News Corp. Plummets as Profit Trails Estimates on Ad Revenue

Shares of News Corp., controlled by billionaire Rupert Murdoch, had a record decline after the publisher of the Wall Street Journal and New York Post reported fiscal second-quarter profit that missed analysts' estimates.Earnings, excluding some items, were 20 cents a share in the period ended Dec. 31, trailing the 21-cent average of projections compiled by Bloomberg. Revenue fell 4% to $2.16 billion from a year earlier as advertising sales declined, hurt by the strength of the U.S. dollar, the New York-based company said Thursday in a statement. Analysts had estimated $2.13 billion on average.News Corp. shares slid as much as 10% to $10.96 in New York trading, the biggest intraday decline since the company's split from 21st Century Fox Inc. in June 2013. Through Thursday, they had dropped 8.6% this year. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

[ Advertising Age | 2016-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Amazon is now taking a 30 percent cut of ad sales from Fire TV

Amazon is taking a bigger piece of ad sales on Fire TV, its connected TV devices, by requiring TV networks and digital publishers to hand over 30 percent of their commercial space for it to sell, according to new terms from the e-commerce giant.Until last month, Amazon let the publishers sell... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2018-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blackwell’s 17% growth vindicates multichannel strategy, says Prescott

Blackwell’s has reported growth of 17% in its past fiscal year, following an increase of 12% a year earlier. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers use Cannes Lions to reassert their influence

European publishers remain determined to make alliances work to compete with Facebook and Google for ad revenue. The post Publishers use Cannes Lions to reassert their influence appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BuzzFeed's Latest Sub-Brand, As/Is, Will Focus on Body Positivity

BuzzFeed's newest spin-off brand, As/Is, is debuting Tuesday to cover beauty and style with a focus on body positivity and celebrating individuality.As/Is is the latest effort by BuzzFeed to find new revenue models through lifestyle brands that not only generate content, but experiences and... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2018-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How European publishers are diversifying from overreliance on ad revenue

“Experiential is critical in marketing today. Many millennials would rather spend money on experiences over products.” The post How European publishers are diversifying from overreliance on ad revenue appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google and Facebook make up less than 5 percent of publishers’ digital revenue

Revenue from third-party platforms represented 16 percent of publishers' total digital revenue in the first half of 2017 -- nearly unchanged from a year earlier. The post Google and Facebook make up less than 5 percent of publishers’ digital revenue appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audiobook Sales Up Again in 2016, Posting Double-Digit Gains

Total sales of audiobooks rose 18.2%, to an estimated $2.1 billion. Unit sales for the year were up even more, rising 33.9% over 2015, to 89.5 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's Dreaded Headwinds to Ad Growth Aren't Here Yet

Facebook's ad empire is facing worries including brand safety on the live video it carries and constraints on inventory growth, but it had a strong start to 2017 all the same.The social network said Wednesday that it took in $7.86 billion in ad revenue in the first quarter, a 51% jump from the... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2017-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones back in the black after five years

Waterstones has reported a profit for the first time under the ownership of Russian businessman Alexander Mamut and direction of its m.d. James Daunt. Boosted by “better standards of bookselling”, the 270-store chain saw sales rise by 4% to £409.1m in the year to 30th April 2016, helping it... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Retailers' sales rose 1% in December but face 2017 'challenge'

UK retailers saw a strong finish to Christmas, with like-for-like sales up 1.0% in December from the same month a year earlier, the British Retail Consortium has reported. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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All cheese, all the time: Business Insider’s ‘slightly niche’ approach to Facebook

Insider, Business Insider’s lifestyle site, has spun off a dozen Facebook pages, including home, art, dessert, beauty -- and even cheese. "People will follow this page because they love cheese," Insider editor in chief Nicholas Carlson said. "And they know exactly what they’re going to get from... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2017-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French bookshops' Christmas sales down 0.5%

Sales through French bookshops declined by 0.5% in December from a year earlier. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The adult coloring book fad may be over

Barnes & Noble Inc. posted its first decline in holiday sales in three years, hurt by a downturn in the coloring-book category, bringing another sign that the Christmas season wasn't kind to retailers. Same-store sales sank 9.1 percent for the nine-week holiday period, the New York-based... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun

[ Baltimore Sun | 2017-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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DCN’s Jason Kint: Ad blocking can benefit publishers

Jason Kint, head of publisher group Digital Content Next, believes the ad blocking crisis is a terrible opportunity to waste. This is a chance for publishers, leaning on their direct relationship with their audience, to take back power from the array of tech intermediaries and platforms that... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp. Misses Estimates as Ad Sales Decline

News Corp., the Wall Street Journal and New York Post publisher controlled by billionaire Rupert Murdoch, reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit that missed analysts' estimates as a decline in ad sales outweighed an increase in digital revenue in its real estate business.Earnings, excluding some... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon paid less UK tax last year

Accounts show that Amazon paid less tax in the UK in 2015 than a year earlier despite rising UK sales and a change to its accounting methods following the introduction of the so-called Google Tax, The Bookseller can reveal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Back to black for Canongate

Canongate Books returned to profit in 2015, after a poor performance led to losses a year earlier. The result comes after a restructuring of the business which saw Jenny Todd right promoted to publisher, the launch of separate live events business Letters Live and a breakout year for author Matt... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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EDC Posts a 59% Earnings Jump in Record Fiscal 2016

Total revenue soared 95% in the fiscal year ended February 29, 2016 at Educational Development Corp. over fiscal 2015, to $63.6 million, and net earnings jumped to $2.1 million from $859,200 a year earlier. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Backed by Billionaire, Tribune Rejects Gannett's Latest Bid

Tribune Publishing, infused with a $70.5 million investment from billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, rejected Gannett's latest takeover offer, escalating the battle between the newspaper publishers.Gannett's revised proposal is "clearly inadequate" to control the owner of the Los Angeles Times and... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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