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Perfect Market Raises Another $9 Million to Help Papers Sell Old News

in Media on January 17, 2011 at 9:00 pm PT

Perfect Market doesn’t promise to save the newspaper business. But the company says it can help papers wring more money out of the stuff they’re already making.

Super Bowl Ads Web 2.0 Roundup: Watch, Tweet and Widget

in News on January 31, 2009 at 9:21 pm PT

Super Bowl XLIII is nearly upon us with ads in tow, and since there’s never been as much video, connectivity or interactivity as there is right now, the whole thing is shaping up to be quite the Web 2.0 extravaganza. From YouTube to Twitter to Facebook and beyond, here’s your guide to all the digital venues available to view, vote on and even interact with this year’s lineup of ad campaigns.

Tribune Co. Headed for Chapter 11?

in Media on December 7, 2008 at 5:14 pm PT

One of the country’s biggest newspapers may be headed for bankruptcy court. Tribune Company, which owns the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune and a host of other media properties, has hired the Lazard investment bank and law firm Sidley Austin to try to stave off a Chapter 11 filing. But that may not be enough: Owner Sam Zell, who took on substantial debt to buy the company for some $8 billion last year, is reportedly preparing for a possible bankruptcy filing “as soon as this week.”