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Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson
GE chief signals appetite for media assets
Submitted by Benton Foundation on November 17, 2008 - 8:40amLast updated: November 17, 2008 - 8:40am
Jeffrey Immelt has declared his interest in buying media assets in a sign that a slumping economy has not shaken General Electric's confidence in its television and film business, NBC Universal.
Malone eyes swap for AOL dial-up arm
Submitted by Benton Foundation on August 12, 2008 - 7:17amLast updated: August 12, 2008 - 7:17am
Liberty Media is considering swapping its shareholding in Time Warner for the dial-up business of AOL, John Malone said on Monday, raising the unexpected prospect of a competitive auction for the declining Internet access operation.
Music industry 'should embrace illegal websites'
Submitted by Benton Foundation on August 4, 2008 - 8:36amLast updated: August 4, 2008 - 8:37am
The music industry should embrace illegal file-sharing websites, according to a study of Radiohead's last album release that found huge numbers of people downloaded it illegally even though the band allowed fans to pay little or nothing for it.
Google weighs new move on Yahoo
Submitted by Benton Foundation on May 20, 2008 - 7:54amThe senior management of Google was meeting to discuss the search group’s response to Microsoft’s latest approach to Yahoo as it emerged the software company had made a firm proposal to Yahoo that goes beyond a simple partnership on search advertising.
US newspaper gloom overshadows industry survey
Submitted by Benton Foundation on May 7, 2008 - 7:44amThe gloom hanging over the US newspaper industry is distorting an otherwise optimistic mood among the world’s newspaper editors, according to a global survey of newsroom opinion. Only 30 per cent of North American newspaper editors polled by Zogby International believed that the quality of journalism would improve over the next decade, compared to 45.5 per cent in Western Europe and over 60 per cent in Latin America, Africa and the Middle East.
