With Launch Of The Verge, SB Nation Parent Rebrands As Vox Media
As of Tuesday, SB Nation no longer stands alone. The sports site, which has grown from a federation of sports blogs to a prominent network a… Read more »
Amazon Builds Up Kindle Fire Content With Disney-ABC Deal
In last week’s earnings call, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) said it will continue to push hard into streaming video. Now, in a new licensing deal with… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 10-31-11
» YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) Launches Massive Programming Push (paidContent)
» Google TV 2.0 Rolls Out But No New Hardware… Read more »
Dialing For YouTube Dollars: Who’s In
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YouTube announced its long-anticipated major programming push late Friday, with channels due to start rolling out in November. Here’s the Yo… Read more »
YouTube Launches Massive Programming Push
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) confirmed one of the most open content secrets around late Friday: YouTube is partnering with programmers to launch doze… Read more »
CW Cuts Another Streaming Deal: Current Season Shows To Hulu, Hulu Plus
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Gossip Girl is headed to Hulu Plus. On the heels of a past-season, library deal with Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) that could be worth as much as $1… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 10-28-11
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» Emily Gould And The Rise Of The Indie E-Bookseller (paidContent)
» Mobile Ad Company 4INFO Raises $14 Million, Spin… Read more »
Anthony Rose’s Social TV Startup Zeebox Is Now Live
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The TV engagement product co-founded by ex BBC iPlayer chief Anthony Rose launched on Thursday evening to ride the booming trend in two-scre… Read more »
Comcast Moves NBCU Local’s Shopping Guide To DailyCandy
A year after NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) Universal’s local division launched shopping guide network The Feast, the property is being handed over to it… Read more »
Partnership With Gilt City Shows Google’s New Focus On High-End Shoppers
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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is collaborating with discount luxury network Gilt City as it looks to expand its Google Offers deals service. The partn… Read more »
How Much Are Social Networks Really Impacting Shopping Habits?
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If you read about the impact of social networks and deal sites on how people shop and what they buy when they are shopping, you would think… Read more »
Time Warner Cable Video Losses Continue, ‘Cord-Cutting Continues Apace’
Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Cable’s earnings suggest that cable companies are not done seeing a steady erosion of video customers. The company s… Read more »
Hyperlocal Businesses Try New Revenue Models
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Hyperlocal startups in a crowded marketplace are testing new ways to stand out, and they discussed their strategies at the Street Fight Summ… Read more »
As Cable TV News Wars Heat Up, Bloomberg Builds ‘Live TV’ Placement On iPad
Bloomberg may still be battling with Comcast over better placement on its cable systems, but the financial news and information company is l… Read more »
Wikimedia Doubles Down On Mobile With Wikipedia Zero, Carrier Appeals
After years of employing an ad-hoc community-driven approach to mobile, one of the world’s biggest Web sites is going mobile in a much more… Read more »
Video Ad Gains Are Still Impressive, But Hurdles To Higher Growth Persist
Digital advertisers hardly need to be reminded that video is the fastest rising spending category for online media, but that speed is impede… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 10-26-11
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» The Challenges That Lie Ahead For Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) (paidContent)
» Survey: U.S. Tablet News Junkies Prefer Web… Read more »
Amazon Expects ‘Record Quarter’ For Device Sales, Continues Push Into Video
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Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) definitely didn’t break out Kindle Fire pre-order numbers in the investor call following today’s earnings report, but CF… Read more »
Platform Wars: Internet Video Vs. TV
There’s battle lines being drawn. Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong. Young people speaking their minds, Getting so much resistance from be… Read more »
Netflix’s Hastings: No Grand Gestures Needed To Win Back Consumers
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Following the disappointing Q3 results, Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) CEO Reed Hastings dispensed with the usual earnings report overview that accomp… Read more »
