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dow jones
Why Bancrofts May Say ‘Yes’ to Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch wants Dow Jones. The Bancroft family realizes that they are falling behind. Even though, they own the Wall Street Journal, America’s most important business newspaper and website, they have not been able to capitalize on the brand enough amidst upheavals due to the Internet. Murdoch sees the opportunity to build a global Business
News Corp’s Vertical Posturing
News Corp has just acquired Photobucket in a strategic move to monetize its MySpace asset. My prior writings leading up to this acquisition are below: * News Corp : Bewildered Pioneer * Monetize the MySpace Parasites * Web 3.0 and Photobucket * Web 3.0 & Photo Sharing : Overview * Web 3.0 & Photosharing :
WSJ, Business Week: Take Note
Adify defies Google Adsense, submitting a model for the rest of the “old” media industry to adopt and leverage, liberating them from the corner they have been pushed in by the onslaught of user generated media. Washington Post has already adopted the service. Wall Street Journal and Business Week ought to follow suit, and given
Newspapers: Industry in Turmoil
Alan Murray writes in the Wall Street Journal: “Last weekend’s “Billionaires Bid for Tribune” headlines were enough to warm the hearts of us Dickensian scribes who still seek to make a living from impressions on wood pulp. Savvy Chicagoan Sam Zell sold much of his U.S. real-estate empire at the top of the market; could
Will Buyout Save Tribune?
Tribune Company is a media and entertainment company engaged in publishing, interactive media and broadcasting. The Company is the only media organization with newspapers, television stations and websites in the nation’s top three markets and reaches out to approximately 80 percent of U.S. households. Tribune publishes 11 popular daily newspapers including Los Angeles Times, Chicago
NYT: Try Web 3.0
The New York Times Company, under pressure from investors because of its stagnant stock performance, announced Thursday that it would raise its quarterly dividend by 31 percent. [The New York Times Wall Street Journal Gawker] All the young graduates at top journalism schools have stars in their eyes when they think about working for New
DJ: Acquiring Online Businesses
Dow Jones & Company Inc. is a leading media Company engaged in providing global business and financial news across various media platforms that include newspapers, magazines, online content, radio and television. The Company aims to become the number one provider of high quality, easy accessible relevant business content. The Company has three operating segments Consumer
Newspapers Losing Verticals to Online
Big chunks of the revenues of newspapers traditionally came from the verticals (Jobs, Classifieds, Personals, Real Estate, Cars, Travel, Events, Reviews). With the popularity of the online services ascending, and with huge investments made in each of those categories, the newspaper industry has been suffering, as ad dollars systematically flow out of print, and onto
