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Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:03:00 GMT

Financial Times website now for registered users only

Now the Financial Times is getting really bullish about its web access model. In another tweak, it's now ensuring that no free articles are on offer to non-registered users. In 2007, the site introduced this access model to give five free articles a
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:03:00 GMT

Media Monkey's Diary

✒ With a takeover imminent at Alton Towers, AKA the Independent's offices, staff there can be forgiven for occasionally taking their eye off the ball. Monkey's correction of last week was: "Due to a production error we reported that the BBC has
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:35:00 GMT

Elisabeth Murdoch on Shine, family succession and ambition

Interview: Elisabeth Murdoch reveals her plans for her independent producer, Shine Elisabeth Murdoch sits down, eyes the voice recorder, and says "I have to be careful". The head of Shine, the UK's largest independent producer, and scion of Rupert, then
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:17:00 GMT

Channel 4 select committee review is a stinker

Last week's select committee review of Channel 4 – hardly noticed amid the blizzard of media coverage of the BBC – was a real stinker. The failings that its former chief executive Andy Duncan was criticised for include not fulfilling a promise to set
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:45:00 GMT

SXSW: Twitter proved to be more than a social network | Staci D Kramer

Some valuable lessons from SXSW's interactive festival I should have been at his party, the startup's boss told me. I knew I'd missed that invite. I tweeted it, he replied. It was South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) in real time. Blink, miss a tweet
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:17:00 GMT

The Meaning of Those CBO Numbers

Smoke and mirrors and the doctor fix Digg Facebook Reddit StumbleUpon Delicious Congressional Budget Office (CBO) numbers released at the end of last week gave the House Democrats the ammo they were looking for: their revised health bill would reduce
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:12:00 GMT

Media Notes: Journalism's slide into health-debate weariness

As House members spent Sunday droning on while heading toward final approval of President Obama's health-care bill, the end was in sight for journalists who have been chained to this complicated, arcane, often tedious story for 14 long months.
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:57:00 GMT

Actors seek 'Salvation'

Jennifer Connelly and Greg Kinnear have been added to the cast and Marisa Tomei is in negotiations to star in comedy-thriller 'Salvation Boulevard' for Mandalay Vision. The trio's joining previously announced cast Pierce Brosnan, Jim Gaffigan and Ed
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:28:00 GMT

Take $787 Billion. Now Show Where Its Going.

THE Metro-North Railroad in the early 80s published a pocket schedule of the arrival and departure times between New Haven and New York. In his book Envisioning Information, the information-design theorist Edward Tufte devotes an uncluttered half-page to
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:53:00 GMT

Journal Register CEO John Paton: We're Hiring

CHICAGO On Monday, Paton marks his 50th day as CEO of Journal Register, a furious period of change for the company that in past years bled its 20 dailies. After a management restructuring, Paton says, Journal Register is hiring journalists and
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:38:00 GMT

Walmart Reversal Marks Victory for Brands

BATAVIA, Ohio (AdAge.com) -- Walmart has decided that national brands are still important -- even ones with relatively small shares that it used to think didn't. The world's-biggest retailer to winnow brand assortment in an effort to reduce inventory,
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:17:00 GMT

Print Vets Looking to Go Digital Find Switch Difficult

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- A few months ago, a longtime print publisher exploring new employment in digital media met with Greg Coleman, the president and chief revenue officer of the Huffington Post. Eileen Naughton, Google "He showed up to lunch in a
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:53:00 GMT

SXSW: It's No Sundance, but It's Making Strides

Brands Flood Festival, but Confab Has Yet to Hit the Over-Commercialized Saturation Point AUSTIN (AdAge.com) -- If you were worried about South by Southwest becoming the next Sundance, think again. Record attendance and more sponsors and brand
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:45:00 GMT

Toyota Sales Strategy Threatens Pricing Power

DETROIT (AdAge.com) -- Toyota's aggressive new-car incentives have spurred sales this month, but they have also eroded the brand's late-model used prices and threaten to undercut one of its greatest assets -- pricing power. The low-rate lease deals and
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:45:00 GMT

'Alice' still No. 1, 'Wimpy Kid' strong

'Alice' still queen of the box office In a frame that offered something for everyone, family-friendly fare fared best at the domestic B.O., with Disney's 3D juggernaut 'Alice in Wonderland' again claiming the top spot in its third weekend, earning an
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:45:00 GMT

