The Morning Lowdown 08-01-11
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» Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Launching New iPhone in October, Not September (AllThingsD)
» The New Yorker now has 100,000 iPa… Read more »
AOL HuffPo Hires Christina Norman To Lead Video, Black Voices
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AOL (NYSE: AOL) is following last week’s stunning ouster of ad chief Jeff Levick with something that has become as routine as personnel shak… Read more »
Firespotter Trying To Make Old Industries Sweat Through Mobile
Mobile technology is disrupting almost everything on the planet, maybe even to a greater degree than the upheaval caused by development of t… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 07-29-11
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» Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and Alibaba reach Alipay agreement (Release)
» Artists’ Family Fails To Recapture Copyrights For… Read more »
Current TV Head Rosenthal Steps Down; Hyatt Back In CEO Seat
Mark Rosenthal is leaving his post as CEO of Current TV just exactly two years after he took the job, paidContent has confirmed from an earl… Read more »
Amazon Prime Follows CBS Deal With Movies From NBCUniversal
A deal with NBCUniversal (NSDQ: CMCSA) will roughly double the number of movies available for instant streaming by *Amazon* Prime members. T… Read more »
Why We Sold myYearbook
Geoff Cook is the CEO of the social network myYearbook. He also founded EssayEdge and ResumeEdge, both of which he sold to The Thomson Corp.… Read more »
Google’s Steib Named CEO Of Amex Private Sales Site
Mike Steib, who as Google’s director for emerging platforms helped create Google (NSDQ: GOOG) TV Ads, is leaving the company to become CEO o… Read more »
Trover Courts Mobile Explorers As Location-Aware Space Gets Crowded
It has been a lucrative couple of years for companies seeking funding armed with a powerfully simple idea: sharing exactly where you are and… Read more »
Updated: TWC Lost 130,000 Video Subs In Q2; Broadband Picks Up The Slack
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Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) turned in plenty of good numbers in the second quarter but one particular increase wasn’t among them: resident… Read more »
Photo Ad Network Pixazza Is Now ‘Image App Platform’ Luminate
Pixazza is losing its unwieldy name as the company looks to evolve from being a photo ad network that specialized in tagging jpegs and gifs… Read more »
Fox Switches To Authentication For New Shows Online; Dish, Hulu Plus Get First Crack
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Counting on keeping up with Glee next season through next-day visits to Hulu.com or Fox.com? Count again — unless you subscribe through a v… Read more »
Electronic Arts Reports Higher Digital Revenues, Raises 2Q Outlook
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Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) topped Wall Street expectations for its last quarter, sending the company’s shares up as much as two percent af… Read more »
Lolapps, 6waves Merge For Social Games Heft
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Polaris- and Ron Conway-backed social games maker Lolapps of San Francisco is merging with Hong Kong-based counterpart 6waves, as each plays… Read more »
Where The Daily Deal Business Is Headed
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How many Keratin wraps, photography workshops and Hookah tokes does one person really need? After Groupon and LivingSocial, there are anothe… Read more »
Facebook’s iPad App Revealed In New iPhone App Version
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Facebook may be closer to launching its new iPad app after code for the app was spotted in the latest release of its iPhone application. And… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 07-25-11
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» Research In Motion to lay off about 2,000 employees, some 10% of global workforce (paidContent; Marketwatch)
» Lett… Read more »
Flipboard Kicks Off Its First Advertising Program With Condé Nast
Users who follow The New Yorker magazine through iPad social reader Flipboard will start noticing advertising as part of the mix. The ads, b… Read more »
RIM Adds Web Video-Editing Expertise With Purchase Of Jaycut
Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) has picked up a small video-editing company based on Sweden called Jaycut to add to the video-editing prowes… Read more »
Industry Moves: Joost; Trinity Mirror; Orange Digital
– Joost: The P2P online premium video streaming company Joost, founded by Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom are no longer involved but it’s… Read more »
