Fox Interactive Media Restructuring: Memo From Peter Levinsohn: Optimizing Monetization

Fox Interactive scrambled to send out a staff memo, and we have it below. It comes from Peter Levinsohn, President of Fox Interactive Media (NYSE: NWS). This is the pertinent part: "Adam's team will be comprised of FIM's ad technology, ad operations and performance sales groups. Their charter will be to optimize monetization across FIM's content network and those of other third-party publishers...we will be integrating our branded sales teams (including client solutions, sales development, and traffic generation) into the operating businesses that they support."

The full memo:"All,

Since its inception nearly three years ago, FIM and its properties have experienced phenomenal growth and success as a result of your collective efforts. You have worked diligently to create the largest, most innovative content communities in the world, and, as a company, we are now prepared to take the next step in our evolution.

That next step involves two things: 1) leveraging our industry-leading advertising technologies to create an entirely new business for the company and 2) more closely aligning our products and revenue. We will achieve this alignment through a restructure of our sales and advertising groups that will begin to take effect in the coming weeks.

FIM Audience Network

First, we have created a new business unit called the FIM Audience Network. More after the jump...

Despite the press in our industry about the challenges of monetizing social media, we have built amazing Hyper Targeting and Optimization technologies that dramatically improve our ability to provide better advertising solutions to our clients. Given these strengths, Adam Bain ? who has been so instrumental in developing this capability ? has been promoted to President of the new unit.

Adam's team will be comprised of FIM's ad technology, ad operations and performance sales groups. Their charter will be to optimize monetization across FIM's content network and those of other third-party publishers. The merging of these groups into a single business unit will provide our family of brands and new third-party clients with the ability to extend their reach and enhance their advertising effectiveness across a vast online audience.

Integrated Sales

In addition to the creation of the FIM Audience Network, we will be integrating our branded sales teams (including client solutions, sales development, and traffic generation) into the operating businesses that they support.

This change recognizes that our individual business units have evolved to a point where it is clear they are best served by dedicated professionals who live and breathe those products alone.

For example, at MySpace we have launched our developer platform, unveiled incredible new features and functionality and, just today, announced our landmark joint venture with leaders in the music industry to form MySpace Music. In order to maximize the benefits of these events it is essential for our product and sales team to work hand in hand.