@ pcAds: Social Media Is Growing, Becoming More Helpful
People are getting more social and more altruistic. That’s the simple part of the takeaway from Nielsen SVP of consumer insights and analyti… Read more »
@ pcAds: Mobile Ad Spend Is Exploding But It’s Not The Silver Bullet
Kicking off the full day ahead of paidContent Advertising, Geoff Ramsey, eMarketer’s CEO, talked about the rapid growth in mobile and the op… Read more »
@ pcAds: Join paidContent Advertising Via Live Stream
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The live stream of paidContent Advertising: Emerging Business Models is now up and running, available here. Read more »
Follow paidContent Advertising Live Stream Today
Update: We’ve just kicked off the conference and our live stream is available here.
Some of the best minds will gather Thursday in New York… Read more »
NYTimes.com Launches English-Language India News Blog
With newspaper revenues in a downward spiral in the U.S., it’s easy to forget that there’s one area where daily tabloids and broadsheets are… Read more »
paidContent Advertising In NYC, Sept. 15: New Sessions, Speakers
We’re putting the final touches on our one-day, single-stage event, paidContent Advertising: Emerging Business Models program, September 15… Read more »
How Bartz Didn’t Help Yahoo Mobile
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From her moment signing on as CEO, to the moment she informed her staff of her dismissal via an iPad, mobile has been a persistent force dur… Read more »
Updated: Bartz Out At Yahoo; Fired Over The Phone
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Push has finally come to shove at Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO). Kara Swisher reports that Carol Bartz is out at Yahoo and that CFO Tim Morse is interi… Read more »
Does Google Only Listen If The New York Times Calls Them Out?
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Yesterday the New York Times ran an article that addresses what is becoming a rather serious issue in the local online marketing space.
The… Read more »
Hulu Japan Launches With Movies, TV From CBS, Sony, Fox & More But No Ads
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Hulu’s first offering outside the U.S. is live: Hulu Japan, a subscription service with “hundreds” of films and thousands of hours of TV. Fo… Read more »
The End Of Social Media 1.0
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And soon enough we’ll start seeing +1 or circle us on Google+.
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BBC Bows Out Of Print For £121 Million, Sells Magazine Business To Exponent
Finally, closure on the long-running question of what would happen to the BBC’s magazine business, the biggest publisher of subscription mag… Read more »
Google Street View Cameras Halted In India
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Google’s now infamous Street View camera cars only set to work on the streets of Bangalore last month, but already Indian authorities have o… Read more »
WWDC 2011: Our Full Coverage
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Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference just wrapped up, having confirmed some surprises and not-so surprises. As expected, the company unve… Read more »
How The Wedding Was Watched: Social Media Does A Royal Flyover
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If you, like millions of others, witnessed any of today’s Royal Wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton on the TV, Internet or in… Read more »
Cricket’s World Cup Was Huge For Mobile Media
The mobile is already the computer in many markets, it seems. In some of the countries where cricket is most popular, the recent ICC Cricket… Read more »
AT&T Acquiring T-Mobile For $39 Billion; Let The Scrutiny Begin
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While everyone else was waiting for news that Sprint (NYSE: S) was about to merge with T-Mobile USA, AT&T (NYSE: T) had a different deal in… Read more »
Updated: AOL’s Post-HuffPo Layoff Round Begins; 700 Jobs Affected In India
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Last week, AOL (NYSE: AOL) CEO Tim Armstrong told the crowd at paidContent 2011 that layoffs — aka “job changes” — were coming following t… Read more »
@ pC2011: Our Full Coverage
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We just wrapped up paidContent 2011, our flagship conference jam-packed with panel sessions and Q&As featuring some of the key names in digi… Read more »
Watch The paidContent 2011 Live Stream
After months of planning and some real-time programming, paidContent 2011; The Next Decade in Digital will convene first thing Thursday morn… Read more »
Nokia Finally Drops Its News: It’s Microsoft
The news everyone has been waiting for has finally come out: Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has done a deal with Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), where Windows Ph… Read more »
How News Corp Plans To Profit From Mobile Audio Subscriptions In India
Forget iPads and smartphone apps – in India, the real “new media” are basic feature phones.
