Nov
15
Forbes Says It Is for Sale
Posted in: UncategorizedThe media company, which includes Forbes magazine and a growing digital presence, said it had hired Deutsche Bank to seek offers.
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Nov
14
IBM to Announce More Powerful Watson via the Internet
Posted in: UncategorizedCompanies, academics and individual software developers will be able to use Watson at a small fraction of the previous cost.
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Nov
13
Dish Nears Pact to Avert Blackout With Disney
Posted in: UncategorizedThe Dish Network also reported unexpected rises in both subscribers and revenue, and returned to profit in the most recent quarter.
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Nov
11
Media Decoder: Vox Media Buying Curbed.com Network of Sites
Posted in: UncategorizedVox Media recently raised $34 million in new investment capital, helping give it the money to buy the Curbed, Eater and Racked sites.
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Nov
11
News From the Advertising Industry for the Week of Nov. 11
Posted in: UncategorizedAccount assignments, executive appointments and miscellaneous news from advertising agencies.
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Nov
04
News From the Advertising Industry for the Week of Nov. 4
Posted in: UncategorizedAccount assignments, executive appointments and miscellaneous news from advertising agencies.
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Oct
08
2 Companies in Web Video Are Expected to Merge
Posted in: UncategorizedAlloy Digital and Break Media, both privately held, would focus on entertaining people ages 12 to 34.
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Sep
28
Business Briefing | Legal News: Delaware Judge Rules for Sirius Board in Shareholder Suit
Posted in: UncategorizedThe board of Sirius XM Radio did not breach its duty to shareholders by allowing a takeover by Liberty Media without demanding a premium for the stock, the judge ruled.
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Sep
27
DealBook: First-Round Bidding to Begin in Auction of IMG Talent Agency
Posted in: UncategorizedFirst round bids for the IMG, which represents athletes and entertainers including Peyton Manning and Justin Timberlake, are due on Monday, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Sep
25
‘Breaking Bad’ Creator Gilligan in Deal for CBS Show, ‘Battle Creek’
Posted in: UncategorizedVince Gilligan wrote the new series, a police drama, for CBS 10 years ago, and it will begin next fall.
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Sep
22
Advertising: Small Fry Feed Off Merger of Big Fish
Posted in: UncategorizedIs big actually better or is small beautiful? Small is at least funnier, in the hands of rivals of the soon-to-merge Omnicom and Publicis.
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Sep
19
Brand Suffers Most From Spat Between Owner and Hollywood Blogger
Posted in: UncategorizedNikki Finke, the blogger who squeezed Hollywood with her rabid trade reporting for Deadline.com, is in a standoff with Jay Penske, the media entrepreneur who bought her Web site in 2009.
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Sep
10
Behind Time Inc. Purchase of American Express Publishing Lies a Long History
Posted in: UncategorizedYears of collaboration between the companies smoothed the way for Time Inc. to add magazines like Food & Wine and Travel & Leisure to its roster.
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Sep
09
Politico’s Publisher Plans a Version for New York
Posted in: UncategorizedRobert Allbritton said he intended to turn Capital New York, a news Web site, into an Empire State version of Politico.
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Sep
06
Business Briefing | Legal News: Judge Rules Against Injunction in Effort to Buy Newspaper
Posted in: UncategorizedA judge said he would not stop the company that owns The Las Vegas Review-Journal, Stephens Media, from trying to buy out the family publishers of the rival Las Vegas Sun.
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Sep
05
Bezos Is a Hit in a Washington Post Newsroom Visit
Posted in: UncategorizedJeffrey P. Bezos assured editors and reporters of his commitment to preserving quality journalism at the newspaper, which he is buying for $250 million.
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Sep
02
Bertelsmann Joins Venture for New Music by Established Acts
Posted in: UncategorizedThe German media giant will buy most of the publishing assets of Primary Wave, and they will form a joint venture to release and market new recordings.
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Aug
31
Cumulus Media Will Buy a Radio Syndicator
Posted in: UncategorizedThe deal would let Cumulus beef up its syndication business with programs from the National Football League, the Olympics and Nascar, as well as news and entertainment.
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Aug
23
DealBook: Barnes & Noble’s Chairman Drops Plan to Buy Its Bookstores
Posted in: UncategorizedThe move raises further questions about the bookseller’s future amid its previously announced plans to stop making its Nook line of tablets.
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Aug
22
Kochs No Longer Interested in Buying Tribune Papers
Posted in: UncategorizedCharles and David Koch, the brothers and billionaire industrialists who run Koch Industries, had concluded the acquisition was “not economically viable,” a spokeswoman said.
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