What To Expect From Netflix Today
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) will report its Q4 ’11 earnings later today, but whereas I’ve taken stands in past quarters about subscriber acquisitio… Read more »
Stories for Jan. 25, 2012
Kantar: Apple Back On Top As Bestselling Smartphone In The U.S.
Considering the staggering results reported by Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) last night, this should come as little surprise: the company’s iPhone is b… Read more »
Nokia Clears The Decks Of Its Burning Platform Ahead Of Results Tomorrow
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One day before Nokia is due to announce its next set of quarterly results, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has made three announcements: a milestone reach… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 1-25-12
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» Well, Here’s How Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Publishing Will Get Its Books Into Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) (paidContent)
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As Internet Explorer Wanes, MSN Tries iPad Route For Its Content
MSN UK wants to be a self-contained content brand, and it’s not afraid to use Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) rivals’ devices to do it. Read more »
News Website Silicon.com Set To Vanish After Almost 15 Years
The once high-profile technology news website Silicon.com is set to disappear after almost 15 years, as parent company CBS (NYSE: CBS) rolls… Read more »
Netflix’s UK Moneyball Scores Yonks-Old Fremantle Fare
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The latest addition to Netflix’s UK and Ireland content lineup is 115 hours of archive FremantleMedia Enterprises comedy and drama. Read more »
Analyst To Studios: It’s Time To Force Early VOD On Theater Chains
With both the theatrical and home video channels in revenue decline, and amid panic that digital piracy will soon crest into a tidal wave, B… Read more »
Chart: Apple iPhone Sales Through The Years
In its best iPhone sales quarter to date, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) sold a staggering 37 million iPhones in the quarter ending December 2011. Here,… Read more »
Yahoo In Context: It’s Declining While The Online Ad Market Keeps Growing
Yahoo’s CEO Scott Thompson earlier today gave frank — and, the hopeful might say, encouraging — run down of the task ahead to turn around… Read more »
Google’s New Privacy Policy Aims At Integrating YouTube
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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) will use email and a message on its home page to notify users about a new privacy policy that will go into effect this M… Read more »
Well, Here’s How Amazon Publishing Will Get Its Books Into Barnes & Noble
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Booksellers should not expect to be visited by a friendly Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Publishing sales rep anytime soon. Rather, in an agreement ann… Read more »
Updated: Still Apple’s World: 37 Million iPhones, 15 Million iPads
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One quarter after Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) mildly surprised everyone with a rare earnings miss, it’s clear Tuesday that the company’s amazing run… Read more »
E-Singles: ‘Journalism’s Extraordinary Challenges In An Entirely New Place’
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Byliner recently announced that it has sold 100,000 original e-singles, and other publishers are finding similar success with the format: Th… Read more »
Yahoo: Revenues Slightly Down, Investors Await Words Of Wisdom From New CEO
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In its first earnings announcement since recently appointing Scott Thompson as its new CEO and the seeing off founder Jerry Yang, Yahoo (NSD… Read more »
Boxee Offers New Enticement For Cord Cutters: Broadcast Channels
When people think about ditching their cable or satellite subscriptions in favor of one of the growing number of internet-connected set-top… Read more »
Barnes & Noble: We’re ‘Not Competing’ With Independent Bookstores
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Multiple sales channels — bricks-and-mortar bookstores, online bookstores and the stores built into e-readers — are critical for helping t… Read more »
Does Square Have A Doppelganger In The UK? Meet mPowa
Square, the high-profile mobile payments company started by Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, has yet to launch outside the U.S. But in the meantime, a… Read more »
Stories for Jan. 24, 2012
E-Book Bummer: Growth Slower Than Thought — ‘Incremental, Not Exponential’
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Last year was widely perceived to be a year of outrageous e-book growth, but some new research suggests otherwise. According to new data fro… Read more »
Verizon Moved 4.2 Million iPhones In Q4 But Costs Higher Than Expected
In the first quarter that Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) was on board with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) for an iPhone launch event, the company sold 4.2… Read more »
