Industry Moves: Appia; Qualcomm; SonyEricsson; mxData; Appitalism; GoldSpot
» Appia has appointed Craig Forman as its executive chairman. He joins the white label app store company from his position as chai… Read more »
Scribd Reader App Float Adds 100 Pubs; Subscriber Plans, Ads Coming
Float, the social reader iPhone app from document sharing site Scribd’s has added content from another 100 publishers to the 150 launch part… Read more »
Kantar: Ad Spending Still Growing, But Recovery Is In Jeopardy
While most large ad budgets have been locked in for the next few months, unless there is a miraculous and quick economic turnaround, the ad… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09-12-11
photo: Corbis / Patricia Curi
» BostonGlobe.Com Launches Today; Shifts To Paying Subscribers Only Oct. 1 (paidContent)
» Righthaven: We Might Have… 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 »
GetGlue Makes It Easier For Marketers To ‘Check In’ With Self-Serve Option
As the number of check-in services proliferate, GetGlue is trying to solidify relationships with networks as it tries to prove the value of… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 9-8-11: Apple/Samsung Japan; Microsoft Tablet; Mobile Stats
photo: AP Images
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) meets with Samsung in court in Japan and requests an injunction on Sm… Read more »
UK Mobile Payments JV Hits Rocks Before It’s Started: Three Appeals To EU
photo: Perras1d, Flickr
Operator partnerships for services are notoriously hard to get right: and it looks like the mobile payments and advertising joint venture be… Read more »
Industry Moves: Starz; NBCU; Zinio; Houghton Mifflin; TAN; AudienceScience
– Starz Digital Media: Mara Winokur is now SVP of digital media, business development and strategy at Starz Media — a position that makes… Read more »
Tapjoy Takes On Ex-Sony PlayStation Network Chief As Its New CMO
Tapjoy has long counted the gaming industry as the primary customer customer base for its in-app marketing and distribution services; now it… Read more »
Once Display’s Ad Sales Leader, Trends Now Favor Yahoo Rivals
photo: Corbis
Barring some explosive revelation, Carol Bartz is out as CEO of Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) because she couldn’t show any way up. During the Q2 earni… Read more »
Does Google Only Listen If The New York Times Calls Them Out?
photo: Le Club Symphonie / cultura / Corbis
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 »
Spammer Spanked By Court, Award Slashed From $11 Million To .. $3
photo: Arnold Gatilao / flickr
If you’re going to miss deadlines and make stupid legal arguments, it’s probably better not to have your case wind up in front of one of the… Read more »
TechCrunch’s Arrington Steps Down To Start CrunchFund
photo: Flickr / Thomas Hawk
TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington may be raising a $20 million venture capital fund focused on early-stage technology companies, reported, citi… Read more »
WaPo Shutting Most Local Bureaus; No Layoffs Planned
photo: Flickr
With the Washington Post continuing to struggle against declining revenues and circulation numbers, the newspaper has decided to close seven… Read more »
MSLO Unveils iPad Subscriptions; Video Plans Centered On Advertorials
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (NYSE: MSO) is the latest publisher to offer of a digital subscription plan for the iPad editions of its mag… Read more »
Condé Nast ‘Social Sidekick’ Aims To Cross-Pollinate Mag Brands
As publishers have made use of Twitter and Facebook to drive traffic back to their branded, Condé Nast’s Social Sidekick tool is meant to g… Read more »
NYT Sells Its First Sole-Sponsorship Of iPad App To Ralph Lauren
The NYT iPad app typically runs ads from about six different marketers in a given month. But in September, all the app’s ad inventory will b… Read more »
Big Money For SMS-Based Social Media: India’s SMS GupShup Takes $10 Million
photo: Flickr/kiwanja
With a lot of the focus in the mobile universe on Android, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and what is happening in the smartphone segment, it’s easy to… Read more »
Gannett Expands Yahoo Ad Alliance To All Its Local TV Stations
