The web’s most popular Jane Austin adaptation gets a big deal. The value of mainstream celebrities might not measure up to web celebrities. Some people actually miss Myspace. And other things learned from the New York Television Festival. Read more »
The Commission on Presidential Debates is partnering with three online media companies to stream debates and educate voters. The platforms will also give the companies a way to showcase their other content. Read more at GigaOM »
Jon Miller, the well-respected chief digital officer of News Corp, is on the way out after presiding over the company’s sprawling digital properties. The move comes at a time that News Corp is splitting into distinct entertainment and publishing companies. Read more »
Remember when Friendster was the hot social network, publishers doubted that ebooks would ever sell, and Netflix thought DVDs in red envelopes was the future? We do — that was that state of digital media when paidContent launched in 2002. Read more »
Twitter has made it clear it plans to crack down on third-party services by tightening the rules on use of the network, but this desire for control — and the drive to monetize its user base — could ruin what made Twitter special to begin with. Read more at GigaOM »
Every week the media seems to offer a new account of some dumb crook who is off to the slammer because he posted about his caper on Facebook. It turns out this phenomenon may be even more widespread than we think. Read more »
Jon Miller, the chief digital officer for News Corporation (NSDQ: NWS), described his company’s digital strategy today as very “focused on v… Read more »
A look at what’s been going on at the giant electronics show that is CES
» Panasonic flirts with irrelevance with MySpace TV par… Read more »
Barely two months after slowly exiting Myspace as its last CEO under News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS), Mike Jones is debuting his new company, Science… Read more »
» Facebook Pushes Back Against ‘Super-Cookie’ Charges (paidContent)
» Is Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Really Shaking In Its Sho… Read more »
Some latest executive comings and goings from digital companies that begin with “M”… Read more »
News Corp lost $254 million on MySpace, the company said as it reported revenue that beat analysts’ expectations.
The loss pushed News Corp… Read more »
A famed spammer’s long career in the business looks like it’s coming to a close, and could end with a prison sentence. Sanford Wallace-long… Read more »
The phone-hacking and police bribery scandal swirling around News Corporation (NSDQ: NWS) has revived long-simmering questions about Rupert… Read more »
The idea of social networks as a place to listen to and share music is one that MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) should have owned. But its gradual decli… Read more »
– Turner Broadcasting: The company has confirmed that Anthony Lukom is VP and GM of UK and Ireland for Turner in Europe. He will lead the b… Read more »
Even before serious talk began that MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) was in play , Specific Media co-founder and CEO Tim Vanderhook was looking for an ac… Read more »
He may not have realized it at time of writing, but Justin Timberlake foretold the MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) story through his music — long befor… Read more »
» Specific Media Buys MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) for $35 Million; Justin Timberlake Gets A Stake (paidContent)
» Howard Ster… Read more »
Maybe the second time’s a charm? MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) has been bought by ad network Specific Media with Justin Timberlake as an owner and a r… Read more »
Online ad firm Specific Media has agreed to take MySpace off News Corp.’s hands for between $35 and $40 million, according to AllThingsD and… Read more »
Several parties are still negotiating to buy all or part of MySpace (NSDQ: NWS), building to a possible conclusion before News Corp.’s fisca… Read more »
Is the MySpace sale saga nearing a close? News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). may finally be near the end of the painful process of finding a resolution… Read more »
In case you missed it, links to some of the top stories in digital media this past week:
» By The Numbers: An Online Snapshot Of… Read more »
Despite its running costs having been cut in a recent restructure, ongoing falling advertising and search income at MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) was… Read more »
The music videos service Vevo is not in discussion about an alliance with for-sale MySpace (NSDQ: NWS), as recent reports suggested, its CEO… Read more »
We’ve heard a lot recently about gamification and adding game elements to non-gaming content to improve user engagement. Now, a new study fr… Read more »
» Arianna Huffington has some things to say about that class action lawsuit over unpaid blogging. (HuffPo; read paidContent’s cov… Read more »
Despite the uncertainty emanating from News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). about whether to sell or keep Myspace in recent months, the entertainment-focu… Read more »
TheDaily and MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) may get all the attention in News Corp.’s digital division, but keep an eye on the company’s growing intere… Read more »
A little more than two years after taking the top job at MySpace Music, Courtney Holt is leaving the joint venture. MySpace CEO Mike Jones w… Read more »
We now have a confirmed interested party in MySpace, which News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). publicly said was up for sale this week: Mobile social net… Read more »
The cost to News Corp (NSDQ: NWS) of getting MySpace in to shape? A big chunk of $275 million in the last three months of 2010 alone. That w… Read more »
News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS) is now definitely looking for a MySpace buyer – but may yet retain part of the site.
“With a new structure in place,… Read more »
The portrait of Hulu that emerged from today’s Wall Street Journal is that of a hopelessly dysfunctional venture at odds with itself over it… Read more »
Last week, a major debate on Digital Music News focused on the role that MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) Music now plays in the lives of artists and lab… Read more »
Even as MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) has floundered in recent years, it’s hung on to an important user base-artists, particularly musicians, who have… Read more »
MySpace has done what few can claim to have accomplished so far this new year: cut its weight nearly in half by slashing close to 500 jobs f… Read more »
CBS (NYSE: CBS) Radio-backed TargetSpot, which bills itself as the biggest digital audio ad network, has raised $8 million in its latest rou… Read more »
As has been rumored for weeks, MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) is cutting 500 employees, or nearly half of its workforce. The social networking, which m… Read more »
