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3D Magazine Cover A 'Unique Storytelling Device'
July 9, 2010
From PE Inbox
Whatever happens to
The Hollywood Reporter, the venerable, beleaguered entertainment trade monthly sold by the Nielsen Company to e5 Global Media last December, there can be no doubt the magazine made a bang—or, perhaps more accurately, a juicy splat—with it's November 3D cover "tip on" promoting the animated feature "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs."
Lachlan Murdoch Doubts Future of Magazines
December 11, 2009
From The Financial Times
Lachlan Murdoch, the eldest son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and a director of his News Corp empire, has withdrawn at the last minute from a consortium of investors bidding for the bulk of Nielsen Business Media.
Pluribus Capital Management, a newly formed private equity vehicle founded by established...
Editor & Publisher to Cease Publishing
December 10, 2009
From Media Week
The Nielsen Co. has agreed to sell eight brands belonging to Nielsen Business Media to a new company formed jointly by Pluribus Capital Management and Guggenheim Partners.
The new company, e5 Global Media, LLC, is acquiring AdweekMedia (which includes Adweek, Mediaweek and Brandweek), The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard. Backstage, The...
Bid for Nielsen Mags Expected
November 30, 2009
From min online
A combination of Lachlan Murdoch’s investment company Illyria and James Finkelstein’s Pluribus Capital Management is preparing a bid for the bulk of Nielsen Business Media’s brands, including
Billboard and
The Hollywood Reporter,
The Financial Times reported last evening. The two investment groups would take an equal share in the project...
Hollywood Report Deal Set to Close
November 19, 2009
From The Wrap
The word from my inside source is that the deal to sell The Hollywood Reporter and several other flagship Nielsen titles -- like Billboard -- may be done by Friday. WaxWord reported a week ago that the ailing trade THR was about to be sold to James Finkelstein, a young...
Success With Video in a Soft Economy
December 5, 2008
From PE Inbox
Charles Weiss, an 18-year vet of the trade publishing business, knows how to best supplement editorial content with solid video.
Industry Executives’ Appointments, Promotions, Transfers and More
August 2007
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• The Hollywood Reporter has appointed Elizabeth Guider, formerly with Variety, as editor. • Victoria Fuller has been named associate publisher of Women’s Health. • Bob Miodonski has been named publisher of PM Engineer, associate publisher of Plumbing & Mechanical and Supply House Times magazines, and special projects director for BNP Media’s plumbing division. • Michael J. Riggs has been appointed senior vice president of finance for the Meredith Publishing Group. • CMPMedica has announced the promotion of Sally Shankland, formerly SVP of CMPMedica’s U.S. promotional business unit, to CEO of CMPMedica U.S. • Michael Brennan has been named president of Reader’s Digest Europe
The Hollywood Reporter Launches Digital Edition in 12 Languages
June 2007
From PE Inbox
The Hollywood Reporter announced this week the launch of a digital edition that will be available in 12 languages in addition to English. The electronic replica of its daily magazine is being called The Hollywood Reporter, Digital Edition, and is now available via subscription. The digital edition is enabled with content management tools including interactive tables of content, cross-title searching, clickable URLs, offline reading and archived back issues, and the tool is being powered by NewspaperDirect Inc., a digital editions provider. “The Hollywood Reporter has always been a digital leader by continually investing in our Web site, electronic applications and mobile products,” said Publisher
Industry Executives’ Appointments, Promotions, Transfers and More
April 2007
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• The Hollywood Reporter has named Eric Mika senior vice president-publishing director. • Jayson Goldberg resigns as publishing director of Mansueto Ventures’ Inc. and Fast Company, and joins Condé Nast’s Architectural Digest as associate publisher. • Mansueto Ventures names Harold Bolling publisher of Mansueto Digital. • Iain Blackhall is appointed managing director, Europe, Middle East and Asia of McGraw-Hill’s Aviation Week. • Greenspun Media Group names Christine Paskvan Kiely sales manager of Las Vegas Magazine and Barry Berlin account executive for Las Vegas Magazine and LVM2Go. The company also promotes Paul LaRocca to chief marketing officer, Phil Cooper to senior vice president of
VNU Changes Name to The Nielsen Company
February 2007
From Publishing Executive
VNU, a global information and media company with dealings in more than 100 countries, has changed its name to The Nielsen Co. The move underscores the strength of the company’s strongest brand name, Nielsen, the television ratings service, according to Nielsen executives. “Nielsen is one of the great names in the information- services industry,” said David L. Calhoun, chairman and CEO of The Nielsen Co. “For more than 75 years, the Nielsen brand has stood for the highest standards of integrity and quality, for independence and objectivity, and for an unrelenting dedication to helping clients be more successful. The Nielsen name is a source of pride