After acquiring the rights for the English Premier League in a three-year deal, NBCUniversal's NBC Sports Group has attracted a surprising number of early-bird sports fans for the matches played in the U.K. that air live in the U.S. "The ratings continue to deliver and grow and we've uncovered a new daypart," Jon Miller, president of programming, NBC Sports and NBC Sports Network, tells The Hollywood Reporter. "Rarely has anyone gone out and attacked that daypart because most people didn’t think there was an audience there, but we've proven that there is from August to May. Photos: Sochi Olympics: 15
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- 3/21/2014
- by Debbie Emery
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Big names joining the entertainment giant’s $36M Series C financing effort for the YouTube channel creator include Robert Downey Jr, Elisabeth Murdoch, and producer Jon Landau — as well as Greycroft Partners, Grp Partners, Jon Miller and Jimmy Yaffe’s investment company Fuel:m+C, and Daher Capital. “Our investment in Maker gives us insight into next generation video content and the ever evolving online video landscape, as well as access to new producers of content for Time Warner’s existing television, film and cable network operations,” says Time Warner Investments’ Svp and Group Managing Director Rachel Lam, who will join Maker’s board. The venture’s online stars include KassemG, Nice Peter’s “Epic Rap Battles of History,” the Shaytards, SnoopDogg’s WestFestTV, The Yogscast, The Gregory Brothers, Bad Lip Reading and Mike Tompkins. Maker says it will use the cash to accelerate its “rapid growth as a global platform...
- 12/20/2012
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
- Deadline TV
When Ross Levinsohn left Yahoo earlier this year after being edged out for the top job by former Google executive Marissa Mayer, it was good news for AOL, one of Yahoo's chief rivals. At least that's the take on the situation offered Wednesday by Jon Miller, former AOL chairman and CEO and former News Corp. chief digital officer, at Business Insider's Ignitiion conference in New York. "I think it actually creates an opportunity for AOL," Miller said. "[Yahoo] is probably not going hard down the digital media path that Ross would have gone,"...
- 11/28/2012
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
The 20th International Council Summit features conversations with CEOs, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists musing on this year’s theme “Innovation Without Borders”. The series runs Wednesday-Friday at the Paley Center’s New York headquarters and is hosted by Hearst Corp’s Frank A. Bennack Jr and Paley Center president and CEO Pat Mitchell. The sessions will be live-streamed at Paley’s website. Here’s the lineup, which this year includes Time Warner’s Jeff Bewkes, IMAX’s Rich Gelfond, News Corp’s Jon Miller and Gilt Group chairman Susan Lyne among others: Day 1: Wednesday, Nov. 14 IC2012 will kick off the theme of Innovation Without Borders with a spotlight on Us media and technology innovation in New York and Los Angeles. (Events will be streamed from approximately 2:00 pm – 4:45 pm Et. Please note that exact times are Tbc, please check www.paleycenter.org/ic for confirmed times) 2:15pm (Et) Katherine Oliver,...
- 11/13/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Bruce Friend, president of Ipsos Otx Media Ct: "Media Consumption Study" brightcove.createExperiences(); Videos from TheGrill: Intellectual Property Enforcement Chief Victoria Espinel Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos Electus CEO Ben Silverman Lauren Zalaznick, NBC Universal Women & Lifestyle Entertainment Networks President Jon Miller, News Corp. Digital Chief Ipsos Otx President Bruce Friend MSN U.S. Executive Producer Scott Moore and Yahoo VP and General Manager Jimmy Pitaro Twitter COO Dick Costolo and LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner Harvey Levin, TMZ Editor in Chief Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Related Articles: ...
- 9/21/2012
- by Wrap Staff
- The Wrap
Tom Rothman has stepped down as the chairman and CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment, he announced in a letter to staff on Friday obtained by TheWrap. Rothman will officially leave Jan. 1, 2013, and Jim Gianopulos, currently co-chairman, will take over as sole chairman and CEO. Also read: News Corp. Chief Digital Officer Jon Miller to Depart "During my time at Fox, thanks to you, we have together accomplished more than I ever imagined possible, from the founding and nurturing of Searchlight, to overseeing the two biggest films in box office history, to...
- 9/14/2012
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
Jon Miller, News Corp.'s three-year chief digital officer, is stepping down from his post at the end of September as the media giant splits into two entities, the company announced Thursday. Miller will stay on as an advisor to CEO Rupert Murdoch, COO Chase Carey and deputy COO James Murdoch for a year after his departure. News Corp. hired Miller -- a longtime internet executive who previously ran investment firm Fuse Capital co-founded with former Yahoo interim CEO Ross Levinsohn -- three years ago to bolster its digital strategy. Also read: News Corp. to...
- 8/23/2012
- by Alexander C. Kaufman & Sharon Waxman
- The Wrap
The news is not surprising since he’d been unhappy at the company for some time and had been a leading candidate for the Yahoo CEO job. “While my time spent has been productive, it feels like the right time to exit,” Jon Miller said in a statement. “I look forward to pursuing new ventures that will lead me back into an operational role.” The company announced today that Miller will leave his post at the end of September as News Corp is about to split into two companies: one entertainment, one publishing. Miller will bean outside advisor to News Corp on digital issues through fall 2013. Though widely liked and respected, Miller has been News Corp’s Chief Digital Officer since 2009 and unfortunately witnessed Rupert Murdoch pursue mostly unsuccessful new digital initiatives. Miller was News Corp’s key man for repeated efforts to sell Hulu and the point person in wrangling the bids,...
- 8/23/2012
- by NIKKI FINKE
- Deadline TV
The news is not surprising since he’d been unhappy at the company for some time and had been a leading candidate for the Yahoo CEO job. “While my time spent has been productive, it feels like the right time to exit,” Jon Miller said in a statement. “I look forward to pursuing new ventures that will lead me back into an operational role.” The company announced today that Miller will leave his post at the end of September as News Corp is about to split into two companies: one entertainment, one publishing. Miller will bean outside advisor to News Corp on digital issues through fall 2013. Though widely liked and respected, Miller has been News Corp’s Chief Digital Officer since 2009 and unfortunately witnessed Rupert Murdoch pursue mostly unsuccessful new digital initiatives. Miller was News Corp’s key man for repeated efforts to sell Hulu and the point person in wrangling the bids,...
- 8/23/2012
- by NIKKI FINKE
- Deadline Hollywood
News Corp. said Thursday that chief digital officer Jonathan Miller would leave his job in September. Miller will stay on as an outside advisor through fall 2013. He took the role in 2009, focusing on both distribution and international investments, while also serving as the News Corp. representative on the board of Hulu. "Jon Miller is a visionary in the digital media industry, and his commitment to News Corporation over the last three years has driven us to truly evolve the way millions of people use new platforms to consume news and entertainment," CEO Rupert Murdoch said in a
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- 8/23/2012
- by THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Also joining in the payment to the streaming media player maker are Menlo Ventures, Globespan Capital Partners — and an “unnamed strategic investor” that the Wall Street Journal identified as Dish Network. Roku says it will use the cash for advertising, to expand overseas, and to develop more sophisticated offerings. It hopes to build on its early start in sales of devices that bring streamed video and audio services including Netflix and Pandora to the living room. This fall it will introduce the Roku Streaming Stick, which it describes as “a wireless, dongle-sized streaming device that seamlessly integrates with newer TVs and consumer electronics devices.” With the investment, News Corp Chief Digital Officer Jon Miller will join the Roku board. “Roku’s significant technology advantage, coupled with a strong market position, places them in a unique position to be an integral part of the television landscape for years to come,” he says.
- 7/26/2012
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
- Deadline TV
NBC Sports Group and Time Inc. Sports Group are teaming up to produce a monthly TV show titled Sports Illustrated. The announcement was made today by Jon Miller, President of Programming, NBC Sports and NBC Sports Network and Time Inc. Sports Group President Mark Ford. The show will feature segments, original reporting and commentary from Si’s journalists as well as spotlight stories from the past. The show, sponsored by Lexus, will premiere on the NBC Sports Network on July 24, just three days before the Opening Ceremony from the 2012 London Games. Subsequent new episodes with originate on either NBC Sports Network or NBC. Emmy Award-winning Red Line Films has been tapped to produce.
- 7/2/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
You’ll like this news if you enjoy seeing men try to give each other brain trauma. NBC’s cable sports channel says this morning that it has renewed its Fight Night series of Saturday matches for a second season, and plans to up the number of bouts to 16 from six — with at least six matches a year. NBC Sports President Jon Miller adds that NBC Sports Group will try to book as many as two Fight Night broadcasts on NBC. The company says that its deal with Main Events and matchmaker J Russell Peltz will give any promoter “the opportunity to get their boxers involved in these programs and allows viewers the ability to see world class match-ups that would not otherwise take place.” Peltz adds that the fights “have been promoted the old-fashioned way, in sold-out noisy venues in Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Bethlehem and Newark. This is the way boxing was meant to be.
- 7/2/2012
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
- Deadline TV
NBC had the rights to the two-day horse racing series from its start in 1984 until 2005. As part of the new deal, the main event, the Breeders’ Cup Classic, will run in primetime on the network on the East Coast — a first. Friday and Saturday’s other coverage is set for NBC Sports Network, recently rebranded from Versus. The pact reaffirms the network’s commitment to the sport, after it aired all three Triple Crown races last year for the first time since 2005. From the release: New York – January 23, 2012 – The Breeders’ Cup and the NBC Sports Group today announced a multi-year media rights partnership beginning with the 2012 Breeders’ Cup World Championships, November 2-3, from Santa Anita Park, featuring the first-ever running of the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic in primetime. The agreement was announced by Craig Fravel, Breeders’ Cup Limited President and CEO, and Jon Miller, President of Programming, NBC Sports and NBC Sports Network.
- 1/23/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
The new year brings a new identity for Versus, the cable sports network best known for hunting and fishing shows, the Tour de France and the National Hockey League. Now a part of the NBC Universal empire (following the merger with Comcast, which owned Versus), the channel — currently available in more than 75 million households — becomes the NBC Sports Network at 4 p.m. Et on Monday, January 2 and will undergo an extreme makeover throughout the year. "It's going to be radically different over time," says Jon Miller, the president of programming, who is building what he calls "a full-service sports network," that will include live events, news and talk shows and original programming.
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- 12/30/2011
- by Rich Sands
- TVGuide - Breaking News
The NBC Sports Group launches the NBC Sports Network at 4 Pm Et on January 2nd to replace Versus, which had been Comcast’s bullriding and gunshooting and cycling channel pre-nbc Universal merger. The new strategy is to bring all four tiers of NBC Sports Group’s assets (broadcast network, two national cable networks, 11 regional sports networks and digital) into “a consistent framework of branding”. The better to compete with Disney’s Espn and Fox Sports. The NBC Sports Network will serve as a 24/7 cable platform, according to Jon Miller, the president of programming for NBC Sports and the NBC Sports Network: “We have three tranches of programming that we’re looking to put on NBC Sports Network starting with live events, live games, and big-league relationships. The second tranche is original news, talk and conversation. The third tranche is the original programming we’ve developed with the NHL around shows...
- 12/27/2011
- by NIKKI FINKE
- Deadline TV
The NBC Sports Group launches the NBC Sports Network at 4 Pm Et on January 2nd to replace Versus, which had been Comcast’s bullriding and gunshooting and cycling channel pre-nbc Universal merger. The new strategy is to bring all four tiers of NBC Sports Group’s assets (broadcast network, two national cable networks, 11 regional sports networks and digital) into “a consistent framework of branding”. The better to compete with Disney’s Espn and Fox Sports. The NBC Sports Network will serve as a 24/7 cable platform, according to Jon Miller, the president of programming for NBC Sports and the NBC Sports Network: “We have three tranches of programming that we’re looking to put on NBC Sports Network starting with live events, live games, and big-league relationships. The second tranche is original news, talk and conversation. The third tranche is the original programming we’ve developed with the NHL around shows...
- 12/27/2011
- by NIKKI FINKE
- Deadline Hollywood
Security was tight yesterday evening as hundreds of Silicon Valley's elite attended a memorial service in California for Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder who passed away this month. Various high-profile guests, many dressed in black, arrived at Stanford University's Memorial Church for the service, which came ahead of a company memorial scheduled for Wednesday. Details of who attended the event have not been disclosed, but The Wall Street Journal reported that invitations were extended to executives from the technology and media industries, as well as various celebrities. It is thought that Apple software chief Scott Forstall, former Us president Bill Clinton, journalist Maria Shriver and U2 singer Bono were in attendance, along with News Corporation chief digital officer Jon Miller. The service was followed by a reception at the (more)...
- 10/17/2011
- by By Andrew Laughlin
- Digital Spy
Update: Today News Corporation, Providence Equity Partners, The Walt Disney Company, and the Hulu senior management team issued a joint statement that it was terminating the sale of Hulu. ”We look forward to working together to continue mapping out its path to even greater success.” (Full statement below.) So what went wrong? A lot of things. But people close to the process tell me that one problem was particularly difficult to overcome: Comcast, Disney, and News Corp could never agree on the scope of the programming they were willing to offer someone buying Hulu. This was especially true for advertising supported VOD, the kind of service that Hulu offers now. Hulu simply wasn’t worth much if the sellers wouldn’t throw in exclusive rights to stream popular first-run shows. Sources tell me that Disney was more open to offering hit programming, and therefore to a Hulu sale, than News...
- 10/14/2011
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
It's been hard for NewsCorp. chairman Rupert Murdoch to relax this week at investment banker Herb Allen's 29th annual Sun Valley mogul retreat, which launched July 5 and lasts for five days. Murdoch is under too much fire with the News of the World bugging scandal threatening to derail his long-planned BSkyB takeover bid--even after he opted to kill the tabloid. Children Elizabeth and James Murdoch were supposed to attend the confab, along with Fox Filmed Entertainment chairman Jim Gianopulos and chief digital officer Jon Miller (who finally unloaded albatross MySpace for $35 million last month), but it was Lachlan who showed, reports The Wrap. Deals are always hatching in Sun Valley, where the world's media titans can confab about sales of Hulu and AMC ...
- 7/9/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
The Daily may be sleek, with its glamorous video anchor, high-res photos, and fancy graphics. But beyond the glitz, the new iPad "newspaper," which launched today, is more old media than new. Howard Kurtz and Brian Ries report.
He may be peddling a product available only to a small fraction of the population, but Rupert Murdoch is riding a tsunami of publicity.
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With today's launch of The Daily-a "newspaper," using that term loosely, designed solely for the iPad-he has a small army of tech writers, media critics, and semi-employed kibitzers sounding off on whether it will alter the journalistic landscape as we know it.
So does this thing live up to the hype?
Well, it seems pretty snazzy-more magazine than newspaper, 360-degree rotating photos, video and audio reports that mimic television and radio. Stories can be shared on Twitter and...
He may be peddling a product available only to a small fraction of the population, but Rupert Murdoch is riding a tsunami of publicity.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Will the Book Survive?
With today's launch of The Daily-a "newspaper," using that term loosely, designed solely for the iPad-he has a small army of tech writers, media critics, and semi-employed kibitzers sounding off on whether it will alter the journalistic landscape as we know it.
So does this thing live up to the hype?
Well, it seems pretty snazzy-more magazine than newspaper, 360-degree rotating photos, video and audio reports that mimic television and radio. Stories can be shared on Twitter and...
- 2/2/2011
- by Howard Kurtz & Brian Ries
- The Daily Beast
With Comcast's acquisition of NBC Universal completed, the newly formed NBC Sports Group -- which consists of NBC Sports, Golf Channel, Versus and 11 Comcast regional sports networks -- this morning unveiled its executive structure under chairman Dick Ebersol. Turner veteran Mark Lazarus, who has long been rumored to take run the new group's cable properties, is the only outsider on the team, while NBC Sports execs are being given the reins of Comcast's Versus and Golf Channel. Here is a rundown of the new exec hierarchy: Ken Schanzer, a 30-year veteran of NBC Sports, who has been Ebersol’s second-in-command for most of the past two decades, continues in his role as President, NBC Sports and becomes the lead negotiator for all NBC Sports Group partnership agreements. Gary Zenkel remains President, NBC Olympics and Executive Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, NBC Sports, and will now lead the NBC Sports Group Olympic...
- 2/2/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Mark Lazarus has been tapped to head the newly formed NBC Sports Cable Group, Dick Ebersol, the chairman of the NBC Sports Group, announced Wednesday.
Jon Litner will head Versus and SportsNets and Mike McCarley will lead the Golf Channel.
“People are the most important part of any organization and the experience, talent and leadership ability of this group is second to none,” said Ebersol in a statement. “As we formed the new NBC Sports Group by combining the storied history and broad reach of NBC Sports with Comcast’s 24/7 ability to super-serve the fan, it was imperative to create a leadership team that possessed a wide array of experience and expertise across the business. I could not be happier with this group of collaborative leaders and I feel that our division is well positioned going forward.”
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New York – February 2, 2011 – The executive leadership...
Jon Litner will head Versus and SportsNets and Mike McCarley will lead the Golf Channel.
“People are the most important part of any organization and the experience, talent and leadership ability of this group is second to none,” said Ebersol in a statement. “As we formed the new NBC Sports Group by combining the storied history and broad reach of NBC Sports with Comcast’s 24/7 ability to super-serve the fan, it was imperative to create a leadership team that possessed a wide array of experience and expertise across the business. I could not be happier with this group of collaborative leaders and I feel that our division is well positioned going forward.”
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New York – February 2, 2011 – The executive leadership...
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When I spoke to Michael Schur, executive producer of the returning NBC sitcom 'Parks and Recreation,' last month, my main purpose in getting in touch with him wasn't to talk about the show. I actually reached out to him to talk about Joe Morgan, the 'Espn Sunday Night Baseball' analyst who, along with Jon Miller, were not invited back for a 22nd season on the broadcast.
Why Schur? Because he was one of the proprietors of the blog FireJoeMorgan.com, which chronicled instances where baseball analysts and columnists insisted on using outmoded stats instead of more-illustrative sabermetrics to make their points. Morgan, as the title would indicate, was a favorite target of Schur and his cohorts.
Schur wasn't willing to celebrate Morgan losing his job, but after I asked him about it, he did admit that Morgan was frustrating to listen to.
When I spoke to Michael Schur, executive producer of the returning NBC sitcom 'Parks and Recreation,' last month, my main purpose in getting in touch with him wasn't to talk about the show. I actually reached out to him to talk about Joe Morgan, the 'Espn Sunday Night Baseball' analyst who, along with Jon Miller, were not invited back for a 22nd season on the broadcast.
Why Schur? Because he was one of the proprietors of the blog FireJoeMorgan.com, which chronicled instances where baseball analysts and columnists insisted on using outmoded stats instead of more-illustrative sabermetrics to make their points. Morgan, as the title would indicate, was a favorite target of Schur and his cohorts.
Schur wasn't willing to celebrate Morgan losing his job, but after I asked him about it, he did admit that Morgan was frustrating to listen to.
- 12/20/2010
- by Joel Keller
- Aol TV.
Filed under: Features, TV News
If you heard a faint cheer wafting from your cubicles yesterday, it was probably the baseball fans in your office cheering that the 'Espn Sunday Night Baseball' team of Jon Miller and Joe Morgan won't be back for a 22nd season on the Worldwide Leader.
Those cheers aren't for the dismissal of Miller, who did his usual consistent and excellent job this past season. No, those cheers were for the departure of Morgan, one of the most polarizing sportscasters since Howard Cosell.
For a lot of fans, Morgan was the symbol of all that's wrong with sports broadcasting, one of many former players who seem to coast through a high-profile analyst's job largely unprepared. For others, though, he was a comforting voice, a guy who's seen it all and can recount the stories over and over again while putting things in the context of the game at hand.
If you heard a faint cheer wafting from your cubicles yesterday, it was probably the baseball fans in your office cheering that the 'Espn Sunday Night Baseball' team of Jon Miller and Joe Morgan won't be back for a 22nd season on the Worldwide Leader.
Those cheers aren't for the dismissal of Miller, who did his usual consistent and excellent job this past season. No, those cheers were for the departure of Morgan, one of the most polarizing sportscasters since Howard Cosell.
For a lot of fans, Morgan was the symbol of all that's wrong with sports broadcasting, one of many former players who seem to coast through a high-profile analyst's job largely unprepared. For others, though, he was a comforting voice, a guy who's seen it all and can recount the stories over and over again while putting things in the context of the game at hand.
- 11/9/2010
- by Joel Keller
- Aol TV.
New York -- As Yahoo shareholders cheer a possible sale of the company to private equity firms, perhaps with the aid of AOL, private equity players also have approached News Corp. as a potential strategic partner, according to sources.
News Corp.'s role would not be surprising. Thanks to its digital business, led by the struggling social network MySpace, Rupert Murdoch's conglomerate has been cited as a potential merger partner for Yahoo or even AOL and has been in early talks as Web players have looked to strengthen their position vis-a-vis the dominant Google.
Private equity firms have pitched News Corp. with suggestions that it could roll some or all of its digital business into Yahoo in return for a stake, one source said. Given that MySpace has lost user and advertising momentum since News Corp. acquired it in 2005, it is often seen as a candidate for a combination with another Web player.
News Corp.'s role would not be surprising. Thanks to its digital business, led by the struggling social network MySpace, Rupert Murdoch's conglomerate has been cited as a potential merger partner for Yahoo or even AOL and has been in early talks as Web players have looked to strengthen their position vis-a-vis the dominant Google.
Private equity firms have pitched News Corp. with suggestions that it could roll some or all of its digital business into Yahoo in return for a stake, one source said. Given that MySpace has lost user and advertising momentum since News Corp. acquired it in 2005, it is often seen as a candidate for a combination with another Web player.
- 10/14/2010
- by By Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
I've known Richard Johnson for seemingly forever. Yet I never thought he'd leave NYC or even the New York Post despite many lucrative job offers over the years. And several scandals under his watch... But the paper announced today he's exiting the editorship after nearly 25 years and "moving to Hollywood to work on new digital ventures for News Corp, the parent company of The Post". (Presumably, this is something News Corp's Digital Media CEO Jon Miller is incubating.) Surprising, since newsosaur Richard is as old media as they come. "I love Page Six and The Post, but I've always wanted to give Los Angeles a try," he said. Here's my first piece of advice: learn the difference between Hollywood and La because they're not interchangeable. Taking over as the new Page Six editor is Emily Smith.
- 10/7/2010
- by Nikki Finke
- Deadline Hollywood
Some brief MySpace CEO history: Jason Hirschhorn and Mike Jones took over in February from Owen Van Natta, who took over from Chris DeWolfe back in April 2009. That's an awful lot of top-level changes in a year.
News Corp, MySpace's current parent company, bought MySpace for an exorbitant $580 million five years ago, back when MySpace was still king of the social networking world, but it's rapidly lost ground to Facebook in the years since. The statement from MySpace, written by Jon Miller, Chief Digital Operator of News Corp:
We fully respect Jason’s decision to leave and his personal desire to return to New York. As many people know, Jason is like family to me, and as expected, he’s done everything we asked of him and more. We’re incredibly grateful for the passion and enthusiasm he brought to the company. And as I know Jason agrees, Mike Jones...
News Corp, MySpace's current parent company, bought MySpace for an exorbitant $580 million five years ago, back when MySpace was still king of the social networking world, but it's rapidly lost ground to Facebook in the years since. The statement from MySpace, written by Jon Miller, Chief Digital Operator of News Corp:
We fully respect Jason’s decision to leave and his personal desire to return to New York. As many people know, Jason is like family to me, and as expected, he’s done everything we asked of him and more. We’re incredibly grateful for the passion and enthusiasm he brought to the company. And as I know Jason agrees, Mike Jones...
- 6/18/2010
- by Dan Nosowitz
- Fast Company
New York -- News Corp. unveiled two digital media deals on Monday.
The company said it has acquired Skiff LLC, Hearst Corporation's e-reading platform that allows delivery of premium journalism to tablets, smartphones, e-readers and netbooks. The conglomerate also unveiled an investment in Journalism Online LLC, a venture dedicated to enabling news providers to collect revenue from their online readership. Its founders include Steven Brill and Gordon Crovitz.
News Corp. didn't disclose the financial terms of the two transactions.
"Today's developments underscore News Corporation's ongoing commitment to create strong business models that support journalism at a time of great change in our industry," said chief digital officer Jon Miller. "Both Skiff and Journalism Online serve as key building blocks in our strategy to transform the publishing industry and ensure consumers will have continued access to the highest quality journalism."
Miller on Monday also named Jon Housman president of News Corp.
The company said it has acquired Skiff LLC, Hearst Corporation's e-reading platform that allows delivery of premium journalism to tablets, smartphones, e-readers and netbooks. The conglomerate also unveiled an investment in Journalism Online LLC, a venture dedicated to enabling news providers to collect revenue from their online readership. Its founders include Steven Brill and Gordon Crovitz.
News Corp. didn't disclose the financial terms of the two transactions.
"Today's developments underscore News Corporation's ongoing commitment to create strong business models that support journalism at a time of great change in our industry," said chief digital officer Jon Miller. "Both Skiff and Journalism Online serve as key building blocks in our strategy to transform the publishing industry and ensure consumers will have continued access to the highest quality journalism."
Miller on Monday also named Jon Housman president of News Corp.
- 6/14/2010
- by By Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Internet is a cruel, cruel business in which if you’re not going up, you’re going down, a decline which nobody has yet been much able to reverse. But over the last few days PR people have been frantically staging a roll-out of a new plan for MySpace and a series of “first” interviews with the company’s new co-CEOs, Jason Hirschhorn and Mike Jones. First question: Do the reporters receiving these calls from the PR people and then actually doing interviews with the co-CEOs really believe MySpace has a hope in hell? (And, if so, on what evidence of one-time Internet category-killers bludgeoned and drubbed by their competitors accomplishing a turnaround?) They don’t, but they write a breathy piece filled with all sorts of hoped-for nonsense anyway. “Users will be able to categorize and filter music, pictures and Internet links in a live ‘stream,’ sharing and referring them with online friends,...
- 3/11/2010
- Vanity Fair
Washington, Feb 21 – The pathway to careers in science, technology, engineering, mathematics or medicine (Stemm) begins at home, says a researcher.
According to Jon Miller, Msu Hannah Professor of Integrative Studies, and colleagues, parental influence and access to mathematics courses are likely to guide students to careers in (Stemm).
The findings were presented at a symposium titled “Tomorrow’s Scientists and Engineers.” at this year’s meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
“Failure.
According to Jon Miller, Msu Hannah Professor of Integrative Studies, and colleagues, parental influence and access to mathematics courses are likely to guide students to careers in (Stemm).
The findings were presented at a symposium titled “Tomorrow’s Scientists and Engineers.” at this year’s meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
“Failure.
- 2/21/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
Less than a year after leaving his post as the COO of Facebook to become the CEO of a faltering MySpace, Owen Van Natta is leaving the beleaguered social network. In an official statement, News Corporation's Chairman and CEO of Digital Media Jon Miller said that while Van Natta had "revitalized" the company "his priorities both personally and professionally" had led him to step down from the post (although it's not clear that this was an entirely voluntary move).
Van Natta inherited a network in steep decline, and with major technological issues. A study of ComScore metrics released on Wednesday shows that MySpace's 57 million unique U.S. visitors in December 2009 puts it far behind Facebook, which had 112 million visitors during the same period. The sole bright spot is MySpace Music, which saw unique visitors jump 92% last year.
MySpace will now be run by co-presidents Mike Jones and Jason Hirschhorn. Jones...
Van Natta inherited a network in steep decline, and with major technological issues. A study of ComScore metrics released on Wednesday shows that MySpace's 57 million unique U.S. visitors in December 2009 puts it far behind Facebook, which had 112 million visitors during the same period. The sole bright spot is MySpace Music, which saw unique visitors jump 92% last year.
MySpace will now be run by co-presidents Mike Jones and Jason Hirschhorn. Jones...
- 2/11/2010
- by Noah Robischon
- Fast Company
From: MySpace Corporate Communications Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 4:43 Pm To: Fim MySpace All Subject: Important News From The Office Of Jon Miller Importance: High Everyone, Today we announced that Owen Van Natta is stepping down as MySpace’s CEO. Mike Jones and Jason Hirschhorn, who have each done a great job from both an operational and product perspective, are being elevated to co-Presidents and will assume Owen’s responsibilities. While this may be a surprising turn of events for some of you, I am absolutely confident that this change is best for all parties involved and – most importantly – the MySpace business. Owen took on [...]...
- 2/11/2010
- by Nikki Finke
- Deadline Hollywood
Los Angeles, CA, February 10, 2010 – News Corporation today announced that Owen Van Natta will step down from his position as MySpace CEO, effective immediately. Mr. Van Natta will be replaced by newly-elevated co-Presidents Mike Jones and Jason Hirschhorn, who will each report to Jon Miller, Chairman and CEO of Digital Media for News Corporation. All three executives joined MySpace in April 2009, with Mr. Jones and Mr. Hirschhorn previously serving as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Product Officer, respectively. “Owen took on an incredible challenge in working to refocus and revitalize MySpace, and the business has shown very positive [...]...
- 2/11/2010
- by Nikki Finke
- Deadline Hollywood
New York -- News Corp. will start seeking broadcast network retransmission fees from cable and satellite TV providers as the broadcast business "can no longer be supported" by advertising dollars alone, chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch said here Friday.
Speaking at his conglomerate's annual shareholders meeting, he reiterated previous comments from president, COO and vice chairman Chase Carey that the broadcast business model is severely challenged and needs to change. Carey had also hinted at possible retrans fees for Fox, but Murdoch made the clearest comments on the issue to-date in his speech to shareholders.
News Corp. is looking at a number of ways to change broadcast distribution models, including "seeking fair compensation" from all distributors, which should share "a small portion of their profits" to help ensure the overall health of the industry, Murdoch said. "News Corp. is determined to take a leadership position" in this.
CBS Corp. CEO...
Speaking at his conglomerate's annual shareholders meeting, he reiterated previous comments from president, COO and vice chairman Chase Carey that the broadcast business model is severely challenged and needs to change. Carey had also hinted at possible retrans fees for Fox, but Murdoch made the clearest comments on the issue to-date in his speech to shareholders.
News Corp. is looking at a number of ways to change broadcast distribution models, including "seeking fair compensation" from all distributors, which should share "a small portion of their profits" to help ensure the overall health of the industry, Murdoch said. "News Corp. is determined to take a leadership position" in this.
CBS Corp. CEO...
- 10/16/2009
- by By Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
News Corp. has finally done away with its Fox Interactive Media division once and for all in its latest reorg., replacing it with the News Corp. Digital Media Group (Ndm) - responsible for overseeing Fox's standalone digital businesses including MySpace, IGN Entertainment, Fox Audience Network, Photobucket, Beliefnet and the Fox Mobile Group. Jon Miller will take the reigns as Chief Digital Officer with a new executive team under him including General Counsel and Evp/Business Affairs Dan Fawcett; Evp/Operations Jack Kennedy; Evp/Strategy and Corporate Development Jorge Espinel; and Svp/Safety, Security and Privacy Hemanshu (Hemu) Nigam. Also, Roy Bahat has been upped to the role of President of gaming site IGN Entertainment. He will work closely with Miller to shape News Corp's broader online game strategy.
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- 10/1/2009
- by wayne@cynopsis.com
News Corp's Jon Miller, AOL's Tim Armstrong talk growth and monetization.
By Lucas Shaw
Updated:
The new head of America Online, Tim Armstrong, outlined a five-point strategy for resurrecting the ailing Internet giant on Thursday.
Meanwhile, AOL's former boss -- Jon Miller, the new digital chief of NewsCorp – said his strategy for the media conglomerate will focus on creating premium experiences in a world overwhelmed by free content.
“If it isn’t premium and differentiated you are certainly not going to pay for it,” Miller said at the Fortune Brainstorm tech conference in Pasade...
By Lucas Shaw
Updated:
The new head of America Online, Tim Armstrong, outlined a five-point strategy for resurrecting the ailing Internet giant on Thursday.
Meanwhile, AOL's former boss -- Jon Miller, the new digital chief of NewsCorp – said his strategy for the media conglomerate will focus on creating premium experiences in a world overwhelmed by free content.
“If it isn’t premium and differentiated you are certainly not going to pay for it,” Miller said at the Fortune Brainstorm tech conference in Pasade...
- 7/23/2009
- by Sharon Waxman
- The Wrap
1. Rupert Murdoch and Barry Diller. 2. Gerard Butler, Bradley Cooper, Will Arnett, and Zach Braff. 3. Michelle Williams. From PatrickMcMullan.com. Vf Daily’s picks for the top three parties around the globe last night. Founding Fathers What: Founders Club celebration for Tim Armstrong and Jon Miller. Where: The Roof Garden of Rockefeller Center, New York City. Who: Tim Armstrong, Jon Miller, Barry Diller, Rupert and Wendi Murdoch, Jeff Zucker, Jimmy Fallon and wife Nancy Juvonen, Heroes star Milo Ventimiglia, New York Observer owner Jared Kushner, and Facebook's Chris Hughes. Why: Because Diller wanted to welcome Armstong to AOL and Miller to his new position at News Corp., so he got a bunch of moguls to join him. Talking Point: Dueling parties. Diller's wife, Diane von Furstenberg, was having a bash of her own, touting Claire Shipman and Katty Kay's new book, Womenomics.
- 6/5/2009
- Vanity Fair
New York -- News Corp. watchers have long debated if and when James Murdoch may move into a broader corporate position at the conglomerate.
It seems that the son of chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch will have to wait for a further potential ascension at News Corp. for at least a while now that his father has brought back trusted advisor Chase Carey in a role that is broader than first expected.
News Corp. made things official after the market close Wednesday, confirming that Carey is returning to the conglomerate as deputy chairman, president and COO, effective July 1.
Reporting to Murdoch and based in New York, Carey, 55, will oversee all of the company's global operations. A spokeswoman confirmed that the heads of all businesses will report to Carey. The company didn't provide terms of his employment contract, but a source familiar with the situation said it runs for five years.
It seems that the son of chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch will have to wait for a further potential ascension at News Corp. for at least a while now that his father has brought back trusted advisor Chase Carey in a role that is broader than first expected.
News Corp. made things official after the market close Wednesday, confirming that Carey is returning to the conglomerate as deputy chairman, president and COO, effective July 1.
Reporting to Murdoch and based in New York, Carey, 55, will oversee all of the company's global operations. A spokeswoman confirmed that the heads of all businesses will report to Carey. The company didn't provide terms of his employment contract, but a source familiar with the situation said it runs for five years.
- 6/3/2009
- by By Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hemanshu Nigam will oversee security for all News Corp online properties.
By Amy Kaufman
News Corporation announced Thursday it had promoted Fox Interactive Media/MySpace Chief Security Officer Hemanshu Nigam to a company-wide role in which he will oversee safety, security and privacy for all of the company's online properties.
Nigam will still be in charge of MySpace's security programs. He will work closely with recently appointed Chief Digital Officer, Jon Miller, and will report to Svp Ellen Agress.
"Since he joined MySpace, Hemu has become a nationally known leader and spokesman on Internet safety, security and privacy," ...
By Amy Kaufman
News Corporation announced Thursday it had promoted Fox Interactive Media/MySpace Chief Security Officer Hemanshu Nigam to a company-wide role in which he will oversee safety, security and privacy for all of the company's online properties.
Nigam will still be in charge of MySpace's security programs. He will work closely with recently appointed Chief Digital Officer, Jon Miller, and will report to Svp Ellen Agress.
"Since he joined MySpace, Hemu has become a nationally known leader and spokesman on Internet safety, security and privacy," ...
- 5/14/2009
- by admin
- The Wrap
By Gotham Chopra
Last week I attended a media panel at the Milken Institute’s annual Los Angeles-based conference on all things media, economy and philanthropy.
Something about the panel -- a discussion between media magnates Peter Chernin, Jon Miller, Les Moonves and Brian Grazer (and moderated by former Daily Variety editor Peter Bart) on how digital technology is changing entertainment -- troubled me at the time and has ever since.
Truth be told, living and working in Los Angeles, that’s a foursome you definitely don’t want to offend. Quite the contrary, it’s a...
Last week I attended a media panel at the Milken Institute’s annual Los Angeles-based conference on all things media, economy and philanthropy.
Something about the panel -- a discussion between media magnates Peter Chernin, Jon Miller, Les Moonves and Brian Grazer (and moderated by former Daily Variety editor Peter Bart) on how digital technology is changing entertainment -- troubled me at the time and has ever since.
Truth be told, living and working in Los Angeles, that’s a foursome you definitely don’t want to offend. Quite the contrary, it’s a...
- 5/6/2009
- by Michael Speier
- The Wrap
Sumner Redstone says he'll live forever, but he only gives newspapers another decade or so.
The executive chairman of Viacom and CBS, speaking to CNN's Larry King, said News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch overpaid when he bought Dow Jones, parent company of the Wall Street Journal, for $5 billion.
"I'm not sure there will be newspapers in 10 years," Redstone said.
Comparing the Journal to another News Corp. newspaper, Redstone added that at least Murdoch "hasn't screwed it up like the New York Post."
Redstone, speaking with King before an overflow crowd at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills on Wednesday, said several times that he wasn't interested in critiquing his competitors. Then he did just that.
Of NBC's decision to create a 10 p.m. show for Jay Leno, for example, he said: " 'CSI' will beat the hell out of him," referring to the CBS hit crime show.
The executive chairman of Viacom and CBS, speaking to CNN's Larry King, said News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch overpaid when he bought Dow Jones, parent company of the Wall Street Journal, for $5 billion.
"I'm not sure there will be newspapers in 10 years," Redstone said.
Comparing the Journal to another News Corp. newspaper, Redstone added that at least Murdoch "hasn't screwed it up like the New York Post."
Redstone, speaking with King before an overflow crowd at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills on Wednesday, said several times that he wasn't interested in critiquing his competitors. Then he did just that.
Of NBC's decision to create a 10 p.m. show for Jay Leno, for example, he said: " 'CSI' will beat the hell out of him," referring to the CBS hit crime show.
- 4/29/2009
- by By Paul Bond
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MySpace has already found a new head honcho. As was rumored the company announced the hiring of Owen Van Natta as its new CEO, the former Chief Revenue Officer of Facebook who was instrumental in negotiating the early $240 million investment from Microsoft in the social network. Owen will be based in Los Angeles and report to Jon Miller, CEO of Digital Media and Chief Digital Officer for News Corp. Meanwhile music sharing venture Project Playlist, which Owen was recently hired to run, named MTV veteran and co-founder John Sykes as its new CEO.
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- 4/27/2009
- by wayne@cynopsis.com
New York -- Now it's official. As expected, News Corp. has signed former AOL CEO Jonathan Miller to the new position of chairman and CEO, Digital Media Group and chief digital officer for the conglomerate.
Based in New York and reporting directly to News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, he will be charged with taking the company's digital efforts to the next level.
"Our focus moving forward is twofold: to enable our digital businesses to flourish as individual entities and to bolster the digital strategies of our core media properties by treating them as central to, and not separate from, the enterprise,” Murdoch explained the move. “With his strong background in media and entertainment, coupled with a deep understanding of the digital business, Jon Miller is -- hands down -- the best equipped executive to provide the vision, oversight and operational experience to truly transform our offerings.”
The 52-year-old...
Based in New York and reporting directly to News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, he will be charged with taking the company's digital efforts to the next level.
"Our focus moving forward is twofold: to enable our digital businesses to flourish as individual entities and to bolster the digital strategies of our core media properties by treating them as central to, and not separate from, the enterprise,” Murdoch explained the move. “With his strong background in media and entertainment, coupled with a deep understanding of the digital business, Jon Miller is -- hands down -- the best equipped executive to provide the vision, oversight and operational experience to truly transform our offerings.”
The 52-year-old...
- 4/2/2009
- by By Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
New York -- Reigniting growth at MySpace, figuring out the future of its search deal with Google and perhaps helping to strike an agreement between Hulu and Disney are high on the priority list for News Corp.'s new digital ace Jon Miller.
As expected, the conglomerate on Wednesday said it has signed the former AOL CEO and digital right-hand man of Barry Diller to the newly created positions of chairman and CEO of the Digital Media Group and chief digital officer.
Based in New York and reporting directly to News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, Miller will be charged with taking the company's digital efforts to the next level.
Or as Murdoch put it: "Our focus moving forward is twofold: to enable our digital businesses to flourish as individual entities and to bolster the digital strategies of our core media properties by treating them as central to, and not separate from,...
As expected, the conglomerate on Wednesday said it has signed the former AOL CEO and digital right-hand man of Barry Diller to the newly created positions of chairman and CEO of the Digital Media Group and chief digital officer.
Based in New York and reporting directly to News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, Miller will be charged with taking the company's digital efforts to the next level.
Or as Murdoch put it: "Our focus moving forward is twofold: to enable our digital businesses to flourish as individual entities and to bolster the digital strategies of our core media properties by treating them as central to, and not separate from,...
- 4/1/2009
- by By Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With newly created title of CEO, Jon Miller would oversee expanded role of digital in all areas of the business.
By Wrap Staff
Jon Miller, the former CEO of AOL, is in talks to join News Corp in a newly created title of CEO of Digital Media, TheWrap has learned. He would be in charge of Internet and mobile businesses and report to Rupert Murdoch in New York City.
Peter Levinsohn, who has served as president of News Corp's Fox Interactive Media since 2006 -- overseeing MySpace, Photo Bucket and IGN -- would return to the studio for a signficant role in helping both the TV and movie sectors of the studio, while shaping its digital future.
As Digital Media CEO, Miller would not only oversee the three web...
By Wrap Staff
Jon Miller, the former CEO of AOL, is in talks to join News Corp in a newly created title of CEO of Digital Media, TheWrap has learned. He would be in charge of Internet and mobile businesses and report to Rupert Murdoch in New York City.
Peter Levinsohn, who has served as president of News Corp's Fox Interactive Media since 2006 -- overseeing MySpace, Photo Bucket and IGN -- would return to the studio for a signficant role in helping both the TV and movie sectors of the studio, while shaping its digital future.
As Digital Media CEO, Miller would not only oversee the three web...
- 3/27/2009
- by admin
- The Wrap
Devildriver have commenced recording their fourth, as-yet untitled album. The band –vocalist Dez Fafara, bassist Jon Miller, guitarists Jeff Kendrick and Mike Spreitzer and drummer John Boecklin—are holed up in Edge of the Earth studios in Los Angeles, working with producer Logan Mader (Five Finger Death Punch, Gojira, Divine Heresy). The fourth album follows DevilDriver, The Fury of Our Maker's Hand and The Last Kind Words, all of which earned the band a fiercely loyal legion of fans across the globe. It also marks the band's re-signing with Roadrunner Records, their longtime label home.
Both DevilDriver and Roadrunner are thrilled to continue their successful working relationship. Roadrunner Senior VP of A&R Monte Conner said, “I am thrilled to welcome DevilDriver back to the Roadrunner family. Dez Fafara and Roadrunner have quite a history together and we are happy to be going back into the trenches with him yet again.
Both DevilDriver and Roadrunner are thrilled to continue their successful working relationship. Roadrunner Senior VP of A&R Monte Conner said, “I am thrilled to welcome DevilDriver back to the Roadrunner family. Dez Fafara and Roadrunner have quite a history together and we are happy to be going back into the trenches with him yet again.
- 1/15/2009
- Fangoria
New York -- The Obama administration's likely FCC chairman, Julius Genachowski, won't have much time to get settled, with big issues like the digital transition looming on the horizon.
Industry execs on Tuesday lauded Genachowski's experience -- including a stint at Barry Diller's Iac and a prior stay with the FCC -- and noted his close relationship with President-elect Barack Obama from their days at Harvard Law School.
"I don't think we have had an FCC chairman who is this close to the president for a while," said one Washington rep of a major media company. "It sends a strong signal to our industry that they care about us." Genachowski, whose appointment must be confirmed by the Senate, is likely to bring a more collaborative approach and more digital media savvy to a commission often maligned in recent years amid's current FCC chairman Kevin Martin's bitter battles with Hollywood.
Industry execs on Tuesday lauded Genachowski's experience -- including a stint at Barry Diller's Iac and a prior stay with the FCC -- and noted his close relationship with President-elect Barack Obama from their days at Harvard Law School.
"I don't think we have had an FCC chairman who is this close to the president for a while," said one Washington rep of a major media company. "It sends a strong signal to our industry that they care about us." Genachowski, whose appointment must be confirmed by the Senate, is likely to bring a more collaborative approach and more digital media savvy to a commission often maligned in recent years amid's current FCC chairman Kevin Martin's bitter battles with Hollywood.
- 1/13/2009
- by By Georg Szalai and Paul J. Gough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
San Jose, Calif. -- Media was out in full force Friday morning here in the heart of Silicon Valley ahead of Yahoo's annual shareholder meeting, even though it is expected to be a much more quiet affair than expected just two weeks ago.
CNBC and Fox Business News crews were already set up outside the Fairmont Hotel in downtown a couple of hours before the 10 a.m. kickoff of the event. And the local ABC affiliate also arrived well ahead of the meeting along with The Hollywood Reporter, national newspapers, bloggers and even several German print journalists from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Wirtschaftswoche and Handelsblatt.
Overall, a source said, 50 registered media outlets are present -- well more than at your average shareholder meetings in the media and tech sector. And with only one seat per outlet allowed in the meeting itself, that is a particularly strong showing.
"We've been very aggressive in our coverage," said Jim Goldman, CNBC's Silicon Valley bureau chief who regularly covers the tech giants.
"It's a very big story that affects thousands of shareholders."
With cameras not allowed inside the ballroom where the annual meeting takes place, CNBC is doing live shots from outside the hotel throughout the day.
And that even though the affair is expected to be less explosive than expected last week.
Dissident shareholder Carl Icahn had announced on Thursday that he wouldn't even make the trip here from New York.
That was the latest reprieve for Yang, who just a week before the annual meeting had cut a deal with Icahn that saw the former corporate raider withdraw his own slate of directors. The billionaire maverick agreed to take a board seat for himself and two for confidants of his on an expanded 11-member Yahoo board in return for ending his proxy fight.
Yahoo will add those two Icahn confidants -- out of a group of candidates that includes Hollywood and tech heavyweights, such as Mark Cuban and former AOL head Jon Miller -- and the billionaire himself later, making their presence today unnecessary.
"If Carl (Icahn) was here, there'd be twice as much media," one reporter said.
Still, the tech and business media in attendance sees the event as big enough. "It's big tech and big drama," Goldman said. "It's got all the pieces of the puzzle for us."...
CNBC and Fox Business News crews were already set up outside the Fairmont Hotel in downtown a couple of hours before the 10 a.m. kickoff of the event. And the local ABC affiliate also arrived well ahead of the meeting along with The Hollywood Reporter, national newspapers, bloggers and even several German print journalists from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Wirtschaftswoche and Handelsblatt.
Overall, a source said, 50 registered media outlets are present -- well more than at your average shareholder meetings in the media and tech sector. And with only one seat per outlet allowed in the meeting itself, that is a particularly strong showing.
"We've been very aggressive in our coverage," said Jim Goldman, CNBC's Silicon Valley bureau chief who regularly covers the tech giants.
"It's a very big story that affects thousands of shareholders."
With cameras not allowed inside the ballroom where the annual meeting takes place, CNBC is doing live shots from outside the hotel throughout the day.
And that even though the affair is expected to be less explosive than expected last week.
Dissident shareholder Carl Icahn had announced on Thursday that he wouldn't even make the trip here from New York.
That was the latest reprieve for Yang, who just a week before the annual meeting had cut a deal with Icahn that saw the former corporate raider withdraw his own slate of directors. The billionaire maverick agreed to take a board seat for himself and two for confidants of his on an expanded 11-member Yahoo board in return for ending his proxy fight.
Yahoo will add those two Icahn confidants -- out of a group of candidates that includes Hollywood and tech heavyweights, such as Mark Cuban and former AOL head Jon Miller -- and the billionaire himself later, making their presence today unnecessary.
"If Carl (Icahn) was here, there'd be twice as much media," one reporter said.
Still, the tech and business media in attendance sees the event as big enough. "It's big tech and big drama," Goldman said. "It's got all the pieces of the puzzle for us."...
- 8/1/2008
- by By Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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