GLG News by Media Experts in GLG Member Programs

Editorial cost is often the easiest to cut, and the first place new management turns to for cost savings. However, quality editorial creates value and distinguishes product in the market place. Excellence is a unique selling proposition. Publications that pay for top writers and produce a high quality...

Either get with the program, adapt, or die!

Some things will be cloud based, MSFT, GOOG and AMZN are all betting on it.  for middle market companies having computing in the cloud may make sense. But it comes with risk

Newspapers are failing on both fronts.  They are in a severe print advertising recession.  And online sales are slowing -- up  a mere 7% vs. industry-wide growth of 24%.  Falling revenues make reducing debt at Tribune more difficult and put dividends at risk at McClatchy, Gatehouse...

The recording industry is lobbying to create a performance royalty on the terrestrial radio industry to provide royalties to artists.  The radio industry is opposing any such action.

E. W. Scripps now has final regulatory approvals to split operations in to two pubic companies, similar to what Belo Corp. did a few months ago.  Will Scripps fare better in their efforts?

Amid falling ad revenues, is Sam Zell destroying the LA Times (and other Tribune papers) by cutting news pages, making newsroom decisions based on quantity not quality of reporting, facilitating the exits of his best staff and dumbing down his papers beyond recognition?

Latest annual "Investing in Radio" study by BIA Financial indicates large markets will continue to experience slow to negative growth for next few years while some turnaround is evidenced in smaller and medium markets. What are small and medium markets doing right that the big markets are not doing

The next iPhone will likely be more business friendly, with easier transfers of contact information, a word processor, and especially the ability to email photo and document attachments. Cult-like marketing cannot cover up the iPhone's weaknesses, and South Korean manufacturers will be responding with...

A study by Senovate examines ethnic and gender differences regarding social networks, online banking, and visiting YouTube with some interesting findings.