10 Steps to Building an Online Media Empire

"Many bloggers dream of creating media empires. Few of us come even close. Having a popular blog is just one minor step in the process. It’s what you do next that’s critical. Many people start selling advertising or try and build revenues through affiliates. Some create...

Researchers Investigate Box Office Impact Vs. Original Movie

Study shows correlation between movie release date and gap between release of sequels as to how movies do in the box office."Although movie sequels don’t always do as well at the box office as the original, they tend to do much better than non-sequels, according to a new...

Green Light: Singapore Film Fund to Push Industry

Singapore has paved a path for its filmmkaers that's even smoother than Orchard Road. With matching funds, a promotion allowance, and even a guaranteed distribution deal (the holy grail for indie filmmakers), Singapore is driving to build on its newly-high profile following...

Announcement: NowPublic named one of the Top 25 IT up and comers in Canada

"Celebrating its fifteenth anniversary, the Branham300 continues to highlight the Canada’s top IT companies. This definitive listing represents a truly insightful piece of intelligence on the Canadian information...

$13.3 Billion U.S Porn Revenues Exceed Combined Sales of ABC, CBS, and NBC

If there was any doubt about what's really driving the internet's economic engine, here's a hint: it's not online gambling. It's porn. " The pornographic industry (world) is larger than the revenues of the top...

RIAA: Vinyl Is Back!

Frank Smith is always worth reading.  Today he picked up an interesting tidbit on the state of the music business."In the U.S. shipments of CDs were down 17.5 percent in 2007, while digital formats (such as...

New York Times Earnings Reflect Ongoing Double Whammy

Even the venerable NYTimes is not immune to the dramatic downturn in newspaper revenues."With ad spending overall down just under double digits at 9% for the first quarter, the New York Times' results -- most likely...

Is Craigslist Killing Newspaper Revenues?

In a recent interview with Computerworld, Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist.org, discusses the success of the site and refutes that claim that it is having any significant impact on the classified revenues of...

Oil subsidy to soar to Rp87 T : minister

""We see it (subsidy hike) as being quite secure at the end of this year because there is still balance between the increase in revenues and that in spending. The deficit in the state budget will remain unchanged," he said. He said oil output until the end of 2007 would stand...

Income tax receipts from oil and gas expected to increase Rp5 T

""If I am not mistaken this year`s income tax receipts from oil and gas will increase by Rp4-5 trillion from the target set in the revised 2007 state budget," Director General of Taxation Darmin Nasution said here Friday. But this would not be as high as an increase in...

PepsiCo declares dividend

"The Board of Directors of PepsiCo today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.375 per share on PepsiCo common stock. The dividend is payable Jan. 2, 2008, to shareholders of record on Dec. 7, 2007.PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) is one of the world's largest food and beverage companies,...

Bolivian Airport Is Wrested From Government Troops

"Armed with clubs and waving provincial flags, thousands of residents of Bolivia’s wealthiest province seized control of the country’s busiest airport on Friday from troops sent in by President Evo Morales. The...

Too much rain costs water company dear

"This summer's wet weather has cost Severn Trent millions of pounds, despite giving its reservoirs a welcome boost. The water company said this morning that the unusually high rainfall through July and August significantly cut demand for water. It now believes full-year...

BP results set to be ‘dreadful’

"Tony Hayward, BP’s new chief executive, has prepared staff for a far-reaching shake-up of the oil company as he delivered a blunt warning that third-quarter revenues would be “dreadful”. Mr Hayward told a staff meeting in Houston he would be announcing a streamlining...

Is Craigslist's Craig Newmark having too much fun?

Craig Newmark may be having too much fun according to the New York Times in an article just posted.Craig himself notes as much on his own blog."Craigslist’s success as a place to sell things, get jobs and meet...

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