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AOL Looks To Trim One Third Of Staff - Posted 4 days, 4 hours ago
It looks like last week's layoffs were only the tip of ice berg for AOL. As predicted, the company said today that it was looking to trim its workforce by one-third as it prepares to spin off from its parent company, Time Warner, next month. Reports say AOL is looking for up... [FishBowlNY]

100 Expected To Be Let Go From AOL Today - Posted November 10, 2009
AOL is expected to cut 100 jobs today, according to various reports. The move comes one week after AOL's parent company Time Warner announced its third quarter earnings and its magazine division, Time Inc., started cutting jobs of its own. However, as Kara Swisher at All Things Digital reports, today's cuts are... [FishBowlNY]

100 Expected To Be Let Go From AOL Today - Posted November 10, 2009
AOL is expected to cut 100 jobs today, according to various reports. The move comes one week after AOL's parent company Time Warner announced its third quarter earnings and its magazine division, Time Inc., started cutting jobs of its own. However, as Kara Swisher at All Things Digital reports, today's cuts are... [FishBowlNY]

Time Warner Earnings: Growth From Networks Can't Offset Publishing Declines - Posted November 4, 2009
As we wait to hear about layoffs coming out of Time Inc. today, we got a chance to look at the magazine publisher's parent Time Warner's third quarter earnings. The company reported a 5 percent decline in revenues compared to the third quarter of last year -- they dropped to $7.1 billion.... [FishBowlNY]

Media Moguls Make Their Mark On Fortune's "40 Under 40" List - Posted October 23, 2009
Fortune magazine has revealed its "40 Under 40" list -- a compilation of the youngest and the brightest minds in the business world. And we were pleased to see a number of media executives making the cut and ranking near the top. Our industry could use all the young blood and... [FishBowlNY]

Gawker, The Business Insider Join Forces - Posted October 22, 2009
This morning we noticed something strange: a Gawker post written by someone named The Business Insider. Some digging revealed the exact same post written by Nicholas Carlson, a former Gawker employee, on Business Insider's Silicon Alley Insider. Carlson confirmed to FishbowlNY that this article -- which cites an anonymous source claiming AOL... [FishBowlNY]

Gawker, The Business Insider Join Forces - Posted October 22, 2009
This morning we noticed something strange: a Gawker post written by someone named The Business Insider. Some digging revealed the exact same post written by Nicholas Carlson, a former Gawker employee, on Business Insider's Silicon Alley Insider. Carlson confirmed to FishbowlNY that this article -- which cites an anonymous source claiming AOL... [FishBowlNY]

Mrs. Butterworth|AOL's $4.2B Value|Andrew Ross Sorkin|Keller: Decision On Paid Content For NYT Will Come To "Gut Call" - Posted September 30, 2009
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cMoment of Zen - Going Rougewww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorRon Paul Interview PRNewser: An interview with Mrs. Butterworth, whose been getting into the social media recently. All Things Digital: Time Warner's sale of AOL has been valued at $4.2 billion -- "marked down... [FishBowlNY]

Mrs. Butterworth|AOL's $4.2B Value|Andrew Ross Sorkin|Keller: Decision On Paid Content For NYT Will Come To "Gut Call" - Posted September 30, 2009
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cMoment of Zen - Going Rougewww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorRon Paul Interview PRNewser: An interview with Mrs. Butterworth, whose been getting into the social media recently. All Things Digital: Time Warner's sale of AOL has been valued at $4.2 billion -- "marked down... [FishBowlNY]

Time Warner May Sell Off Magazines Eventually, Or Not - Posted September 28, 2009
Time Warner is completing its spin-off of AOL later this year, a deal that has led many to speculate that the media company might jettison its Time Inc. magazine division, from which its prestigious media name is derived. Adding to the speculation, last week Gordon Crawford, the managing director of... [FishBowlNY]

