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Nikki Finke Blasts New Yorker Profile - Posted October 5, 2009
Yesterday, The New Yorker published a lengthy profile of Deadline Hollywood Daily blogger Nikki Finke.
The article -- which name-checks some of the biggest players in Hollywood, muses on Finke's possible sources, describes her home office and even gets the woman of the hour on the record -- is woven through with... [FishBowlNY]
Will Comcast Buy NBC Universal From GE? - Posted October 1, 2009
Rumors, theories and conjectures have been swirling since The Wrap reported yesterday that a deal between cable provider Comcast and GE-owned NBC Universal "had already been completed at a purchase price of $35 billion."
But reps from Comcast later told Bloomberg, "the report that Comcast has a deal to purchase NBC Universal... [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]
Reading NYTimes.com Can Be Hazardous - Posted September 14, 2009
Here's one reason to read the print version of The New York Times instead of reading the paper online.
Over the weekend, All Things Digital's Peter Kafka stumbled upon an embarrassing note from the Times to its readers.
Turns out, some readers of the Times's Web site have been exposed to... [FishBowlNY]
More WaPo 'Salon' Follow-Up: Kurtz Analysis, Various Responses - Posted July 3, 2009
• Howard Kurtz's 'salon' analysis is on the cover of the WaPo Style section.
• Charles Kaiser: The Washington Post: RIP
• MediaMemo by Peter Kafka: Washington Post: Our Reporters Aren't For Sale (Yet)... [FishBowlDC]
More WaPo 'Salon' Follow-Up: Kurtz Analysis, Various Responses - Posted July 3, 2009
• Howard Kurtz's 'salon' analysis is on the cover of the WaPo Style section.
• Charles Kaiser: The Washington Post: RIP
• MediaMemo by Peter Kafka: Washington Post: Our Reporters Aren't For Sale (Yet)... [FishBowlDC]
Internet Advertising Numbers Not Promising - Posted June 9, 2009
A couple of weeks ago we reported grim numbers for newspaper advertising revenues for the first quarter of the year. And guess what? Web sites aren't having it any easier.
According to the Internet Advertising Revenue Report commissioned by the Interactive Advertising Bureau, Internet advertising dropped 5 percent to $5.5 billion during... [FishBowlNY]
More Cuts To Come At Forbes? - Posted May 15, 2009
It's been a tough year at Forbes. The media company, which owns Forbes magazine, Forbes.com and a handful of other magazines like Forbes Woman, has already gone through two rounds of layoffs across the business and editorial staffs and more bad news might be on the way.
The New York Post's... [FishBowlNY]
Breaking: Portfolio Folds - Posted April 27, 2009
Portfolio magazine, the two-year-old Conde Nast business monthly, has folded as of this morning. Thus far, there's been no official word on whether Web site Portfolio.com will live on in any capacity, but it's not looking likely, as there's no mention of future plans for the site in an early report... [FishBowlNY]
Maureen Dowd Meets Twitter - Posted April 22, 2009
In her latest column, New York Times op-ed writer Maureen Dowd takes a look at Twitter. Dowd traveled to San Francisco to interview Evan Williams and Biz Stone, the inventors of the popular microblogging service. Dowd told the Twitter team that she: "would rather be tied up to stakes in the... [FishBowlNY]
Maureen Dowd Meets Twitter - Posted April 22, 2009
In her latest column, New York Times op-ed writer Maureen Dowd takes a look at Twitter. Dowd traveled to San Francisco to interview Evan Williams and Biz Stone, the inventors of the popular microblogging service. Dowd told the Twitter team that she: "would rather be tied up to stakes in the... [FishBowlNY]
Another Round of Layoffs at Forbes - Posted April 1, 2009
AllThingsD is reporting that another round of layoffs is on the way at Forbes and more than 50 people will be let go from both the business and editorial side. You may recall the last two rounds of cuts -- during which ForbesAuto.com was shuttered -- were mainly the result... [FishBowlNY]
Another Round of Layoffs at Forbes - Posted April 1, 2009
AllThingsD is reporting that another round of layoffs is on the way at Forbes and more than 50 people will be let go from both the business and editorial side. You may recall the last two rounds of cuts -- during which ForbesAuto.com was shuttered -- were mainly the result... [FishBowlNY]
Defamer About to Be Defunct - Posted February 23, 2009
Peter Kafka off AllThingsD's Media Memo brings us this scoop:
Here's what should be the last step in Nick Denton's slimdown of his Gawker Media empire: The blog network is taking its LA-based Defamer site and rolling it up under its central Gawker title. The site's existing writers will leave, to be... [FishBowlLA]
Should Yahoo Buy Gawker, The New York Times? - Posted January 26, 2009
So what's in store for Yahoo? New CEO Carol Bartz will be announcing the company's first quarter results tomorrow, and all signs point towards the numbers being less than spectacular. What's a CEO to do? Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster appears to have some suggestions: Why not buy Gawker?... [FishBowlNY]
Gannett Layoffs: If You Can't Beat'em, Write About Them - Posted December 3, 2008
How does the saying go? When handed lemons make lemonade! Over at All Things D Peter Kafka is writing about the phenomenon of laid off reporters reporting on their own layoffs. At the Gannett Blog former Gannett employee Jim Hopkins has rounded up fellow un-employees (and there is... [FishBowlNY]
More on the Time Inc. Layoffs - Posted November 20, 2008
A tipster tells us that Southern Progress arm of Time Inc. has been hit again in the current round of layoffs (we reported on a series of layoffs there last month). More specifically that a number of high level, much-admired, editors, as well as a publisher have "decided not to... [FishBowlNY]
Time Inc. Looking For Buyout Volunteers Before Commencing Mandatory Layoffs - Posted November 10, 2008
We're beginning to get more details about where the 600 layoffs Time Inc. announced last month will land. Over at All Things D Peter Kafka is reporting that managing editors at Time, People, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, and Money — all of which employ Newspaper Guild members — will send out... [FishBowlNY]
Portfolio.com Also Being Severely Scaled Back? - Posted October 30, 2008
This must have been what it felt like to work on Wall St. a few weeks ago. After announcing company wide cutbacks this morning, followed by news that both Men's Vogue and Portfolio were going to be scaled back there are rumors that Conde Nast is going to cut the... [FishBowlNY]
Why is This Man Smiling? - Posted August 20, 2008
Fox News founder and chairman Roger Ailes nearly doubled his salary last year. Silicon Alley insider's Peter Kafka, reports, "Ailes earned $19.9 million in the last 12 months — nearly double the amount he earned the year before."
What did he do to earn that? Primarily, he ran Fox News, which is... [TVNewser]
Madonna Breaks Up With Warner Music - Posted October 11, 2007
Warner Music waved bye-bye to Madonna, and watched as concert promotion giant Live Nation signed her to a 10 year deal for $120 million.
She'll get a general advance of $17.5 million and advance payments for three albums of $50 million to $60 million, and $50 million in cash and stock... [FishBowlLA]
