Stories for Feb. 1, 2012

Industry Moves: Yahoo; Warner Bros.; Future Publishing

Feb. 1, 2012 - 5:17 AM EDT Feb. 1, 2012 - 5:17 AM EDT

Businesspeople Walking, Leaving or Arriving - Executives walking

– Yahoo: In a reorganization of Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) EMEA, Marketing VP James Tipple and Marketing Director Andrew Cocker have left the compa… Read more »

Amazon: Print Book Unit Sales Up; More Content For Prime

By Laura Hazard Owen

Feb. 1, 2012 - 5:10 AM EDT Feb. 1, 2012 - 5:10 AM EDT

photo: Flickr / Kirbyfest

Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) says unit sales of print books grew by “double digits” in Q4 compared to last year. That “is impressive given the shift… Read more »

Barnes & Noble: We Will Not Carry Amazon Publishing Titles In Our Stores

By Laura Hazard Owen

Feb. 1, 2012 - 4:00 AM EDT Feb. 1, 2012 - 4:00 AM EDT

photo: Flickr / keone

About half an hour before Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) announced Q4 earnings this afternoon, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) released a new statement sayi… Read more »

Report: Facebook’s IPO To Start At $5 Billion, And It’s Coming Wednesday AM

By Ingrid Lunden

Feb. 1, 2012 - 3:52 AM EDT Feb. 1, 2012 - 3:52 AM EDT

Facebook’s much-anticipated IPO looks to be coming ever-closer, with a new report out with further details of what we will see come Wednesda… Read more »

Village Voice To Stop Suing Over ‘Best Of’ Lists

By Jeff John Roberts

Feb. 1, 2012 - 3:32 AM EDT Feb. 1, 2012 - 3:32 AM EDT

photo: Flickr / Joey Parsons

The Village Voice is giving up on a scheme to force rivals to pay for permission to use the phrase “best of.” Read more »

Amazon Misses Estimates: Q4 Earnings Down 58 Percent

By Laura Hazard Owen

Feb. 1, 2012 - 3:08 AM EDT Feb. 1, 2012 - 3:08 AM EDT

photo: Flickr / William Christiansen

Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) disappointed investors by reporting Q4 2011 revenues of $17.4 billion this afternoon, up 35 percent from a year ago but… Read more »

Facebook’s Birth Certificate

By Alexis Madrigal, The Atlantic

Feb. 1, 2012 - 2:34 AM EDT Feb. 1, 2012 - 2:34 AM EDT

photo: AP Images

Facebook is widely expected to go public in the very near future with a valuation north of $75 billion. It’s a moment that tech watchers hav… Read more »

‘Hot News’ Returns In Hollywood Publisher Catfight

By Jeff John Roberts

Feb. 1, 2012 - 2:15 AM EDT Feb. 1, 2012 - 2:15 AM EDT

photo: Justin Jibbs

For decades, publishers have tried and failed to use the law of “hot news” to chase competitors from their stories. This hasn’t dissuaded Pe… Read more »

Sony’s Crackle Launches On Xbox Live

By Daniel Frankel

Feb. 1, 2012 - 1:32 AM EDT Feb. 1, 2012 - 1:32 AM EDT

Sony’s Crackle streaming-video service, which needs to expand its reach to compete in the connected-TV market, debuted on Xbox Live video ne… Read more »

Nokia Design Chief: We’re Developing A Windows Phone With NFC Technology

By Charles Arthur, MediaGuardian

Feb. 1, 2012 - 1:27 AM EDT Feb. 1, 2012 - 1:27 AM EDT

Nokia is working on a Windows Phone model that incorporates NFC (Near Field Communications) technology to connect to external accessories Read more »

First Look: BBC Sport Site’s Long-Overdue Reboot Ahead Of Olympics

By Robert Andrews

Feb. 1, 2012 - 12:00 AM EDT Feb. 1, 2012 - 12:00 AM EDT

photo: zawtowers

The BBC will on Wednesday morning refresh its BBC Sport site for the first time significantly since 2004, with a greater emphasis on live da… Read more »

Stories for Jan. 31, 2012

What Broadcast And Cable Executives Still Don’t Understand About YouTube

By Will Richmond, VideoNuze

Jan. 31, 2012 - 11:49 PM EDT Jan. 31, 2012 - 11:49 PM EDT

photo: Flickr / ario_

There are many exciting things happening in the online video industry, but to my mind, none is more noteworthy than the radical transformati… Read more »

Study: As E-Readers Increase, So Does Resistance

By Laura Hazard Owen

Jan. 31, 2012 - 10:52 PM EDT Jan. 31, 2012 - 10:52 PM EDT

photo: Amazon

E-reader usage is growing beyond a group of early adopters, but new stats suggest that consumers are also increasingly resistant to buying a… Read more »

Bebo Owner: ‘It’s Definitely Not Going Out Of Business’

