Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:»  Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) is warning Hollywood movie studios about something they likely expected all along: the company is preparing to file for bankruptcy in the middle of next month. [LATimes] »  Newsweek is losing another top editor: Mark Miller, who…

Not too many surprises in the Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) Company’s 10-Q filing, which among other things, sheds a little more light on Newsweek’s poor financial condition. Meanwhile, the sale of Newsweek to audio equipment impresario Sidney Harman is still expected to close this month.

Robert Allbritton may only want zip codes, as he told paidContent in an interview, but the staff at newly launched TBD.com wants a lot more… In order to get personalization, users are required to provide full names, zip code, year of birth and even gender. (They also need to provide…

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…

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Washington Post Co.	Release	N/A	11%	653%

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While Newsweek now has a new owner, most observers are still leaving the magazine for dead. Even the new owner, 91-year-old Sidney Harman, pretty much conceded to the Washington Post that he doesn’t have any grand turnaround plan. But Newsweek may have a window of opportunity to save itself, albeit…

Following the pre-announcement word earlier, now it’s official: The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) sent out the official release confirming that after 50 years of running it, the company has sold Newsweek to Dr. Sidney Harman, the founder and Chairman Emeritus of audio and electronics company Harman International. In its…

As expected, The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) will sell Newsweek to audio equipment impresario Sidney Harman, AdAge reported, and paidContent has confirmed. As we noted last week, the bid from the 91-year-old Harman, the husband of Democratic Congresswoman Jane Harman, had the most appeal to WaPo Chairman Donald Graham…

Washington Post-owned Slate Group is closing down The Big Money, the business commentary spinoff it launched two years ago, saying the site wasn’t profitable. The belief when The Big Money launched in 2008 was that the financial crisis augered well for a business media site with Slate‘s “authority and tone.”…

In its attempts to find a buyer for Newsweek, The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) has been said to have hardly given a thought to bids from entities considered too conservative or too tawdry, but it looks like an offer to buy the magazine from an audio equipment impresario appears…

Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:»  The Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) is desperate to unload Newsweek magazine—but not desperate enough sell to Avenue Capital Group because of worries related to the hedge fund’s plans to partner with the publisher of the National Enquirer. [WSJ] » …

»  Steve McPherson has resigned as president of ABC (NYSE: DIS) Entertainment Group to concentrate on his wine business and a “new media venture”; he’s being replaced by Paul Lee, who is promoted from ABC Family. [Deadline Hollywood] »  Just as the ink dries on Disney’s Playdom acquisition, Google (NSDQ:…

The Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) has made a small acquisition, buying up personalized news site iCurrent, we have confirmed. iCurrent provides its users with a single page of aggregated news based primarily on topics they specify they are interested in; users can update the page to add or remove…

Some eight months after announcing a partnership for a co-branded online business page, the Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) and Bloomberg have finally delivered. The result is a pretty standard, informative business page that seems to make good use of both partners. Some readers will probably skip right by the branding;…

“Indications of interest” in Newsweek are in and the publication has at least three official suitors. Bloomberg says in a report that OpenGate Capital, Thane Ritchie and Newsmax Media all told the Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) they were interested. Quick overview of the three confirmed interested parties: PE firm…

As the Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) tries to find a buyer for its struggling Newsweek, the magazine has revamped its website with a somewhat lighter look. In a note to users, Mark Miller, Newsweek Digital’s editor, highlighted a few changes in response to what he said were reader comments,…

When the Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) announced that Newsweek was for sale, the top-line numbers we pulled out of SEC documents weren’t new but they were stark. The first-quarter earnings released a couple of days later highlighted the rationale. But, based on the sale book and cover letter sent…

The Washington Post‘s top digital exec is leaving next month. The departure of Goli Sheikholeslami, GM, Digital & VP, Digital Product Development, after eight years with WaPo print and digital, is framed as her decision in a staff memo sent out this afternoon by Katharine Weymouth, Steve Hills, and Marcus…

The Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) is dipping its toes into the blog network pool again, with the launch of a new network focused on state government news. Operating under the PostPolitics umbrella site, the paper says the network will serve as a “compendium of some of the best state-based political…

Haim Saban, fresh off of buying back the rights to the Power Rangers characters from Disney (NYSE: DIS), tells the WSJ he would take a “serious look” at acquiring Newsweek magazine. He joins 70 other interested parties who he says have received financial materials regarding the magazine’s sale from Allen…