What Happens Next If Spotify Goes Public?
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Record labels’ equity in Spotify has allowed the music subscription service to start and to flourish. But, if the company decides to file fo… Read more »
Stories for Mar. 1, 2012
Nielsen: Women Are Heavier DVR Users Than Men
Sure, most of us have seen statistics showing that digital video recorders are now in more than 40 percent of American homes. But how much a… Read more »
How The E-Book Landscape Is Becoming A Walled Garden
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Just as a few massive chain stores eventually came to dominate the traditional printed book market in North America, the e-book marketplace… Read more »
Patent Troll Stalks Social Gaming Industry Over Virtual Payments
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A new patent troll announced its arrival this week by suing companies like Facebook, Zynga and Playfish. Its weapon is a patent that it clai… Read more »
Facebook Buys Some Time But Hasn't Solved Mobile
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Last November after our paidContent Entertainment conference in Los Angeles, I got to talking with a gentleman in the advertising business w… Read more »
Why Redbox Might Have To Agree To 56-Day Windows, Too
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The last year has been pretty good to Redbox. The rental kiosk chain is about to embark on a new streaming venture with Verizon, and has bee… Read more »
Facebook Pushes Advertisers To Get Creative And Social With Ads
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Facebook showed off a new suite of premium ads Wednesday that it thinks will allow advertisers to interact more directly with their customer… Read more »
Industry Moves: Forbes; Digitas Health; MSLO; Time Inc; TwelvefoldMedia
Here is a roundup of some of the latest executive-level hirings and exits in the world of digital media business…
– Forbes Media: *Mered… Read more »
Judges Say No To Crack, Refuse 'Crackberry' Trademark
Embattled BlackBerry maker Research In Motion got a rare bit of good news this week after judges refused to let a gadget site trademark the… Read more »
We're Hiring A Media/Advertising Reporter
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We’re looking for a smart, aggressive reporter to cover digital media and advertising for paidContent and GigaOM. Both media and advertising… Read more »
Why U.S. Prosectors Won't Be Filing Corruption Charges Against News Corp
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What if the scandal involving bribery, phone-hacking and News Corp landed in an American courtroom? It would be a great story. But despite t… Read more »
We're Hiring A Startup Reporter
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We’re looking for an energetic and enterprising reporter to cover startups in Silicon Valley for GigaOM and paidContent. Sure, like any othe… Read more »
Stories for Feb. 29, 2012
Penguin UK, Economist Partner On E-Singles
Penguin UK and the Economist are partnering on a series of e-singles, “Penguin Economist Specials.” The partnership makes sense since Pengui… Read more »
The Future For News International After James Murdoch
Does James Murdoch’s UK exit bode ill or well for News Corp.’s UK newspapers? That’s the question many are asking. Read more »
With KDP Select, Amazon Gains Authors' Exclusivity — Cheap
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) released some select Kindle Owners’ Lending Library numbers today, aiming to position its KDP Select program as a good d… Read more »
With KDP Select, Amazon Gains Authors’ Exclusivity — Cheap
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) released some select Kindle Owners’ Lending Library numbers today, aiming to position its KDP Select program as a good d… Read more »
James Murdoch Steps Down At News International
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James Murdoch has been removed as executive chairman of News Corp.’s UK newspaper wing News International, as the phone hacking and media et… Read more »
Cudo Blames Vendor For Pirated E-Book Deal, Grosses AUD $230k
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Cudo, the Microsoft-backed Australian daily deal site that offered a $99 Chinese e-reader bundled with a CD of pirated e-books (Stephen King… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 2-29-12
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» Who Decides What Gets Sold In The Bookstore? (paidContent)
» Facebook Expands Media Sharing on Timeline – Too Much… Read more »
When Will Music's Celestial Jukebox Go Mainstream?
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Music’s new wave of unlimited-access services is now supported by most labels, who dearly hope that new subscription payments will make up f… Read more »
When Will Music’s Celestial Jukebox Go Mainstream?
