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PE Lining Up For Reed Business, Variety Auction

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2008-07-21 16:52:00 by Michael Learmonth in Silicon Alley Insider
...Reed Elsevier's US-based Reed Business Information division, which includes entertainment paper Variety, New Scientist, and Broadcasting & Cable, Reuters reports . Bids, expected to be in the $2 - $2.5 billion range,are due August 11, with mostly US-based private equity firms vying for the publishing group, which includes 80 magazines and...
 
Tags: reed elsevier, equity firms, reuters reports, variety, successful bidder, billion range, texas pacific, bain capital, due august
 
 
 
 
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Reed Elsevier Seeking Separate Buyer For US Magazines, Variety

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2008-04-25 17:34:00 by Michael Learmonth in Silicon Alley Insider
Reed Elsevier is planning to spit up its publishing unit and sell of the US-based and European businesses separately, a source tells Rafat Ali . Apax Partners, which discussed a deal for the whole unit, has now taken itself out of the bidding Analysts expected all of Reed Business Information to fetch anywhere from $1.96 billion to $2.6 billion...
 
Tags: variety, reed business, reed business information, variety suitor, european businesses separately, reed elsevier, separately, unit, charlie koones
 
 
 
 
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Former AOL Exec Jon Miller: Yes To Tai Chi With Lou Reed, No To Steve Ballmer

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2008-08-01 10:35:00 by Peter Kafka in Silicon Alley Insider
...Reed, Bette Midler, Hugh Jackman and other celebrities During the sessions, Miller's lanky frame flows through fluid, continuous movements, punctuated by quick bursts of energy. Three decades of Chinese martial arts have made his limbs so supple that he can do the splits at 51. And the physical and mental discipline has sharpened his ability...
 
Tags: jon, jon miller, miller, join, join yahoo, yahoo, yahoo board, board, lou reed
 
 
 
 
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Video Interview of Netflix CEO: Reed Hastings

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2008-11-17 16:58:50 by Saad Ali Abbasi in Startup Meme
...Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix. The focus of the discussion was the companys attempts to look beyond the DVD and its work with some device companies, such as Roku, Xbox, Samsung, LG, etc. The findings were that the company aims to embed its software into the listed companies systems. The discussion also found Hiring a new devices head to work...
 
Tags: dvd business, dvd, cable companies, dvd rental margins, reed hastings, newteevee live conference, true twitter video, clickpass embeds google, normal web browsers
 
 
 
 
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Oprah Hires New Editor; Conde Nast Shuts Down "Golf For Women"

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2008-07-07 21:52:00 by Michael Learmonth in Silicon Alley Insider
...Reed, former editor of Conde Nast's "Golf For Women." And Reed found a new job in the nick of time. Conde Nast is shutting down "Golf For Women," the third magazine it has shuttered (including Jane and House & Garden) in the past year Reed replaces longtime editor Amy Gross, who retired from O, The Oprah Magazine in April. Soon after Reed's...
 
Tags: conde nast, oprah magazine, conde nast execs, magazine, golf, reed, susan reed, editor, current julyaugust issue
 
 
 
 
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Netflix Q1: Tanking On Guidance (NFLX)

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2008-04-21 22:21:00 by Dan Frommer in Silicon Alley Insider
...Reed Hastings joins. Expect 9.4 million subs by year-end (midpoint if guidance). EPS growth: $1.23 midpoint (below consensus!) but up 27% from 2007. In Q1 subscriber net adds up, SAC less than $30. Churn at 3.9%. All three record performances 5:03 Late December Blockbuster flaked off. Some of benefit will be long-lasting, some will be a...
 
Tags: growth, faster subscriber growth, lower growth, seasonal growth, revenue growth, price cut, price cut comps, lag subscriber growth, netflix expects sales
 
 
 
 
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Netflix Q2 In Line, EPS Strong, Stock Soars (NFLX)

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2008-07-25 09:25:00 by Dan Frommer in Silicon Alley Insider
...Reed Hastings. And while marketing costs were at long-time low, Netflix says it's not paying lower CPMs for Internet advertising -- the "outside advertising climate... hasn't shifted materially for us," Hastings said Up next: Netflix says it'll start testing price hikes for Blu-ray content. More on that in a separate post, which we'll link...
 
Tags: digital content, digital content deals, million lehman, million lehman est, guidance, million guidance, netflix, million jefferies, million jefferies est
 
 
 
 
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Warning To Jeff Bewkes: Mess With Former AOL Boss Jon Miller At Your Own Peril (TWX, YHOO)

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2008-08-03 07:00:00 by Peter Kafka in Silicon Alley Insider
...Reed (yes, that Lou Reed ), who took the photos for the Kung Fu article See Also: Time Warner Killed Jon Miller/Yahoo Deal Jon Miller Not Joining Yahoo Board, After All How To Watch Yahoo Shareholder Meeting Live Former AOL Exec Jon Miller: No To Steve Ballmer, Yes To Tai Chi With Lou Reed Yahoo, Icahn Settle: Carl Gets 3 Seats, Agrees To...
 
Tags: jon, jon miller, jon explains, miller, jeff bewkes, jon milleryahoo deal, time warner camp, yahoo, time warner