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• CNN the Latest Media Brand to Sell a Paid App

  BNET - 2009-09-29

  CNN becomes the latest in a still-small group of media companies asking consumers to pay for mobile apps. by Catharine P. Taylor

  Tags: Brand, Mobile, Media, CNN, Advertising & Promotion, Branding, Marketing, Catharine P. Taylor

• Note to AP, Media: Bloggers/Search Engines R Your Best Friends

  BNET - 2009-08-10

  Facebook is becoming an increasingly important source of traffic for media sites, including CNN.com and the NYTimes.com, according to Compete's figures for July. The continuing significance of Google and Yahoo is apparent for every media company I've checked. At CNN, for example, the...

  Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Associated Press, Yahoo! Inc., Media, CNN, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Advertising & Promotion, Portals, Cable, Internet, Marketing, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, David Weir

• Media Roundup: Tuscon Citizen Stops Publishing, CNN to Focus on Economy for Entire Week and More

  BNET - 2009-03-16

  In Today's Media Roundup: Tuscon Citizen stops publishing, CNN to focus on economy for entire week, Mobile users double news consumption over last year, NYT considering online subscription fees, San Fransisco Chronicle workers vote for concessions and Digg creator launches Twitter app. by Sean Blanda

  Tags: Media, Twitter, CNN, Citizen, Construction, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Sean Blanda

• Media Roundup: Inauguration Day to Test Social Media, Billionaire to Invest in New York Times, and More

  BNET - 2009-01-19

  In Today's Media Roundup: Inauguration day to test social media, Mexican Billionaire to invest in New York Times, Tucson Citizen may be shut down, CNN profitable for eight years and Federated Media lays off staff. by Sean Blanda

  Tags: Advertisement, Media, Social Media, New York Times Co., Billionaire, CNN, Times, Sean Blanda

• Media Roundup: CNN to Debut Instream Commercials at Inauguration, Star Tribune Declares Bankruptcy, and More

  BNET - 2009-01-16

  In Today's Media Roundup: CNN to debut instream commercials at inauguration, 95 percent of all music downloads are stolen, Globe announces cuts, Gannett may drop AP, Chinese media companies looking to move oversees, CS Monitor to trim staff and Eidos in buyout talks by Sean Blanda

  Tags: Media Company, Layoff, Tribune Co., Associated Press, Media, Gannett Co. Inc., Bankruptcy, CNN, Globe, Litigation, Workforce Management, Advertising & Promotion, Business Operations, Human Resources, Marketing, Sean Blanda

• CNN Downplays Competition With AP On Wire Service; Less Than 30 Daily Stories To Be Made Available

  Content Next - 2008-12-08

  The newspaper editors who were invited to CNN's Newspaper Summit, which showcased the cable channel's new wire service this past week, have given the Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) company high marks for reaching out. But many appear to be been less than impressed with the small amount of stories...

  Tags: Associated Press, Summit, CNN, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Companies, Time Warner, Media, Newspapers, TV, Cable & Telecom, Social Media, David Kaplan, Time Warner Inc.

• AP Acknowledges Threat From CNN's Wire Service; But Challenger Still 'Needs Improvement'

  Content Next - 2008-12-01

  As CNN prepares to go head-to-head with the Associated Press when it launches its new wire service, the cable news outfit will have to prove to newspaper editors that it can transfer its cable TV credibility to breaking print news. A long piece in the NYT takes a look...

  Tags: Associated Press, CNN, CNN Wire, Recruitment & Selection, Cable, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Companies, Time Warner, Media, Newspapers, TV, Cable & Telecom, David Kaplan

• Old soldiers shill the Pentagon line

  - 2008-05-16

  "Old soldiers never die," said Gen. Douglas MacArthur on retiring in 1951, "they just fade away." No more. Now they hustle from battlegrounds to the high grounds of TV news shows, there to supply NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox, CNN, MSNBC and others with hawkish support of the U.S. war machine....

  Tags: Benefits, CBS Corp., CNN, Iraq, MARKETING, media, MSNBC, NBC Universal Inc., network, NETWORKING, pension, Pentagon, soldier, TVs, U.S.

• Pundit police are never off duty

  - 2008-02-18

  NEW YORK -- Fewer than a half-million people were watching MSNBC when David Shuster made his comment that Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign had "pimped out" daughter Chelsea by having her make political phone calls. Among them were monitors at Newsbusters. The Web site posted video of Shuster 10...

  Tags: CNN, INTERNET, Media, MSNBC, TVs

• Americans Slam News Media on Believability

  - 2008-01-08

  To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: CONTACTS: Funda Alp, +1-203-396-8241, alpf@sacredheart.edu, or John Galayda, +1-203-371-7751, galaydaj@sacredheart.edu, both of Sacred Heart University Americans see: -- Growing media attempts to influence public opinion and policies -- Poor quality -- A strong liberal bent in most media -- Fox News, CNN and NBC as...

  Tags: CNN, Connecticut, MARKETING, media