A little over a year after Gannett (NYSE: GCI) and Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) teamed up on local ads sales primarily for the publisher’s 81 communit… Read more »
Limelight Networks Selling Eyewonder To DG For $66 Million
Two years after Limelight Networks (NSDQ: LLNW) bought interactive ad shop EyeWonder for up to $110 million, the content management company… Read more »
Ad Monitor DoubleVerify Raises $33 Million Third Round
Ad delivery monitor DoubleVerify has raised a large $33 million third round funding, which the company expects to use to build up its conten… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 08-30-11
photo: Corbis / Patricia Curi
» Sale Ending Soon? Yelp Rethinks Its Daily Deals Service (paidContent)
» Steve Jobs’ Greatest Legacy: Persuading The… Read more »
The End Of Social Media 1.0
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Groupon: Daily Deals Site Toots Its Own Horn In An Internal Memo
Groupon may be in a quiet period as it gears up for its IPO, but it has been the subject of many a story questioning its business. Now, a le… Read more »
Why More Marketers Are Paying For Blog Posts, Tweets And Video Mentions
photo: Corbis / Oliver Burston
Word of mouth is one of the best means of marketing a product, but sometimes the process needs a little help to get started. Help in the for… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 08-26-11
photo: Corbis / Patricia Curi
» Slate Lays Off Staff. Does Its Model Still Make Sense? (Forbes Mixed Media)
» AOL (NYSE: AOL) Huddles With Top M&A… Read more »
Pandora’s Kennedy: We Will Gradually Increase Audio Ad Inventory
For the most part, Pandora’s quarterly numbers show a company headed in the right direction, with revenue numbers up substantially along wit… Read more »
Pandora Revenues Jump Triple Digits; Chance Of Breaking Even In 2012
Pandora (NYSE: P), which has seen its stock price battered since the brief euphoria that surrounded its IPO pricing back in June, posted tri… Read more »
Bloomberg Buys Legal Database Provider BNA For $990 million
photo: thefutureliesahead
Bloomberg is in the process of acquiring legal information services company BNA for $990 million. As competition among the three largest fin… Read more »
Apple’s Steve Jobs: Company Man And Corporate Brand
Apple’s Steve Jobs is perhaps the only current CEO whom superlatives like “visionary” and “icon” can be attached to his name without generat… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 08-24-11
photo: Corbis / Patricia Curi
» Brightcove has filed a $50 million IPO (SEC)
» Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) to Subsidize Subscribers’ TV Device (NYT)
&… Read more »
Facebook’s Mobile Missteps: Places Axed; HTC Status Phone In Question
Facebook has been sizing up the mobile world with hungry eyes for a while now — more than one-third of the social network’s 750-million-plu… Read more »
Ziff Davis Buys Lead Gen Enterprise Outfit Focus Research
photo: Joseph Moran
Over the past year, Ziff Davis has transformed itself from being a digital-only tech publisher primarily known for running PCMag.com to a br… Read more »
Infographic: Men Are From Android, Women Are From RIM
Not sure whether you should draw too many serious conclusions from the following bit of research, but it does reveal some significant divide… Read more »
The AP And Corbis Combine Image Libraries In Distribution Deal
The Associated Press and photo service Corbis Images are bring their respective trove of licensed pictures together as the two look for ways… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 08-22-11
photo: Corbis / Patricia Curi
» Newspapers Edit Down Outlooks (WSJ)
» Murdoch told me to have someone followed: Buttrose (ABC News)
» T… Read more »
paidContent Advertising: Speakers From Digitas, Turner, Mediabrands, JWT
What are the biggest challenges-and best opportunities-in online advertising right now? With change as a constant, we’re looking forward, no… Read more »
Consumers Are Getting Savvier About Behavioral Targeting
There is a clothing store, Syms, that has forever had the tagline for their advertising “An Educated Consumer Is Our Best Customer”. A noble… Read more »
