The Real Reason For WSJ Social
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As I discussed in a previous post, The Wall Street Journal is launching their WSJ Social today which is a way for the denizens of the Facebo… Read more »
eMarketer: Facebook’s Revenues To More Than Double This Year
Facebook’s global revenues will hit $4.27 billion in 2011, up from $2 billion in 2010, according to the latest eMarketer estimates. Most of… Read more »
Invite No Longer Required For Google+ Alongside Tweaks To Mobile Experience
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) decided its Google+ social network was ready to take a big step on Tuesday: it’s now open to the public and no invitatio… Read more »
‘WSJ Social’ Launched On Facebook With An Eye Towards ‘Journal Everywhere’
Given that most of the WSJ.com’s content is behind a paywall, the goal of its new Facebook app, WSJ Social, is viewed as more of an advertis… Read more »
Tapjoy, Still Shunned By Apple On PPI Ads, Launches New Video Format
What do you do when one of your most popular formats for in-app advertising gets the cold shoulder from Apple? (NSDQ: AAPL) Launch something… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09-20-11
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» What Does AOL’s Life After Access Look Like? (paidContent)
» Update: Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Buys Groupon Clone And Lau… Read more »
Time.com Ad, Traffic Strategy Focuses More Heavily On Verticals
The value of being a weekly print brand in the online era has been in doubt for years, but Time magazine believes that it can retain relevan… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 9-20-11: Apple Stock; Google/Oracle; Nokia; Verizon; Samsung
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A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) stock reached an all-time high yesterday, closing at $411… Read more »
A Free Twitter Has Lost In China To A Booming But Censored Weibo
photo: Sina Weibo
Twitter is now offering its web interface in Simplified Chinese. But a two-year-old block on Twitter being accessible in China has allowed S… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09-19-11
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» Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) DVD-Streaming Split Extends To Brand: Meet ‘Qwikster’ (paidContent)
» Netflix CEO Reed Hasting… Read more »
Netflix DVD-Streaming Split Extends To Brand: Meet ‘Qwikster’
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings thought separating his company’s DVD and streaming business would be straightforward. Turns out it was a lot like… Read more »
Associated Press Teams With 40 Newspapers On Mobile Coupons
With newspapers having suffered through 20 straight quarters of decline — and no end in sight — a collaborative effort on the part of the… Read more »
Board Members Wilson, Sabet Step Down At Twitter
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Two prominent members of Twitter’s board of directors–Fred Wilson and Bijan Sabet–are stepping down from their roles overseeing a company… Read more »
@ pcAds: It’s Not Google That’s Diabolical; Others Aren’t Diabolical Enough
The rise of digital advertising exchanges, real-time bidding and other new innovations in the online advertising market has the potential to… Read more »
@ pcAds: Flipboard’s McCue: Interactive Ads Have Drawbacks
There is no scrolling on Flipboard — that’s rule number one, said Mike McCue, the social reader’s CEO, in a conversation with paidContentUK… Read more »
@ pcAds: How Brands Use Social Media
When it comes to social media, an area dominated by the consumer, where do brands fit in? At paidContent Advertising, Adam Ostrow, SVP of co… Read more »
@ pcAds: Facebook Says It Hasn’t Even Scratched The Surface With Marketing
Facebook has had a lot of scrutiny over how it uses information about you to market to you, but we have only started to scratch the surface… Read more »
@ pcAds: Social Media Is Growing, Becoming More Helpful
People are getting more social and more altruistic. That’s the simple part of the takeaway from Nielsen SVP of consumer insights and analyti… Read more »
Keep Social Media On During Civil Unrest, Executives Tell MPs
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Executives from Facebook, Twitter and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) have warned a committee of MPs that switching off soc… Read more »
Excite Europe Owner Buys A Blog Network To Chase Content Heft
Dublin- and Rome-based blog network and Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) lookalike Populis is buying its second blog network of the year. Read more »
Angry Birds Watch Out: Club Penguin Puffles Launching On An iPhone Near You
Social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, and games like ‘Angry Birds’ are some of the most popular applications on smartphones today, b… Read more »
Wal-Mart Buys Ad Targeter OneRiot
WalMart may be better known for its great savings for shoppers, but it’s also becoming known for its acquisitions of online advertising comp… Read more »
Changes Ahead For Millennial Media? Tech Veteran Isaac Babbs Starts As SVP
Millennial Media is one of the larger independent mobile ad companies around, and now there are signs that it could be looking to take its b… Read more »
Penthouse Owner Swaps New Stock For Asian Daily Deals Site
What do you get when you cross Groupon with a porn site? FriendFinder Networks is about to find out.
