Mayer hails ‘core’ growth at Yahoo
YAHOO reported stronger-than-expected first quarter profits this year, earning $312 million on $1.1 billion revenues under CEO Marissa Mayer.
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Did you pay $20 for a massive ad?
IF YOU’VE just seen The Lego Movie this may be true but it almost doesn’t matter because the flick could be the best piece of marketing ever.
How much is advertising on The Block?
FORGET Steve and Chantelle, the real winners were the advertisers who sucked us into watching months of product placement. So how much did they pay?
Ten posts $8 million loss
TEN Network Holdings has posted an $8 million first half loss, a vast improvement on the $243 million loss it suffered 12 months ago.
The young gun running the Lonely Planet
A RECLUSIVE billionaire shelled out millions for the Lonely Planet, and then he put a 24-year-old at the helm. So can this pup with no real credentials do the job?
Simple ways to get Facebook ‘likes’
JUST how do you get those coveted Facebook ‘likes’? Here is how to score the all important social wins that can be converted to real dollars.
Celebs with big family fortunes
YOU may know them for their on-screen ‘talents’ but these celebs have BIG family money they can fall back on if things hadn’t worked out.
Lachlan Murdoch rises to the top
LACHLAN Murdoch has been appointed non-executive co-chairman of 21st Century Fox and News Corp, the company annnounced.
No bull: Buffalo loose in city
THE filming of an ad on a busy city street has gone horribly wrong after two water buffalo escaped their constraints and went for a wander.
Pinterest to roll out ads
IF YOU though Pinterest was the last bastion of ad-free social media, that’s about to be over. But the site has promised to ‘reinvent’ online advertising.
De Niro sells half his company
ROBERT De Niro has offloaded 50 per cent of his passion project to another iconic New York business. It’s a merger of two cultural and entertainment powerhouses.
Ten sues Seven over star recruit
THEY’RE at it again. TV networks love to slug it out in courtrooms over star recruits. Network 10 has sued Channel 7 over a contract dispute of a player critical to Ten’s turnaround.
New twist in bitcoin ‘founder’ mystery
THE man accused of being the bitcoin founder by Newsweek, Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto, has hired a high-powered lawyer as the fight between him and the magazine escalates.
Turn Facebook ‘likes’ into real dollars
GETTING Facebook fans and social media followers is the first hurdle — but what happens once you have them?
Shake up at Telstra: Media boss resigns
TELSTRA has shuffled its senior management ranks with the resignation of its head of media, Rick Ellis. Marketing boss Mark Buckman has been promoted.
Sandberg ‘may take top Disney role’
FACEBOOK’S Sheryl Sandberg is reportedly in contention for the top job at Disney as talk moves to who will replace chief executive Bob Iger.
Telstra leaked info on 16,000
TELSTRA has been fined more than $10,000 for a security breach where it accidentally leaked the personal information of 16,000 customers.
The real powerbrokers in Hollywood
FORGET about sucking up to Leo or Angelina. These are the powerbrokers who really pull the strings in Hollywood and get movies made.
Clarke bids to encourage the young
NEWS Corp Australia CEO Julian Clarke began working at 16 at Victoria’s Standard Newspapers. In the interview he wore his school uniform.
McDonald’s Olympic advertising fail
WITH millions of dollars invested in the Sochi Olympics, how did Maccas get it so spectacularly wrong? Watch the unintentionally funny ad and judge for yourself.
Telstra to cut 800 jobs
TELSTRA is to cut a further 800 jobs from its struggling Sensis directories division.
Optus ‘misled’ consumers
TELSTRA has trumped Optus in a legal battle. The Supreme Court agreed a series of Optus ads misled consumers about its mobile coverage.
Seven nets $150 million profit
SEVEN West Media is back in the black after reporting a $150 million profit in its half-year results. The media company is in turnaround mode.
Time Warner Cable bought for $50b
COMCAST will buy Time Warner Cable for $US45.2 billion ($50 billion) in stock, in a deal that would combine America’s top cable TV companies.
Lego recreates famous TV ads
EVERYONE loves Lego right? And who wouldn’t after this great stunt which saw the toy brand recreate shot-for-shot these four famous ads on TV?
It costs how much to make a Super Bowl ad?
THEY’RE watched millions of times around the world – often more than the game itself. So are the massive Super Bowl ads actually worth the money?
