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Cable Muscle: Lionsgate Buys TV Guide Network, Site
by Wayne Friedman 4 minutes ago |
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In a sudden move, Lionsgate Entertainment will now be the new owners of TV Guide Network and TV Guide.com. TV Guide Network's owner Macrovision Solutions Corp abruptly changed gears and struck a $255 million cash deal with Lionsgate Entertainment Group, which will expand the cable network into a full-fledged entertainment network.
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'Net Will See Nothing But Flat CPMs, Analyst Also Says Ad Model Has Failed For Social Nets, Online Video
by Joe Mandese 10 hours ago |
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While online ad spending is projected to continue expanding - albeit at a much more modest rate of growth - the contraction of the general economy is expected to put even greater downward pressure on the price of both online display and search advertising, according to a new 2009 outlook for the Internet industry released Monday by a top Wall Street researcher. That analyst, JP Morgan's Imran Khan, also predicted that advertising models would fail for two of the Web's hottest emerging platforms - online video and social media - and that it would take longer than expected for a substantive mobile advertising marketplace to emerge.
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Daily Online Examiner:
Davis Yesterday, 4:00 PM
Facebook Looks To Control User Data
As Facebook traffic climbs to new heights, the site also is taking steps to keep control over its most valuable... |
Online Spin:
Allen Yesterday, 11:45 AM
An Agreement On The New Year
Unsure if this will surprise you, but I have never been one for New Year's resolutions. At least not in... |
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TV Watch:
Friedman Yesterday, 11:15 AM
Is Digital Media Already Missing Its Chance -- At The Expense Of Traditional TV?
We are only at stage one of the recession -- and one wonders if alternative digital media has already missed... |
Email Insider:
Hutchinson Yesterday, 10:45 AM
Dos And Don'ts For 2009
It's that time again when we look back at the past year and plan for the coming one. As we... |
Search Insider:
Simon Yesterday, 10:30 AM
Revisiting Last Year's Predictions
ust about a year ago, I wrote an article called "10 Media Trends to Watch in 2008." Given that hindsight... |
Behavioral Insider:
Smith Jan 2, 11:00 AM
Learning From Sony BMG's Million-Dollar Mistake
In a settlement last month with the Federal Trade Commission, Sony BMG Music agreed to pay $1 million in fines... |
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Kagan: Retrans Revs Are Future Goldmine Yesterday, 10:18 PM
 In four years, Carmel, Calif.-based SNL Kagan says revenues from fees that cable operators, satellite distributors and telcos will pay to local TV stations will triple to $1.3 billion. For 2008, it estimates that fees are $487.5 million.... |
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NATPE Goes To MacWorld Yesterday, 9:51 PM
The longtime National Association of Television Program Executives group will put on two TV panels at this week's MacWorld Conference & Expo, in San Francisco--a first for the TV programming group.... |
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Media M&A Deals Plunged In 2008
 Mergers and acquisitions activity in the media world tanked in 2008, thanks to the credit crunch, which stalled dozens of deals, according to DeSilva + Phillips. The investment bank says the number of deals decreased 20% compared to 2007. But the real news is dollar volume, which fell... |
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RSS FEEDS • PRIVACY/TERMS & CONDITIONS
If WeeWorld.com GM Lauren Bigelow pegs this year's virtual world trends, 2009 will go down in history as the year virtual worlds collide with social networks and video games. Not only will they increase use of "gaming elements," but they will reflect timely real-world events, and cozy up...
Cox Cross Media, the digital sales arm of Cox Enterprises, on Monday announced a marketing partnership with the ABC-owned Television Stations Group. Per the deal, CXM will handle online sales for the Web sites of ABC's 10 owned-and-operated local stations...
In a controversial ruling, a federal judge has dismissed a spam lawsuit filed by four Web users against social networking site Reunion.com because the users didn't claim they lost money as a result of e-mails sent by the site....
"Hyundai can probably afford this because they are in better financial shape, and it's likely the cost won't be significant," says Edmunds.com's Jesse Toprak. "Any measure that is creative, like this one, will give consumers more reason to go out and shop. It won't be a magic solution...
The Center for Science in the Public Interest contends that the colorings should have been banned because "the only way people can determine that they are sensitive to them is to suffer repeated reactions." At minimum, it says, the FDA should have required that labeling specifically indicate that...