Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) and the Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) stepped to the precipice of blackout Armageddon—and wisely took a giant step back. Instead of risking their standing with subscribers and viewers, they put away the harsh rhetoric, kept working through the midnight deadline Wednesday and made a…

Any search deal with AOL (NYSE: AOL) would start with the same given: search-advertising revenue will continue to decline as it loses access subscribers. But AOL CEO Tim Armstrong says the deal with Google to extend their search partnership through 2015 should make each search it does get more lucrative—and…

Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:»  YouTube is negotiating with the major movie studios to launch a streaming video service, which would include new releases and could launch as soon as the end of the year. If this all sounds familiar, that’s because there were similar…

Monica Ray, who had been managing Time (NYSE: TWX) Inc.‘s paid content strategy, is taking on a new job at Condé Nast. She has been named EVP for consumer marketing and will report to Robert Sauerberg, Jr., president of Condé Nast. In her new post, which formally begins at the…

Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:»  Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) TV (or perhaps Apple’s iTV) may just revolutionize TV consumption by truly connecting the computer, mobile and the set top box once and for all, predicts the founder of Digg. [Kevin Rose] »  In order to get…

Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:»  The People magazine iPad app, delayed due to a dispute with photographers, will be made available for free to print subscribers—representing the hope publishers’ in general have for Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) allowing the bundling of print and digital sales for…

There has been a lot of doubt about publishers’ hopes that tablet devices could help return magazines and newspapers to the days when scarcity helped drive ad revenues and consumers couldn’t get all that content for free on the web. A new study from the major publishing JV Next Issue…

Following last week’s news leak, here’s the official word… Jack Griffin, who stepped down as Meredith’s National Media Group president last week, will succeed Ann Moore as Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) CEO, the company announced. He’ll join Time Inc. at the end of September, while Moore, who will retire after…

Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:»  A Jack Griffin-led Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) would include the same emphasis he put on marketing services at Meredith (NYSE: MDP), but on a larger scale. [Mediaweek] »  CNN may be suffering in the ratings, but under Jon Klein, president…

Hours after Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) posted mixed results for its publishing unit, Time Inc. is preparing to announce that Jack Griffin, who earlier this week said he would leave his post at Meredith Corp. (NYSE: MDP), will replace Ann Moore as CEO. The plan, which was first reported by…

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…

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Ad inventory optimizer AdMeld has raised a $15 million third round as it expects to attract more publishers making the move to online ad exchanges. With this round, AdMeld has raised a total of $30 million since opening its doors almost three years ago. The round was led by Norwest…

We all have personal soundtracks. Mine started playing Maybe This Time soon after I got off the phone with the top executives responsible for crafting the Turner/SI.com deal between Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) siblings Time Inc. and Turner Broadcasting—and for making it work. Not that Mark Ford, Terry McDonell and…

Before everyone had the AOL-Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) merger to kick around, there was Turner and Time Warner—the combo that was supposed to provide brilliant print, cable and online synergies in entertainment, news and sports. You all remember CNN/SI? Well, maybe not. After all, the plug was pulled on the…

Let’s get the easy stuff out of the way. Time.com didn’t go behind a paywall this week and there aren’t plans for that to happen. Technically, Time magazine didn’t put one up for its online content either—that is, you can’t pay to read the contents of current issues of Time…

The Sports Illustrated iPad app hit the iTunes store overnight with lots of glossy features in place—and without an anticipated subscription option. SI still could wind up being the first Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) publication to offer subscriptions through the iPad but, despite a vendor’s assertion last week that the…

After preparing for some time to rely only on its own resources, CNN will not use any photos, videos or newswire reports from the AP, as the cable news network said. Three years ago, CNN dropped Reuters (NYSE: TRI) following a 27-year relationship as way to cut costs. In a…

Two weeks ago, CNN International was reprimanded by Ofcom because its CNN YouTube Debate on Climate Change programme broke rules barring sponsorship of news programmes and product placement. Just two weeks later, the UK media regulator is again warning the network on a near identical charge. It says Skype’s sponsorship…