By Robert Andrews

Jan. 31, 2012 - 9:59 PM EDT Jan. 31, 2012 - 9:59 PM EDT

A major outage in service at Bebo apparently does not mean the social network has bitten the dust indefinitely, despite what its co-founder… Read more »

Google Set To Relaunch OnePass, Halting French Papers’ Kiosk

By Robert Andrews

Jan. 31, 2012 - 8:07 PM EDT Jan. 31, 2012 - 8:07 PM EDT

Broke, Bankrupt, empty pockets, no money

photo: Flickr / Dan Moyle

paidContent understands Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is set to make some big first-anniversary upgrades to its OnePass paid content system in the nex… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 1-31-12

By Laura Hazard Owen

Jan. 31, 2012 - 7:34 PM EDT Jan. 31, 2012 - 7:34 PM EDT

photo: Corbis / Patricia Curi

» As Sky growth slows, can Internet defend it from downturn and rivals? (paidContent)

» Facebook widens its lead over… Read more »

Social Network Ads: LinkedIn Falls Behind Twitter; Facebook Biggest Of All

By Ingrid Lunden

Jan. 31, 2012 - 7:33 PM EDT Jan. 31, 2012 - 7:33 PM EDT

It remains to be seen whether all social networks can be profitable on advertising alone — and crucially what formats will work best alongs… Read more »

Apple/Samsung Legal Skirmishes Have A New Player: The European Commission

By Ingrid Lunden

Jan. 31, 2012 - 7:00 PM EDT Jan. 31, 2012 - 7:00 PM EDT

photo: Corbis / I Love Images

The ongoing, back-and-forth legal fight that is the Apple/Samsung patent dispute today took on a new dimension in one of its key battlegroun… Read more »

Apple Picks Dixons Group CEO Browett As New Retail SVP

By Ingrid Lunden

Jan. 31, 2012 - 5:07 PM EDT Jan. 31, 2012 - 5:07 PM EDT

Napoleon once described the UK as a “nation of shopkeepers”, so it is somewhat fitting that this is where Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has gone to fin… Read more »

As Sky Growth Slows, Can Internet Defend It From Downturn And New Rivals?

By Robert Andrews

Jan. 31, 2012 - 4:03 PM EDT Jan. 31, 2012 - 4:03 PM EDT

BSkyB CEO Jeremy Darroch has shown that Sky can splash much more cash to secure top content like Premier League soccer.

BSkyB’s financials are still improving, but the company is now flaunting a range of new internet upgrades to try containing subscriber growt… Read more »

Sky Will De-Couple Pay-TV Content From Satellite For IPTV Era

By Robert Andrews

Jan. 31, 2012 - 2:46 PM EDT Jan. 31, 2012 - 2:46 PM EDT

photo: AP Images

BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is acting to head off rising City concerns about the threat from over-the-top connected TV services, by announcing it will… Read more »

NASCAR Takes Back The Wheel Of Its Digital Platforms From Turner

By Daniel Frankel

Jan. 31, 2012 - 8:08 AM EDT Jan. 31, 2012 - 8:08 AM EDT

NASCAR is taking back the management of its online and mobile operations from broadcast partner Turner Sports following a steep slide in TV… Read more »

SnagFilms Adds $7 Million; Looks To Be Netflix Of Indie Film

By Daniel Frankel

Jan. 31, 2012 - 4:06 AM EDT Jan. 31, 2012 - 4:06 AM EDT

Can SnagFilms become the Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) of the independent film sector?

Washington, DC-based SnagFilms, which offers access to a libr… Read more »

Three Founders Are Out At Demand Media

By Ingrid Lunden

Jan. 31, 2012 - 3:55 AM EDT Jan. 31, 2012 - 3:55 AM EDT

photo: Flickr / magerleagues

Demand Media is known for churning lots of content through its sites, but today it’s notable for another churn, of the executive kind: three… Read more »

Obama Campaign Nominates Square To Gather Mobile Contributions

By Tom Krazit

Jan. 31, 2012 - 2:47 AM EDT Jan. 31, 2012 - 2:47 AM EDT

It’s an election year, which means politicians are frantically trying to raise money for their campaigns. President Obama’s re-election camp… Read more »

A Crowdfunded Approach To Setting E-Books Free

By Laura Hazard Owen

Jan. 31, 2012 - 1:58 AM EDT Jan. 31, 2012 - 1:58 AM EDT

photo: Google Books

What do To Kill A Mockingbird, A Wrinkle in Time and Little House on the Prairie series have in common, besides being beloved? None of them… Read more »

Analyst Estimates Amazon Has Sold 6 Million Kindle Fires

By Tom Krazit

Jan. 31, 2012 - 1:43 AM EDT Jan. 31, 2012 - 1:43 AM EDT

photo: Getty Images / Spencer Platt

Given Amazon’s reluctance to disclose hard numbers regarding the number of Kindles it has sold and the interest in the Kindle Fire as a tabl… Read more »

