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 »
Polar Mobile Raises $6 Million For Magazine Apps, Cross-Platform Services
Polar Mobile — the Canadian startup that develops apps for big-name publishers like CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS), Conde Nast, Sports Illustr… Read more »
Former CBSi Head Neil Ashe Lands At Walmart; Will Head E-Commerce
Neil Ashe said he wanted a break when he left CBS (NYSE: CBS) last year and he got one. Roughly a year after leaving as the president of CBS… Read more »
Spotify Launching Integrated Apps Within Its Platform
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek took the stage at Spotify’s first-ever press conference to expand the music streaming service’s Facebook integration t… Read more »
Two Tracks For Digital Music: Aspiro White Label Deal; 7digital Tablet App
According to figures from IE Market Research, there are currently 832 million paid users of digital music worldwide, with that number expect… Read more »
@ pcE11: CBS' Lanzone: If You Want Our Content, You'll Have To Pay — A Lot
CBS (NYSE: CBS) has taken what Jim Lanzone, president of CBS Interactive, calls “a pragmatic path” in terms of distributing streamed videos… Read more »
Rubicon Brings In Three High-Profile Hires To Evolve RTB Efforts
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The Rubicon Project has added three executives — including Jay Sears from ContextWeb, who recently declared the supply-side platform model… Read more »
Pandora Learns The Hard Way, Mobile Ads Are Still Far From Being A Cash Cow
Being the most popular is not a good enough business model, it seems, when it comes to music mobile apps. Pandora, the music-streaming app,… Read more »
Steve Jobs: A Tribute In Links And Quotes
photo: Anthony Soohoo
We’ve gathered together a selection of some of the stories and tributes been written for Steve Jobs in the last several weeks — with a part… Read more »
CBS Brings In Starz’ Marc DeBevoise To Oversee Digital Entertainment
CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS) has hired Marc DeBevoise as SVP and GM of its entertainment division, two months after Anthony Soohoo left that… Read more »
CBS’ Radio.com Gets A New Streaming Channel: Last.fm
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Years after CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS) acquired Last.fm, the personalized streaming music service will be added to Radio.com, the broadcast… Read more »
CBS’ Moonves: We’re Not Just Counting On Netflix
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Although the agreement between CBS (NYSE: CBS) Corp.’s Showtime network and Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is set to expire this summer, CEO Les Moonv… Read more »
CBS Revenues Dip Slightly Sans Super Bowl; Digital Publishing Sales Double
CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) turned in a pretty strong quarter on both cable and broadcast as it heads into the upfront. The absence of the Super B… Read more »
Anthony Soohoo Exits CBS Interactive
More changes in the executive suite at CBS (NYSE: CBS) Interactive: Anthony Soohoo, senior vp and general manager of entertainment, signaled… Read more »
Daily Mobile Lowdown: 7digital PlayBook; Nokia On Symbian; Foursquare; Zite
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Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile. Today, RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) preloads 7digital on the PlayBook; Nokia’s still happy with Sym… Read more »
CBSi Buys Clicker; Lanzone Replaces Ashe As President
CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS) is acquiring Clicker, the self-styled “TV Guide” for online video, and is installing Jim Lanzone, Clicker’s co-f… Read more »
Last.fm Will Charge For Music On Mobile And Other Gadgets
photo: Dan Taylor
In another sign the economics for purely-free music streamers don’t add up, Last.fm says it will now require a monthly subscription for acce… Read more »
Interview: Neil Ashe On Why He’s Leaving CBS Interactive Now
If you’re looking for post-acquisition personnel drama a la MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) or frustration a la Dodgeball-Google (NSDQ: GOOG), don’t rea… Read more »
Neil Ashe Leaving As President Of CBS Interactive; Search Underway
CBS (NYSE: CBS) started the year with the departure of Quincy Smith as head of digital and will start the next one without Neil Ashe, presid… Read more »
CBS Looks Back To Last.fm’s UK Crew For Renewed Creative Impetus
photo: Dan Taylor
After more than a year sucking Last.fm’s energies over to America, is CBS (NYSE: CBS) finally letting the music site have a bit of London fu… Read more »
IBM Acquires Analytics Provider Netezza For $1.7 Billion
