The Morning Lowdown 4-2-12

After suspending shares last week, Europe’s largest plastic-box video games retailer, Game Group, called in administrators to run the compan… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 3-23-12

By Laura Hazard Owen

Mar. 23, 2012 - 5:32 PM EDT Mar. 23, 2012 - 5:32 PM EDT

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» Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Play mulls movie sales (CNET)

» Music wars: Spotify heading for Ireland and Australia as Rdio g… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 3-21-12

By Laura Hazard Owen

Mar. 21, 2012 - 5:35 PM EDT Mar. 21, 2012 - 5:35 PM EDT

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» Comics are now selling laughs by the download (NYT)

» No joke: YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) gets its first live comedy show… Read more »

BSkyB's Internet TV Service Will Have A New Brand – 'Now TV'

By Robert Andrews

Mar. 21, 2012 - 2:47 PM EDT Mar. 21, 2012 - 2:47 PM EDT

UK pay TV platform leader BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) will take a bold step for its upcoming satellite-less, over-the-internet TV packages by launchin… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 3-20-12

By Jeff John Roberts

Mar. 20, 2012 - 5:09 PM EDT Mar. 20, 2012 - 5:09 PM EDT

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» With dividend, Tim Cook thinks differently about Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) (GigaOM)

» Top Kindle Fire Activity: Reading E-… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 3-19-12

By Laura Hazard Owen

Mar. 19, 2012 - 5:26 PM EDT Mar. 19, 2012 - 5:26 PM EDT

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» Pew: Twitter, Facebook aren’t moving as much news as you think (paidContent)

» Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and the Daisey af… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 3-16-12

By Jeff John Roberts

Mar. 16, 2012 - 5:40 PM EDT Mar. 16, 2012 - 5:40 PM EDT

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» Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), AOL (NYSE: AOL) And Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Begin Selling And Delivering Ads In Display Partnership (Marketi… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 3-15-12

By Laura Hazard Owen

Mar. 15, 2012 - 5:26 PM EDT Mar. 15, 2012 - 5:26 PM EDT

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» Billboard’s Hot 100 Singles chart starts tracking online listening (NYT)

» My review of the new iPad reviews. How m… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 3-14-12

By Jeff John Roberts

Mar. 14, 2012 - 5:18 PM EDT Mar. 14, 2012 - 5:18 PM EDT

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» After 244 Years, Encyclopaedia Britannica Stops the Presses (NYT Media Decoder) Britannica Ends Printing, Now Will Face Wikiped… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 3-13-12

By Laura Hazard Owen

Mar. 13, 2012 - 5:35 PM EDT Mar. 13, 2012 - 5:35 PM EDT

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» Is Intel (NSDQ: INTC) working on a major TV initiative? (GigaOM)

» Everyone’s a curator, everyone’s a content creat… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 3-12-12

By Jeff John Roberts

Mar. 12, 2012 - 5:20 PM EDT Mar. 12, 2012 - 5:20 PM EDT

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» CNN in Talks to Acquire Mashable, Sources Say (NYT Media Decoder) CNN Mashing Up With Mashable? Not So Fast (paidContent)

For Connected TV, The New Last Mile Is Dining Room To Living Room

By Robert Andrews

Mar. 12, 2012 - 2:33 PM EDT Mar. 12, 2012 - 2:33 PM EDT

photo: Netflix

Last week, I lambasted Virgin Media for taking two years to launch its iPad TV guide for its TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) set-top box.

I have since le… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 3-9-12

By Laura Hazard Owen

Mar. 9, 2012 - 7:24 PM EDT Mar. 9, 2012 - 7:24 PM EDT

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» Chris Hughes is the new owner of The New Republic (NYT/Media Decoder)

» If the government makes agency pricing go a… Read more »

BBC Plans iTunes Competitor With Download Fees For New And Old Shows

By Robert Andrews

Mar. 8, 2012 - 9:38 PM EDT Mar. 8, 2012 - 9:38 PM EDT

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The BBC is developing a radical scheme under which UK viewers would pay to download new and old BBC TV shows from a service it hopes will co… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 3-8-12

By Jeff John Roberts

Mar. 8, 2012 - 6:21 PM EDT Mar. 8, 2012 - 6:21 PM EDT

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» U.S. Warns Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), Publishers (WSJ)

» The iPad Lowdown (paidContent)

» TheComplete.me wants… Read more »

NBC Sports Doubles Olympic Digital Ad Revenue With Time Left On The Clock

By Staci D. Kramer

Mar. 8, 2012 - 6:58 AM EDT Mar. 8, 2012 - 6:58 AM EDT

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NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) Sports sold $25 million in digital advertising for the 2008 Beijing Olympics — and has more than doubled the amount for t… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 3-7-12

By Laura Hazard Owen

Mar. 7, 2012 - 7:13 PM EDT Mar. 7, 2012 - 7:13 PM EDT

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» Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) in talks for cable partnership (Reuters)

» Why tablet makers need to make iPad events matter (… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 3-6-12

By Jeff John Roberts

Mar. 6, 2012 - 7:22 PM EDT Mar. 6, 2012 - 7:22 PM EDT

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» Newspapers: It’s not a revenue problem, it’s a culture problem (GigaOM)

» Bloomberg Expanding Tech Coverage (Fast C… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 3-5-12