HuffPost Appoints New President And CRO - Posted September 16, 2009
Just a few months after naming Eric Hippeau CEO, The Huffington Post today announced a new executive appointment. Greg Coleman, former executive vice president of global sales at Yahoo!, has been picked to succeed James Smith as chief revenue officer at HuffPo. Coleman will also be taking on the role of president... [FishBowlNY]

HuffPost Appoints New President And CRO - Posted September 16, 2009
Just a few months after naming Eric Hippeau CEO, The Huffington Post today announced a new executive appointment. Greg Coleman, former executive vice president of global sales at Yahoo!, has been picked to succeed James Smith as chief revenue officer at HuffPo. Coleman will also be taking on the role of president... [FishBowlNY]

Hearst Appoints New VP In Digital Media Group - Posted September 9, 2009
Hearst Magazines announced a new member of the Digital Media group this morning. Mark Weinberg of Travelzoo.com will be joining Hearst as VP of programming and product strategy for the media giant's online division. According to the press release, Weinberg's is a brand new position, "responsible for the strategy and execution... [FishBowlNY]

Hearst Appoints New VP In Digital Media Group - Posted September 9, 2009
Hearst Magazines announced a new member of the Digital Media group this morning. Mark Weinberg of Travelzoo.com will be joining Hearst as VP of programming and product strategy for the media giant's online division. According to the press release, Weinberg's is a brand new position, "responsible for the strategy and execution... [FishBowlNY]

On The Menu: A Former Fishbowl-er Takes On J-School - Posted August 13, 2009
Today on the media- bistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast, hosts Jason Boog of GalleyCat and AgencySpy's Matt Van Hoven dug up today's most interesting media headlines. First up, a discussion about former FishbowlNY contributor Hunter Walker's recent gig writing about his adventures at Columbia J-School for Gawker. Given Hunter's experience -- he's... [FishBowlNY]

Olbermann Names Stelter, O'Reilly & Murdoch The Worst|Andersen Blogs At Time.com|The Cheapest & Most Expensive Mags|Time Warner Gets Ready To Dump AOL|Cronkite Myths: Debunked - Posted August 4, 2009
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy TVNewser: Keith Olbermann targetted Brian Stelter of The New York Times, Bill O'Reilly and News Corp. head Rupert Murdoch on his "World's Worst" segment last night. Time.com Kurt Andersen is blogging over at Time.com this week, where he's writing about Cash... [FishBowlNY]

Sales Team Moves At Bonnier, MSLO - Posted July 29, 2009
There's news of two moves among sales teams at magazine publishers Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and Bonnier Corp. MediaDailyNews reports that MSLO has brought on Janet Balis (left) as executive vice president of media sales and marketing. She will oversee sales across the publishing, broadcast and digital properties and will report to... [FishBowlNY]

Time Warner, MSLO Release Earnings Numbers - Posted July 29, 2009
Two big public media companies, Time Warner Inc. and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia released their second quarter earnings numbers today, with both reporting revenue declines. MSLO said revenues dropped to $57.0 million in the second quarter of of this year, compared to $77.1 million during the same period last year. "Lower revenues... [FishBowlNY]

Blip.tv Announces New Partnerships With NBC, YouTube, Vimeo - Posted July 28, 2009
This morning we got to check out blip.tv's Soho office as the Web video start-up announced that it was expanding its distribution network thanks to new partnerships with YouTube, Vimeo, NBC Local Media New York and Roku Inc., which makes the Roku digital video player. "We used to say that blip reached... [FishBowlNY]

Another Journalist Loses Paying Gig - Posted July 16, 2009
Last week, after working for fashion and nightlife Web site Shecky's for several months as interim senior editor, PJ Gach lost her steady gig. Shecky's brought the longtime freelancer and style maven on board in April to help relaunch the site and upgrade the content -- a short-term contracted position she hoped... [FishBowlNY]

