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Pluribus Capital was founded in 2009 by James A. Finkelstein, George Green and Matthew Doull to focus on acquiring and managing industry leading media properties with high growth potential, particularly those with strong brand recognition across multiple platforms including digital, print and events. And acquire Pluribus has. Together with Guggenheim Partners, a global diversified financial services firm, Pluribus …

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Nielsen isn't done offloading its operating units. On top of the company's recent sale of several prominent trade titles, Nielsen is now letting go of its box office reporting business. Portland-based Rentrak Corp. has agreed to acquire The Nielsen Company's EDI division for $15 million in cash. According to LA Times: The deal will expand Rentrak's ability to collect and provide clients with box office data from …

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California Travel and Tourism Commission is working hard to entice Brits to the Golden State via its new consumer-generated video promotion, California Calling. And what better organic carrot to dangle than the chance to be on TV!? This particular pitch also has an old-fashioned sweeps--the winner gets a seven-day VIP experience in Tinsel Town. Here's an entrant's video: …

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Far better than a precise plan is a clear sense of direction and compelling beliefs." - Dee Hock Dee Hock, founder and former CEO of Visa International, has some interesting ideas about chaos theory and organizational democracy. Here's a passage from an old Fast Company article on Hock: Command-and-control organizations, Hock says, "were not only archaic and increasingly irrelevant. They were becoming a public …

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Last month we noted that "Change Had Come" for Adweek, Mediaweek and Brandweek (after hearing it from Sharon Waxman). Now, the New York Times is making news of the rumors. Abandoning some of the best known names in trade publishing, the Nielsen Company said Thursday that it would shut down Editor & Publisher and Kirkus Reviews, and sell a stable of other publications, including Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter, …

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MySpace CEO, Owen Van Natta, announced today that MySpace Music has completed a deal to acquire certain assets of imeem - a leading social media music service. Eliot Van Buskirk of Wired says, "You were fun while you lasted, imeem, rest in peace -- although it looks like you'll rest in pieces instead." Van Buskirk also comments on the reasons for the service's demise: According to insiders, imeem, which was already …

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