By Laura Hazard Owen

Mar. 5, 2012 - 7:17 PM EDT Mar. 5, 2012 - 7:17 PM EDT

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» Pew: Papers’ biggest revenue threat is inertia; second biggest is action (paidContent)

» Papers put faith in paywal… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 3-2-12

By Jeff John Roberts

Mar. 2, 2012 - 7:58 PM EDT Mar. 2, 2012 - 7:58 PM EDT

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» Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) throws weight around in TV negotiations (NY Post)

» Broadcasters Sue To Stop $12 Streaming Servi… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 3-1-12

By Laura Hazard Owen

Mar. 1, 2012 - 7:23 PM EDT Mar. 1, 2012 - 7:23 PM EDT

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» With Starz exiting, Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) loses access to live TV (GigaOM)

» Source: AOL (NYSE: AOL) planning to lay… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 2-29-12

By Jeff John Roberts

Feb. 29, 2012 - 7:28 PM EDT Feb. 29, 2012 - 7:28 PM EDT

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» Who Decides What Gets Sold In The Bookstore? (paidContent)

» Facebook Expands Media Sharing on Timeline – Too Much… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 2-28-12

By Laura Hazard Owen

Feb. 28, 2012 - 7:27 PM EDT Feb. 28, 2012 - 7:27 PM EDT

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» AOL (NYSE: AOL) sees three more major talent departures (VentureBeat)

» Oscar night turns into a winning night for… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 2-27-12

By Jeff John Roberts

Feb. 27, 2012 - 2:57 PM EDT Feb. 27, 2012 - 2:57 PM EDT

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» WSJ Pulls Back On What Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Searchers Can Read For Free (Search Engline Land)

» FT Digital Subscript… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 2-24-12

By Laura Hazard Owen

Feb. 24, 2012 - 7:37 PM EDT Feb. 24, 2012 - 7:37 PM EDT

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» Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) looks to Chomp to improve App Store discovery (GigaOM)

» Hunger Games eclipsing Twilight saga in… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 2-23-12

By Jeff John Roberts

Feb. 23, 2012 - 7:27 PM EDT Feb. 23, 2012 - 7:27 PM EDT

photo: Corbis / Patricia Curi

» Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Yanks 5,000 Kindle Titles In Fight Over Terms (paidContent)

» CA Attorney General says Apple (N… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 2-22-12

By Laura Hazard Owen

Feb. 22, 2012 - 7:28 PM EDT Feb. 22, 2012 - 7:28 PM EDT

photo: Corbis / Patricia Curi

» Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Browser-gate: Here come the lawsuits (paidContent)

» Mario Puzo estate sued by Paramount (NYSE:… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 2-21-12

By Jeff John Roberts

Feb. 21, 2012 - 7:16 PM EDT Feb. 21, 2012 - 7:16 PM EDT

photo: Corbis / Patricia Curi

» Not just Google: Facebook also bypasses privacy settings in IE (ZDNet)

» Is Twitter a newspaper, or is it the phone… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 2-15-12

By Jeff John Roberts

Feb. 15, 2012 - 7:00 PM EDT Feb. 15, 2012 - 7:00 PM EDT

» Activist Shareholder Declares War On Yahoo: Here’s Who He Wants On The Board (Business Insider)

» Apple (NSDQ: AAPL… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 2-14-12

By Laura Hazard Owen

Feb. 14, 2012 - 7:18 PM EDT Feb. 14, 2012 - 7:18 PM EDT

photo: Corbis / Patricia Curi

» Verizon, AT&T (NYSE: T) to sell 4G iPad (WSJ)

» Barry Diller gets into the “cord-cutting” business (All Things Digi… Read more »

Why Dating Sites Are Broken

By Catherine Cook

Feb. 14, 2012 - 1:01 AM EDT Feb. 14, 2012 - 1:01 AM EDT

I met my current boyfriend four years ago in the elevator of our Georgetown dorm. Our friendship slowly grew until we went on our first dat… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 2-13-12

By Jeff John Roberts

Feb. 13, 2012 - 7:24 PM EDT Feb. 13, 2012 - 7:24 PM EDT

photo: Corbis / Patricia Curi

» Quality vs quantity online (Felix Salmon, Reuters)

» Content Everywhere But Not A Drop To Drink (Paris Lemon)

The Morning Lowdown 2-10-12

By Laura Hazard Owen

Feb. 10, 2012 - 7:31 PM EDT Feb. 10, 2012 - 7:31 PM EDT

photo: Corbis / Patricia Curi

» Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) vs. Google: The stakes are rising (WSJ)

» Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) adds Clinton alum Jamie Gorelick t… Read more »

How To Use Facebook’s Open Graph To Build Your Business

By Ben Elowitz

Feb. 10, 2012 - 1:31 AM EDT Feb. 10, 2012 - 1:31 AM EDT

Last year, it became clear that Facebook is well on its way to becoming a social operating system underlying our digital lives. And the enh… Read more »

The Morning Lowdown 2-9-12

By Jeff John Roberts

Feb. 9, 2012 - 7:14 PM EDT Feb. 9, 2012 - 7:14 PM EDT

photo: Corbis / Patricia Curi

» GigaOM Acquires paidContent (New York Times Dealbook)

» Why we are buying paidContent (Om Malik, GigaOM)

»&nb… Read more »

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