The Penthouse publisher and adult soci… Read more »
M&A Round-Up: Zaypay, Wallaby, 49Games, JigoCity Get Snapped Up
Brief news on several acquisitions from companies looking to expand in payment provision, Lat America, gaming and the daily deals space… Read more »
Everyday Health Puts Ex-ABC News Digital Head Slavin In Charge Of Video
Wellness news and info online network Everyday Health has been working on expanding its video content to TV for a while and it now has exec… Read more »
Scribd Reader App Float Adds 100 Pubs; Subscriber Plans, Ads Coming
Float, the social reader iPhone app from document sharing site Scribd’s has added content from another 100 publishers to the 150 launch part… Read more »
Community Writing Site Wattpad Raises $3.5 Million In First Round Funding
Wattpad, an online writing community that lets users share and collaborate on stories across platforms including mobile apps, has closed a $… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09-12-11
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» BostonGlobe.Com Launches Today; Shifts To Paying Subscribers Only Oct. 1 (paidContent)
» Righthaven: We Might Have… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 9-12-11: Google/Oracle, Apple/HTC Patents; Amazon; Adobe
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A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Amazon is taking one more step to enrich its content offerings; it’s reporte… Read more »
NYTimes.com Launches English-Language India News Blog
With newspaper revenues in a downward spiral in the U.S., it’s easy to forget that there’s one area where daily tabloids and broadsheets are… Read more »
GetGlue Makes It Easier For Marketers To ‘Check In’ With Self-Serve Option
As the number of check-in services proliferate, GetGlue is trying to solidify relationships with networks as it tries to prove the value of… Read more »
Will Docomo’s New LTE Service Fan The Flames In The Apple vs. Samsung Fire?
We may be approaching the point where it’s fair to ask the following question: Where haven’t Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Samsung sued each other… Read more »
Report: Facebook’s Revenue Doubled To $1.6 Billion In First Half Of 2011
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Facebook does not publicly disclose its financial results, but an unidentified source tells Reuters (NYSE: TRI) that the company pulled in $… Read more »
Barclays: Expect A Pullback In Branded Ad Spending
There are two general rules when it comes to advertising spending these days: when times are tough, marketers tend to take money from brand… Read more »
Habbo Hotel’s CEO Checks Out, Disney Exec Takes His Room
Sulake, the Finnish company which operates the Habbo Hotel teen virtual world, is swapping its CEO. Read more »
Bitbop Pulls A Hulu, Goes Abroad With Ad-Free Mobile Video Offer In Germany
Bitbop, the mobile video service once owned by News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS) and then sold in a whirr of a divestment strategy, looks like it is fi… Read more »
Netflix Starts Latin America Rollout In Brazil; Faces Challenges At Home
As promised, the streaming side of Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) has made its way south. The service went live in Brazil today with Netflix Brasil (a… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09-02-11
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» As Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) Price Change Kicks In, Starz Says It Won’t Renew Deal (paidContent)
» Techcrunch’s Arringto… Read more »
George Bush’s Brother Is ‘Tweeting’ In Chinese On Weibo
George W. Bush’s younger brother Neil has just started microblogging – not on Twitter, nor in English, but on Sina (NSDQ: SINA) Weibo, in Ch… Read more »
