Drive up and down the 101 Freeway in Silicon Valley, or cast your gaze north toward Seattle, and media companies, which expect to book over $20 billion in advertising in 2011, appear to be everywhere. But visit the biggest of these companies and ask them to define themselves, and youll be hard-pressed to get them to say theyre the new generation of media, attracting audiences for the purpose of selling advertising. Were a core technology company, says Nikesh Arora, Googles chief business officer, whose team netted $10 billion in U.S. ad sales for the search giant last year. I dont know [if were a media company], and to be honest, Im not that interested in the answer, says a slightly annoyed David Fischer, Facebooks vice president of advertising, who sold $1.8 billion. Microsoft is first a technology company, says Keith Lorizio, the head of sales for the software giants Advertising unit. The exceptions? Yahoo and, on the East Coast, AOLboth once seen as tech leaders, but now laggards, trying to remake themselves as media companies. I embrace it, Ross Levinsohn, who joined Yahoo last November to run its Americas operations, says about the media label. The media business is the most exciting business in the world. But you wont find any tech platform worth a few billion or more that admires Yahoo, AOL, or, for that matter, anybody else in the media business. Advertisers and other publishers have pointed out for years now that assembling audiences, and... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'
[ AdWeek | 2011-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with:
#big thing
Last month, Apple unveiled new MacBook Pro laptops. While the machines were undoubtedly great, their prices were very high -- even for Apple. Despite the cost, they are apparently flying off virtual shelves, as shipping dates are now in late December. In other words, price be damned, people will... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2016-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#apple unveiled
#apple announces
#virtual shelves
#late december
On Bainbridge Island, located in Puget Sound just a short ferry ride from Seattle, Alison Webb is gearing up for the holiday season at Eagle Harbor Book Co., where she is children's book buyer and gift buyer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#bainbridge island
#holiday season
#book buyer
#gift buyer
Paul Hobby, whose family once owned the Houston Post, purchases magazine. The post Emmis Sells Texas Monthly for $25 Million appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#$25 million
Amazon’s keen on both fashion and retail — and whether those interests ever intersect could help shape the next leg of the digital retail revolution. The Seattle-based Amazon has already opened two bookstores (three more are on the way) and multiple pop-up mall kiosks. Now the endless aisle... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#amazon appears
In another major deal in the run-up to next month's Frankfurt Book Fair, an industry insider has sold his first novel, a work of psychological suspense called 'The Woman in the Window,' for a rumored seven figures. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#major deal
Michael Joseph has won a new debut thriller, The Chalk Man by C J Tudor, in a nine-way publisher auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#publisher auction
#fastest-selling debut
#michael joseph
Catching her breath after the summer vacation scramble, settling into a new and larger location, and gearing up for the fall book fair season, Stephanie Steinly, owner of Harleysville Books in Harleysville, Pa., shared word of books that are moving briskly in her store. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#moving briskly
Essay collections from Trevor Noah and Gay Talese, the debut novel from Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner, and a new adult thriller from Stephenie Meyer are among the big titles being shopped at Frankfurt. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#big titles
#essay collections
#trevor noah
#gay talese
#adult thriller
#stephenie meyer
Rupi Kaur's book of poetry, 'Milk and Honey,' has sold nearly a half million print copies. How did that happen? Her publisher, Andrews McMeel, is just following "where the audience goes." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#rupi kaur
#andrews mcmeel
Emmis Communication looks to go private, reduce debt as investors shy away from media. The post Emmis to Sell Regional and City Magazines appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
J K Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Arthur A Levine) sold nearly 2.6m print units in its first week through BookScan US, the third-biggest single week total for a book since accurate records began. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#harry potter
The Harry Potter and the Cursed Child playscript has sold 680,000 print copies in the UK in its first three days of sale – making it the fastest-selling book in a decade. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#harry potter
#fastest-selling book
The script for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child becomes the fastest-selling book in the UK this decade. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2016-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#harry potter
#cursed child
#fastest-selling book
The Boy Who Lived returns to the iBooks Bestseller list as the Book That Sold, J.K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two,' rides the broomstick of public fervor to #1. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#ibooks bestsellers
#harry potter
As a "digital-first company," Time Inc. is now trying to keep pace with tech giants like Google, Facebook, and Comcast, in addition to fellow magazine publishers like Hearst and Cond Nast.That's one of the big reasons why Time Inc. is embracing a category-focused, more streamlined approach to... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#selling ads
#tech giants
#streamlined approach
#selling advertising
#include people
#similar approach
It’s been a busy selling season at Village Books in Bellingham, a city located in the upper northwest corner of Washington State. Children's buyer Hana Boxberger reports on some of the titles that are moving briskly in the kids' section this summer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#village books
#washington state
#moving briskly
It's no surprise that book publishing giant Penguin Random House has plenty of success selling rights around the world. Here are their most recent highlights from the US and UK. The post What’s Selling: Global Rights Update from Penguin Random House appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Thomson Reuters has agreed to sell its Intellectual Property & Science division to Onex Corp and Baring Private Equity Asia for $3.55bn (£2.73bn). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#thomson reuters
An event where five well-known New Zealand authors share stories about their lives has sold out, book festival organisers say. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2016-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Colorado Parent acquired by 5280 Publishing while Westchester Family joins CNG. The post Hibert Publishing Sells Off Magazine Assets appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |