"The fact of the matter is that newspapers have never made much money from news," wrote Google’s chief economist Hal Varian on the Google Public Policy blog.
Print newspapers traditionally "made money from the special interest sections on topics such as Automotive, Travel, Home & Garden, Food & Drink, and so on. These sections attract contextually targeted advertising, which is much more effective than non-targeted advertising." But as newspapers lost their grip on advertiser
Avatar is expected to bring its investors $1 billion total in revenues. But on a recent panel, director James Cameron wondered how much more he could have made if his blockbuster weren't the "most-pirated film," he said with a sly smile.
Cameron was in Las Vegas speaking on a hodgepodge panel at the 2010 Wireless Convention (Twitter's Biz Stone and the White House's tech guy Aneesh Chopra also appeared at the talk).
Cameron thought the film’s 3D technology would keep pirates at bay. But a
Comcast Corp.'s (CMCSA) deal to acquire control of NBC Universal comes under the microscope on Capitol Hill Thursday, as two congressional committees hold hearings about the deal's potential impact on consumers and Comcast's competitors.
Comcast Corp. CEO Brian Roberts said there will be "no massive layoffs" and no major closures if the cabler gets permission to merge with NBC Universal.
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Dow Jones & Company is in talks to take over Hearst Corporation's half of SmartMoney, the finance magazine and website.
SmartMoney: "The Wall Street Journal Magazine" has been a split production from both companies, with Hearst dealing with business aspects, while Dow Jones held up the editorial side, since its launch in 1992.
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We've heard the stats about women and social gaming. Nearly half of women play online games. They like casual gaming like Farmville and Fashion Wars. They buy more console games then men. Even Nintendo is marketing to them.
So the A&E-owned cable network Lifetime, in their pursuit to learn about all things women-related, conducted a year-long, in-depth study to go inside the minds of women gamers: She's Got Game: Women & Gaming Study.
Click here to go inside the minds of women ga
We hear from a Forbes source that a half dozen reporters who were laid off during their October 2009 round of layoffs were brought back to their desks.
Congrats, guys!
But some of those reporters, who used to have full-time status and benefits, were offered freelance positions. They were also asked to do more work than their previous jobs.
After Forbes' initial round of layoffs in April 2009, one staffer told us markets reporters were asked to do two articles a day for Forbes.com, with maybe a f
Dow Jones is combining two of its business units: Its consumer media group -- which includes The Wall Street Journal, Barron's and MarketWatch -- and its research tools and news wire services.
In a top-management shake-up, Todd Larsen, the former head of consumer business, was named president of the company. Stephen Daintith, Dow Jones' chief financial officer, will take on the additional job of chief operating officer.
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