Comcast, Time Warner Decide To Fight Together (Instead Of Each Other) For TV Everywhere
Updated: Sounds like Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) have agreed that partnering on TV Everywhere makes more sense than ea… Read more »
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Social Gaming Gets Litigious: Zynga Sues Playdom Over Mafia Wars Ads
By Tameka Kee
The social gaming boom has resulted in a legal spat between two of its biggest players: Zynga is suing rival Playdom over the way Playdom is… Read more »
Pleasants To Leave EA, Join Playdom As CEO
By Tameka Kee
Social gaming startup Playdom has scored its most high-profile new hire yet: EA COO John Pleasants, who’s taking the reins as CEO. Pleasants… Read more »
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Industry Moves: Playdom Hires Away Zynga, EA Execs
By Tameka Kee
Money isn’t the only thing flowing into the social gaming business — these app-based startups continue to attract new talent. The latest so… Read more »
Yes, You, Too, Can Manage A Playboy Playmate (Virtually, At Least)
By Tameka Kee
E! has got the Girls Next Door, but Irish video-game firm Jolt Online Gaming is making the *Playboy* Playmate experience even more interacti… Read more »
Yes, You, Too, Can Manage A Playboy Playmate (Virtually, At Least)
By Tameka Kee
E! has got the Girls Next Door, but Irish video-game firm Jolt Online Gaming is making the *Playboy* Playmate experience even more interacti… Read more »
Industry Moves: CEO Pete Sheinbaum Leaving DailyCandy, Comcast
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PRS Endorses Spotify, Rickrolling Earned Pete Waterman Just £11
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Lights! Camera! Action! DailyCandy Launches Video Extension To E-Mail Newsletter
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Industry Moves: Spotify Picks Slicethepie’s Brown As UK MD
Slicethepie commercial director and Pandora international MD Paul Brown is joining music streaming service Spotify as its first dedicated UK… Read more »
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Spotify Tries Sponsored Playlists To Make A Buck, Grow Audience
Spotify is adding another commercial model to its ad-supported, £0.99-a-day, £9.99-a-month and download-to-buy options – brand partnership… Read more »
@ Cable Show: Comcast’s Roberts: Online Video ‘ Friend, Not Foe’ — And Revenue
Most of the discussion swirling about making paid programming ubiquitous across platforms calls for no additional charges for the consumer.… Read more »
Spotify Adds Download-To-Buy Through 7Digital
On-demand music streaming app Spotify has now formally added one of the three music retail affiliates it told us about earlier this month. L… Read more »
Cary Grant Goes Digital: Warner Brothers To Reformat Old Movies
By Rory Maher
It’s not going to save the DVD market, but Warner Brothers started selling classic movies from its library today — everything from silent m… Read more »
Comcast Will Start Selling WiMax In The Next Few Months
By Tricia Duryee
Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) said it is eager to start selling Clearwire’s WiMax services in more of its markets, and that it will begin with Portl… Read more »
Industry Moves: Playboy's Bob Meyers Resigns; Adds To Turmoil At Company
By David Kaplan
Playboy interim CEO Jerry Kern will be taking on the duties handled by Bob Meyers, who is resigning as president of media for Playboy Enterp… Read more »
10K Watch: Playboy Is Increasing Its Online-Programming Budget
By Rory Maher
Playboy’s latest 10K filing offers some new evidence for a claim the company has been making in recent weeks — that it is throwing more res… Read more »
Interview: Daniel Ek, CEO, Spotify: Going Mobile, Saving The Music Business
Since launching in private beta in October, music service app Spotify has attracted glowing reviews, a strong following and is emerging as p… Read more »
ZillionTV Launches; Can It Avoid Boxee's Problems?
By Rory Maher
Internet TV provider ZillionTV, another company offering an alternative to cable, launched today. According to a preview from the LA Times,… Read more »
Warner's Latest Digital Music Stalemate: Track Prices In MTV's 'Rock Band'
By Tameka Kee
Yet another example of how music labels just can’t get along with digital content companies … *Warner Music Group* (WMG) and MTV Games are… Read more »
Industry Moves: Schiller Leaves Glam To Head Sales For Comcast Interactive
Industry vet Scott Schiller is joining Comcast Interactive Media (NSDQ: CMCSA) as SVP-advertising sales, responsible for Fancast, Fandango,… Read more »
If Cable Companies Start Streaming Shows, What Would It Mean For Consumers?