'Alice' still rules box office

'Alice' still queen of the box office In a frame that offers something for everyone, Disney's 3D juggernaut 'Alice in Wonderland' again claimed the top spot at the domestic B.O., with an estimated $34.5 million at 3,739 playdates in its third frame,
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:48:00 GMT

Spike Jonze's Absolut Reboot

The short debuted at Sundance and has since been making the rounds of the film-festival circuit. On its surface, at least, I'm Here, written and directed by Spike Jonze, has nothing to do with selling Absolut vodka. Its story line, about an inhibited
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:12:00 GMT

ABC's Geri Wang Provides a Steady Hand

Geri Wang ABC is steaming into the 2010-11 upfront at full sail, pennants fluttering from the mastheads and a new captain at the ad sales helm. And while this spring will mark Geri Wangs first solo voyage, media buyers and clients alike say that ABCs
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:03:00 GMT

Freak Week: The Big Drink

Leo Burnett's giant shake tops off a week of liquid refreshments McD's shakes up Chicago on St. Patty's Day. Beer advertising was top of mind last week, largely due to St. Patrick's Day, a liquid-friendly holiday if ever there was one. Guinness is
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:46:00 GMT

EMI pawns its pop stars in 400m rescue bid

EMI is in talks to mortgage its back catalogue of music recordings in a last-ditch attempt to solve its mounting cash crisis. The group is offering rival labels the chance to manage its North American catalogue business, which includes tracks by The
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:47:00 GMT

Fed can provide loan details to media, court rules; British Airways strike looms

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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:44:00 GMT

Gores Brothers Said to Consider Joint Bid for Disney’s Miramax

March 19 (Bloomberg) -- Alec and Tom Gores, billionaire brothers who run separate private equity firms, are weighing a joint bid for Walt Disney Co.s Miramax film studio, according to two people with knowledge of the plans. Alecs The Gores Group LLC and
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:53:00 GMT

WSJ editors 'furious' about arts reporter jumping to NYT

Kate Taylor joined the Wall Street Journal's New York section only six weeks ago. "She's going to the competition on the exact same beat," says one of John Koblin 's sources. " The Journal announced this afternoon that it's hired Pia Catton from Politico
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:16:00 GMT

Heineken "Boss' Daughter"

Seize the day. That's the message behind the first Heineken campaign from the brand's new agency Euro RSCG. In one of the first spots, a 'frightening' boss walks into a business cocktail party with his 'lovely' daughter at his side. All the young men
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:08:00 GMT

Mobile Media reading for Fri., March 19

> Apple iPad? How about a little German innovation instead? (TechCrunch) > Apple vs. Amazon: The E-Book War Rages On (Mashable) > Would the iPad Take Over Casual Home Gaming? (Gizmodo) > The iPad May Change Computing, Just Not Your Life (GigaOM) >
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:04:00 GMT

Singleton's MediaNews Group Emerges From Bankruptcy

's holding company said Friday it is out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. On Jan. 22, the parent of The Denver Post and 53 other dailies filed a so-called prepackaged bankruptcy that had been approved in advance by its lenders. Under the plan,
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:38:00 GMT

Audit Notes: Better Cohan, Ernst Whopper, WSJ Walkback

I was highly critical of a William D. Cohan piece in the Times two weeks ago pleading for mercy for a convicted white-collar criminal. So it’s nice to be able to applaud a Cohan piece this week: Frankly, the idea that Fuld was unaware of Repo 105 is
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:14:00 GMT

Heineken "Boss's Daughter"

Seize the day. That’s the message behind the first Heineken campaign from the brand’s new agency Euro RSCG. In one of the first spots, a “frightening” boss walks into a business cocktail party with his “lovely” daughter at his side. All the
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:07:00 GMT

Singletons MediaNews Group Emerges From Bankruptcy

CHICAGO MediaNews Group's holding company said Friday it is out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. On Jan. 22, the parent of The Denver Post and 53 other dailies filed a so-called prepackaged bankruptcy that had been approved in advance by its lenders.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:41:00 GMT

Millennials Hit Hardest by ID Theft

The group most likely to be victimized by ID thieves is also the group you would expect to be the most tech-savvy. Of course, it could be that the reason 18-24 year-olds are ID theft victims is because they use technology so freely. Phishing, smishing,
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:06:00 GMT