What The Book Business Will Be Talking About This Week
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Just how eagerly is *Google* wooing publishers these days? One indicator: At this year’s BookExpo America, the largest trade book fair in th… Read more »
The Lodsys Deadline Approaches — And Still No Response From Apple
“One week down, two weeks remaining. And for some people, only one week remaining,” tweeted James Thomson, an iOS developer. That could be r… Read more »
Updated: paidContent Mobile Slideshow: The Nielsen Device Deck
Tablets are a killer device when it comes to media consumption today, but is that down to the form factor, or because they are only being us… Read more »
paidContent Mobile Slideshow: Flurry Reveals Trends In Mobile Apps
Some love to talk about the future and promise of the mobile web — and that may well be the case, longer term — but today the mobile world… Read more »
paidContent Mobile Slideshow: MTV Uses Mobile To Lift Brands
Some media companies, like Disney (NYSE: DIS) and News Corp.’s Fox, have invested a lot of time and money into mobile as standalone business… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 05-19-11
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» Our paidContent Mobile Conference: Here’s What Happened (paidContent)
» Here’s an interesting debate: “This Is Your… Read more »
Our paidContent Mobile Conference: Here’s What Happened
For a few hours Wednesday, the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood became an energetic mobile media hub courtesy of pai… Read more »
Warning: We May Need To Move On From The Android vs. iOS Debate Soon
New research released at Wednesday’s paidContent Mobile from the app analytics company Flurry spells out the force of apps in the mobile wor… Read more »
@ pcMobile: USV’s Albert Wenger: Mobile Phone Equals Personal Identity
What are venture capital firms looking for in mobile startups? Think emotional value and rethink the economics of content, Albert Wenger, a… Read more »
@ pcMobile: Media R&D Teams Need Freedom, Flexibility
photo: Tom Krazit
Research and development is challenged when media companies try to protect their existing businesses instead of moving forward. And Sara Ohr… Read more »
@ pcMobile 2011: MTV’s Rush: Tosh.0 Represents The Twitter/TV Bridge
In addition to seeking third party help from sources, MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) has been experimenting with its own home-grown entertainment… Read more »
@ pcMobile 2011: Location Services Are Trying To Find The Right Place
There’s been a good deal of worry over geo-location services embedded in iPhone and Android phones, after it was revealed that Apple (NSDQ:… Read more »
@ pcMobile: Mobile Video And The Coming Bandwidth Crisis
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It does to TV rights holders, but for consumers — it depends what they’re watching, panelists at the pcMobile 2011 conference. Jon Dube, pa… Read more »
@ pcMobile: Music Discovery Success Depends On Scale, Not Being First
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Here’s a safe bet: is Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) going to launch a music subscription service within the next year? Two of the three music industry… Read more »
@ pcMobile: Best Global Strategy Means Local Partners And Low Prices
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“Globalization is now not just for Foreign Affairs magazine,” said Chrystia Freeland, editor of Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI) Digital, in this… Read more »
Warning: We May Need To Move On From The Android vs. iOS Debate Soon
New research from the app analytics company Flurry spells out the force of apps in the mobile world today pretty clearly: there are 500 mill… Read more »
@ pcMobile: Angry Birds Hits 200 Million Downloads With Help From Fox
One of the greatest mobile gaming hits ever just keeps on rolling: Angry Birds has hit the 200 million-downloads milestone, Rovio’s Mighty E… Read more »
@ pcMobile: Albert Wenger Says Mobile Phone Equals Personal Identity
What are venture capital firms looking for in mobile startups? Think emotional value and rethink the economics of content, Albert Wenger, a… Read more »
Eventbrite Raises $50 Million For Push Into Larger Events
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Eventbrite, a popular service which lets people set up webpages to promote their events and also sell tickets, has raised $50 million in a f… Read more »
@ pcMobile: Clearing The Hurdles On Golden Road To Mobile Ads
