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Pearson, the parent company of the FT Publishing’s FT.com, recently reported quarterly earnings. PaidContent.org has good coverage and analysis of what’s going on. First, for the positive metrics: —Free FT.com memberships rose 211 percent to 1.4 million (just 12,000 in 2007). Average monthly uniques up 60 percent to 9.8 million. —Paying subs up 18 percent [...]
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This article originally appeared on Dell’s Digital Nomads site. Are you coming to dinner?” my wife asks after a long day for both of us. Do I power down and hope to finish writing my report after she’s asleep and risk losing myself to sleep? Or, do I ask for another 30 minutes to complete [...]
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Good summary over at SeekingAlpha on TheStreet.com’s quarterly earnings. The author’s main takeaway: monetization of ads getting tougher as ad model struggle: This issue is facing every firm reliant on ads for revenues. TheStreet.com’s CFO Eric Ashman said, “it is safe to say that we have very little visibility into online ad spend for the [...]
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A potentially impactful accouncement was made yesterday by the SEC. Under certain circumstances, companies can rely on relating information via their websites to satisfy Reg FD requirements. According to an IR expert in new technologies, Dominic Jones, “The move is significant as it could cut disclosure costs for many companies that today use paid PR [...]
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PaidContent.org has a great post early on in TheStreet.com’s (TSCM) quarterly conference call. TheStreet.com posted a pretty good quarter and the stock is up over 12%. See what we wrote recently about theStreet’s search for a new managing editor for MainStreet.com here. Couple of salient points: CEO Tom Clarke attributed strong ad sales performance to [...]
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