Media companies aren’t letting the market’s rel… Read more »
paidContent 2011, March 3, NYC: Registration Is Open
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Our full-day namesake conference covers the subject from every relevant angle. Last year, senior business executives from across the content… Read more »
India Ad Net Komli Raises $15 Million For Regional Expansion
Following two fairly big acquisitions designed to expand its regional presence, Indian ad network Komli is preparing to do some deals. The M… Read more »
India Digital Marketer Ybrant Raises $48 Million Financing
Hyderabad-based digital marketer Ybrant Digital took a break from its international shopping spree last year, but it says its looking to buy… Read more »
Blyk Pairs With Aircel For Ads In India, Returns To Free Rewards
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Blyk, the mobile ad company that started as a “free” MVNO for 16-24 year-olds, may have found its original business model hard to execute in… Read more »
Battle For The Digital Home: Our Coverage In Links
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We’ve just wrapped up our entertainment-focused conference, Battle for the Digital Home, a full-day event where we debated the issues surrou… Read more »
Google’s Indian Music Service Not Quite A Prelude To A Subscription Offer
Rumours persist that Google’s upcoming music play will be a $25-a-month locker offering streamed access to owned tracks including via Androi… Read more »
Meet Our New Entertainment Editor
I’m pleased to announce that Andrew Wallenstein will be joining us to write about the digital-entertainment business, based in Los Angeles.… Read more »
What Media Companies Can Learn From IBM’s Turnaround
Simon Waldman is Group Product Director of LOVEFiLM, and author of “Creative Disruption: What you need to do to shake up your business in a… Read more »
Indian Ad Net Komli Buying Ethnic Minority Marketer Indoor Media
Indian online advertising network Komli is buying Indoor Media, a UK-based firm helping clients market to ethnic minorities, in its latest i… Read more »
We Have An Announcement: Sander, Kramer Take On New Responsibilities
I am pleased to announce promotions for two stars on our team.
Ernie Sander, our Managing Editor since 2008, is promoted to Executive Edi… Read more »
Penske’s Mail.com Media Corp. Sells Its E-Mail Business
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Jay Penske’s Mail.com Media Corp., which has been busily buying up media sites, is selling its Mail.com e-mail business to German internet f… Read more »
Instamedia Raises $4 Million From Times Of India Owner
Instamedia, which is best known for its Instablogs citizen journalism platform, has raised $4 million in a first round of funding from Times… Read more »
Apple 09.01.10 News In Pictures
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) today announced a slew of new products and features on its phone, music and video viewing offerings. Check out a visual t… Read more »
Sure, People Will Buy ‘Connected TVs,’ But Will Anyone Actually Use Them?
I’m a big fan of the “digital home,” even if the phrase itself has slipped from popular use lately. I cannot wait for it to happen to me –… Read more »
CBS To Launch TV Channels In India
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CBS (NYSE: CBS) Studios International and Reliance Broadcast Network Limited (RBNL) Wednesday announced a deal to launch television channels… Read more »
Mauj Mobile Acquires UK’s Mobango Catalog Of Apps
Mumbai, India-based Mauj Mobile, a mobile content provider that’s part of the People Group, has acquired UK-based Mobango for its internati… Read more »
Daum Sells Lycos To Ybrant For $36 Million
Search engine and portal operator Lycos has been sold to Indian digital marketing firm Ybrant Digital by South Korea’s Daum Communications f… Read more »
EC, India, Saudi Arabia, UAE Go Cold On BlackBerry
Twenty-four hours after launching its latest handset, suddenly RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) is enduring high-level skepticism that its BlackBerry is sui… Read more »
