Happy Holidays!
With the holidays upon us, this morning’s newsletter will be the last for 2011 — the next newsletter you receive will be on Jan. 3, 2012. B… Read more »
Stories for Dec. 23, 2011
Louis Vuitton Sues Warner Bros For Using Fake Bag In Hangover II
photo: Court Documents
A studio that has been a champion of stopping piracy is now facing awkward accusations that it showed counterfeit luggage in a hit movie. Read more »
Cotendo Finds $268 Million In Its Christmas Stocking, Courtesy of Akamai
photo: Shutterstock / Maria Dryfhout
Akamai (NSDQ: AKAM) has snapped up a content-delivery network focused on improving video distribution to mobile devices. Cotendo received an… Read more »
News Corp. To Give Sunday Times The Free Treatment For Christmas This Year
photo: Getty Images / Mario Tama
Last year, News International made The Times and The Sun newspapers free on Christmas and used the opportunity to promote their respective i… Read more »
Wimp Sues Zombie In New Test Of Parody Limits
photo: AMC
The owner of the popular Wimpy Kid franchise is suing an upstart publisher for releasing an illustrated “diary” featuring a haggard, blood-s… Read more »
Why Are Free Games More Popular On iPhones Than On Android Devices?
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Some research out from Xyologic today on app store download trends in 2011 indicates that while games have remained a popular category acros… Read more »
Updated: More Than One Reason Why RIM's BlackBerry 10 Phones Are Late?
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What’s the real reason behind the delay of the BlackBerry 10 handsets, which has Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) in a lot of trouble heading… Read more »
Fine, NYT: HuffPo To Change Parentlode Name, Which They Never Liked Anyway
photo: Huffington Post
Claiming it was a name “that, frankly, we never really loved,” Lisa Belkin–the former editor of New York Times (NYSE: NYT) parenting blog “… Read more »
Stories for Dec. 22, 2011
Crafty Southern Ladies Make Pinterest A Unique Social Networking Site
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I’ve been sucked into image collecting and sharing site Pinterest for hours on end, but my NYC location makes me a less than typical user: N… Read more »
Will There Ever Be A Universal, MP3-Like Standard For E-Books?
Digital music is now mainstream, thanks in part to the MP3. Will the e-book market be next to produce a one-size-fits-all format-a format th… Read more »
Rhapsody Now Has One Million Music Subs In The U.S. Next Stop: Europe
It’s taken ten years, and a last leg up by way of an acquisition of a competitor, but Rhapsody says that it has finally reached one million… Read more »
The Queen On Kindle
photo: Amazon
When you unwrap your new Kindle on Christmas morning and are wondering what to read first, may I suggest Her Royal Majesty’s Christmas Day s… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 12-22-11
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» Highlights of 2011: A year of tech and publishing lawsuits, by the numbers (paidContent)
» From the iPhone to the M… Read more »
Highlights Of 2011: A Year Of Tech And Publishing Lawsuits, By The Numbers
This is the fifth in a series of posts this week that looks at the most significant developments of this year in the sectors that we cover,… Read more »
Highlights Of 2011: The Year In Advertising, By The Numbers
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This is the fourth in a series of posts over this week that looks at the most significant developments of this year in the sectors that we c… Read more »
The Most-Read Newspaper Websites In Europe
We often see national and international breakdowns of newspaper website popularity, but rarely by continent. Read more »
For Users Outside The U.S., Facebook Is Getting A Little More Private
Facebook is no stranger to accusations about how it treats users’ privacy — something that has come under increased public scrutiny in the… Read more »
New York Times CEO Walks With $15 Million
photo: NY Times
The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) today continued its recent penchant for making the news as well as reporting it. New details are emerging abo… Read more »
Toy Maker Sues Android Tablet Maker Over 'Transformer' Tablet
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Hasbro is suing California computer maker Asus, saying the company’s new Transformer Prime tablet violates trademarks related to popular chi… Read more »
Report: Nokia Lumia Accounted For Only 0.17 Percent Of UK Sales In November
Some pretty damning early statistics out today for Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and the Lumia 800: according to a new survey, i… Read more »
All Eyes on Viacom/YouTube Case After Court Rules For Veoh
