ThinkstockToday’s announced acquisition of Local TV Holdings and its 19 TV stations by The Tribune Company follows a script mapped out earlier this year by other TV station owners like Sinclair Broadcasting Group Inc.…
ThinkstockAfter markets closed on Friday, News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) formally split itself into two pieces: a publishing company still to be called News Corp. and a movie and TV company named Twenty-First Century Fox…
thinkstockThe owner of the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune and other major daily newspapers is spending about $2.73 billion to acquire 19 TV stations in 16 markets. The Tribune Company already owns superstation…
ThinkstockA purchase of the Financial Times is once again being discussed, and the buyers are said to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) and the state-controlled Abu Dhabi Media Group. A report in a…
ThinkstockThe Boston Globe is barely there anymore. Its circulation has fallen so far that it is below those of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and Honolulu Star Advertiser. And Boston, the home to one of…
ThinkstockThe dangers of putting a large portion of a brand’s marketing into the hands of a few athletes was highlighted again by the murder charges against Aaron Hernandez. Millions of dollars in corporate marketing…
ThinkstockThe great infatuation with “American Idol” has come and gone. Its key judges have abandoned ship, ratings were pathetic in 2012, its demographics have changed, advertisers have to be pushing back and concert tickets…
thinkstock“American Idol” was at one point a brand that some thought would last for generations. Ratings have tanked to the point that “American Idol” season 12 finale viewership fell more than 40% from the prior…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.People who believe that the news is sacred and that readers should decide which news is important and which is not will be hit by another new media tool to dash…
courtesy of Google Inc.Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) AdSense, which has made tens of billions of dollars for online sites, large and small, celebrated its 10th birthday. The ad system allows publishers to easily run…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.Optimal Inc. has released a new study about brand leadership numbers between Twitter and Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB). The data show the massive lead the world’s largest social network has in…
ThinkstockNearly half of all U.S. smartphone and tablet owners use these mobile devices every day while watching television. Every day. 46% of smartphone owners and 43% of tablet owners. What are these people doing?…
courtesy of NetflixIn what the company calls a “groundbreaking deal,” Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) announced this morning that it has signed a multiyear deal with DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. (NASDAQ: DWA) to offer TV…
ThinkstockA move to digital formats was supposed to save the newspaper industry. However, the approach cannot work if the public’s confidence in the industry slips toward zero. It seems that is exactly what is…
courtesy of Google Inc.The total amount spent on digital advertising in 2012 was just more than $104 billion. That total is expected to grow to $116.8 billion in 2013, and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG)…