Google TV Is Coming To Europe This September
photo: Tom Krazit
Sony (NYSE: SNE) will start selling Google (NSDQ: GOOG) TV-based products in Europe in September, according to a report by Les Echos. The si… Read more »
Zeebox Boss Says Smart TV Is A Dumb Idea
Is the trend for smart TVs that connect to the web and run apps a big mistake? Anthony Rose, the co-founder of hot social TV app Zeebox, too… Read more »
Securities Analytics Firm Data Explorers Acquired By Markit
photo: Corbis / James Leynse
Data Explorers, an analytics and analysis firm which helps subscribers track short-selling in stocks, is the latest acquisition of financial… Read more »
Digital Music Now Pays Artists More Than Pubs
UK songwriters, composers and music publishers received 3.2 percent higher royalty earnings in 2011, as new online music services boosted pa… Read more »
Game's Not Over For Game, Now The Industry Wants It To Go Digital
photo: Game Group
The video games industry has urged the new owner of Europe’s largest plastic-box video games retailer to develop a stronger digital distribu… Read more »
Orange Fancies Itself As GetGlue, Miso Social TV Rival
photo: Corbis / Simon Marcus
Orange is having a run at the nascent second-screen social-TV space already occupied by the likes of GetGlue, Miso, Zeebox and Intonow. Read more »
Amazon Frustrates With 'Suspension' Of Kindle Newspaper Additions
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is denying a frustrated publisher’s claim that it has indefinitely stopped adding any more newspapers and magazines to i… Read more »
Thanks To E-Books, Publishers Find Flat Is The New Up
photo: flickr
Large book publishers’ most recent earnings reports reflect a new normal: Revenues are roughly flat, but profits are up — in large part due… Read more »
News Corp Wants A Piece Of Digital Auto Classifieds Market
photo: Team Submarine
It could be all-change in one of UK news publishers’ biggest online sectors, car classified ads.
News Corp.’s News International is ready t… Read more »
Chinese Android Apps Are Bypassing Google’s Play Store
photo: Corbis
A mobile platform is only as strong as its app line-up, which in turn relies on the co-operation and keenness of app developers.
But lookin… Read more »
Welcome To paidContent Circa 2012
photo: GigaOM
Back in February, we told you paidContent found the perfect home as we announced that ContentNext Media had been acquired by our friends at… Read more »
Industry Moves: Hearst; WebCollage; AccentHealth; Magnetic
– Hearst Newspapers: Lincoln Millstein has been promoted to EVP and deputy group head of Hearst Newspapers, from SVP of digital media. His… Read more »
Facebook's Big Freemium Funnel Helps Spotify Et Al Find The Pay In Free
photo: mpgrigg
In the land of the freemium, how much free is enough to convince users to pay?
In the latest refinement to its market strategy, Spotify in… Read more »
Harry Potter E-Books, Digital Audiobooks In Libraries Today
photo: Flickr / Marco Becerra
Two days after the Pottermore shop launched, Harry Potter e-books and digital audiobooks will be available in libraries as of noon ET today. Read more »
ESPN Hands International Digital Media To Rees
photo: ESPN
The ball for ESPN’s international digital media activities is being passed from Tom Gleeson to Arne Rees. Read more »
Interview: Rdio Prepares To Take On Spotify, Deezer Et Al In Europe
Unlimited-music service Rdio concedes it will have to fight incumbents as it prepares to launch across the whole of Europe. Read more »
Pandora, Not Radio, Doesn’t Understand Radio
I’ve met Tim Westergren, the founder of Pandora (NYSE: P). He’s a lovely man.
But, not only do I believe that Pandora is not radio (they st… Read more »
Pottermore, Day 2: Here Come The Complaints
photo: Flickr / retro_writer
J. K. Rowling’s Pottermore shop, the exclusive source for Harry Potter e-books and digital audiobooks, launched yesterday, and some muggles… Read more »
France Claims 'Three-Strikes' Has Reduced Piracy, But Has It Really?