Gannett Goes Long With Acquisition Of Fantasy Sports Ventures
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Gannett (NYSE: GCI) Co. has bought The Big Lead and a family of other sports blogs. The company hopes the acquisition, when combined with it… Read more »
7digital Intros Streaming Web Player
As its co-owner HMV (LSE: HMV) struggles to manage a fall in physical sales, digital music retailer 7digital is borrowing a trick from new m… Read more »
Meredith To Acquire Allrecipes.com From Reader’s Digest For $175 Million
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Meredith (NYSE: MDP) Corporation, the publisher of women’s magazines like Better Homes & Gardens and Ladies’ Home Journal, is the new owner… Read more »
St. Louis Post Dispatch Publisher Gets OK For Bankruptcy Plan
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A federal judge yesterday gave the thumbs up to a plan that will allow Lee Enterprises (NYSE: LEE) to exit bankruptcy later this month with… Read more »
David Kenny Replacing Mike Kelly As CEO Of The Weather Channel Companies
In a surprise move, The Weather Channel Companies is swapping out CEOs. David Kenny is replacing Mike Kelly as CEO effective immediately; th… Read more »
Sony Ericsson’s Loss Is Apple’s Gain: iPhone Maker Hires Latin America Head
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Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC), as it winds up as a troubled joint venture to become fully part of Sony, is spinning out some talent… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 1-24-12
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» Polyvore, the Fashion Site, Gets More Money and a New C.E.O. (Bits)
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Bestsellers: Android’s Paid Market Is Alive, But Skews To Techie Tweaks
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Media operators go on grumbling about their prospects for payment on the world’s most-used smartphone platform.
But a glance at Android’s a… Read more »
WPPs Digital Spending Spree Comes Ashore In Turkey
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The world’s largest advertising agency has been announcing almost an acquisition a day in the digital and emerging markets fields. Read more »
Jon Miller, News Corp.: It’s All About Video For Us Right Now
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Jon Miller, the chief digital officer for News Corporation (NSDQ: NWS), described his company’s digital strategy today as very “focused on v… Read more »
Orange To Provide Wikipedia Free In Middle East And Africa
Orange has struck a deal with Wikipedia to make its digital encyclopaedia available free of data charges to millions of mobile phone users a… Read more »
Mecom To Launch Digital Paywall And Review Future Of 65 Free Titles
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Mecom is to introduce digital pay models across its top newspaper titles, slash costs by €70m and potentially close or sell 65 free titles… Read more »
Carriers Have Only Around 100 Million Pay-TV Users, Less Than 60% Via IPTV
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Some numbers out today that underscore the challenge telecoms operators have had in attracting customers to their pay-TV platforms, includin… Read more »
Analysts: Nokia Shipped Around 1.3 Million Lumias In Two Months
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) may have shipped more than 1 million of its Lumia Windows Phone devices in the two months since they went on sale in Europ… Read more »
McDonald’s Social Media Director Explains Twitter Fiasco
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This morning I spoke with McDonald’s social media director, Rick Wion, about how the company’s own Twitter ad became a viral delight for pot… Read more »
Sesame Street’s Digital Transition: Apps For The Juicebox Set
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While most children, like their parents, still encounter Sesame Street primarily on their TV, the 43-year-old nonprofit brand now attracts 1… Read more »
Pew Internet: U.S. Tablet, E-Reader Ownership Doubled Over Holiday Season
‘Twas the season for tablets and e-readers, according to a new survey released Monday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. The num… Read more »
Stories for Jan. 23, 2012
Denial Is Not A Turnaround Strategy: Why RIM’s New CEO Needs To Get Real
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If you took the statements of new Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) CEO Thorsten Heins this morning at face value, you might walk away thinkin… Read more »
The Digital Piracy Problem Is Riddled With Hypocrisy
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In the summer of 2009, I found myself invited to a small party in an old bourgeois apartment with breathtaking views of the Champ-de-Mars an… Read more »
Barnes & Noble: We Want A Nook For Every Member Of The Family
Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) hopes to get a Nook device in the hands of every person in your family, except maybe your baby. Babies, it turns… Read more »
