VICE MEDIA COOKS UP MORE THAN A HALF DOZEN MOBILE DEALS
They include direct-to-consumer, original production, licensing and
Viceland programming agreements, particularly in the Asia Pacific
region. Vice Media has struck deals with eight mobile partners covering
multiple territories, especially in the Asia Pacific region, to make its
programming available to hundreds of millions of new viewers.
ARE NEWSROOMS GIVING UP THEIR INDEPENDENCE BY TAKING MILLIONS FROM PRIVATE DONORS?
Media outlets are taking millions of dollars from private donors and
foundations in order to pay for news. The Mail & Guardian in South
Africa receives grants from the Gates Foundation to cover health, and
Gates funds development news at The Guardian in the UK. In Latin
America, Plaza Publica (in Guatemala) and Ojo Publico (Peru) accept
donor money to cover news in the public interest.
SNAPCHAT PAID NEARLY $60 MILLION TO ITS MEDIA PARTNERS LAST YEAR
The ads in the Discover section are for now a small part of the business
— one that's potentially very important to other media companies. Snap
paid nearly $60 million to its media partners last year, up from less
than $10 million in 2015. And Snap manages more than 90 percent of those
ad sales itself. Those Discover spots are coveted. Snap has been
growing the list of content partners and now has more than 40, from
Buzzfeed and CNN, to Vice, ESPN and Discovery.
EXECUTIVE MOVEMENT AT CONDE NAST PARENT ADVANCE
Andrew Siegel, a former General Electric and Yahoo executive who was
brought on in 2010 to focus on Advance’s corporate strategy, which
included mergers and acquisitions, is transitioning to a new role at the
company. The executive, who most recently held the title of founding
partner and chairman for Advance Vixeid Partners, the investment arm of
the Condé Nast parent, will become president of American City Business
Journals’ Growth Strategies Group.
MEREDITH'S BETTER HOMES & GARDENS IS NOT GETTING OLD, EVEN THOUGH IT IS AT 95
Better Homes & Gardens may be one of the longest continuously
published magazines in the country, but it’s not getting old. The
multi-platform brand hasn’t shied away from its print legacy and
continues to publish 12 issues a year, but it’s tapping into digital
opportunities without reservation. In fairness, some changes have been
incremental. For instance, the brand just introduced its first new logo
in 51 years.
VOX MEDIA'S EATER IS SETTING UP SHOP IN LONDON
We plan to launch Eater London — a dream of mine for years now and our
first site outside of North America — later this spring. I’ve just come
back from a week in London scouting out editorial talent and partnership
opportunities.
SNAPCHAT IS ATTRACTING OLDER USERS
Teenagers love donning digitized puppy ears, flower crowns, and funky
sunglasses. So do their parents. Snapchat, the photo-sharing mobile app
known for these filters, is gaining older users. Market research firm
eMarketer projects that 70.4 million Americans will use Snapchat in
2017, up from its June prediction of 66.6 million users
VERIZON SAYS IT DOESN'T NEED TO BY A HUGE MEDIA COMPANY LIKE RIVAL AT&T
While AT&T has agreed to acquire Time Warner for $85.4 billion,
rival Verizon continues to feel it doesn’t need to buy a big
entertainment company, Verizon CFO Matt Ellis told an investor
conference. “We don’t believe that we need to own the traditional linear
TV content.”
ESPN EXPANDS INTO DOCUMENTARIES AND PODCASTS
ESPN, best known for live sports and highlights won its first Academy Award Sunday
night for Ezra Edelman’s “O.J.: Made in America,’’ a five-part
documentary. It could be the first of many. ESPN has assembled an
ambitious pipeline for non-fiction programming.
-Good MEDIA Morning To You! Don't forget to share this morning's issue with colleagues and friends.
|
Reviewed by Editor
on
Wednesday, March 01, 2017
Rating:
