Statement from Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr. Chairman, The New York Times Company Publisher, The New York Times
Craig Etheridge has been named senior vice president of Digital and Mobile Sales for Gannett and USA TODAY, Mary Murcko, Gannett’s president of Sales, announced today. Etheridge will be responsible for driving national advertising sales revenue across all of Gannett’s digital assets, including USA TODAY and USA WEEKEND. In addition, he will sell digital inventory to national advertisers for Gannett Broadcast’s 23 television stations and U.S. Community Publishing’s 81 local media properties. Etheridge has served as vice president of Mobile Advertising Sales for the company since 2010.
The biggest ever event for news publishers in South Asia; more than 350 delegates from 22 countries.
The Canadian Journalism Foundation will explore the challenges facing the news business in its upcoming J-Talk “Gutenberg’s Last Stand: Reinventing the Modern Newspaper.”This event takes place on October 18 at the TMX Broadcast Centre in Toronto and features editors of Canada’s leading newspapers.
In the United States, a movie trailer of uncertain origin is posted on YouTube, purporting to promote “Innocence of Muslims”. Though the trailer is an unbearably stupid, incredibly offensive portrayal of the Prophet Muhammad, with production values of a high-school parody, the trailer sets off a wave of anti-American violence in the Middle East.
Almost three years after the launch of the iPad, the latest mobile apps are starting to live up to their promise as publishing platforms for news media. The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) is offering a rapid, one-stop opportunity for publishers and editors to hear about the latest in business strategy and product development to benefit their businesses.
The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) announced today the closing of the sale of its About Group, which includes the Web sites of About.com, ConsumerSearch.com and CalorieCount.com, to IAC (NASDAQ: IACI) for $300 million in cash, plus adjustments for working capital. The Company estimates the net after-tax proceeds from the sale will be approximately $290 million and plans to use the sale proceeds for general corporate purposes.
