The Morning Lowdown 12-22-11
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» Highlights of 2011: A year of tech and publishing lawsuits, by the numbers (paidContent)
» From the iPhone to the M… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 12-21-11
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» Highlights of 2011: Let’s do the CEO shuffle (paidContent)
» Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) releases performance-enhancing Kin… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 12-20-11
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» Signal failed: Winners and losers from the death of AT&T’s T-Mobile deal (paidContent)
» Highlights of 2011: The ye… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 12-16-11
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» Janet Robinson stepping down as NYT CEO; memo from Arthur Sulzberger (paidContent)
» RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) confirms down… Read more »
Janet Robinson Stepping Down As NYT CEO; Memo From Arthur Sulzberger
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Janet Robinson is retiring as president and CEO of The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) at the end of the month, the company announced aft… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 12-15-11
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» SAY Media Acquires ReadWriteWeb, Hires Dan Frommer As Editor-At-Large (paidContent)
» EBay’s PayPal Counts on Its 1… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 12-14-11
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» AP launches strategy to go beyond breaking news, become more “distinct” (Michael Calderone/Huffington Post)
» Paypa… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 12-13-11
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» Microsoft’s Windows Phone Head Lees Taking On New Role Ahead Of Huge Year (paidContent)
» Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Soften… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 12-12-11
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» BuzzFeed hires Politico writer Ben Smith (Media Decoder/NYT)
» 5 hopeful takeaways from the annual UBS media invest… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 12-9-11
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» Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Launches Currents, Its New Mobile Reading App (paidContent)
» Australia court lifts Samsung Gal… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 12-8-11
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» Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (NYSE: MSO) and J.C. Penney bake up a strategic deal that actually makes sense (paidContent)
&… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 12-7-11
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» J.C. Penney to Buy Stake in Martha Stewart Living (NYT Dealb%k)
» Flipboard CEO’s new media mission: ‘crawl the soc… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 12-6-11
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» Europe probing Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and publishers for e-book price “cartel” (paidContent)
» YouTube’s new “channels”… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 12-5-11
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» Internet Access and the New Divide (New York Times)
» Case Study: Numbers Behind Mooted ‘Bailout’ Of Wales’ Nationa… Read more »
Mochila Looking For Buyers, Cuts Most Of Its Staff
Nearly a year after content syndicator Mochila raised several million dollars in a fifth funding round, the company appears to be winding do… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 12-2-11
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» Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI) CEO Glocer is out; COO James Smith replaces him (paidContent). Here’s a tour of Thomson Reuters’ st… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 12-1-11
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» At least someone in the market is optimistic about Spain and Italy – *Amazon* has just launched the Kindle there. (paidContent)… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 11-30-11
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» FTC Announces 20 Year Privacy Deal With Facebook, Asks To Be ‘Liked’ (paidContent)
» Bets on Spotify’s news – radio… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 11-29-11
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» Analyst: Pay TV to lose 200,000 subscribers in 2012 (Hollywood Reporter)
» Financial Times sees content beating pri… Read more »
Rolling Stone Releasing Beatles' Guide For iPad; Mag Apps Coming In '12
Rolling Stone magazine will release an iPad app companion this week for its The Beatles: The Ultimate Album-by-Album Guide book this week, a… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 11-28-11
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» AT&T (NYSE: T) is running for cover as its T-Mobile merger dreams fade away (paidContent)
» Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Kin… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 11-23-11
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» Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Siemens to Cut 17,000 Jobs (WSJ; Press release)
» James Murdoch quits the boards of Sun and Times… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 11-22-11
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» Penguin pulls e-books from libraries across the land, citing “security concerns” (paidContent)
» Oh, HP: Firm’s Q4… Read more »
NYT Launches Group Digital Subscriptions For Companies
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The New York Times is ready to start extending sales of its “all access” digital subscriptions across tablets and smartphones to companies a… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 11-21-11
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» Twilight Breaking Dawn viewers set Fandango mobile ticketing record (paidContent)
» Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) revives Ar… Read more »
Twilight 'Breaking Dawn' Viewers Set Fandango Mobile Ticketing Record
The latest installment of the Twilight movies, Breaking Dawn, enjoyed one of the top-grossing opening weekends of all time (for some inexpli… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 11-18-11
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» Yelp Files to Raise $100 Million in IPO of Consumer-Review Internet Site (Bloomberg)
» Has The Kindle Fire Already… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 11-17-11
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» T-Mobile is the cool kid in the new *Google* Music shop (CNET)
» Salvation Army Santas are getting Square (The Verg… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 11-16-11
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» Sony (NYSE: SNE) considers Internet rival to cable TV (WSJ)
» Village Voice claims it owns “Best of NYC” phrase, su… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 11-15-11
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» Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Launches iTunes Match, But Puts Temporary Hold On New Subscriptions (paidContent)
» Gartner: And… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 11-14-11
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» A round-up of reviews shows the Kindle Fire is no burning sensation (paidContent)
» Team Cain is buying up Google (… Read more »
Spotify Expected To Launch In More Countries This Week
Spotify is ready to launch in Belgium, Austria and Switzerland, possibly as early as this week, paidContent understands. Read more »
Mobile Ad Firm 4INFO Names Tim Jenkins CEO. Zaw Thet Now 'Chief Evangelist'
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So a changing of the guard at mobile ad company 4INFO, which announced a funding round of $14 million just last month: Zaw Thet, the company… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 11-11-11 11-Link Edition
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» Now it’s Facebook’s turn for 20 years of FTC privacy audits (Search Engine Land)
» “Original media aggregator” Jim… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 11-10-11
» ‘I Am Not Incompetent’ – James Murdoch Defends Himself (paidContent)
» Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Buys Voice-To-Text Start… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 11-9-11
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» Kobo acquired by Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten for $315 million (paidContent)
» Flash in the pan: Adobe (NSDQ: A… Read more »
Kobo Acquired By Japanese E-Commerce Firm Rakuten For $315 Million
E-bookseller and e-reader company Kobo is being acquired by Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten for $315 million. The company says it will c… Read more »
What Twitter's Latest Move Means For Other Social TV Players
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As social TV emerges as something beyond an experiment for advertisers and TV networks, Twitter is eager to take a bigger role in connecting… Read more »
Open Road Launches 'Short Shots' E-Singles Publishing Program
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Digital publisher Open Road Integrated Media is getting into e-singles with a new program, “Short Shots,” which will publish short-form fict… Read more »
Hollywood, Silicon Valley Inspire New Teen E-Book Publisher
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Teenagers who founded their own start-ups could find themselves featured in titles from Backlit, a new young adult e-book publisher based in… Read more »
