Patch Sites Turn Corner After Sale and Big Cuts

Patch’s new controlling owner took over in January, and soon after, only 15 percent of its news staff was left. It has managed to turn a profit in the last three months.



AOL Profit Slides 64%, Sending Its Shares Down 20%

Citing restructuring and other charges, AOL said its first-quarter profit dropped to $9.3 million, or 11 cents a share, from $25.9 million a year earlier.



Moviefone Will Add Broadcast and On-Demand TV Information

Type in any title, and broadcast times and on-demand viewing options will pop up, allowing viewers to turn on a television at the appointed time or click a button and watch immediately.

The Great Unwatched

Online video ads were supposed to be a marketer’s dream. Instead, many become lost in an unruly maze.



Advertising: With Online Video Offerings, the Establishment Plays the Upstart

Ambitious efforts are being made by legacy media companies like Time Inc. to join the frenzy of online video content creation that was set off by so-called digital natives like AOL, BuzzFeed and others.



Advertising: Famous Faces Cross Over to Online Video

The online video industry is relying on TV, radio and movie stars to spice up its offerings.



Time Warner’s Profit Rises On Strength in Film Unit

The growth from movie and cable businesses helped fuel a 9 percent increase in revenue to $7.5 billion, from $6.9 billion during the same period a year ago.



Advertising: Wooing Advertisers by Using Laughs

Marketers like lifestyle content because it often attracts more affluent consumers. Also, humorous content is frequently sought out by younger men.



Advertising: Courting Video Advertisers With Infinite (and Growing) Air Time

The 2014 NewFronts, presentations for buyers of online advertising, offer an expanded calendar of events reflecting the rapid growth of the field.



Vox Takes Melding of Journalism and Technology to a New Level

The new site, led by Ezra Klein, the founder of Wonkblog, features a next-generation content management tool that greatly enhances digital storytelling.



Media Decoder: Marlo Thomas Carves a Niche on Internet TV

“Mondays With Marlo,” a talk show hosted by Marlo Thomas, the actress and activist, has built an audience by addressing the concerns of women over 35.

    



Huffington Post Business and Global News Editor Is Leaving for International Business Times

Peter Goodman was named the editor in chief of International Business Times on Tuesday.

    



The Media Equation: Foreign Buyers Eyeing Forbes Magazine, a Chronicler of the World’s Wealthiest

All good things come to an end, even for the rich, and sometime this month, Forbes will probably pass out of family control and into the hands of a foreign owner.

    



Political Memo: End of an Era? Clinton Media Strategy May Be Due for an Overhaul

Hillary Rodham Clinton outlasted many of her old combatants from the 1990s and as a senator faced a new wave of reporters unfamiliar with the earlier media battles.

    



Moviefone Is Hanging Up, but Its App Will Go On

Overtaken by new technology and shifting consumer habits, the telephone movie listing and ticket service will be disconnected, and a free Moviefone app will be revised.

    



Revelations by AOL Boss Raise Fears Over Privacy

AOL’s chief, Tim Armstrong, set off a firestorm among American workers by publicly revealing information about medical costs for two babies covered by company health plans.

    



Facing Criticism After Remarks, AOL Chief Reverses 401(k) Changes

AOL had recently altered its 401(k) program, and its chief executive, Tim Armstrong, apologized for linking the move to soaring medical costs associated with two families’ “distressed babies.”

    



AOL Reports Solid Revenue, but Patch Weighs on Profit

The media company said it benefited by selling video advertising on the web globally, with 23 percent growth in that revenue.

    



New Owner of Patch Lays Off Hundreds

Hale Global, which acquired a majority share of the local news enterprise from AOL, cut jobs from a staff of 450.

    



The Media Equation: Ezra Klein Is Joining Vox Media as Web Journalism Asserts Itself

Mr. Klein’s departure from The Washington Post to Vox Media is just one more example of how digital publishing offers its own thing, not an additional platform for established news companies.