Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. If you're reading this online or in a forwarded email, here's the link to sign up for our Wake-Up Call newsletters. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device; sign up here. LVMH bids for Tiffany LVMH is looking to acquire Tiffany in what could be one of the biggest shakeups in the luxury market for some time. Bloomberg News reported this weekend of a possible bid of about $120 a share. That would value Tiffany at about $14.4 billion. Tiffany is a New York icon, of course, immortalized, as the New York Times points out, by both Truman Capote and by Audrey Hepburn in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and known for its iconic blue packaging. But, it has recently struggled with stagnant sales and a slowdown in tourism. For LVMH, the move would provide its first major non-fashion American brand as it looks to raise its profile in the U.S., and add to a jewelry portfolio that already includes Bulgari, Chaumet, Fred, Hublot and Tag Heuer. Allegations over Disney’s media review Disney recently concluded its $22 billion media review, with Omnicom and Publicis emerging the big winners, but allegations about the process are making waves in the industry. As Ad Age’s Jack Neff reports, “three people familiar with the review say there was discussion about winners Publicis Media and Omnicom Media Group 'share shifting,' essentially increasing buys from their other... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-28 10:22:02 UTC ]
News tagged with:
#happy holidays
#adrianne pasquarelli
#e-commerce play
#revenue stream
#i-hsien sherwood
#publishing world
Glam Media has just acquired Ning, the build-your-own-social-network startup co-founded by Netscape creator Marc Andreessen. Glam is best known for building Web properties and an ad network targeting women, and it says it now reaches more than 200 million monthly users. Last month, it announced... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2011-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#significant increase
#paid subscriptions
#business model
#economic downturn
#financial terms
#general manager
#sources close
#$200 million
Glam Media, a lifestyle and fashion blog network, has acquired Ning, a platform for building social media communities. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but reports are putting the price in the $150 million to $200 million range and mostly in stock. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#glam media
#$150 million
Disney execs are furious that the world exclusive on the embargoed Jackie Kennedy book and audiotapes was broken by NBC, and not ABC, according to the New York Posts Keith Kelly. Both ABC and the books publisher, Hyperion, are owned by Disney. The book, Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2011-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#tuesday morning
#bookstore owner
#exclusive rights
#day ahead
#diane sawyer
Lets start with two truths. First, publishers need cutting-edge technology to hook an audience through todays digital media channels of the Web, mobile, social, and search. And, second, the breakthrough technology cant just be about product design -- its got to go beyond to create... Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2011-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#media company
#technology company
#cutting-edge technology
In a move to grow its Technology Group, Penton Media has acquired Nine Lives Media. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#penton media
As their readers are spending more time online, publishers are trying to make social networking work for their advertisers. With a program launching Sept. 1, Marie Claire is betting that if readers are fans of the magazine, they will like its advertisers, too. Timed to coincide with the key... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2011-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#michael kors
#tough sell
James Tye, CEO at Dennis Publishing, warns against assuming all your readers want the same, and reveals how the company is monetising its digital products. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2011-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#dennis publishing
#digital products
Drew Kirkland, group publishing director for weekly women's and TV titles at Hearst Magazines UK, has been appointed publishing director for TV brands at IPC Media. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2011-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#ipc media
#weekly women
#tv titles
#tv brands
Ad network and online publisher Glam Media says it has built a monthly audience of 200 million visitors worldwide, and now it's looking to grow by tackling the mobile market. CEO Samir Arora said he's ready to take on Apple and Google in the process. Glam is best known as a company targeting... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2011-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#brand advertising
#big names
#publishing partners
#annual revenue
Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Mon, 15/08/2011 - 08:30 Egmont has teamed up with Michael Grant, author of the bestselling GONE series, and media studio The Shadow Gang to launch BZRK, a new cross-media series. Egmont describes BZRK as a storytelling experience that brings... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#michael grant
#shadow gang
#dark knight
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a California man with insider trading in the run-up to the 2009 Disney-Marvel deal. The SEC says Toby G. Scammell took advantage of his girlfriend, an "extern" working at Disney's corporate strategy department, to learn about the company's $4... Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2011-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#exchange commission
#press release
Marcus Brauchli, executive editor of the Washington Post, sent a memo to his staff announcing, among other changes, that the book reviewers will now be report to the editors of the their respective sections. Brauchli told PW that these moves will not affect the paper's coverage of books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#book reviewers
Could the Internet giant's deal with Hachette Livre clear a path for a deal to settle longstanding litigation in the United States? Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2011-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#media cache
#internet giant
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 04/08/2011 - 09:12 The Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society has welcomed the government support for the Hargreaves Review into intellectual property and growth, though it expressed concern over the proposals to extend copyright... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#government support
#hargreaves review
#intellectual property
#expressed concern
The Folio Society has awarded its media account to Total Media, as the 64-year-old publisher tries to overcome the market challenges presented by ebooks. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#folio society
The list of aggressive private equity investments in publishers that flamed out during the recession is a long one and that list also nearly included Forbes Media, according to an article in the Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 28/07/2011 - 09:00 Members of the Poetry Society, including poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy, have started a petition to reinstate Judith Palmer as director of the embattled society in hope of a "new start". The petition follows the departure... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#poetry society
To hear it from AOL, content and brands are the keys to the companys comeback strategy. But some in the industry wonder if the companys new pick to lead ad sales muddies the message. In a memo to staff Monday, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong announced that ad sales chief Jeff Levick would be... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2011-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#strategy based
#defining moment
#managing partner
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Wed, 27/07/2011 - 09:08 The newspapers have offered differing reactions to the Man Booker longlist announcement, made yesterday, with most hailing bookies' favourite Alan Hollinghurst, and the Daily Telegraph detecting a "more populist" selection.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Tue, 26/07/2011 - 16:29 The High Court has rejected an application by an Isle of Wight resident to bring a judicial review claim over the island's library closures. At a hearing in London today [26th July], His Honour Judge Pearl said the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#high court
#library closures