AP Archive To Be Used As Basis For Programming Series
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The Associated Press will be working with talent agency/marketing firm Madison Avenue Sports and Entertainment to develop content culled fro… Read more »
Updated: LulzSec Says It Is Releasing NOTW Emails, Anonymous Backtracks
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First LulzSec took over The Sun’s homepage, then it took down the rest of News International’s sites. Now it appears that the hackers are wo… Read more »
If Your Website’s Full Of A-Holes, It’s Your Fault
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We’re twenty years in to this world wide web thing. Today, I myself celebrate twelve years of writing this blog. And yet those of us who lov… Read more »
Updated: GetGlue Collects Its First UK TV Sticker, Signs Up Channel 4
GetGlue, the media “check-in” app that lets users share what they are watching, listening and reading with their social network, has inked a… Read more »
Video: David Carr & Stephen Colbert On Painted Harlots, Murdoch And More
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New York Times (NYSE: NYT) media writer and David Carr, appearing now in theaters via documentary Page One, hit the big time on TV Tuesday n… Read more »
Latino Social Net Quepasa Buys myYearbook For $100 million
Teen-focused social net myYearbook is being bought by Quepasa, the Spanish and Portuguese community site and social gaming operator, for $10… Read more »
Harry Potter Helps Fandango Grow Mobile Ticket Sales
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Online movie ticketer Fandango says that 20 percent of its virtual box office this summer was generated by its iPhone, iPad and Android apps… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 07-20-11
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» James and Rupert Murdoch Have Lunch At Parliament: A Grilling And Some Pie (paidContent)
» News International ‘Deli… Read more »
In-Game Ad Provider SupersonicAds Raises $4.2 Million
Social gamer SupersonicAds has raised a $4.2 million first round as the company looks to continue it international expansion and the growth… Read more »
Updated: Big Step For Google+: iPhone App Finally Ready
The next wave of Google+ activity looks set to take off now that Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has approved an iPhone application for Google’s new soci… Read more »
Scribd Aims For Niche Between Instapaper And Pulse With Reader App Float
Document sharing site Scribd is expanding its mobile publishing efforts with the introduction of Float, a free, Instapaper-like iPhone app t… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 07-19-11
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» Murdochs Have A Lot Riding On Tuesday’s Command Performance (paidContent)
» Bye Bye, Borders: Chain Shuttering All… Read more »
@ Deals 3D: A Few Companies That Make Groupon Uncomfortable
“The average consumer subscribes to 3.5 daily deal sites these days. The brand loyalty is not there,” Robert Boniface, COO of iCoupon Online… Read more »
Updated: Hackers Hack The Hackers: LulzSec Takes Down News International
With all the attention on News Corp (NSDQ: NWS) and the hacking scandal, it was bound to happen: the homepage of The Sun newspaper, The Time… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 07-18-11
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» Ex-News Corp Exec Rebekah Brooks Arrested By Appointment (paidContent)
» WSJ To News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). Critics: STF… Read more »
Want A Spotify Invite From Klout? The Magic Number Is…20
Can you get an early Spotify invitation? It all depends on how cool you are, or at least that’s what Klout wants you to think. The site, whi… Read more »
Google And Facebook Battle It Out For Display Dominance
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As Google’s stellar Q2 performance showed, the company is capable of beating even the rosiest of expectations and putting doubters to shame.… Read more »
Glam Unveils ‘Owned & Operated’ Content System, Author-Centric Community
Glam Media, the lifestyle network currently the source of speculation as a likely IPO candidate, will offer sites it works with the option o… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 07-14-11
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» Swedish freemium music service Spotify is finally live in the U.S. Invite-only access and subscriptions started this morning. (… Read more »
Orange Links Up With Dailymotion For Ads, Seeks The Next Don Draper
When the multinational operator France Telecom/Orange announced that it was taking an $80-million, 49-percent stake in the online video site… Read more »
