Twitter Ramps Up Its DC Presence, Hires New Public Policy Head
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A sign of Twitter’s growing power, and increasing need to interface with government to get its message across: the company has hired a new h… Read more »
UK Government Backs Down On Plan To Shut Twitter And Facebook In Crises
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The government has climbed down on plans to ban suspected rioters from using social networking websites in times of civil unrest. Read more »
Bloomberg Buys Legal Database Provider BNA For $990 million
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Bloomberg is in the process of acquiring legal information services company BNA for $990 million. As competition among the three largest fin… Read more »
It’s Real Now: Google Must Pay Anticipated $500 Million DOJ Settlement
The $500 million fine that Google would be paying to the government was a bit of a mystery when it was first revealed back in May, although… Read more »
Letters Show Rivals Lobbying UK Government Against BSkyB Acquisition
The government has published a tranche of documents relating to the deal that never was – News Corporation’s aborted £8bn bid to take ful… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 08-24-11
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» Brightcove has filed a $50 million IPO (SEC)
» Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) to Subsidize Subscribers’ TV Device (NYT)
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Motorola Censured: Atrix Is Not ‘The World’s Most Powerful Smartphone’
The UK’s advertising regulator has handed a victory to Samsung in the smartphone wars, by ruling Motorola (NYSE: MMI) misled consumers about… Read more »
Analyst: Netflix, Lovefilm May Not Get A UK Window Until 2014
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Sky Movies’ stranglehold on UK subscription on-demand rights for movies may not be broken by competition authorities until 2014, according t… Read more »
In Belgium, Google Ponders A $215,000 Fine Over Street View
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Federal regulators in the U.S. are over it, but Google’s Street View privacy gaffe continues to produce headaches in the Europe. The long jo… Read more »
Second Privacy Lawsuit Over ‘Flash Cookies’ Falls Apart
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The Federal Trade Commission is concerned about the state of online privacy, but the agency doesn’t believe it has the legal authority-yet-t… Read more »
It Ain’t Over Yet: Samsung Galaxy Tab Injunction Suspended Outside Germany
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Looks like Samsung is getting a little relief in its ongoing case versus Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) in Europe: the Dusseldorf court that last week i… Read more »
FTC Busts App Maker For Collecting Kids’ E-mail Addresses
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Updated with response from app developer. When it comes to privacy law, the exploding world of mobile apps are pretty much the wild west. Th… Read more »
Google-Motorola: Expect ‘No Change’ In Android; Top Five Partners OK’d Deal
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The brief analyst call held by Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and Motorola (NYSE: MMI) Mobility around the acquisition news (our story here) gave littl… Read more »
AT&T’s Cost To Build Widespread LTE Network? $3.8 Billion, Not $39 Billion
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According to legal documents inadvertently made public by AT&T (NYSE: T) Thursday, it would have cost the carrier $3.8 billion to build an L… Read more »
Report: FTC Looking Into Android As Part Of Google Antitrust Probe
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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has been staring down the barrel of a federal antitrust investigation for quite some time, but most people had expected… Read more »
FCC To Review AT&T’s Qualcomm Spectrum Deal Alongside T-Mobile Purchase
AT&T (NYSE: T) has defended its $39 billion proposed acquisition of T-Mobile by claiming that it needs T-Mobile’s wireless spectrum in order… Read more »
Tablet Makers Have A Better Shot Against iPad In Europe, Says Forrester
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Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has all but cornered the market for tablets in the U.S., say researchers at Forrester, who predict that its iPad will tak… Read more »
Smartphones: Android Dominated Sales Last Quarter; UK Users Buy The Most
Given that today’s big mobile news in the UK is that BlackBerry devices (and specifically the free messaging service BlackBerry Messenger) h… Read more »
UK Annual Digital Media Snapshot In Charts
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Running to 341 pages, Ofcom’s Communications Market Report 2011 is an essential snapshot of data, charts and graphs about UK digital media c… Read more »
UK Re-Jigs Mobile Content Payments Regulation
Pay-for content bought through carriers’ mobile portals should no longer be regulated by the UK premium-rate phone services regulator Phonep… Read more »