Netflix Fails To Meet Lowered Expectations On Subscriber Losses
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Although Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) has recently tried to make up for the PR disaster it fell into when it announced a major price hike for its DV… Read more »
Research Digest: Social Media Boost Video Views, TV Engagement
Social referrals are driving up online video consumption, while TV viewers are increasingly multi-tasking, according to two separate researc… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 10-24-11
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» Does Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook Also Want To Destroy Android? (paidContent)
» Steve Jobs To Biographer: ‘I’m G… Read more »
Video: ’60 Minutes’ On Steve Jobs
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Biographer Walter Issacson and his subject Steve Jobs got the 60 Minutes treatment Sunday night on the eve of the authorized bio’s official… Read more »
Murdoch Faces Fire At Shareholders Meeting With Contrition And Amusement
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Rupert Murdoch received the grilling he had expected at News Corp.’s shareholders meeting and was more than prepared in remarks that offered… Read more »
New Twists In Facebook Timeline Drama
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Don’t hold your breath waiting for Facebook’s new Timeline, the feature that will replace user profiles with a chronological digital scrapbo… Read more »
Nielsen: Nearly Half Of Americans Are Watching Online Video
One of the reasons online video is the fastest growing ad segment is because nearly half of all Americans are watching some form of streamin… Read more »
Google Apps Integration And Branded Pages Coming Soon To Google+
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is quite pleased with the first few months of its Google+ social-networking service, as one might expect. With more than… Read more »
Google Aims For More Video Ad Dominance With New DoubleClick Tool
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is fully releasing its DoubleClick for Publishers Video ad serving tools after a year of beta testing, as the company lo… Read more »
Facebook CTO Bret Taylor Talks Mobile Web, Apps And Apple Negotiations
Facebook’s launch of its mobile applications platform has been an exercise in diplomacy. It plays nice with the iOS ecosystem, pointing peop… Read more »
Microsoft’s Ballmer: ‘Lucky’ To Not Own Yahoo; Nokia WP7 Devices Next Week
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Steve Ballmer knows he dodged a bullet. Not only did the global market collapse just after Yahoo’s Jerry Yang turned down a $44 billion offe… Read more »
Ex-MSLO Exec Janet Balis Returns To Chart AOL Ad Sales Strategy
AOL (NYSE: AOL) is bringing back former ad sales development head Janet Balis to lead sales strategy, marketing and partnerships for the com… Read more »
With Week In Review Revamp Complete, NYT Unveils New Online Opinion Pages
Over the next few weeks, the NYTimes.com will be rolling out its new online Opinion Pages, which follows last summer’s transformation of the… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 10-18-11
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» Yahoo’s Levinsohn On Executive Chaos: ‘You Sort Of Get Used To It’ (paidContent)
» So Much For ‘Working It Out’: Mi… Read more »
NY Magazine’s Focus On Daily Blogs Leads To Traffic Boost
New York magazine’s website traffic has grown significantly in the past year by finding that the sum of the parts really are greater than th… Read more »
Samsung Inks Deal With Yandex For Smart TV, Bada Mobile Services In Russia
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Looks like Russia’s search giant Yandex is following in Google’s footsteps once again. Yandex is taking its services to new screens by inkin… Read more »
Google’s Page: Still Crazy After All These Years
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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) CEO Larry Page began the company’s Q3 earnings call by offering an overview of new products like its social network Goog… Read more »
Google Sales Remain Strong, But Profit Gains Ebb A Bit; Investors Cheer
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Whenever an online advertising forecast is issued, whether analysts see a reason to pullback or raise expectations, it mostly has to do with… Read more »
Netflix Goes For Fountain Of Youth With Full-Season CW Deal
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) has locked in a full slate of teen angst from now through the 2014-15 season. The four-year pact covers full past seaso… Read more »
Foursquare Hopes Radar Notification Service Is More Than Just A Blip
Foursquare probably can’t grow forever on the backs of those who like sharing their location with their friends, and Apple’s new iOS 5 has g… Read more »