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IBM is preparing to acquire Netezza, a company that runs analytics for data warehouse appliances, for $1.7 billion. Under the terms of the a… Read more »
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» CBS (NYSE: CBS) has teamed up with MediaMind (formerly Eyeblaster) to create a new ad tool called the Video Extender, which is… Read more »
CBS Uses ‘Star Trek’ To Explore HTML5 Frontier
Star Trek Enterprise fans can watch any episode from Seasons 1-4 at CBS.com as long as their browser plays nice with Flash — or, as I reali… Read more »
CBS Interactive Display Revs Rise 19 Percent
photo: AP / Jennifer Graylock
As CBS and the other broadcast nets head into the heart of the upfront season, the ad recovery appears to be gaining momentum. The company’s… Read more »
Updated: CBSi’s Lurie Promoted To SVP-Strategic Dev Across CBS; Interview
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When Quincy Smith left CBS, former CNET CEO Neil Ashe was the natural successor to head CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS). Now Zander Lurie, the u… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: BBC Introducing, Jobsite, Demand Five, Last.fm
– BBC Introducing: The Beeb says 20,000 unsigned music artists have used its Uploader, a tool designed to share new music with BBC Radio st… Read more »
New NCAA 14-Year, $10.8 Billion Deal With Turner & CBS Changes Terms For March Madness On Demand
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*CBS* Sports will keep the NCAA mens’ basketball championships in its lineup with a deal that marks the end of an era on the air and online.… Read more »
Last.fm Silences On-Demand Music, Depends On Third Parties
Last.fm is retiring a feature whereby users could play any full song they like, and is instead outsourcing the feature to a range of third-p… Read more »
Tiger Metrics: Day One Masters Traffic More Than Doubles For CBSSports.com
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Tiger Woods delivered on the course and online on the opening day of the 2010 Masters. The overall numbers are sure to be larger when Master… Read more »
Updated: iPad Rush: CBS, ABC Create Special Stream Formats; Madison Ave. Scrambles
TV networks and advertisers have been rushing to get ready for the release of Apple’s iPad on Saturday and from the looks of it, they all wi… Read more »
Interview: CBS Thinks Last.fm Will Turn A Profit This Year
After its 2007 acquisition, it doesn’t seem like CBS (NYSE: CBS) has been able to get the most from its $280 million Last.fm outlay. There’s… Read more »
CBS’ TV.com Aims For UK With Five VOD Deal
By Chris Tryhorn: UK broadcaster Five has signed a deal with CBS (NYSE: CBS) to make programmes available on the US network’s on-demand vide… Read more »
CBS’ Moonves And Redstone: Content Is King And TV Is The Jewel; Online Ads Rising In Q1
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After some effusive praise for CBS’ cost containment and ability to withstand the economic downturn, Sumner Redstone, executive chairman, CB… Read more »
CBS Interactive Ads Slip 5 Percent, As TV Ad Spend Rises
In most cases, online is generally the bright spot on a company’s earnings report. But not in CBS’ case, as the Interactive segment’s 5 perc… Read more »
Interview: CBS Interactive’s Neil Ashe: Ad Nets Never Provided Value To Us
*CBS* Interactive’s move to curtail its dealings with ad networks effective today represents one of the key ways Cnet has influenced its par… Read more »
CBS Cuts Ties To Outside Ad Networks For Display, Launches Its Own
Updated: *CBS Interactive* is cutting the cord on third-party ad networks and some online ad exchanges effective immediately, paidContent ha… Read more »
Interview: CBS’s New Mobile Exec Rob Gelick Explains What’s Working And What’s Next For Wireless
CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS) announced on Wednesday that Rob Gelick will be heading the company’s mobile division. We caught up with him to g… Read more »
CBS Brings Its Game Industry Data Service To UK
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CBS’ games site GameSpot is bringing its industry intelligence-gathering service to the UK.
GameSpot Trax includes data from 4.5 million UK… Read more »
Xbox Connection Funnels A Million New Subscribers To Last.fm
*CBS* should be pleased with its choice to allow *Microsoft* to sync Xbox LIVE to Last.fm, as the partnership has already netted the streami… Read more »
First Look: Zune, Twitter, Facebook And Last.fm On Xbox
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Four months after announcing the features, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) added social networking and music radio functionality to its Xbox 360 cons… Read more »