Interracial family back for Super Bowl
CHEERIOS is bringing back an interracial family to star in its Super Bowl ad.
Tarantino sues Gawker over leaked script
OSCAR winning screenwriter Quentin Tarantino has slapped website Gawker with a lawsuit for posting a link to a leaked copy of his latest script.
Another Facebook movie in the works
IF YOU haven’t read Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In yet, you’ve just gotten a reprieve. It’s set to become a movie. But what is it about?
Knock knock. It’s JT at your door
WOULD you freak out if Justin Timberlake showed up at your door? You know, just to chat. MasterCard is giving one fan the ‘priceless’ experience.
Power players die on weekend
THE business community is mourning the deaths of Southern Cross Austereo’s Stephen Kelly and Goodman Fielder’s Andrew Hipperson.
French companies poke fun at president’s affair
AS FRENCH President Francois Hollande wades through the fallout of affair revelations, companies are having a good laugh at his expense.
Hipster jeans ad mocks American Psycho
WHAT if you swapped out yuppies for hipsters in American Psycho? Would the satire be as sharp? A jeans company finds out in this parody ad.
Apple makes Melbourne man snap happy
JOHN Papandriopoulos’s dad forked out a relative mint for an IBM clone computer for his family decades ago. Now, it seems the investment has paid off.
Netflix boss gets 50pc pay rise
NETFLIX boss Reed Hastings is getting a 50 per cent pay bump in 2014 after a year in which the company’s share price quadrupled.
‘One of the great blunders in movie history’
TWO titans of the movie industry are heading to court over a simple mistake that went incredibly sour. Find out what has them at war.
The cheerleader who has tech giants sweating
WHEN lawyers for Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter and Amazon weigh in on your case, it’s serious. What has this cheerleader done?
The one thing tech giants want
IT’S a strange scenario when eight of the world’s fiercest competitors team up to demand the same thing. What is it they want Obama to do?
Comic book boss sued for calling workers ‘penis’
THE CEO of Archie Comics is being sued for allegedly calling staff members ‘penis’ in meetings. And that’s just the start of what goes on in this bizarre company.
Apple buys Topsy for $200m: Report
APPLE has acquired social media analytics firm Topsy for more than $200 million, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Yahoo tops Google in web visitors again
FOR the third month in a row, more Americans visited Yahoo’s websites than Google’s, according to internet traffic data for September.
Yahoo now has 800 million users: CEO
Marissa Mayer has 800 million reasons to smile. The Yahoo boss has seen user numbers rise 20 per cent since taking over the struggling company last year.
Yahoo reveals its new logo
YAHOO has refreshed its logo for the first time since shortly after the internet company’s founding 18 years ago.
Yahoo pays Karp $110m to stay
TUMBLR founder David Karp will be paid $110 million by Yahoo! to stay on the job for the next four years.
Yahoo beats Google in web traffic
YAHOO has edged out Google in US web traffic for the first time since 2011, a modest victory for new CEO Marissa Mayer.
Nine buys control of digital business
NINE Entertainment is taking control of the digital media company formerly known as ninemsn by buying the 50 per cent stake owned by Microsoft.
Dolly, Cleo mag to ‘lose half their staff’
BAUER has announced that staff from its two youth mastheads, Dolly and Cleo magazine, will merge to form one newsroom, according to new reports.
Fairfax axes 45 jobs
FAIRFAX Media will cut 45 jobs through the merger of business reporting across three newspapers and the closure of high-gloss magazine inserts.
Fairfax posts $16m loss
FAIRFAX Media lost more than $16m last financial year amid lower earnings and asset writedowns.
21st Century Fox profits up
RUPERT Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox, formerly News Corp, has reported annual revenues of $31.10 billion.
Leaked document shows TV stars’ salaries
A SALARY document detailing the annual pay of dozens of ABC staffers reveals Lateline host Tony Jones is the public broadcaster’s highest-paid presenter.
Statement from News Corp Australia
A STATEMENT from News Corp Australia.
Forbes Media on the market
THE family owned magazine publisher has put itself up for sale with “more than a few” indications of interest so far, the CEO has announced.
Ten targets ratings boost after $285m loss
TEN Network will spend heavily on new programs after posting a $285 million full year loss.
Packer sells stake in Seek
CASINO mogul James Packer has sold his stake in jobs website Seek after the company made a record profit in the last financial year.
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