/Social Media 'Satisfaction' Via The Web Is Unchanged
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 27, 2021
FoxNews.com and USAToday.com were tops, slightly leading other sites. ...
- Customer Satisfaction Index Sees AOL Stumble, Google And Bing Remain Stable, Others Improve
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Customer satisfaction with search engines and information sites fell for Verizon Media's AOL by 3%, remained stable for Google and Bing and improved by 1% for all others like Yaho ...
- Small-Town TV Station Is Subject For New HBO Docuseries
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Tuesday, July 27, 2021
The show, titled "Small Town News: KPVM Pahrump" (in Nevada), premieres next week. ...
- Ad Fontes TV Reliability, Bias Ratings Launches, Former CBS TV Prez Appointed To Board
Data & Programmatic Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Sunday, July 25, 2021
Former CBS television network president Elizabeth Tumulty and several other key execs join the board of directors to help reduce bias and improve reliability of content. ...
- VAB: Viewing Grew For Some In 2020 Despite Nielsen Declines
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 23, 2021
Boosting its claim of Nielsen undercounting beginning in 2020, the VAB points to data from iSpot.tv showing a number of different viewership metrics grew in calendar-year 2020 vs. the ye ...
- Indian News Group Critical Of Regime Is Raided
Around the Net In Publishing, Ray Schultz - Thursday, July 22, 2021
An Indian news organization critical of the government, has been raided by tax authorities. The Dainik Bhaskar Group was hit simultaneously at four of its locations.
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- Search: WHO's Next Step To Rid The Web Of Misinformation
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, July 23, 2021
"We pour out too much content," says Christopher Strebel, manager of DCX, World Health Organization during a virtual conversation with Yext founder Howard Lerman. "About 1,000 pieces of content a ...
- Scraping Doesn't Violate Anti-Hacking Law, Press Freedom Group And News Publishers Argue
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, July 19, 2021
Interpreting the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to prohibit scraping could "outlaw a significant amount of journalism in the public interest," the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, N ...
- Taboola Powers Personalized News Feeds Now In More Than 80 Countries
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, July 19, 2021
Taboola, which powers recommendations, on Monday released numbers reflecting the significant adoption of its News product, which can be integrated into the mobile carrier's offering or be pre-loaded on phon ...
- Streamer CNN+ To Launch First-Quarter 2022
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 19, 2021
CNN+ says it will have original, live, on-demand and interactive programming as a "stand-alone" direct-to-consumer service, separate from CNN branded linear TV channels. ...
- DC Journalistic Site Raises Funds, Hires Reporters For Fall Launch
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, July 12, 2021
Leading the startup are Laura McGann on the editorial side, and Mark Bauman on the business side. ...
- News Corp Shutters Knewz
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, July 9, 2021
News Corp launched Knewz service in January 2020 to fend off search engines and news aggregators such as Google, and Facebook. Now the company is shutting it down. ...
- Bloomberg Appoints Jason Angrisani As Global Chief Marketing Officer
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, July 8, 2021
Angrisani will oversee marketing for all of Bloomberg's businesses worldwide. ...
- Facebook's Bulletin Newsletter Service Debuts
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Writers can self-publish their work and charge for subscriptions and content. ...
- Big Cable News Nets' Q2 Prime-Time/Total Day Ratings Sink 40%, Fox News Maintains Lead
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Total prime-time viewing among cable TV news networks fell 38% in the second three months of this year to a collective 4.57 million average viewers. Fox News Channel continues ...
- 'Globe And Mail' Offers Predictive Paywall Technology
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, June 28, 2021
Not all readers at the same. Sophi can help a publisher determine when to present a paywall, the newspaper says. ...
- Hearst Connecticut Group Launches News Site, Bolsters Staff
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, June 23, 2021
The group is also debuting six email newsletters and a website devoted to the Connecticut shore. ...
- MSNBC News Staffers Have Joined A Union, WGA East
TV Watch, Fern Siegel - Tuesday, June 22, 2021
MSNBC president Rashida Jones has called for a union election to be conducted by the National Labor Relations Board. ...
- House Bill Seeks To Shore Up Local Journalism
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, June 18, 2021
The bipartisan bill would provide tax credits to newspapers, subscribers and advertisers. ...
- Jeff Toobin's CNN Comeback Is A Crisis PR Primer For Scandal-Ridden Washington
Television News Daily, Evan Nierman - Monday, June 21, 2021
What Toobin showed is that proper preparation can bring you back into the public eye to redeem yourself. ...
- Journalism Protection Bill Needs Rewrite, Groups Say
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 17, 2021
A problematic bill that aims to protect journalism by allowing news organizations to band together in negotiations with Google and Facebook is drawing more opposition this week. ...
- As Programmatic Rises, Direct-Sold Ad Revenue Declines For Publishers
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, June 17, 2021
The automotive newsletter sector saw a 105% increase in programmatic spend during the pandemic as demand for cars grew, LiveIntent reports. ...
- 'Wall Street Journal' Pullback From NYC Coverage May Magnify 'News Desert'
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Friday, June 18, 2021
The world's media capital isn't immune to the problems facing local news outlets. ...
- CNN To Create And Sell NFT Digital Assets From News 'Moments'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 17, 2021
"Vault by CNN: Moments That Changed Us" will include key moments in CNN's history as a news channel. The effort will begin in late June. ...