By Rory Maher
As we and others have reported, cable operators are exploring the idea of negotiating streaming rights into their carriage agreements with c… Read more »
More On Cable And Online Video: Only Part Of The Big Picture
Last night when I mentioned online that I was watching Elvis Costello’s Spectacle, the quick response from a TV-less friend was how could he… Read more »
Spotify Bags U2 Album Exclusive; Now Watch It Grow
Spotify may have recently had to retroactively delete a bunch of tracks for which it did not have rights – but it’s now scored quite a coup… Read more »
Comcast's $600 Million Clearwire Writedown Equals Nearly Half Of Its Original Investment
By Rory Maher
Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) announced in its fourth-quarter earnings release that it would take an impairment charge of $600 million on its invest… Read more »
Earnings Call: Comcast Will Invest In Digital During 2009; Area of Growth
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CEO Brian Roberts, CFO Michael Angelakis, and COO Stephen Burke led an upbeat fourth quarter 2008 earnings call for Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) th… Read more »
Playboy Earnings Call: Kern: 'Christie Deserved A Higher Severance'; Sale Offers? Our Ears Are Open
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After Playboy CFO Linda Havard recapped the company’s Q4 woes, Bob Meyers, EVP, president for Media, sought to convince listeners on the ear… Read more »
Earnings: Miss February's Bad Month: Playboy Q4 Loss Hits $145.7 Million; Revs Drop 18.7 Percent
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Playboy (NYSE: PLA) Enterprises’ expected Q4 loss was $145.7 million ($4.37 per share), a bit higher than the roughly $100 million net loss… Read more »
Earnings: Comcast Revenue Up 9 Percent On Strong Cable Results
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While the economy battered most advertising-driven media companies in Q4, Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) reported a jump in revenue, fueled by rate i… Read more »
WMG, Sony And Others Sell Their Russian Online Music Distributor To Ru-Net II
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Russian digital investment company ru-Net II has bought online music and film distribution platform Digital Access from joint owners includi… Read more »
Parachute Woman: Christie Hefner’s Severance Package
By Rory Maher
Playboy Enterprises (NYSE: PLA) released an SEC filing highlighting Christie Hefner’s severance package. Hefner stepped down as CEO of the b… Read more »
MSN To Syndicate BBC Content In Latin America
The BBC World Service has inked a content syndication deal that will see MSN publish its Spanish and Portuguese content on 10 of its Hispani… Read more »
Industry Moves: Playboy’s Digital VP Chris Petrovic Resigns
By Tameka Kee
Chris Petrovic has resigned as Playboy’s VP of digital, paidContent has learned. Petrovic cited the company’s consolidation strategy — whic… Read more »
Earnings Call: WMG CEO: ‘We Don’t Want To Dethrone Apple’, But DRM-Free iTunes Won’t Solve Piracy
Warner Music Group’s earnings call for its Q109 (results post here) had precious little info on the spats that have robbed YouTube and Last.… Read more »
Earnings: Fifth Of WMG Sales Now Digital, But Overall Revenue Still Sinking
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MSN Celeb Site Wonderwall Flips The On Switch
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Earnings Preview: What To Look For From Disney, Time Warner, Warner Music, EA
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Four entertainment companies, including two bellwethers, report quarterly earnings this week that should give investors and executives in th… Read more »
Comcast Testing Free WiFi Services In New Jersey
By Dianne See Morrison
Cable provider Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) is testing a free WiFi service for its cable customers at around 100 New Jersey Transit commuter rail s… Read more »
Comcast Testing Free WiFi Services In New Jersey
By Dianne See Morrison
Cable provider Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) is testing a free WiFi service for its cable customers at around 100 New Jersey Transit commuter rail s… Read more »
Spotify Pulls Down Some Music Over Licensing Issues
It’s garnered some glowing reviews in the last few weeks, but now the genuinely wonderful Swedish-English free streaming music app has struc… Read more »
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