photo: Flickr / fdecomite
Eighteen months after France implemented one of the world’s first working three-strikes anti-piracy systems, the agency says it has succeede… Read more »
Suddenly, Spotify Is Ad Buyers' Favourite Thing
photo: BBC / AMC
UK advertising buyers now say Spotify is the outlet they enjoy the best experience with. Read more »
Kindle Touch Heads To Europe
photo: Amazon
Amazon’s Kindle Touch e-reader is available for preorder in Europe now. Read more »
WiFi-Only iPad Could Hit Mainland China Stores Soon
Just because the new iPad is assembled in China doesn’t mean the Chinese can buy one in their own country – yet. That’s because Apple’s late… Read more »
You Can Buy The Harry Potter E-Books Now — Here’s What You Need To Know
The Pottermore e-bookstore is open earlier than expected, with all the Harry Potter e-books and digital audiobooks available (DRM-free) for… Read more »
Video: Print's Not Dead, It's Getting High In The Sky
photo: Flickr / kossy@finedays
So, this is how it ends for the printed word? Thirty-thousand feet up, back against a wall, with only a street poet’s meter to defend it? Read more »
Updated: Pandora Says Rates Still Too Costly For UK Re-Entry
photo: Flickr/Thomas Hawk
Pandora (NYSE: P) quit the UK in 2008, citing excessive music streaming rates. A year later, PRS For Music, noting similar concern, slashed… Read more »
What Does Twitter Want With Germany?
Germany may be Europe’s biggest economy, but Twitter has relatively low take-up there. So why does the company appear to be preparing to set… Read more »
In Europe, The Internet Is Free – Except When It’s Not
photo: Shutterstock / jan kranendonk
Europe and America have different views on freedom of speech and privacy. But with British and French legislators both challenging the idea… Read more »
How Game Group Blew It: Digital Strategy Was Not Adopted Sooner
photo: Game Group
After suspending shares last week, Europe’s largest plastic-box video games retailer, Game Group, called in administrators to run the compan… Read more »
UK VOD Regulator's Competency To Be Reviewed
photo: Corbis / Blend Images / LWA / Dann Tardif
The UK’s controversial video-on-demand regulator, which has angered some web publishers by charging them to be regulated against their wishe… Read more »
Music Industry Can See The Light After 'Least Negative' Sales Since 2004
photo: Shutterstock / Edyta Pawlowska
The music industry enjoyed its best sales performance for eight years in 2011, as CDs’ collapse decelerated, digital sales continued growing… Read more »
Ireland's Largest ISP Wants Country-Wide Three-Strikes Piracy Response
Ireland’s largest ISP, which once resisted calls to act against illegal downloaders, has told paidContent its competitors should now join it… Read more »
What’s Really Going On At Mail.ru?
photo: rsepulveda
There’s no doubt that Mail.ru is one of Russia’s most powerful internet players. It has gone from being a struggling web firm in the late 1… Read more »
New Book Startups Focus On The Actual Buying And Selling Part
photo: Jellybooks
Two new book-related startups that launched in beta this week seek to redefine the book buying, browsing and selling experience. Read more »
Baidu Takes Aim At Dropbox, Microsoft SkyDrive, With Cloud Storage Service
photo: Shutterstock / Jirsak
Chinese search engine leader Baidu is holding a developers conference today, from where it has just launched a cloud storage platform called… Read more »
Music Wars: Spotify Heading For Ireland And Oz As Rdio Gears Up In Europe
photo: Spotify pics: Spotify | Zennstrom/Friis: Corbis | Montage: ContentNext
Two of the subscription-music space’s main players are set to launch in several new markets, as the segment’s many budding exponents race to… Read more »
Industry Moves: Azullo; Thrillist; DataXu; Meredith
– Azullo: Tim Brooks has been appointed chairman of digital advertising technology company Azullo. Formerly managing director of Guardian N… Read more »
Chinese Theatrical Market Booms, But Real Action May Be In Video On Demand
photo: Shutterstock / Chiyacat
The Motion Picture Association of America released statistics today saying that Chinese theatrical revenue grew 35 percent to nearly $2 bill… Read more »
The Next Self-Publishing Frontier: E-Books In Translation
photo: Barbara Freethy
Romance author Barbara Freethy has seen huge success making her out-of-print titles available as self-published e-books. She’s now sold 1.6… Read more »
Video: Slovakia's Paid Content System Plans To Launch In Bigger Markets
photo: Corbis / Don Mason
The online news payment system introduced across Slovenian and Slovakian publishers in May and February wants to launch in three more countr… Read more »
Spotify’s New Apps Could Be A Big Boost For Labels
Sub Pop, Ninja Tune, Matador: Record labels used to be known as curators of a certain sound, and collectors would sometimes buy every new re… Read more »
