Viacom
3 BIG FAMILY OWNED MEDIA FIRMS FACE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES
Family owned and controlled businesses face challenges because of difficulties in pass…
value
Why We Won't Pay for News
I recently forged my way the myriad of news reports on networks, papers, and web sites…
print media
NEWSPAPER RESTRUCTURING IS PAINFUL, BUT NECESSARY
Financial pages are full of developments and changes at newspaper companies and these …
Tribune Co.
BANKRUPTCY AND NEWSPAPER FIRMS
The bankruptcy filings of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and Tribune Co. are cast by man…
Seattle Times
POST-INTELLIGENCER SALE SHOWS JOINT OPERATING AGREEMENTS AREN'T EFFECTIVE
The announcement that the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is being put up for sale—a legall…
Washington Post
THE UPSIDE OF DISAPPEARING NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING
There is one upside to all the advertising disappearing from newspapers……Consumers can…
You Tube
MEDIA FIRMS INCREASINGLY CHARGED WITH COPYRIGHT VIOLATIONS
First it was record companies suing Napster and peer-to-peer file sharers, and then it…
print media
THE CREDIT CRISIS, VOLATILE MARKETS, RECESSION AND MEDIA
The churning flood of economic developments and the desperate measures of governments …
strategy
ASK DEEPER QUESTIONS ABOUT FINANCIAL CONDITIONS
Many observers tend to conceive any changes in media businesses as trends that are irr…
revenue
DISSAPEARANCE OF A FINANCIALLY GOLDEN NEWSPAPER PERIOD
Voices in and around the newspaper industry would have us believe the industry is fall…
radio
THE GROWING OWNERSHIP OF PRIVATE EQUITY IN MEDIA
The privatization of Clear Channel Communications ends a 2-year effort to buyout the l…
media products/services
COMCAST FORGETS THE BUSINESS IT IS IN
Sometimes companies forget what businesses they are in and Comcast seems to be the lat…
TNT
THE FAILING STRATEGIES FOR DRAMA ON NETWORK TELEVISION
The announcement of the finalists for the 2008 Emmy drama nominations shows how weak m…
television
CHANGING FORMS AND FUNCTIONS OF NEWS MEDIA
Fundamental social and technological changes are altering the functions of news media …
strategy
DRIVERS OF CHANGE IN THE MEDIA ENVIRONMENT
Five decisive trends are driving changes in the media environment and forcing media co…
Sun-Times Media Group
THE CAPITAL CRISIS IN THE NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY DEEPENS
Recent weeks have not been kind to newspaper company finances, with lost value and unh…
television
THE INTERNET, MOBILE MEDIA, AND YOUTH ARE NOT TO BLAME
Traditional media industries and companies are overwhelmed with an atmosphere of const…
television
CHALLENGES OF TROUBLESOME AUDIENCES
Media companies have historically been relatively unconcerned about and even disdainfu…
Warner Music Group
RECORD COMPANIES SURRENDER TO CONSUMERS ON DOWNLOAD DRM
A quiet victory of music consumers has occurred now that Sony BMG Music Entertainment …
You Tube
ONLINE AND MOBILE REVENUE POTENTIAL DRIVE COMPENSATION DISPUTES
The issues in the Hollywood writer’s strike, which began Nov. 5, are symptomatic of a …
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