Investment funds and traditional media entities have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into new-media entities like Vice, BuzzFeed, Vox and Business Insider over the past six months, but will these… Read more »
Time Warner has spun off its magazine-publishing arm as a separate company, but the legendary firm faces the same challenge as the New York Times and other traditional media players: How… Read more »
Several media industry executives argue that the disruption of the newspaper industry was inevitable, and that there was nothing much those in charge of the business could have done to prevent… Read more »
A media CEO reminded people that, despite new internet distribution platforms, content owners remain in the drivers seat. He played down the idea of “cord cutters” but did acknowledge the emergence… Read more »
People led the way for Time Inc. with full-access authentication for digital subscriptions. Now it’s the first to launch a mobile site with responsive design, a new ad format and the… Read more »
The power of network owners to bundle channels together — to force pay-TV operators as well as subscribers to buy programming as a package — is at the heart of the… Read more »
An ambitious effort by the cable industry to create unified standards for targeted and interactive television advertising has failed, the vi… Read more »
This is the last in a series of posts that highlighted key people, companies and trends to watch in 2012 in the sectors we cover most, from… Read more »
Some more detail appears to be emerging in the lead-up to Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) launching in the UK next year: in the midst of signing a seri… Read more »
When Digitas head Laura Lang starts her new job as CEO of Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) in January, she’s not only going to be filling the nine mont… Read more »