today introduced technology advancements for the Cisco® Digital Media System (DMS) that will help organizations enhance their customers' experiences, facilitate learning and improve employee productivity. As part of its industry-leading suite of digital media products and services, Cisco unveiled an interactive application, called Enterprise TV, a number of major advancements, including a new Cisco Digital Media Player 4400G and increased ... [full story]
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Fairfax Media today launched WAtoday.com.au, Western Australia's first online-only newspaper. Based in Perth, it shares facilities with colleagues at the group's Radio 6PR. Roy Fleming was appointed WAtoday.com.au managing editor, leading nine experienced multimedia journalists. "As well as providing a new perspective on news, business, technology, sport, lifestyle and entertainment, WAtoday.com.au will give our readers a voice on ... [full story]
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Tribune Co., which just sold one of its largest newspapers, is considering selling parts of another business unit, a distributor of news, comics and entertainment listings. A spokesman for the Chicago-based media company, Gary Weitman, said Thursday that Tribune was providing information to potential bidders for parts of the assets under Tribune Media Services, confirming reports in the Financial ... [full story]
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CBS Corp on Wednesday announced the launch of an online ad network focused on college sports, in a move to entice media buyers to spend more money with the television broadcaster by offering them a way to more effectively target young, male fans. The creation of CBS College Sports Media will offer media buyers the opportunity to advertise on ... [full story]
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DigitalPost Interactive (OTCBB: DGLP), a provider of user-friendly web platforms for digital media sharing and social networking, is pleased to announce that the Orlando Sentinel, One of South Florida's largest and most historic papers, has profiled the company's technology in a double-page feature on innovative ways resorts and theme parks are using digital media to enhance the vacation experience. To ... [full story]
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ACP Magazines’ business-to-business publishing entity Publishing Services Australia (PSA) has been rebranded as Trader Business Media. The new company name is designed to better reflect the closer alignment of the category-leading publisher and its managing company Trader Classifieds, which is the classified advertising arm that works across the portfolio of the publisher’s titles. Trader Business Media specialises in ... [full story]
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Mainardo de Nardis has stepped down from his role as CEO and will be succeeded by Jerry Buhlmann, who also joins the board June 2. Buhlmann has been CEO of Aegis Media EMEA since 2003, and was CEO of Carat International from 2000 to 2003. The shakeup comes just weeks after David Verklin stepped down from his post as CEO ... [full story]
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Sun-Times Media Group Inc. said Thursday it had a dramatically wider first-quarter net loss of $35.8 million on continued steep declines in advertising revenue and circulation. A sale could come soon for the troubled company. Chief Executive Cyrus Freidheim said the company has sent its financial books to "a large number of parties" who expressed interest in acquiring one ... [full story]
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Liberty Media Corp. won't increase its ownership stake in satellite broadcaster DirecTV Group Inc. beyond the 48 percent controlling interest it already owns, the companies said. In a first-quarter earnings conference call with Wall Street analysts Thursday, Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei said the company agreed not to increase its stake in an agreement with DirecTV's board of directors. ... [full story]
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ING downgraded the European technology, healthcare, telecommunications and media sectors to "neutral" from "overweight", while it upgraded the oil and gas and chemicals sectors to "neutral" from "underweight". In its note on the European equity strategy, the brokerage said it expected a strong second-quarter and third-quarter performance from European equities, but added that profit-taking is not expected to set ... [full story]
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People polled around the world say they support freedom of the news media, but some believe governments should sometimes be allowed to regulate news coverage. As VOA's Kent Klein reports from Washington, the new survey indicates widespread opposition to government restrictions on Internet access. A U.S.-based international research project called WorldPublicOpinion.org talked to more than 18,000 people about their ... [full story]
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Taiwan has won the distinction of being listed as having Asia's freest media environment for the second consecutive year in the annual Freedom House report. The US non-governmental organisation's Freedom of the Press 2008 report to mark World Press Freedom Day tomorrow lists Taiwan as one of only three Asian countries with "free" media. "The survey shows that ... [full story]
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United Business Media (UBM), which publishes Property Week and the Farmers Guardian, looks set to become the latest British company to move offshore to escape Britain's increasingly heavy tax burden. The business-to-business publishing and events group is believed to be planning to move to Ireland, where it hopes to benefit from a lower rate of corporation tax and a ... [full story]
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Preparation for the Beijing Olympic Games media operation went into the final phase, said the organizers here on Sunday when journalists were invited to visit their working place in north Beijing. Sun Weijia, head of the Media Operation Department of the Beijing Organizing Committee of the 29th Olympic Games (BOCOG), briefed over 150 journalist from all over the ... [full story]
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The State Duma passed in a first reading Friday a bill that would allow courts to close media outlets for publishing libelous statements, a law critics say would give authorities an additional tool to crack down on dissent. The bill would add "dissemination of deliberately false information damaging individual honor and dignity" to the list of offenses for which ... [full story]
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E.W. Scripps Co. saw first-quarter revenues from its television station group hold nearly steady from a year ago. For the first time, profits and revenues from interactive media surpassed the company’s broadcasting division. The company earned $84.1 million (51 cents per share) in the quarter, up from $68.4 million (42 cents per share) a year ago. Interactive media ... [full story]
