Stories for Dec. 13, 2002

Online Movie Site Movielink Picks McCann for its Ad Campaign: Movielink, the online movie subscription service which launched Nov. 11, has… Read more »

Stories for Dec. 12, 2002

Ten Percent of All U.S. Internet Users to Pay for Content Online in 2002: This according to a new report on the online content market by eMa… Read more »

CBS MarketWatch to Look for More Acquisitions: It has been looking for a while now, buying out Hulbert Financial Digest earlier this year. T… Read more »

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How to Avoid the Top 5 Subscription Marketing Mistakes: ContentBiz examines 10 sites and analyzes their subscription marketing mistakes (and… Read more »

Oplayo Launches Streaming Video on Mobile Handsets in UK: Oplayo, a Finland-based company, intends to deliver streamed video to GPRS phones… Read more »

NYT Digital Has No Plans to Charge: “I don’t think there’s anything broken in our model,” said Martin A. Nisenholtz, chief executive of New… Read more »

Rivals has No Problem Accepting WSJ.com’s Ads: “I think that it was a little jab, yes,” said Larry Kramer, chairman and chief executive at C… Read more »

Music Labels Foresee Turning Point Online: The major music labels continue to play defense in the online music game. 2003 will see them play… Read more »

Stories for Dec. 11, 2002

Why AOL Shouldn’t Restrict Time Inc.’s Content: A cogent argument from David Kirkpatrick on the mistake AOL is making in restricting Time In… Read more »

Unspun Guy Gets 2.0 Gig: Jimmy Gutterman, till recently the founder of Media Unspun, has landed a new weekly online column with Business 2.0… Read more »

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MusicMatch Launches Artist on Demand Subscription Service: MusicMatch, the online media player software provider, has launched a streaming m… Read more »

The Video-Game Wars Explode Online: Its Microsoft’s deep pockets and Xbox’ built-in capabilities vs. Sony’s and Nintendo’s add-ons. The priz… Read more »

Web Radio’s Personal Edge: “Since 1997, 28 million people have registered for online radio station MusicMatch’s free player, and 130,000 hav… Read more »

Paid Content and DRM: “DRM is an essential element to any charging initiative. Content owners have the right to receive payment and recognit… Read more »

“ESPN magazine and ESPN.com, the networks’ Web site, are both profitable this year, Bodenheimer said. He declined to comment on when its bro… Read more »

Stories for Dec. 10, 2002

Playboy.com to Have its First Profitable Year in 2003: This according to Christie Hefner, CEO of Playboy Enterprises, delivering her speech… Read more »

WSJ.com Launches a New Ad Campaign: Well, finally. WSJ.com has launched a rather belated new TV, print and online ad campaign, which hopes t… Read more »

Behind the Scenes: The Demise of Media Unspun: In a Q&A with CyberJournalist.net’s Jonathan Dube, Media Unspun publisher Jimmy Guterman says… Read more »

The Need for Better Reports: Vin Crosbie on the need for better reports on online content spending, criticizing Online Publishers Associatio… Read more »

How Reed Reached the Top of the Media Tree: Reed Elsevier, the specialist publisher of scientific, business, legal and educational magazines… Read more »

Stories for Dec. 9, 2002

C&W Scores MovieLink Content Delivery Deal: Telco and technology giant Cable & Wireless has inked a deal to provide the content delivery inf… Read more »

Private Media Group to Launch Adult Content Chip for PDAs: As usual, the adult industry is two steps ahead of the mainstream media companies… Read more »

AOL Needs to Avoid the Pathfinder’s Mistakes: “But AOL better be careful not to fall prey to the Pathfinder Way: It needs to keep its titles… Read more »

It’s Now or Never for B2B Publishers: A comprehensive story on the hurdles facing B2B publishers (focusing mainly on UK) in trying to charge… Read more »

Is AOL Time Warner Just a Three-Headed Monster?: An analysis story focusing on the UK market, on AOL’s new strategy. “Although the company’s… Read more »

Free Content Online? Publishers Are Divided: An analysis of move from free to paid content, in light of AOL’s recent decision to wall-off Ti… Read more »

Stories for Dec. 7, 2002

Coping With a Web That’s No Longer Free (via TheEndofFree): “A paying customer is, after all, a more demanding customer…The added revenue… Read more »

Stories for Dec. 6, 2002

Hoover’s Acquired by D&B for $117 Million: D&B, a provider of business information and analytical technology, is buying Hoover’s Online for… Read more »

Uplifting News For South Africans, For 5p Each: An innovative scheme in South Africa, where mobile users can access “a bottomless well of up… Read more »

Gateway spins Pressplay service on PCs: Gateway announced a deal with Pressplay to load its PCs with 2,000 songs from the online music servi… Read more »

Americans Continue To Embrace Potential Of Digital Music: A new study by Ipsos-Reid on digital music distribution in U.S. “In June of 2002,… Read more »

Online Music Services Ready for Prime-Time Showdown: An overview of the recent frenetic activity among the online music subscription service… Read more »

Stories for Dec. 5, 2002

Can Slate Swoop up Media Unspun?: An enticing and perfectly logical thought, to say the least. Check out Media Unspun’s message board, on so… Read more »

Charging for Online Content (Audio): A growing number of online content providers are planning to start charging but will consumers be willi… Read more »

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