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A California appeals court yesterday rejected Universal Music’s claim that video-sharing service Veoh didn’t do enough to protect content ow… Read more »
Forget The Mobile Reference Designs, Intel, And Ship A Product
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Much has been made of Microsoft’s failure to shift its dominant presence in the PC market to the mobile market, but at least the company has… Read more »
Updated: Microsoft Cashes Out Of Vegas: 2012 Its Last CES Keynote Speech
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Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has officially opened the Consumer Electronics Show for years with keynotes from Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, but 20… Read more »
Stories for Dec. 21, 2011
HTC Says Android Patent Fix Is Ready To Go, Google Hopes For 'Patent Peace'
photo: Tricia Duryee
HTC says it has already figured out how to ship Android phones in the U.S. that don’t run afoul of a patent held by Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), the… Read more »
Streaming The Super Bowl Is No Big Deal (For Now)
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The NFL and NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) garnered a lot of attention yesterday with news that the Super Bowl (along with the Pro Bowl and two Wild Card… Read more »
Distimo: Apple's App Store Still Beats Android On Revenues; Freemium Rules
Android’s Market and the App Store from Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) may be getting ever-closer to being level in the number of apps on offer, but whe… Read more »
News Corp.'s Sun Wins Appeal: Video On News Sites Won't Be Regulated As VOD
More scrutiny of News Corporation’s UK tabloids by Ofcom… but this time with a good result for the media company. The UK communications re… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 12-21-11
photo: Corbis / Patricia Curi
» Highlights of 2011: Let’s do the CEO shuffle (paidContent)
» Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) releases performance-enhancing Kin… Read more »
LoveFilm Signs Streaming Deal With Sony Pictures Television
Amazon’s LoveFilm is continuing its film and TV content rights war with U.S. rival Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), signing a deal with Sony (NYSE: SNE… Read more »
Updated: Amazon Releases Kindle Fire Update; New Features In iOS Apps
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Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has released its promised Kindle Fire software update, which the company says will resolve some of the problems users ha… Read more »
Italy's Paid Content Market Actually Seems Relatively Healthy
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Italians are twice as likely to pay for digital content as consumers in some other major nations. Read more »
Highlights Of 2011: Let's Do The CEO Shuffle
This is the third in a series of posts over this week that looks at the most significant developments of this year in the sectors that we co… Read more »
New Advertising JV In UK: Hi-Media Partners With Weborama
A bit of consolidation in the online advertising world in the UK, and another step to strengthen the ad-exchange business model: Hi-Media, t… Read more »
Apple Buys Israeli Flash Storage Maker In $500 Million Deal
Apple has bought Israel’s Anobit, a maker of flash storage technology, for up to $500 million (£319 million), the Calcalist financial daily… Read more »
Android: 700,000 Activations Per Day, WiFi Not Included?
Late on Tuesday Andy Rubin, SVP of Mobile and Android head honcho for Google (NSDQ: GOOG), gave the world the latest figures on how much And… Read more »
Both Sides Claim Victory In Microsoft-Motorola Patent Dispute At ITC
The aftermath of a modern patent ruling looks more and more like the spin room following a presidential debate, a place where everyone belie… Read more »
Updated: Microsoft, Nokia, Amazon All Mulled Bids On RIM
What the hell would Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) have done with Research in Motion? (NSDQ: RIMM) A report Tuesday indicated that Amazon considered ma… Read more »
Is Piers Morgan Becoming Baggage For CNN?
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If CNN wants an incisive big-name interviewer, it should consider hiring Robert Jay QC, who put Piers Morgan through a far tougher interview… Read more »
Verizon Hit With DOJ Investigation Over Spectrum Deals With Cable Companies
Now it’s Verizon’s turn in the government spotlight. The U.S. Department of Justice plans to look into the recent deals that the wireless co… Read more »
A Closer Look At That $4 Billion T-Mobile Break-up Fee
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As the dust settles on 2011′s biggest deal-that-never-was, it’s worth taking a closer look at the exit payout that makes Tiger Woods $100 mi… Read more »
