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Playboy to Continue Aggressive Cost Cuts in 2009Playboy Enterprises Inc , publisher of one of the world's best known adult magazines, plans to continue "aggressive cost cutting" across the company in 2009 after cutting 14 percent of its workforce in 2008, according to Chief Financial Officer Linda Havard. |
Is Hispanic Media Ownership Relevant?There was a time in the 20th century when media ownership was a priority among minority entrepreneurs. In the Hispanic market, the attraction mainly focused on Spanish-language electronic media, particularly radio. With market activity now expanding to the Web, online media has become the new frontier, as minority ownership remains almost as inaccessible as it was during the l970s and '80s. |
Tribune Company Considering BankruptcyTroubled media giant Tribune Company is consulting with bankruptcy experts to consider its options in the face of 13 billion dollars in debt and plummeting advertising revenue, the Chicago-based firm said late Sunday. |
The Struggle to Communicate with U.S. HispanicsPart of our Annual Media Report, Managing Editor Michael Bowker asks two renowned scholars to weigh in on what the mainstream media needs to do to better understand white-collar, middle-class Hispanics. Princeton University Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Marta Tienda, and Rutgers University Dean of the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, Jorge Reina Schement, offer their views on the complexities of reaching this underserved demographic. |
Web Searches, 2008: Britney Beats ObamaBritney Spears was more popular than U.S. president-elect Barack Obama among Internet searches through 2008, according to Web portal Yahoo. The results came from ranking billions of search inquiries. Troubled-racked Britney Spears has been the top search term for seven out of the last eight years on Yahoo. |
Cuban Blogger Wins International AwardYoani Sanchez, a Cuban blogger, has won The BOBs 2008 international weblog awards, held in Berlin on November 26. |
Former MTV Exec Named MySpace Music PresidentMySpace, the popular social networking website owned by News Corp, said on Tuesday former MTV executive Courtney Holt will become president of its MySpace Music joint venture with the four major record companies. |
Time Inc To Cut 250 JobsTime Warner Inc's Time Inc, the world's largest magazine company, is expected to eliminate more than 250 jobs, as part of a larger job cut plan, the New York Post reported on Wednesday. |
Univision Reports EarningsUnivision Communications today released its Q3 results in a press release. Full text of that release and links to the financials follows. |
David Segura Honored at 18th Annual Hispanic Business(R) Magazine EOY Awards GalaHispanic Business magazine honored VisionIT CEO David Segura at its 18th Annual EOY Awards Gala on Thursday, November 6th at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. |
Viacom Earnings Fall 37 PercentViacom Inc, owner of MTV Networks and Paramount movie studio, reported a 37 percent drop in third-quarter earnings, further evidence major media companies are suffering from an intensifying advertising slump. |