Economist Group Picks Up CQ|Swine Flu Hits AOL|Vogue Loses Met Gala Planner|Reader's Digest Moves To The Right|Rival Magazines Set To Debut In FBNY Editor's Hometown - Posted June 19, 2009
FishbowlDC: Congressional Quarterly will join Roll Call under the Economist Group umbrella. Daily Intel: Swine flu reported at AOL. WWD: Vogue's director of special events Stephanie Winston Wolkoff has stepped down. Who will take her place to help Anna Wintour plan the Costume Institute Gala? New York Times: Struggling to find its footing,... [FishBowlNY]

An Outsourced Newsweekly|ESPN Lays Off 100|Newspaper Editors Secretly Meet|Women's Mags Question Retouching Cover Models|Time Warner Dumps AOL - Posted May 28, 2009
FishbowlLA: Alternative newsweekly New Haven Advocate has outsourced to India. Associated Press: ESPN cut 100 jobs. The Atlantic: Newspaper publishers held a secret meeting today reportedly about how to monetize online content moving forward. New York Times: Women's magazines debate: to retouch or not to retouch? Businessweek: Time Warner broke up with AOL.... [FishBowlNY]

An Outsourced Newsweekly|ESPN Lays Off 100|Newspaper Editors Secretly Meet|Women's Mags Question Retouching Cover Models|Time Warner Dumps AOL - Posted May 28, 2009
FishbowlLA: Alternative newsweekly New Haven Advocate has outsourced to India. Associated Press: ESPN cut 100 jobs. The Atlantic: Newspaper publishers held a secret meeting today reportedly about how to monetize online content moving forward. New York Times: Women's magazines debate: to retouch or not to retouch? Businessweek: Time Warner broke up with AOL.... [FishBowlNY]

The Bloodcopy Blog Controversy|New Yorker's Unique Cover|Shuttered East West To Relaunch|AOL's Shields Departs|Newspaper Association's Montly Mag Goes Digital - Posted May 26, 2009
AgencySpy: The Bloodcopy blog controversy that arose this weekend turned out to be a campaign by Gawker Media and ad agency Campfire for HBO's "True Blood." UnBeige: The latest New Yorker has a cover picture "painted" on an iPhone. (And a profile of NYT investor Carlos Slim) Folio: Shuttered magazine East West, which... [FishBowlNY]

The Bloodcopy Blog Controversy|New Yorker's Unique Cover|Shuttered East West To Relaunch|AOL's Shields Departs|Newspaper Association's Montly Mag Goes Digital - Posted May 26, 2009
AgencySpy: The Bloodcopy blog controversy that arose this weekend turned out to be a campaign by Gawker Media and ad agency Campfire for HBO's "True Blood." UnBeige: The latest New Yorker has a cover picture "painted" on an iPhone. (And a profile of NYT investor Carlos Slim) Folio: Shuttered magazine East West, which... [FishBowlNY]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted February 7, 2008
The Medium Is The Message: Spin Magazine sees its subscription rates rise after giving away its product for free on MySpace. We have no idea how or why, but we really, really hope the nitwits who run newspapers don't get any ideas. Less Is More: And in related news, ad agency Secret... [FishBowlLA]

Barry Diller On The Writers' Strike - Posted November 13, 2007
If it's all the same to you guys, we're just going to cut and paste this press release from Fox Business Network, so that we don't have to read Barry Diller's remarks. It's early. We're tired. (And by the way, that's not our typo. Fox apparently thinks there's just one writer... [FishBowlLA]

TMZ Sued Over Simpson Book - Posted June 20, 2007
TMZ got slapped with a lawsuit over the posting of the O.J. Simpson book. An excerpt from If I Did It appeared on the website (lifted straight from Pirate Bay) and the federal bankruptcy trustee filed an emergency motion, seeking to force the site to pull the book, which they did.... [FishBowlLA]

Is AOL Dumber Than a 5th Grader? Yes! - Posted February 27, 2007
AOL picks FOX's Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader? as their TV pick of the evening. That's grammar, not grammer. Morons. ... [FishBowlLA]

Is AOL Dumber Than a 5th Grader? Yes! - Posted February 27, 2007
AOL picks FOX's Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader? as their TV pick of the evening. That's grammar, not grammer. Morons. ... [FishBowlLA]