Verizon Says More Than 600 Websites Used In Cybersquatting Scam

By Jeff John Roberts

Jan. 31, 2012 - 12:53 AM EDT Jan. 31, 2012 - 12:53 AM EDT

In a case that shines light on the world of professional cybersquatters, Verizon is suing a website and a domain name registrar that placed… Read more »

Stories for Jan. 30, 2012

Feds Warn Of Data Deletion In Megaupload Case, Other Docs Still Under Seal

By Jeff John Roberts

Jan. 30, 2012 - 10:47 PM EDT Jan. 30, 2012 - 10:47 PM EDT

photo: flickr / hozinja

US agents have finished copying data from servers that contain information on Megaupload, the controversial file-sharing site shut down earl… Read more »

Google, Facebook, Twitter Execs Grilled By UK MPs On Privacy

By Robert Andrews

Jan. 30, 2012 - 10:05 PM EDT Jan. 30, 2012 - 10:05 PM EDT

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) executives got a rough ride from a House Of Commons committee on Monday, when they declined to systemically filter law-b… Read more »

T-Mobile UK Re-Introduces Unlimited Data, Betting Few Will Gulp It All

By Ingrid Lunden

Jan. 30, 2012 - 9:45 PM EDT Jan. 30, 2012 - 9:45 PM EDT

photo: Shutterstock / Yuri Arcurs

T-Mobile in the UK today announced “The Full Monty,” a group of mobile plans offering unlimited voice, texts and data, without any fair-use… Read more »

ProPublica Partners With Open Road On E-Books

By Laura Hazard Owen

Jan. 30, 2012 - 8:01 PM EDT Jan. 30, 2012 - 8:01 PM EDT

Digital publisher and multimedia company Open Road is partnering with investigative journalism nonprofit ProPublica on multiple e-books. Read more »

Sign Of The Times: Google Graffiti Pops Up In NYC

By Jeff John Roberts

Jan. 30, 2012 - 7:38 PM EDT Jan. 30, 2012 - 7:38 PM EDT

Everyone wants to chime in on Google’s privacy polices including, it seems, graffiti artists. In recent weeks, an unflattering version of th… Read more »

Reports: Barnes & Noble Partnership With Waterstones; New Nook

By Laura Hazard Owen

Jan. 30, 2012 - 7:31 PM EDT Jan. 30, 2012 - 7:31 PM EDT

photo: Barnes & Noble

Two separate reports published this weekend suggest that Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) is close to a partnership with UK bookstore chain Waters… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 1-30-12

By Jeff John Roberts

Jan. 30, 2012 - 7:04 PM EDT Jan. 30, 2012 - 7:04 PM EDT

photo: Corbis / Patricia Curi

» Your iPhone Has To Be Made In China, And Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Can’t Absolve Your Guilt (paidContent)

» Study: Only 1%… Read more »

RIM In Trouble In Europe? Not In The UK, It Claims

By Ingrid Lunden

Jan. 30, 2012 - 6:28 PM EDT Jan. 30, 2012 - 6:28 PM EDT

photo: Flickr / lilivanili

RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) is taking a beating at the moment from handset makers like Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Samsung, which have eaten into a smartpho… Read more »

ITV Picks Its ‘Oyster Card’ For Online Programme Payments

By Robert Andrews

Jan. 30, 2012 - 5:34 PM EDT Jan. 30, 2012 - 5:34 PM EDT

photo: ITV

Telegraph.co.uk reports the UK’s main commercial free-to-air TV broadcaster has delayed a programme under which it wants to charge online vi… Read more »

Farewell, Yahoo Apps, We Hardly Knew Ye: Deals, News Plus Eight Others Gone

By Ingrid Lunden

Jan. 30, 2012 - 5:20 PM EDT Jan. 30, 2012 - 5:20 PM EDT

photo: Yahoo Livestand

Looks like new CEO Scott Thompson is wasting little time starting to get Yahoo’s house in order: just a few weeks into the new CEO’s tenure,… Read more »

Gannett Misses Earnings Targets On Special Charges, Digital Revenue Up

By Jeff John Roberts

Jan. 30, 2012 - 4:50 PM EDT Jan. 30, 2012 - 4:50 PM EDT

Gannett (NYSE: GCI) Co. posted lower than expected earnings for the fourth quarter of 2011 after incurring special charges related to workfo… Read more »

Sky Adding Broadcaster-Branded VOD Services From BBC And ITV

By Robert Andrews

Jan. 30, 2012 - 4:23 PM EDT Jan. 30, 2012 - 4:23 PM EDT

photo: AP Images

The UK’s leading pay-TV provider BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is taking a significant step to improve its PVR box’s new IP on-demand TV service by addi… Read more »

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