Digital media company Ziff Davis acquired tech publisher CNET from its parent company, Red Ventures, for more than $100 million, according to reporting from The New York Times. The acquisition confirms an Axios report from January, which found that Red Ventures had been... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2024-08-06 10:53:30 UTC ]
Informa plc announced Tuesday that it has begun the process of replacing Derek Mapp, chairman of the London-based B2B publisher and exhibitions giant since 2008, with a successor expected to be installed by the end of the year. Mapp first joined Informa's board as a non-executive director in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2020-01-08 19:41:38 UTC ]
American Media Inc. is selling the National Enquirer to Hudson News Deputy Chairman James Cohen, according to The Washington Post, letting the embattled publisher jettison the tabloid after being accused of trying to blackmail the world’s richest man. Cohen will pay $100 million for the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2019-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
For venture-backed digital publishers, getting to $100 million in annual revenue is the holy grail, but one few will achieve. The post The $100 million wall: Digital media’s scale struggles appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2017-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The celebrity magazine sells for $100 million after Tronc deal falls through. The post AMI to Buy Us Weekly appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2017-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Since its launch in 2009, Kickstarter has raised over $100 million for publishing projects, $21 million of which was raised last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Since it launched in 2009, the crowdfunding platform has recorded more than $100 million in pledges to general-publishing projects. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new report that used eye tracking to understand user engagement with mobile video suggests certain types of video ads on publishers' websites perform better than those on social media. According to a study by Teads, a video technology platform that works with many of the world's top... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2016-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Brit + Co will be the primary holidays channel going forward on Snapchat's Discover portal, which gives about two dozen media companies, such as Vice, CNN and Daily Mail, a publishing platform to reach the ephemeral app's young audience. The Brit + Co-Snapchat relationship began during the 2015... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2016-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 16-year-old virtual campus bookseller is on target for $100 million in revenue this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Time Inc., the nation's largest magazine publisher, has struck a deal making Outbrain the exclusive external provider of recommended stories for Time Inc.'s websites, including Time.com and People.com. Until now, Time Inc. had worked with a mix of the companies whose ubiquitous... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
When New Zealander Paul Huljich, author of Stress Pandemic: Nine Natural Steps to Break the Cycle of Stress and Thrive (Midpoint Trade, June), struck it rich in 1993 after selling his successful organic food company, Best Corporation, to Dannon for $100 million, he had every reason to be a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
O'Reilly Media and Safari Books Online are donating over $100 million in "educational content and tools" to K-12 schools across the U.S. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
IBM is unveiling their new Watson for Business on Thursday, a $1 billion project devoted to bringing big data to every educational institution, pharmaceutical firm, and publishing house in America--and they're offering more than $100 million in venture capital to developers.IBM is announcing the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
If it wasn’t clear before that self-publishing is transforming the book industry, Pearson’s $116 million acquisition of self-publishing vendor Author Solutions Inc. should wipe away any lingering uncertainty. The purchase of Author Solutions—which has 1,600 employees, has published 150,000... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple Inc. says the accusation that it conspired with major book publishers to raise the price of ebooks is untrue.Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr says that, contrary to allegations in lawsuits by the Justice Department and 15 states, Apple fostered innovation and competition by introducing its... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2012-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Since ebooks first became a meaningful part of a publisher’s business in 2009, results at Simon & Schuster have followed a familiar pattern—a decline in revenue but an increase in earnings. Between 2009 and 2011, total sales at S&S dipped 0.7%, but adjusted operating income has jumped... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
This story first appears on FOLIO: sister site, minonline. Meredith Corp. chairman/CEO (since July 2004) Steve Lacy announced that the board of directors approved a $1.02-to-$1.53 per-share increase in the quarterly dividend paid to investors and authorized the repurchase of $100 million of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]