Facebook Executive Officers’ Compensation for 2011

Comparing Social Game Publishers | January 2012

Social games like FarmVille and Bejeweled seem ubiquitous, as requests for new farming equipment flood across friends’ Facebook pages and smartphones. Plus, the social and mobile gaming space has proven to be a hot sector: Zynga confirmed in January its recent purchases of four mobile gaming companies. But how widespread is the popularity of these games? We’ve charted the most popular social gaming publishers to compare them across a range of important metrics, from how many games they offer, to how many monthly users they have, to their revenues. Most of the information comes from the publishers themselves, but we’ve relied on AppData for much of the stats on monthly users. Check it out…

Premier League Broadcast Rights, 2010/11, 2011/12 & 2012/13

Premier League’s 2013-16 broadcast negotiations are expected to start this summer. Here’s who currently owns rights for the 2010/11, 2011/12 and 2012/13 seasons…

How Publishers’ Digital Revenues Stack Up

Here’s our chart comparing the most recent earnings from a variety of publishers. Not all publishers break out their digital revenues, but I hope more will start to do so.

Comparing The New Aggregators: Flipboard, Pulse, Zite, Float And More | December 2011

For consumers, there are now so many of these next-generation RSS readers that it can be daunting to keep them straight. But they have distinct differences. Some curate content with an algorithm, while others use a team of editors. Some have made partnerships with publishers, while some are charging ahead without them. And there are other differences too, in areas like customization, sharing and price. To see how some of the new aggregators stack up, check out our chart below.

Comparing The New Aggregators: Flipboard, Pulse, Zite, Float And More | November 2011

For consumers, there are now so many of these next-generation RSS readers that it can be daunting to keep them straight. But they have distinct differences. Some curate content with an algorithm, while others use a team of editors. Some have made partnerships with publishers, while some are charging ahead without them. And there are other differences too, in areas like customization, sharing and price. To see how some of the new aggregators stack up, check out our chart below.

Comparing E-Readers—And Tablets | November 2011

This chart’s a lot bigger than it used to be. Each brand here has introduced at least one new e-reader in the past six months, and Kindle, Nook and Kobo are all launching tablets this month, in competition with the iPad and with each other. Barnes & Noble gave us a preview of the trend when it launched the Nook Color in 2010, but that device is primarily a glorified e-reader with color. The Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet aim to be true media tablets, combining video, web browsing and apps with e-reading functionality, while the Vox is reminiscent of the Nook Color in its focus on reading over other forms of media consumption. It remains to be seen whether consumers will consider the Fire, Nook Tablet and Vox to be e-readers and tablets in one, or if they’ll save their serious book time for dedicated e-readers, whose prices are dropping by the day.

How The Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet And Kobo Vox Stack Up Against iPad

It’s strange to think of the iPad as old, but it is indeed a tried-and-true device in its second generation. Here’s how it ranks against the up-and-comers from Kindle, Nook and Kobo.

Amazon Publishing’s Imprints

Amazon has launched six imprints so far, and recently announced a seventh, headed by publishing vet Larry Kirshbaum.

How Netflix, Blockbuster, Hulu And Amazon Stack Up | October 2011

This category changes as fast we update charts. The latest shift: Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) has abandoned plans to spin off its DVD-by-mail business into a new subsidiary called Qwikster. Under the plan announced Sept. 18, subscribers of both DVD and streaming would have had different accounts with different sites. That problem is gone but a 60 percent price increase to get both remains.