Business Matters: Digging Into Vevo’s $150 Million of Revenue in 2011 …

February 01, 2012 By Glenn Peoples, Nashville Vevo Announces $150 million in revenue, Averages $0.0043/Stream -- Vevo pulled in $150 million in revenue in 2011 and expects to hit $1 billion soon, CEO Rio Caraeff said at the Dive Into Media conference. Caraeff made the rare financial disclosure at the Wall Street Journal's Dive Into D conference. The company had previously disclosed that it has paid out $100 million in its first 2 years. Read more [...]

House Hunting in … Aruba

$1.2 MILLION This three-bedroom home, its concrete facade painted bright red, was custom-built in 1995 to evoke a traditional Aruban farmhouse called a cunucu, which blends European and Indian influences. Popular in the 19th century, these dwellings had slanted tile roofs, sometimes with dormers like this one, allowing tropical heat to rise. This property also has a two-car garage and two studio apartments with kitchens, which were built in 2004 next to the main house in the same style, Read more [...]

Facebook files for IPO, plans to raise $5 billion with stock sale

The government-required filing revealed details about the company that were previously unknown because the firm was private. The paperwork portrays a company that makes the vast majority of its money from selling display ads targeted to its users who have revealed to Facebook much about their lives. Those connections and activities among its 845 million members are an advertiser’s dream, experts say. The filing stated that Facebook users upload 250 million photos a day, signal that they “like” Read more [...]

Corrie Set To Be Listed?

CONFIDENTIAL has learned that the city centre set of Coronation Street may be listed. If successful it may mean the set could avoid the worst of all possible outcomes, demolition.English Heritage has told us: 'We have received an application to consider the Coronation Street set for listing, and we are in the process of providing an assessment. An English Heritage advisor has visited the set.'Following a consultation period where relevant parties can provide feedback and comment, we will then provide Read more [...]

Owners delay plan to bulldoze homes in Middleport

NINETEEN more boarded-up houses are to be demolished in a Stoke-on-Trent regeneration area. But the derelict properties have been left standing in part of Travers Street, in Middleport, because two of the homes are still not owned by the city council. ​ GOING: The remaining houses in Travers Street, Middleport. Now those owners have until February 13 to contact the council about the properties Read more [...]