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In a rare rebuke of the Federal Communications Commission, a Senate panel Thursday voted to throw out a new FCC rule allowing a newspaper to own a TV or radio station in the nation's Top 20 media markets. The effort was led by Sen. Byron Dorgan, a North Dakota Democrat highly critical of media concentration. Now that the Senate Commerce ... [full story]
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In a rare rebuke of the Federal Communications Commission, a Senate panel Thursday voted to throw out a new FCC rule allowing a newspaper to own a TV or radio station in the nation's Top 20 media markets. The effort was led by Sen. Byron Dorgan, a North Dakota Democrat highly critical of media concentration. Now that the Senate Commerce ... [full story]
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Denver public-relations firms GroundFloor Media Inc. said Monday it is launching a social-media program aimed at helping clients' messages "go viral" via social-networking sites, blogs and podcasts. The new GroundFloor Social Media program will help clients establish a presence in the blogosphere as well as use online communities to spread messages, firm officials said. "Social media has transformed ... [full story]
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The News Media Coalition (NMC), the body that has under its wings global news and photograph agencies Reuters, Associated Press, Agence France-Presse and Getty Images, has not ruled out a boycott of the Indian Premier League (IPL), which starts on Friday. Although the IPL's relaxation of its terms and conditions has satisfied newspapers and broadcasters, it still bars agencies ... [full story]
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Newspaper and television company Media General Inc (MEG.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday it will work with three directors proposed by dissident shareholder Harbinger Capital Partners if they are elected to the board. Media General shares rose as much as 6 percent after Chief Executive Marshall Morton made the comments, although the company stood by its recommendation that ... [full story]
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New York blog czar Nick Denton, founder and publisher of Gawker Media, is selling three of the new-media company's properties: Idolator, Gridskipper, and Wonkette. In an internal e-mail obtained by CNET News.com, Denton explained the sale: "To be blunt: they each had their editorial successes; but someone else will have better luck selling the advertising than we did." ... [full story]
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Virgin's CEO suggests those not willing to pay Virgin an extra fee for speed would end up in the "bus lanes" of broadband delivery. Virgin Media has gone old-school when it comes to network neutrality. The United Kingdom's second-largest broadband provider, with 3.5 million customers, said it wants to charge content providers different rates to deliver prioritized data, voice ... [full story]
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Prime Point Media, the leading provider of street-level outdoor advertising nationwide, announces the opening of a new office in New York City and new staff to serve the growing demand for quality out-of-home advertising, said President Karen Robinson. Account executives Matt Ryan and Todd Palatnek join the already expanded New York staff, which includes Jake Kovalcik, recently promoted to Director ... [full story]
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Ron Paul may be gone, but he should not be forgotten. At this advanced stage of the presidential race, it probably seems bizarre that anyone would be writing about a guy who had as much of a chance to be president as Harold Stassen, who made nine unsuccessful bids for the Republican nomination between 1948 and 1992. Throughout ... [full story]
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Millennial Media, the leading cross-platform mobile advertising company, today announced an agreement with Verizon Wireless that will add a significant portion of the company's mobile advertising inventory to Millennial Media's rapidly growing networks. These mobile advertising networks -- the fastest-growing in the industry -- include MBrand for targeted audiences across premium content, and Decktrade for performance-driven campaigns. Through the ... [full story]
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Religare Securities has a positive outlook on the media and entertainment industry, which is expected to witness continued momentum across segments. Apart from the established areas like television, film and print media, Religare expects animation, gaming, OOH (out-of-home) and online advertising, and radio to throw open tremendous opportunities for growth. Advances in technology and the advent of new ... [full story]
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Burst Media, a leading provider of advertising representation, services, and technology to independent Web publishers, today announced the launch of the Burst Family Travelers Network, a premier online advertising network for advertisers looking to reach consumers planning a family trip or vacation. Sites within the Burst Family Travelers Network cover a range of topics, including: destination information, travel tips, guides ... [full story]
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Private Media Group, Inc , a global leader in high quality adult entertainment, and Mobile Streams, the premier global music and media provider, today announced the European launch of Private's mobile portal site http://www.private.mobi, the first stage in the development of their strategic global partnership. Private.mobi is exclusively focused on the rapidly growing "off-portal", direct to consumer mobile content ... [full story]
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Section Rouge Media Inc. (TSXV:SRO) has sold its crossword magazines, as well as the Horoscope-Quotidien title, have been sold for $230,000 cash, the publishing company announced Thursday. It's the latest divestment for the Section Rouge Media, which says it's focusing on publications offering higher potential for growth and profitability. On Monday, the company said it is selling its ... [full story]
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AutoTrader.com, the ultimate automotive marketplace, announced today it is now part of PointRoll's Included Program, effective January 1, 2008. As a member of this elite group, AutoTrader.com will open the door for a wider range of opportunities for its clients and will help those clients achieve significant cost savings along the way. Discounted pricing is the cornerstone of PointRoll's ... [full story]
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It is time that the South African media and big business reflect on their role in promoting a multiparty democracy in South Africa. When the ANC won a two- thirds majority during the last national elections, a lot was said about the likelihood of South Africa turning into a one-party state. Much of the blame was primarily laid ... [full story]
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