- Fox Ups Stake In Flutter, Online Gaming Power
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, June 1, 2020
Fox, which plans to roll out its Fox Bet sports booking platform as U.S. states legalize online sports betting, also has a stake in Flutter-owned fantasy sports platform FanDuel. ...
- Facebook Renames Digital Wallet Novi
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Facebook is changing the name of its digital wallet from Calibra to Novi. With Novi, the company hopes sending money will be easy as sending a message on Facebook. ...
- It's Becoming A 4K TV World
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 22, 2020
Bloomberg Media, pay TV providers and new streamers are utilizing 4K options. Technology marches on. ...
- 'Fortune' Releases Annual Fortune 500 List
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Monday, May 18, 2020
Taking the top two spots are Walmart at No, 1 for the eighth straight year, generating $4 trillion in cumulative revenue, and Amazon.com at No. 2, its highest ranking ...
- Lee Enterprises Receives Notice From NYSE To Comply With Listing Standards
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Monday, May 18, 2020
Lee Enterprises is below compliance with two of the NYSE's requirements. ...
- Maven, Cramer Digital Partner On 'TheStreet'-Branded Video Channel Launch
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Tuesday, May 12, 2020
The new channel, which lives on StreetLightning.io, features free, quick-hit 90-second videos focused on news, markets and financial trends. ...
- Data Roadmap For States' Reopening Tracks Consumer Spend, Analyzes Behavior From 40M Households
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, May 8, 2020
Commerce Signals' COVID-19 Consumer Spend Impact Dashboard analyzes changes in payment card revenue across consumer categories, online vs offline sales changes, regional differences, and more. ...
- Twilio Shares Soar In Wednesday Trading
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Thursday, May 7, 2020
Twilio shares rose by up to 25% in trading on Wednesday, based on first-quarter results, including revenue of $364.9 million. The share value exceed the $149.95 record close in July ...
- Postal.io Raises $9 Million In Series A Funding
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, May 5, 2020
The company claims that email is fading during the COVID-19 pandemic and urges brands to use direct mail. ...
- News Corp Taps Latour As CEO Dow Jones, Publisher 'WSJ'
Publishers Daily, Fern Siegel - Monday, May 4, 2020
Almar Latour assumes his new role May 15. He replaces William Lewis. ...
- Cairo-Based ESP Wins Pre-Seed Funding
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Monday, May 4, 2020
Pravica, a Cairo-based email service provider, has snared a pre-seed funding round of US$500,000. The company, formerly known as Dmails, hopes to expand its customer base, team and
product. ...
- 'Axios' Returns Small-Business Loan For Pandemic Relief
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Thursday, April 30, 2020
Digital publisher Axios is returning a taxpayer-backed loan amid growing public outcry. The publication has backers that include billionaires and venture-capital firms. ...
- Cofense, Anti-Phishing Firm, Lands Additional Funding
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, April 29, 2020
The new investment from BlackRock Privacy Equity Partners will fund R&D and global expansion. And Tom McDonough has joined the Cofense board of directors. ...
- Top Brands Projected To Lose Nearly $400B In U.S., $1T Globally In Value Due To Pandemic
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, April 29, 2020
The 500 most valuable U.S. brands could lose up to 10% of their cumulative brand value -- an estimated $393 billion loss -- due to the disruption caused by the ...
- 'Wall Street Journal' Launches Personal Finance Site
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Tuesday, April 28, 2020
The interactive micro-site is divided into five topics: stimulus money, student loans, mortgages, unemployment and taxes. ...
- Fios TV Loses 84K Video Subscribers In Q1
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, April 27, 2020
Q1 losses follow total 222,000 losses in 2019, but the company did gain 59,000 broadband subscribers in this year's first quarter. ...
- NBCU Sells Half Of Its Peloton Stake, Raising $178M
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Like the sale of its Snap Inc. stake last year, this sale will help NBCU's liquidity as it pushes forward with its Peacock streaming launch and other growth priorities. ...
- AT&T Total Ad Revenue Down 13% In Q1, But Xandr Up 15%; Pay-TV Losses Hit 897K
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, April 22, 2020
As a result of the pandemic, ad revenue at WarnerMedia dropped $300 million, or nearly 24% during the period. ...
- McClatchy's Creditors Offer To Buy Company
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Friday, April 17, 2020
McClatchy creditors Chatham Asset Management and Brigade Capital Management set a sale price of more than $300 million. If the move is approved, it would ignite an auction for McClatchy ...
- Conde Nast's Cost-Cutting Echoes Past Crises
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Magazine publisher Conde Nast informed workers of an austerity plan as advertisers cut back on media spending, due to the coronavirus pandemic. ...
- Gannett's Stock Gain Fades After Adoption Of 'Poison Pill'
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Jittery investors are incredibly pessimistic about the prospects for the company, whose market value now stands at about $87 million. ...
- Study Suggests Renewed SEO Focus In 2020
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Some 65% of marketers expect to decrease their annual budget and 86% predict their marketing goals will be more difficult to reach this year. ...
- Meredith To Launch Multiplatform Personal Finance Brand 'Millie'
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Monday, March 30, 2020
The inaugural issue will be bundled with 1 million copies of the May issue of "Real Simple," set to hit mailboxes in early April. Digital and social platforms for "Millie" ...
- Media, Finance Site Traffic Rises In A Stay-At-Home Coronavirus World
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Media and finance websites are experiencing the biggest jump in web traffic, with 33% and 29%, respectively. Traffic to food-related websites rose by 22%; healthcare, 15%; and pharma, 5%. ...
- Digital Services Tax Will Be Implemented After All
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, March 12, 2020
Although it was not mentioned in the Budget yesterday, City A.M. is backtracking on yesterday's headline and claiming the Digital Services Tax will be implemented after all. It will tax ...
- Snap's Daily Users Up 17%
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Turns out Comcast sold its $500M stake in Snap last year, but Snap no longer appears to need the financial backing of big media partners. ...
- StealthMail Extends Email Security Support To G Suite
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, March 9, 2020
The tool has previously been available for Microsoft Office 365 and Exchange Online. ...
- Dear Zuck, We Already Have Money -- We Don't Need Librarating
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Libra is pivoting from a cryptocurrency to be a digital form of existing currencies as Zuck discovers that nobody actually needs it. ...
- Meredith Taps Jason Frierott as Vice President-CFO
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Thursday, February 27, 2020
GE veteran Jason Frierott will report to Meredith President-CEO Tom Harty. His ole will also extend to strategic planning, business operations and M&A. ...
- Google To Invest $10 Billion In U.S. This Year On Data Centers, Offices
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, February 26, 2020
The investments in 11 states builds on the $13 billion investment in communities from South Carolina to Nevada, which Google made last year. ...
