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Posts related to ‘Old Media’

The Digital Omnivore vs. the Couch Potato

Posted: February 10, 2012 at 6:43 am

The most frightening observation of the new and remarkably comprehensive Comscore “U.S. Digital in Focus: 2012” report is the rise of the “digital omnivore.” These multidevice consumers roam the streets, ...
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As Facebook Ad Share Surges, Smaller Sites in Danger

Posted: January 31, 2012 at 6:45 am

New data from online research firm Comscore shows Facebook had 27.9% of the U.S. display advertising market, up from 21% in 2010. Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) share was 11%. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) ...
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The Future of Theaters Fades, as the Internet Finally Rises Enough

Posted: January 2, 2012 at 6:25 am

Ticket sales for movie theaters dropped in 2011 the most in 16 years, according to Hollywood.com. Some of the fall-off is due to a dearth of blockbuster films. But the ...
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Wall St. Fooled by Newspaper Industry

Posted: December 26, 2011 at 6:02 am

Traders rarely make mistakes as bad as the one they made when they pushed newspaper stocks higher early in the year. Shares in companies such as the New York Times (NYSE: ...
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New York Times Abandons Local Media

Posted: December 20, 2011 at 6:21 am

It is strange that the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) would want to sell its local media group. Local papers are, in most cases, doing better than large metropolitan ones. ...
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Best and Worst Run Companies in America

Posted: December 8, 2011 at 6:26 am

Many American companies have done incredibly well this year. A number posted extraordinary financial results in 2011. Others have launched products that revolutionized markets. Of course, many big public corporations ...
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A Move Toward Digital Comes Too Late at Time Inc.

Posted: December 1, 2011 at 6:26 am

 Time Warner’s (NYSE: TWX) publishing arm, Time Inc., has hired a senior digital media executive to run the largest magazine publisher in the U.S. Laura Lang, who headed digital ad agency ...
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America’s Ten Largest Newspapers: The Future of Print

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 10:55 am

America’s largest newspapers have struggled to recover from what many analysts considered certain extinction. These properties are at the point where they have some chance to continue, although as smaller ...
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Google and New York Times: One Struggles as the Other Thrives

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 6:27 am

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced monster earnings on the same day that the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) said it would cut more workers. This news shows once again how great ...
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Pew Research — Local Information Need Buoys Newspapers

Posted: September 26, 2011 at 6:24 am

The death of newspapers and local TV may not be a death at all. Editors of these media will need to understand what consumers want from them before there can ...
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As Media Consumption Moves to the Internet, Facebook Awaits

Posted: September 23, 2011 at 6:32 am

Two things happened this week in the world of internet media that appear to be unrelated but could change the consumption of information substantially. The Pew Research Center for the ...
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The New York Times Hits a Wall as Industry Falters

Posted: September 22, 2011 at 6:25 am

Advertising revenue at the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) will be off 8% in the third quarter, according the company’s CEO, Janet Robinson. She made the comments at a gathering ...
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The New York Times in Trouble — Again

Posted: September 13, 2011 at 6:18 am

The stock price of the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) has dropped to a two-year low, a sign that investors no longer consider a newspaper industry turnaround -- particularly at ...
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CBS, Left For Dead, Rises

Posted: August 3, 2011 at 6:27 am

The traditional network TV business was supposed to have begun a sharp decline years ago, killed by the Internet and online video. CBS (NYSE: CBS) proved that is hardly true. ...
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How the Election Cycle Will Win For TV & Media (GCI, SSP, JRN, GTN, SBGI, BLC)

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 10:50 am

Gabelli & Co. has a unique research report out this morning and we took a look at this to see where the opportunity is.  Imagine that television stocks should still ...
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