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Tribune names Internet veteran to head new digital venture
Tribune reporterTribune Co. has named Internet veteran Shashi Seth as president of Tribune Digital Ventures, a new standalone unit aimed at developing digital products to capitalize on the Chicago-based media company's content. Seth, a former Yahoo senior executive...Tags: Television Industry, Los Angeles Times, Computer Networking and Internet, Google Inc., Chicago Tribune
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ABC, Fox, NBC Seize More Control Of Hulu Ad Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
VarietyHulu's three TV-focused owners are taking more control of the streaming-video site's ad sales, another sign of the tension that sometimes flashes between the popular video hub and the media conglomerates that control it. SEE ALSO: DirecTV Mulling Hulu...Tags: Fox Broadcasting Company, Television Industry, Marketing, Hulu, Television
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Yahoo buys Tumblr in $1.1 billion deal
ReutersYahoo Inc. said Monday it will buy online blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash. The deal is the largest since Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer took the reins in July in order to reverse a multi-year decline in Yahoo's business and its Web...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Media Industry, Finance, Yahoo! Inc., Marissa Mayer
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Upfronts: TV Nets, Buyers Waiting For Final Ad Budgets
VarietyLast week, the nation's biggest TV networks made glitzy "upfront" presentations to advertisers in the hopes of tempting them to sponsor this fall's TV slate. This week, so far, marketers are keeping their wallets in their pockets. Ad buyers and other...Tags: Fox Broadcasting Company, American Idol (tv program), Marketing, Two and a Half Men (tv program), The Big Bang Theory (tv program)
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Tribune forms Silicon Valley digital venture, hires Shashi Seth
Underscoring that technology increasingly will drive the success of traditional media outlets, Tribune Co. is planting a flag in Silicon Valley and has hired a former top Yahoo executive to lead the company's digital ventures. Shashi Seth, who has...
Tags: Marketing, Los Angeles Times, Google Inc., Shashi Seth, Economy, Business and Finance
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Garcetti, Greuel locked in tight battle for L.A. mayor's post
Eric Garcetti held a narrow lead over Wendy Greuel late Tuesday as the two longtime city officials battled each other — and voter apathy — in the race to become the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles. With more than half the vote still uncounted, the...
Tags: Government Debt, Polls, Kevin James, Politics, Antonio Villaraigosa
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New ad platform targets mobile users by scouring social media
Mobile advertising is about to become a lot more personal. Pasadena technology company UberMedia has launched a mobile advertising platform that tracks publicly available information provided by smartphone users on their social media channels and then...
Tags: Twitter, Inc., Oblivion (movie), Tom Cruise, Media Industry, Marketing
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Counting begins in pivotal vote for L.A.'s future
Polls closed and the ballot counting began Tuesday as Los Angeles voters ushered in a new era of leadership at a City Hall battered in recent years by budget cuts. Despite the high stakes of the elections, experts predicted low voter turnout. Only 21%...
Tags: Voting, Jan Perry, Polls, Kevin James, Zev Yaroslavsky
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Yahoo buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion, vows not to screw it up
ReutersSAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc will buy blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash, giving the Internet pioneer a much-needed social media platform to reach a younger generation of users and breathe new life into its ailing brand. The...Tags: Marketing, Property, Marissa Mayer, Computing and Information Technology Industry, YouTube
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GMA's George Stephanopoulos Grills Yahoo, Tumblr CEOs on Past Failures
ReutersMay 21 (TheWrap.com) - With all the buzz surrounding Yahoo's purchase of blogging/social media site Tumblr this week for an reported $1.1 billion, Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos welcomed Yahoo and Tumblr CEOS Marissa Meyer and David Karp...Tags: Corporate Officers, Social Media
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Yahoo's rise in Asia offsets risk from Tumblr bet
ReutersSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Marissa Mayer's $1.1 billion acquisition of blogging service Tumblr will be a test of her ability to revive the aging Web portal. Luckily for her, her performance may be graded generously. Mayer faces...Tags: Online Media Industry, MySpace, Marissa Mayer, Customs and Tradition, Google Inc.
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NBC Ad Sales Exec Marianne Gambelli Joins Horizon Media
VarietyMarianne Gambelli spent years trying to sell ads on NBC to sundry advertisers. Now she has moved to the other side of the haggling table. Independent ad-buying shop Horizon Media said it had hired Gambelli, who until recently was head of ad sales for the...Tags: Marketing, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., GEICO, NBC (tv network), NBCUniversal
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