| UPDATE 4-Viacom posts lower profit; unveils Verizon deal * Q2 rev falls 14 pct to $3.3 bln vs Street view $3.5 bln * Announces Epix distribution deal with Verizon's FiOS * Nearly completed advertising deals in upfront market ...[more] |
| Niche social sites seek growth under Facebook's shadow The answer may be to try to carve out a separate path by becoming a niche website for a specific audience base that advertisers, hopefully, want to target. While this is no easy chall ...[more] |
| Digest of recent French company results
JULY 24 Thomson SA () pre-released first-half accounts, which it said showed a "marked improvement in operational profitability" despite a challenging economic climate. R ...[more] |
| PREVIEW-Media results set to show "late-cycle" fears overdone * B2Bs still have room to cut costs * Advertising declines stabilising but still double-digit * For a global earnings diary, double click on [GLO/EQUITY]
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| UPDATE 2-M6 H1 core profit resilient, July better for ads ), France's second-largest commercial TV broadcaster, posted a flat first-half operating income on Tuesday, as lower programming costs helped cushion the impact of depressed advertising markets.[more] |
| UPDATE 2-Check Point's Q2 net beats estimates, upbeat for 2009 * Sees Q3 revenue $220-$236 mln * Looks for new acquisitions * Shares jump nearly 6 percent on Nasdaq (Adds company outlook, CEO quotes) By Joseph Nasr< ...[more] |
| Niche social sites seek growth under Facebook's shadow * Ning, Sodahead, Fanpop grew in triple digits in June * Younger users on Facebook becoming disenchanted: analyst * Applications becoming larger than some second-rung sites ...[more] |
| UPDATE 5-Rogers Comms profit up, but revenue outlook cut * Sees wireless user spending down * Cuts 2009 revenue growth forecast * Activates 315,000 smartphones in quarter * Shares fall 5.5 percent (Adds CEO comments, de ...[more] |
| UPDATE 3-McGraw-Hill Q2 net down 23 pct, cuts 2009 outlook * Outlook lowered, profit may fall short of forecasts * Demand for textbooks, credit ratings, magazine ads falls * Shares slightly lower (Adds CEO comments, share price)[more] |
| Apple working on digital albums, tablet PC: sources The labels are attempting to revive the multi-track album format with new software that packages songs, traditional album liner notes, music videos, and other interactive extras as part of a ...[more] |
| UPDATE 3-Interpublic profit drops; shares down sharply ) reported a sharper-than-expected drop in quarterly results, sending its shares down 11 percent and making it clear that the advertising industry's troubles are not yet over. While In ...[more] |