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...observations and links to news of note in the world of digital media

Friday, July 06, 2007

Murdoch finally closes in on Dow Jones: report

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The Business magazine today reports that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has finally clinched its $5bn deal to buy financial publishing powe...
Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Sky's the limit

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A couple of notable news items today around the UK satellite TV provider BSkyB. In the morning, the Guardian ran a story that said Sky was ...
Friday, June 29, 2007

EMI: the latest on Terra Firma and Warner Music

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An update on Warner's other, ongoing story, its will-they-won't-they bid for rival music firm EMI: Terra Firma is only slowly drumm...
Thursday, June 28, 2007

Warner Music: with EMI bid still up in the air, next stop Russia

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Is it possible to run a profitable, legit business in a market that's already established a thriving but illegal trade in the same item?...
Wednesday, June 27, 2007

UK: Google: pole position, Facebook: shooting star

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News today that Google has managed to hold on to its top spot yet again in the rankings for most visited web property in the UK, bringing in...
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Monday, June 18, 2007

Yahoo reshuffles, and Google follows it in Asia

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Today's news, slipped in after the markets closed, was that Yahoo has finally reshuffled its top management, with Terry Semel out as CEO...

Mobile music: to boldly go where no one has gone before

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This was published last Friday on Total Content + Media's web site .... This week saw the launch of a new mobile music service called Mu...
Friday, June 15, 2007

A few thoughts on News Corp. and Dow Jones

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News Corp. is slowly inching its way into getting what it wants out of Dow Jones—which is of course to own it. There's been a huge amoun...
Tuesday, June 05, 2007

The Daily Telegraph offers free print ads to online recruitment advertisers - Brand Republic News - Brand Republic

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The Daily Telegraph offers free print ads to online recruitment advertisers - Brand Republic News - Brand Republic OK, so it may be a short ...
Monday, June 04, 2007

Week in review: News Corp. and fiestas

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(from the TC+M web site on Friday if you missed it...) It's been another good week for big fish eating up smaller fish in the media worl...
Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Last.fm gets snapped up by CBS

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When Google bought video sharing site YouTube for $1.65bn in 2006, it triggered a lot of media companies into action. Among them, the longti...
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Friday, May 25, 2007

Google Zeitgeist Europe 2007: Frenemies become friends of me

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[this was originally published on www.totalcontentandmedia.com] The days preceding a long weekend, especially in an early summer period, can...
Thursday, May 24, 2007

HSN launches interactive TV in the US: why the wait?

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Saw today that the IAC/InterActive Corp.'s Home Shopping Network is launching a new interactive TV service in the US where viewers will...
Monday, May 21, 2007

Facebook: a new social media ad model

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Following on from Rob's post on the growth of Internet advertising, a lot of people have been noting how ad spend online is still wildly...

Internet advertising exceeds 10% for first time

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WARC News - WARC.com Research for the Advertising Association yearbook compiled by WARC noted that for the first time in 2006 internet adver...
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Friday, May 18, 2007

Week in review: Endemol and Telefonica's fear factor

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(Originally published in Total Content + Media earlier today.) Among the noteworthy M&A deals this week in the media industry—they inclu...

Microsoft Pays $6 billion for aQuantive: Massive Ad Network Consolidation Is Occuring

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Microsoft Pays $6 billion for aQuantive: Massive Ad Network Consolidation Is Occuring Advertising in the digital arena is one of the hottest...
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