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Music’s new wave of unlimited-access services is now supported by most labels, who dearly hope that new subscription payments will make up f… Read more »
Cord Cutting Can Wait: Subscription TV Added 343,000 Subs in Q4
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Correction: A previous version of this story reported an increase of 343 million subs. We apologize for the error.
With the rise of Netflix… Read more »
EC Says Telco Standards Could Make €110 Billion New Digital Content Market
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The European Commission reckons it could unlock €110 ($147.99/£93.27) billion a year in new digital business by harmonising rules for the… Read more »
ITV Has Turned Around Online Fortunes With VOD, Next Comes New News Site
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UK commercial TV leader ITV (LSE: ITV) will launch a bold new news website this spring, will start trialling its delayed “Pay Player” this M… Read more »
Why Windows 8 Is Microsoft's Most Vital Launch In Years
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Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Windows was a fact of life for an entire generation raised on the PC. But we live in a different world now, and perha… Read more »
Why Windows 8 Is Microsoft
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Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Windows was a fact of life for an entire generation raised on the PC. But we live in a different world now, and perha… Read more »
Reed Hastings: Netflix Will One Day Be Part Of Your Cable Bundle
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is usually cast as a cable competitor, but CEO Reed Hastings said he thinks cable will eventually become an on-demand i… Read more »
Who Decides What Gets Sold In The Bookstore?
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We can probably agree that the local supermarket has no moral or ethical or business obligation to sell cherry-flavored Cap’n Crunch. If the… Read more »
Google's Schmidt Preaches Tech Utopia To The Choir
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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) chairman Eric Schmidt is a passionate advocate for the technology industry, and he laid on the charm in an hour-long app… Read more »
As Staff Flees, TechCrunch's Traffic Plummets
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TechCrunch, the long-time darling of the digerati, is smashed to bits and all of AOL’s horses and men will be hard-pressed to put it togethe… Read more »
As Staff Flees, TechCrunch’s Traffic Plummets
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TechCrunch, the long-time darling of the digerati, is smashed to bits and all of AOL’s horses and men will be hard-pressed to put it togethe… Read more »
Cloud Concerns? Fox And Warner Bros Will Offer New Content-Storage Service
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Perhaps impatient with the progress of UltraViolet, Hollywood’s ambitious cloud-based movie-storage plan, two movie studios are launching th… Read more »
Big Drop: TechCrunch Pageviews 2011-2012
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TechCrunch, the long-time darling of the digerati, is smashed to bits and all of AOL’s horses and men will be hard-pressed to put it togethe… Read more »
Microsoft-Backed Daily Deal Site Sells E-Reader Bundled With Pirated Titles
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Australian daily deal site Cudo, which is backed by Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), has a great deal for you if you like pirated e-books. Stephen Ki… Read more »
Stories for Feb. 28, 2012
Vodafone Lashes Out As European Parliament Votes To Cut Data Roam Charges
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For the last few years European regulators have been pushing mobile companies to slash the roaming charges they slap on customers who cross… Read more »
Can A Fashion Blogger Make It Pay? Frockwriter Is About To Find Out
Fashion blogging has grown from a few wannabe writers looking from outside in at the industry to an influential new media category that desi… Read more »
Publisher EDC Pulls All Its Books From Amazon
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Tulsa, OK-based children’s book publisher Educational Development Corporation will no longer sell any of its titles on Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN),… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 2-28-12
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» AOL (NYSE: AOL) sees three more major talent departures (VentureBeat)
» Oscar night turns into a winning night for… Read more »
Interview: UBM CEO Says Print Sell-Offs Complete, Digital Tip Point Ahead
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UBM CEO David Levin tells paidContent the business publisher is done with off-loading content businesses for now and is about to see online… Read more »
DataSift Now Gulps Two Years From The Twitter Firehose
DataSift’s new Historics service promises to mine the Twitter archives going back two years for insights that could guide business decisions… Read more »
