China Now Leading Source Of iOS, Android Activations
China could soon be the most important mobile market in the world. Not only did the country become the leading source of iOS and Android dev… Read more »
Video: Vevo To Launch In Six More Countries, CEO Caraeff Says
The music distributor and service Vevo plans to triple its global footprint in 2012, CEO Rio Caraeff tells paidContent while answering quest… Read more »
Google To Sell E-Books In France
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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) will reportedly start selling e-books in France. Read more »
Keep Calm, Carry On And Don’t Charge For News, Johnston’s Highfield Says
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Johnston Press CEO Ashley Highfield says the news business shouldn’t panic, as he aims to make a quarter of its revenue from digital, turn i… Read more »
BSkyB's Internet TV Service Will Have A New Brand – 'Now TV'
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 »
Airbnb Acquires UK-Based Crashpadder For Olympic Flats
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Airbnb expects a ton of listings and bookings during the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. But in the U.K., it’s not the only game in tow… Read more »
Shoptime’s $50M Heats Up Russia’s E-Commerce War
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It’s been a big week for Russian web companies, with search engine Yandex hitting Nasdaq and billionaire investor Yuri Milner stepping down… Read more »
EU V. Google: Why Ask One Question When You Can Ask 69?
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Late on Monday it emerged that the French data watchdog CNIL – which has been conducting an investigation into Google’s new privacy policy o… Read more »
Video: The Future Of The Remote Control In The Age Of Internet TV
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Wand, joypad, keyboard, trackpad, voice, mobile, wave, tablet or just plain ‘ol candybar? Which of these is the best way to navigate televis… Read more »
BBC Overcomes Xbox Hurdles To Launch iPlayer With Kinect Control
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The BBC has overcome Microsoft’s wish for iPlayer to be bundled with its paid Xbox Live Gold subscriptions.
The catch-up TV service on Tues… Read more »
Apple: 3 Million iPads Sold This Weekend
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After Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook hinted Monday morning about a “record weekend” for sales of the new iPad, Apple this afternoon is conf… Read more »
If You Have News, It Will Be Aggregated And/Or Curated
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The Pew Research Center has come out with a massive new report on the state of media as part of its Project for Excellence in Journalism, an… Read more »
Nook May Be Expanding Internationally, But Barnes & Noble Stores Aren't
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At a Nook Developers Workshop in London today, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) said it won’t be opening stores outside the U.S., but did not offe… Read more »
With Dividend, Tim Cook Thinks Differently About Apple
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While playing the “Steve would never do that” game is seldom a great idea – it’s akin to calling yourself a fortune teller or a mind reader… Read more »
All3Media Bypassing Broadcasters, Aggregators On Connected TV Screens
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The connected TV revolution promises new distribution opportunities to content owners.
One, super-indie TV producer All3Media, is taking th… Read more »
Chinese Writers' Apple Book Piracy Claims Grow Louder
Twenty-two Chinese authors now plan to sue Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) for 50 million yuan ($7.9 million), claiming 95 of their books were published… Read more »
PeerIndex Taking On $3 Million To Quantify Influence, Glocer Among Backers
PeerIndex, a service started by a former Reuters (NYSE: TRI) and Economist journalist to measure Twitter users’ influence in topics, is taki… Read more »
Microstock's Fotolia Acquires Wilogo Designer' Site
Microstock photo repository Fotolia is expanding within its crowdsourced-creativity segment by acquiring Wilogo, a site through which startu… Read more »
'This American Life' Retracts Apple Labor Conditions Episode
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The radio program This American Life on Friday posted a note on its website saying that it is retracting a previous episode of the show, in… Read more »
Harry Potter E-Books Available For Reserve At NY Public Library Now
The Harry Potter e-books, which will be released for the first time by Pottermore in April (after months of delays), are now appearing in th… Read more »
This Is Why Google Is Losing The Future
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“Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is like a crack dealer,” one frustrated startup founder told me recently. “They give you something that gets you hooked… Read more »
Nokia's 1 Billion Opportunity: A China Lumia Launch
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is expected to launch its Lumia smartphone line in China on March 28, according to multiple reports. DigiTimes says that C… Read more »
Ian Fleming Estate Reverses Course, Gives Up James Bond E-Book Rights
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Ian Fleming Publications attracted attention when, in 2010, it announced it would publish the James Bond e-books directly instead of selling… Read more »
Under Deal, New Bollywood Films Will Go Global Via Subscription VOD
For Hollywood studios, the international market is a potential goldmine. In 2010, for example, the U.S. movie industry made 67 percent of it… Read more »
Social TV's Zeebox Aims At U.S. Under Time Warner's Forbes
Second-screen social TV startup Zeebox has poached Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) Media SVP Jason Forbes to head its upcoming competition wit… Read more »
More Papers Put Faith In Daily Deals And Tablet Payments As Profit Shrinks
Some low-hanging fruit in newspapers’ shrivelling orchard – Trinity Mirror (LSE: TNI) says it is investing in a Groupon (NSDQ: GRPN) copycat… Read more »
Cisco Wants To Buy News Corp's TV Software Maker NDS For $5 Billion
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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 »
Slovenia's Big Pay 'Wall' Has Made €26,000
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Piano Media, the online news payment system which first launched in Slovakia last year, says it made €26,000 ($33961.2/£21616.4) in its f… Read more »
Man Utd Wants Its Crest Stripped From Google Play
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Manchester United football club is demanding that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) bar all Android apps that contain its logo. Read more »
My Review Of The New iPad Reviews. How Meta!
The new iPad reviews are out and here is my summary of those reviews: LTE is fast, the retina display is stunning and immersive, the new pr… Read more »
If You Liked '50 Shades Of Grey,' You'll Love 'Shameful Thrills'
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Erotic e-books are getting a lot of attention lately, particularly following a seven-figure deal for the Twilight-inspired trilogy 50 Shades… Read more »
Music Streams Join Downloads In U.S. Charts, UK Waits
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What is the best way to quantify artists’ popularity, as more music consumption moves from downloads to streams? Read more »
Britannica Ends Printing, Now Will Face Wikipedia On Price, Quality
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At a conference last week, an Encyclopaedia Brittanica executive rose from the floor to challenge keynoter Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia.
“I don… Read more »
Social Media Display Fuelling Ongoing Internet Ad Growth
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The internet will attract 21 percent more ad spend each year on its way to gobbling 22.1 percent of the total market by 2014, according to l… Read more »
How Netflix's Hastings Could Get BSkyB Off An Anti-Trust Charge
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 »
Attribution, Context And Herding Cats
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As editor of a site that was curating before curation was cool, I’ve helped set policy for attribution — link and credit unto others as you… Read more »
U.K. To Get LTE Network, But Most Carriers Still Sidelined
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It looks like the U.K. won’t be the last major European country to have LTE. U.K. regulator Ofcom has given Everything Everywhere permission… Read more »
Tape.tv, A Pandora For Video, Targets British Launch
With news of its long-delayed German launch, it’s worth remembering that Spotify isn’t just a music player these days – it’s a platform. And… Read more »
Telegraph Puts Mobile App In Subscription Bundle
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 »
How The Media Can Use Pinterest To Drive Traffic And Revenue
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Media owners may be spooked by Pinterest’s controversial re-use of copyrighted content – but they could have plenty to gain from embracing,… Read more »
