At WatchMojo, we’ve signed a lot of partnerships and distribution deals over the years. We’ve also managed to work with major marketers such as Coca-Cola, McDonalds and Malibu Rum; all sources of pride.
But probably none have made me as happy and proud as our new partnership with IGN.com. Check out our channel here. continue reading...
According to eMarketer, the size of online advertising revenue is $1.35B in 2008.
Since launching WatchMojo.com in 2006, I’ve had some questions about that figure… so here goes: continue reading...
When I worked at IGN, I recall the hatred and disdain the brass there had for CNET. CNET owned Gamespot.com, IGN owned both GameSpy.com and of course, IGN.com. Not being a gamer, I did not get the rivalry.
That, was child’s play compared to the competition between Rupert Murdoch and Sumner Redstone. The former went on to buy IGN Entertainment for $650M in 2005, the latter’s CBS (where he is Chairman) today acquired CNET for $1.8B. continue reading...
In 2005, News Corp. bought MySpace, a social networking site with a music affinity.
Then, it bought IGN Entertainment (where I was employed at the time at one of its many subsidiaries), a gaming-oriented site. continue reading...
One by one, they pick up the baton and run with it.
News Corp. Chairman and Rupert Murdoch had mentioned how he had become enamored with the Web because with very little investment, he got abnormally positive returns. So off he went. continue reading...
The following is from SAI, about Fox Interactive Media’s revenues:
- Branded revenue is up 21% over last year and branded sell-through is trending up for the year with a 19% increase from Q1 to Q3. continue reading...
The following overview is pretty much a carbon copy of what made IGN Entertainment merge with Gamespy and roll up Rottentomatoes, TeamXbox, etc.
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Paid Content refers to a NYT article on CBS which calls for the company that Bill Paley built to make digital acquisitions, which begs the question: should they go for a big purchase or make small moves?
Of course, answering that question alone without addressing the backdrop to that question yields an incomplete picture. continue reading...
The following is a perpetual-work-in-progress. Once you start to compile a list of mergers and acquisitions, you realize why it’s nearly impossible to have a complete list. We are quite confident that the following is a very good, comprehensive list of the largest, more notable deals… but it is not - and no list will be - fully complete because there are too many countries around the world and too many industries to report (it is highly possible that the Wall Street Journal or Financial Post, for example, has such a list… but it would be thick and unwieldy).
We have included: continue reading...
Judging by the title, you’d think I’d be writing on Rupert Murdoch and the WSJ journalists, right?
Wrong. Well, sort of. continue reading...
