Bulldog Pulls Plug on 'Daily 'Dog'
Bulldog Reporter has pulled the plug on its free Daily 'Dog e-newsletter covering the PR industry.
Publisher Jim Sinkinson said the nine-year-old email blast concluded with its Sept. 12 edition.
Sinkinson said popular features of the 'Dog would be "migrated to new content vehicles" in the fourth quarter, adding that "we simply see other opportunities we believe will be more productive in supporting the 'what's new and what's working' information services the brand is famous for."
Report: Parade to be sold to Athlon
Advance Publications' Parade magazine, put on the auction block this month, will be sold to Sunday newspaper insert publisher Athlon Media, according to the New York Post.
The Sunday Parade magazine has been a fixture in newspapers since 1941.
TheStreet.com reported last week that Gannett had walked away from the Parade auction, while Tribune Publishing and Berkshire Hathaway were also in the mix.
Clear Channel Changes Name
Clear Channel, the No. 1 radio network, is changing its name to iHeartMedia to reflect its multi-platform reality.
The company runs 860 stations in more than 150 markets, websites that reach 90M monthly unique visitors, radio programming, concerts/events, Katz Media Group and the biggest outdoor advertising operation.
Bob Pittman, CEO, said iHeartMedia provides entertainment to people wherever they go.
"We have massive consumer reach and influence across out platforms because we know how to program the live content people want to hear, see and share right now," said Pittman in a statement.
Clear Channel Outdoor is retaining its name.
IHeartMedia's radio attracts 245M listeners per month.
Google Hires P&G Media Exec
Google has hired Julie Eddleman, a top media pro at consumer products giant Procter & Gamble.
She takes the client-service director position. At P&G, where Eddleman was marketing director for North American brand handled program buying of digital media.
Google runs a giant display ad network and help link publishers with brand name advertisers.
Trump Media & Technology Group today reported a $58.2M net loss on $4.1M in 2023 revenues, a disclosure that drove its stock price down 22.6 percent to $47.96.
Barry Pollack, an attorney at Wall Street’s Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler, has registered Julian Assange as a client with the Justice Dept. “out of an abundance of caution.”
Paramount Global to slash 800 jobs in what chief executive Bob Bakish calls part of an effort to “return the company to earnings growth"... Rolling Stone editor-in-chief Noah Shachtman is exiting at the end of the month due to disagreements with chief executive Gus Wenner over the direction the magazine is taking... The New York Times broke the $1 billion barrier in annual revenue from digital subscriptions in 2023... Press Forward is investing more than $500 million to strengthen local newsrooms.
The majority of news articles are read within the first three days of publication, according to a recent report.
The Los Angeles Times gives pink slips to 115 people or 20 percent of its newsroom staff... TIME is also laying off about 30 employees, which is approximately 15 percent of its editorial staff... The Baltimore Banner, which was launched by Stewart Bainum in 2022 after he failed to buy the Baltimore Sun, added 500 subscribers per day in the three days following Sinclair Broadcast Group's deal to purchase the Sun.
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