Recently added articles from Media Industry Newsletter:
January Media Stocks Were A Downward Deja Vu.
Feb 02, 2009 ... Cumulative +3.9% was deceptive, because of gains by the high-priced Google and Washington Post Co. Nineteen of the 28 stocks in the min Index declined in value last month, as the economy continues to suffer. STOCK WATCH (As Of January 29, 2009) <Pre> COMPANY [SYMBOL] ...
Steve Smith's Eye on Digital Media: Publishers And Online Community Values: What Have We Learned?
Feb 02, 2009 ... Online community continues to be the nut that just won't crack for publishers and their business models. All those eyeballs, all that peer-to-peer energy, so little advertising. User-generated content areas like message boards, photo galleries, and self-serve blogs often wither from ...
James Brady (1928-2009) Was A "Diamond" Of A Journalist.
Feb 02, 2009 ... He had much more in common with the late Damon Runyon and Walter Winchell in getting scoops (and gossip) than he did with his industrialist namesake of a century ago. But journalism's Jim Brady, too, hobnobbed with the rich and famous, and he knew how to have a good time ....
"Wondertime" Closes As Its Founding Publisher Gets Hired.
Feb 02, 2009 ... Disney Publishing's upscale parenting magazine was designed to complement FamilyFun and compete with Cookie (Conde Nast) in March 2006, but the symptoms of the bad economy were seen last summer when Wondertime publisher Dave Mevorah and FF counterpart Mary Beth Wright were both ousted, ...
Obama Inauguration Was Rick Warren's Unexpected "Purpose Driven Connection.".
Feb 02, 2009 ... Launch last week of Reader's Digest Association's multi-platformed Purpose Driven Connection got back-to-back coverage in Advertising Age (January 26) and The Wall Street Journal (January 27). Both reported plenty on the quarterly PDC being complemented by four DVDs, workbooks, and, per ...