Earlier this year, the world’s biggest advertising group said new media would make up two thirds of its income in three or four years. Today it stands at 28 percent, WPP said, as it reported first-half-of-year pre-tax profit up 36 percent to £244 ($379.46) million, on three percent better revenue…

Everyday Health, which filed to go public in January, provided an update on its financial well-being today; the company which is behind sites including its namesake, as well as RevolutionHealth.com and SouthBeachDiet.com, said in an SEC filing that revenue increased nearly 30 percent to $26.4 million from $20.41 million during…

EMI again isn’t detailing how much money it’s making from digital in latest earnings, but it is saying estimates for digital growth were too high and labels must ween themselves off iTunes Store…

Despite its advantage over rivals Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Redbox in offering new releases for rent, Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) continued to struggle in Q2. In addition to its poor earnings results, the movie rental chain also issued new warnings about the possibility of a bankruptcy, in a 10-Q filing.

		EPS*	Rev. vs Q209	Net Inc. vs Q209
Blockbuster	Release	N/A	19.8%	86.5%

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With this morning’s announcement of an estimated $1 billion streaming movie deal between Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Epix in the minds of analysts on the Disney (NYSE: DIS) Q2 earnings call, CEO Bob Iger says that he is looking to find a model for offering premium DVD rentals, while taking…

In what was an already strong Q2, Disney’s interactive segment serves as the cherry on top, rising 74 percent to $197 million over last year’s period. Meanwhile, the unit’s operating loss narrowed somewhat to $65 million from $75 million in Q209. The improvements were driven by the release of more…

		EPS*	Rev. vs Q209	Net Inc. vs Q209
The Walt Disney Co.	Release		16%	39.4%

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E.W. Scripps’ online advertising revenues continued to rise in Q2, and the company offers a breakdown that shows where the success is and where it’s still struggling. For one thing, it shows the drag that tying print and online ad sales together can have on the bottom line, while demonstrating…

		EPS*	Rev. vs Q209	Net Inc. vs Q209
E.W. Scripps	Release		4%	4322%

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In its next to last quarter as the owner of Newsweek, the Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) isn’t releasing details about the magazine’s performance in Q2, though it did likely improve slightly based on the most recent Publishers Information Bureau figures, which showed ad pages up 2.9 percent. There was…

		EPS*	Rev. vs Q209	Net Inc. vs Q209
Washington Post Co.	Release	N/A	11%	653%

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Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) didn’t do as well as analysts had predicted, but it did manage to avoid the struggles that its rivals had in attracting more video subscribers. At the same time, the Newsday segment was mixed. Newsday revenues were down 9.7 percent—pulled down by 12 percent decline in newspaper…

		EPS*	Rev. vs Q209	Net Inc. vs Q209
Cablevision	Release		5.8%	30%

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He may still be declining specific comment on yet-to-be-announced future services, but Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. has gone further than ever to confirm reports Google (NSDQ: GOOG) will launch a mobile music offering. Asked by analysts specifically about the recent Google Music rumors, Bronfman Jr.…

Playboy Enterprises (NYSE: PLA) posted slightly better-than-expected results in Q2, as company watchers continued to wonder about Playboy founder Hugh Hefner’s bid to take to the company private and the counteroffers. Meanwhile, digital revenues continued to improve, but the total publishing segment was pulled down by print and other woes.

		EPS*	Rev. vs Q209	Net Inc. vs Q209
Playboy	Release	N/A	10%	37.9%

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Viacom (NYSE: VIA) showed the true benefits of having the dual revenue streams of advertising and cable, as its networks division, which includes its MTV Networks, saw dollars rise 6.4 percent and profit gain 14 percent. Still the effects of the recession couldn’t be ignored on the revenue front overall,…

		EPS*	Rev. vs Q209	Net Inc. vs Q209
Viacom	Release		0.1%	5220%

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Digital income is now only creeping up at Warner Music Group. For its Q3 ending June 30, group digital revenue grew only two percent since last year, to $179 million, and is a tenth down on the preceding three months.

		EPS*	Rev. vs Q210	Net Inc. vs Q210
WMG	Release		16%	48%

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In recent weeks, eager, pessimistic analyses have deployed various mathematical alchemies to declare News International’s new online strategy already a failure. But Rupert Murdoch is having none of it…

News Corp (NSDQ: NWS) blamed “lower search and advertising revenues at MySpace” for higher Q4 and full-year operating losses in its digital media group - but Rupert Murdoch says he’s sticking with the social network for now.

		EPS*	Rev. vs Q310	Net Inc. vs Q310
News Corp	Release		6%	531%

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Early agreements from Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Redbox to delay renting new titles until 28 days after they are first available for purchase in stores is already having positive results for Time (NYSE: TWX) Warner’s film segment, said CEO and chairman Jeff Bewkes. He said that Time Warner was able…

There’s a reason publishing executives have adopted the phrase “flat is the new up” over the past few years and even in an ad recovery, the best Time (NYSE: TWX) Warner’s mags could say was that there were no further declines. The publishing segment’s revenues were essentially flat at $919…

		EPS*	Rev. vs Q209	Net Inc. vs Q209
Time Warner	Release		8%	7.3%

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AOL (NYSE: AOL) CEO Tim Armstrong knew he would have to do a lot of investor soothing given that it posted another tough earnings report for Q2. He described the mission before him as very simple: making a sick company a healthy one. Invoking Warren Buffett’s “snowball” metaphor for the…

While U.S. display advertising revenue fell year-over-year in Q2 2010, AOL (NYSE: AOL) did see some slight growth from Q1 thanks to improved premium inventory sales. But that likely will not be enough for investors who will have to gird themselves for continued tough times for the company as it…

		EPS*	Rev. vs Q209	Net Inc. vs Q209
AOL	Release		26%	1263%

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