Gawker Media has embarked on an ambitious international expansion plan, including the launch of a new partnership with the Times of India. The network also has a Spanish-language site and a series of Brazilian sites, and founder Nick Denton says China is next. Read more »
What happens in Belgium doesn’t necessarily stay in Belgium. Now Google News is facing a Brazilian boycott and France is threatening to copy a German-style tax on excerpting its newspapers. What’s an aggregator to do? Read more »
One of the many digital content services going global is music video outfit Vevo. Certain new countries mean a mobile-first approach – but that puts services at the mercy of a mobile ad ecosystem they say is still playing catch-up to desktop. Read more »
A skirmish between Google and newspapers over crawling of news headlines suggests Latin America’s digital publishing sector is maturing. But can Google keep publishers sweet enough to exploit opportunities in the fast-growing Brazilian market? Read more »
As domestic newspaper circulation shrinks, The New York Times and Financial Times are launching editions for Latin America in Brazil. But why is one in print and the other digital-only? Read more »
Kobo is partnering with Brazilian bookstore chain Livraria Cultura to sell e-readers and ebooks. Ebook sales makes up less than 1 percent of book sales in Brazil but are expected to grow fast. Kindle also plans to launch in Brazil this year. Read more »
India and Brazil are on their way to becoming e-book powerhouses, but their path there looks different from the transition in the US and the UK. Here’s why. Read more »
Kobo will launch in Brazil this fall, VP Todd Humphrey said yesterday. Amazon’s Kindle may get there first. Read more »
Kindle may launch in Japan and Brazil in 2012, according to reports published in the last week. Read more »
Latin America’s online entertainment prospects are booming because an economic recovery has put connected devices and disposable income in p… Read more »
The rush of private sales deal-making continues; This time, it’s Brazilian private sales firm Brandsclub, which has raised $17 million in a… Read more »
Like a lot of companies investing in the BRIC countries lately, Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI) is looking to build up its presence in Brazil wi… Read more »
MusiGames, a Brazilian-based mobile games company, said it has raised $1.5 million in capital and grants to develop more music titles for Ap… Read more »
Naspers, the South African media giant, is continuing on its online acquisition spree across Europe and now Latin America: it has acquired 9… Read more »
You couldn’t pick a more inopportune time to launch a new gaming console: video game sales remain strong, but the global financial slump has… Read more »