Sprint Announces LightSquared Partnership, Posts Higher Loss
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Struggling mobile provider *Sprint* Nextel announced a 15-year partnership with LightSquared on Thursday, the wireless venture backed by bil… Read more »
Comcast To FCC: We’re Complying With Merger Rules-Bloomberg’s Playing Games
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Last month, Bloomberg made it known that it was quite unhappy with where Bloomberg TV was being placed in Comcast’s TV lineup. Bloomberg, wh… Read more »
DOJ Extends Review Period For Google-AdMeld Deal
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The Department of Justice’s 30-day review period of Google’s $400 million acquisition of supply side platform AdMeld has ended, so the agenc… Read more »
Senator Franken Joins Chorus Opposing AT&T/T-Mobile Merger
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Add Minnesota Senator Al Franken to the list of people who oppose the merger of AT&T (NYSE: T) and T-Mobile, and he’s not joking. Allowing t… Read more »
Chinese Web Giant Baidu Beats Expectations With 95 Percent Profit Jump
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Chinese internet search giant Baidu (NSDQ: BIDU) reported a 95 percent increase in net income on Monday, beating Wall Street expectations an… Read more »
Hacking Loopholes Remain, Consumers Deserve Better
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After an “Arab spring”, it’s been a summer of security breaches. But, while the press, politicians and police chiefs turn themselves inside-… Read more »
Why Access To Smartphones Is The Key To Wireless Industry Growth
What a weird time to be one of the leading wireless carrier companies in America: a strong earnings report can just as easily be used agains… Read more »
Key Senator Attacks Merger Of AT&T And T-Mobile
Plenty of folks have come forward to oppose the proposed merger of AT&T (NYSE: T) and T-mobile, but none of them have the clout of the merge… Read more »
Brooks Protests Arrest; Second Key Scotland Yard Official Resigns
Given how fast the revelations about phone hacking at UK tabloid News of the World have spread into a full-blown crisis for all of News Corp… Read more »
BSkyB: Murdoch’s Role As Chairman Could Be Gone By The End Of The Week
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Up to now, the British pay-TV operator BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) has continued to endorse James Murdoch as its chairman — despite the abandoned bid… Read more »
Updated: News Corp. Scandal: The Legal Fallout
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The repercussions from the phone-hacking done by News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). journalists and executives are piling up so fast it’s hard to keep t… Read more »
French Anti-Piracy Agency Tracks Millions Of File-Sharers–Investigates 10
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The entertainment industry has been pushing some version of a “three-strikes” system in countries around the world, where internet providers… Read more »
GOP Spectrum Bill Could Get Drawn Into Debt Fracas
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A draft GOP bill to auction off TV broadcast spectrum could become embroiled in the ongoing feud between President Obama and congressional R… Read more »
Google Earnings Preview: All Eyes On Mobile, Social, Local (and Larry)
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Wall Street analysts expect Google (NSDQ: GOOG) to deliver solid earnings results Thursday afternoon, but investors who have seen the compan… Read more »
News Corp. Pulls BSkyB Bid In Face Of Overwhelming Resistance
Rather that postpone what was heading towards inevitability — and endure the increased scrutiny that comes with it, Rupert Murdoch is backi… Read more »
European Brand Owners Still Playing Hardball Against eBay
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A few years ago, eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) won a big victory in U.S. courts with its case against Tiffany’s, but can’t seem to replicate that win in… Read more »
Smartphones Head To ‘Tipping Point’
Android is now the top smartphone OS in eight key countries having edged past Nokia’s Symbian in Spain, according to the latest quarterly sa… Read more »
BSkyB Shares Drop As Hunt Offers Regulators A Do-Over On News Corp. Deal
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Another major setback for News Corp in the UK today: Jeremy Hunt, the culture secretary, is sending back the media giant’s bid for broadcast… Read more »
Google Backs Down; Eric Schmidt Will Testify Before Congress
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Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt will testify before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee in September, a co… Read more »
News Corp-BSkyB: ‘Fit & Proper’ Role Called Into Question On E-Mail Charge
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On the surface, News Corp (NSDQ: NWS) appears to remain hopeful that its intended acquisition of the 61 percent of UK TV provider BSkyB (NYS… Read more »
