Media
Iconix to call off Playboy acquisition talks
17 Dec 2009
NDTV sells Imagine to Time Warner unit for Rs546 crore
09 Dec 2009
Turner is expected to rebrand the channel, after acquiring a 92-per cent stake in general entertainment channel NDTV Imagine for about Rs546 crore
Newspapers desperate for ways to make internet pay
05 Dec 2009
With print advertising revenues in freefall for over a year now, newspapers are desperately seeking real income from digital editions. Jagdeep Worah reports
Hindustan Times now available on e-reader Kindle
05 Dec 2009
Falling advertising kills National Geographic Adventure magazine
04 Dec 2009
After facing one of the steepest falls in advertising in the media industry, the Ntional Geographic Society plans to shut its 10-year adventure travel magazine National Geographic Adventure
GE in deal to sell NBC to Comcast
03 Dec 2009
General Electric and Comcast Corporation, the largest cable-TV operator in the US today signed a definitive agreement to form a joint venture that will give the cable company eventual control of NBC
GE-Comcast deal expected today
03 Dec 2009
The deal became possible following last week’s talks between GE chief executive officer Jeffrey Immelt and his counterpart Jean-Bernard Levy of French media conglomerate Vivendi
Wikipedia losing editors at alarming rate: Study
27 Nov 2009
The online encyclopaedia is losing editors at an alarming pace, having already lost 49,000 people.
GE-Vivendi progress on NBC stake sale
27 Nov 2009
On acquiring full ownership of NBC Universal, GE intends to sell a controlling 51 per cent interest to Comcast, the largest cable-TV operator in the US to create a joint venture company.
Magazines on the decline in India, says readership survey
24 Nov 2009
Indian newspaper readership keeps growing even as periodicals stumble, according to the latest IRS data. Jagdeep Worah reports
Bloomberg to sack a third of BusinessWeek staff
21 Nov 2009
WSJ to launch Japanese language website
13 Nov 2009
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