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Magazine joint venture Next Issue Media goes live with its long-delayed digital newsstand. Users will be able to read popular magazines for a flat fee — if they have a tablet running Android 3.0 or later. For now, iPad and Kindle Fire users need not apply. Read More »
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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 »
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The Wall Street Journal (NSDQ: NWS) has embraced video with gusto. The venerable paper is pumping out hours of live news clips and splashing… Read More »
Mike Lang has resigned as CEO of Miramax effective immediately, according to the film company. Lang, a former News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS) exec i… Read More »
Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO) says it wants to buy News Corp.’s TV set-top box software maker NDS Group for $5 billion to improve its own offering and… Read More »
While its relevance in the realm of traditional linear television is more questionable than ever, the CW’s youthful, digitally literate core… Read More »
The UK inquiry in to whether Sky Movies’ exclusive first-run subscription VOD deals with six major Hollywood major studios is anti-competiti… Read More »
The Telegraph and Sky News may each operate subscription iPad outlets – but, with latest revisions to their mobile offerings, the two news p… Read More »
Atlantic Media continues its push to remake its properties with a digital-first business model with the hiring of Jessica Perry as Digital V… Read More »
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