Nielsen Online has a report out for MAY 2008 data on the top U.S. SEARCH PROVIDERS.  As a reminder, this is "US SEARCH" rather than global search.  But it shows that Google Inc....
The most provocative question about huge social networks like MySpace, Facebook, and YouTube is whether they will ever make money despite the tens of millions of users that they have.The money that...
Barry Diller, who has been in the media industry as long as almost any man alive, said the online display advertising at his company, IACI (IACI), might be down as much as 50% this month. Disney...
Thursday is going to be an interesting earnings day if you follow the few independent Internet Service Providers (ISP’s).  EarthLink, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELNK) and United Online Inc. (NASDAQ:...
Up until very recently, perhaps as recently as six months ago, the prevailing wisdom among analysts who covered the media industry was that “content is king.”   It is an inexact way of looking...
Cablevision revenues were no great stuff. Revenue rose to $1.41 billion from $1.24 billion in the same quarter a year ago. The company’s net loss was a bit improved to $53 million.Average...
Judging by the earnings reports out this morning from some of America’s largest media companies, US consumers are soaking up more entertainment than ever and they’re willing to pay for it. Media...
The good news from Time Warner (TWX) is that it affirmed its earnings outlook for the year. The bad news is that it is losing more revenue at its publishing unit, Time, Inc. where sales dropped...
What is true on the air is also true on the web. CNN.com has a larger audience that MSNBC.com. It also hold a large advantage over the largest website of any American newspaper, NYTimes.com,...
Finding someone who likes the idea of Yahoo! (YHOO) buying AOL is harder that finding snow in the Sahara. Yahoo!’s stock is off another 3.5% to $13.18 as the media speculates about whether the...
Executives at Time Warner (TWX) can enjoy their time this summer at their mansions and on their yachts. The company’s Warner studio’s latest film, "Dark Knight", part of the Batman series, has...
The drop in magazine advertising pages is continuing as the first quarter ends, and it looks like Q2 will not be better. According to MIN, which tracks advertising pages for major US publications,...
A Bloomberg review of the S&P 500 stocks shows that the fourth quarter of 2008 will probably be the sixth quarter of declining earnings. According to the news service, "Fourth-quarter profit at...