With the unquestioned growth in mobile platforms and the penchant for free services on mobile devices and services, one would think mobile a… Read more »
@ pcMobile: Sunny Skies Over The Weather Channel’s Mobile Strategy
Everybody’s talking about the weather, but contrary to the old adage, Mike Kelly, president and CEO of The Weather Channel Companies is actu… Read more »
@ pcMobile: How Time Inc, Zite, & CrowdFusion Manage Platform & App Fatigue
Content publishers are facing difficult choices about how to direct often limited resources to a growing number of platforms and business mo… Read more »
@ pcMobile: MLBAM’s Bowman On Paid Vs. Ad Support – You Need Both
There’s a false dichotomy that makes its way into conversations about media strategy about whether it’s best to have a paid content strategy… Read more »
Nielsen: Tablets Are Money Spinners, But Less Than 5% Use Them Today
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Of all the wireless devices that have hit the market in the past several years, tablets present the biggest commercial opportunity for media… Read more »
paidContent Mobile: Industry Leaders, New Research Take Center Stage In NYC
A full agenda at paidContent Mobile: Platform Power kicks off at 8:30 this morning with new research from Nielsen and a Q&A with MLBAM CEO B… Read more »
paidContent Mobile, May 18: MLB, TWC, NHL, Turner, Sony Music & More
We’re in the final stages of prep for Wednesday’s paidContent Mobile: Platform Power with a lineup that’s getting even better. The NHL’s Per… Read more »
Spotlight On Research At paidContent Mobile, May 18: Nielsen, MTVN, Flurry
Among the highlights planned for Wednesday’s paidContent Mobile: Platform Power, three presentations aimed at bringing attendees a first-han… Read more »
paidContent Mobile, May 18, NYC: Register Now
paidContent Mobile: Platform Power in New York is less than two weeks away. On May 18, join us as we discuss the dominating mobile platforms… Read more »
paidContent Mobile, May 18, NYC: Angry Birds Swooping In
photo: Angry Birds Rio Trailer
While Rio the movie rakes it in at the box office, Angry Birds Rio catapulted to the top of the app charts with 10 million downloads in the… Read more »
Comcast Subs Who Pay For Speed Can Now Download HD Movie In 5 Minutes
Holy broadband, Batman! Comcast’s long-anticipated Extreme 105 Mbps broadband service launched today in major markets across the U.S., poten… Read more »
New Speakers for paidContent Mobile: Öhrvall, Caraeff, Harrison, Alvey
For years, the carriers held most of the cards. Now the conversation and innovation is dominated by the platforms and extended to tablets th… Read more »
@ AADigital: Arianna: Paywalls Only Work For Special Content, ‘Weird Porn’
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Life is pretty good at AOL (NYSE: AOL) these days, including the use of three “resting rooms” that the newsroom has dubbed “NapQuest,” Arian… Read more »
@ AADigital: ‘The Daily’s’ Clayman: You Can Ask, But We’re Not Talking Subs Numbers
AdAge’s Nat Ives began his chat with The Daily’s Greg Clayman by pressing him on recent questions about subscriber numbers. Clayman wouldn’t… Read more »
@ AADigital: Twitter’s Bain: Twitter Beats Facebook In Driving Purchases
Six months after Adam Bain was hired by Twitter from News Corp.’s Fox Audience Network, the microblog’s president of revenue offered the aud… Read more »
@ AADigital: EA’s Riccitiello: Games Dominate TV (In Reach, But Not Ads)
John Riccitiello, CEO of Electronic Arts took the stage at the Ad Age Digital conference to make a pitch to advertisers: in terms of reach,… Read more »
Our Next Conference: paidContent Mobile, May 18, NYC
For years, despite the wide popularity of Windows, Symbian and BlackBerry, the carriers held most of the cards. That started to shift with t… Read more »
Our Next Conference: paidContent Mobile: Platform Power, May 18, NYC
For years, despite the wide popularity of Windows, Symbian and BlackBerry, the carriers held most of the cards. That started to shift with t… Read more »
CTIA Wire: T-Mobile; Nokia; CTIA Survey; Powerwave
» T-Mobile announced its expansion of 4G products, including the Google (NSDQ: GOOG) G2x smartphone. It’s also rolling out the Sa… Read more »
Slideshow: The Latest And Greatest Phones And Tablets
photo: Tricia Duryee
The wireless industry is gathering in Orlando for CTIA 2011, a showcase of some of the latest and greatest tablets and phones as well as fur… Read more »
A Slideshow For CTIA 2011: Phones, Tablets and Dancing Robots
photo: Tricia Duryee
The wireless industry is gathering in Orlando for CTIA 2011, a showcase of some of the latest and greatest tablets and phones as well as fur… Read more »
