Ex-Myspace CEO Mike Jones' New Company Is Part VC Firm, Part Digital Studio
Barely two months after slowly exiting Myspace as its last CEO under News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS), Mike Jones is debuting his new company, Science… Read more »
Boxee's Latest Cord-Cutter Tool: A Cable Set-Top Box 'Stick'
While much of the reason behind cable-subscriber losses have largely been related to the poor housing market and the weak economy, even larg… Read more »
Miramax Is The Latest To Ink A Deal With Netflix For UK Launch
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is picking up some more momentum for its UK and Ireland launch, scheduled for early next year. The streaming video comp… Read more »
HBO And Sports Illustrated Website To Build Buzz A Year Ahead Of TV Series
Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) siblings HBO and Sports Illustrated magazine are collaborating a on a multi-part documentary series entitled Sport i… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 11-15-11
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» Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Launches iTunes Match, But Puts Temporary Hold On New Subscriptions (paidContent)
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My Own Private Internet
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Trapit, a discovery engine for Web content from the group behind Siri, launches to the public today. The company describes itself as “Pandor… Read more »
USA Today Acquires Mixed-Martial Arts Site MMAjunkie
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USA Today is continuing to try to build up its digital side, as the print business struggles on, with another purchase designed to appeal to… Read more »
Disney Buys Mom Blog Network Babble Media
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The Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) Company is expanding its interactive division’s “parenting portfolio” with the acquisition of mom blog network B… Read more »
Kindle Fire, First Reviews: Hot Gadget Or Just Another Lukewarm Tablet?
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A new day, and a new device to challenge Apple’s iPad in the market for tablets. Read more »
AOL Has A Profitable Mobile Business, But It's Not Because Of Apps Or Ads
AOL (NYSE: AOL) has banked a lot of its fortunes on selling advertising around a group of high-traffic web properties. But just as it still… Read more »
CJR: Poynter's 'Incomplete Attribution' Problem Goes Beyond Romenesko
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CJR assistant editor Erika Fry, whose questions about Poynter Online’s methods of aggregation and attribution ultimately led to the resignat… Read more »
AP Begins HD Video News Rollout With Entertainment
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The Associated Press is launching its high-definition AP Entertainment news service as part a “multi-million” dollar upgrade that will make… Read more »
Renren, China's Facebook, Sees Strong Mobile Growth And More M&A
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China’s Facebook-like social network Renren, which floated on Wall Street in May 2011, says over half of its users now access the service th… Read more »
'Original Media Aggregator' Romenesko Resigns From Poynter Institute
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Jim Romenesko is leaving his post at the Poynter Institute earlier than expected amid controversy over whether or not he provided “incomplet… Read more »
Industry Moves: Safari Books Online; Compass Labs; Mesa; SocialVolt
– Safari Books Online: Andrew Savikas has been appointed CEO of Safari Books Online, a joint venture of O’Reilly Media and Pearson (NYSE: P… Read more »
Iger: NBA Strike Won't Hurt ESPN; This Is The 'Pre-Season' Of Digital Video
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The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) pulled in a pretty solid fiscal 2011 and FY Q4, but a number of challenges have emerged that could threaten… Read more »
How Come 'Modern Warfare 3' Is The Most Hated Game On The Web?
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has attracted near-universal critical acclaim. It is a slick, well-constructed and generously proportioned in… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 11-10-11
» ‘I Am Not Incompetent’ – James Murdoch Defends Himself (paidContent)
» Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Buys Voice-To-Text Start… Read more »
By Selling Stake In LMK, Hearst Sharpens Its Focus As A Tech Incubator
Hearst’s sale of a majority stake in its niche entertainment topics site/app collection LMK to digital holding company Black Ocean may not h… Read more »
Updated: Flash In The Pan: Adobe Confirms End Of Mobile Flash And 750 Jobs
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Update: Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) how now posted an item on its own blog confirming that it will stop developing Flash for mobile devices, and will… Read more »
A Tale Of Two Strategies: Home And Away With Orange And Vodafone
Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) and Orange have long been rivals in mobile phone markets in Europe, but as growth slows down in the region, the two are… Read more »
Can Demand Media Wean Itself From Low-Grade Content?
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Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) may have pleased investors with better than expected (or less worse than expected) income losses, but the elements… Read more »
What Twitter's Latest Move Means For Other Social TV Players
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As social TV emerges as something beyond an experiment for advertisers and TV networks, Twitter is eager to take a bigger role in connecting… Read more »
Hollywood, Silicon Valley Inspire New Teen E-Book Publisher
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Teenagers who founded their own start-ups could find themselves featured in titles from Backlit, a new young adult e-book publisher based in… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 11-08-11
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» NYT Digital Head Martin Nisenholtz Retiring; Won’t Be Replaced; (paidContent; paidContent)
» New York Times (NYSE:… Read more »
About Group's Repair Efforts Continue Without Nisenholtz's Watchful Eye
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Martin Nisenholtz, who is retiring at the end of the year as the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) Company’s SVP of digital operations, managed a p… Read more »
@ pcE11: Tercek: The Content Is The Container
Robert Tercek, the former MTV exec and ex-president, Digital Media of Discovery’s OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, closed paidContent Enterta… Read more »
@ pcE11: Where Do You Build Your Brand?
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When it comes to marketing, some things are obvious: Twitter is important. Facebook is more important (at least so far). Holding onto those… Read more »
@ pcE11: The Intersection Of Gaming And Gaming
We’re going to see new combinations of video games and old-fashioned board games and gambling, panelists said in “The Accelerated Evolution… Read more »
@ pcE11: CBS' Lanzone: If You Want Our Content, You'll Have To Pay — A Lot
CBS (NYSE: CBS) has taken what Jim Lanzone, president of CBS Interactive, calls “a pragmatic path” in terms of distributing streamed videos… Read more »
@ pcE11: Dawn Ostroff: Streaming Is Better Than DVRs For Advertising
Veteran TV exec Dawn Ostroff has only been in her job as the head of Condé Nast’s new entertainment unit for three weeks, so it made sense… Read more »
TVGuide.com-paidContent Survey Shows Big Spike In Online, Time-Shifted TV
Consumers are watching more TV today than ever before, but that increased consumption is rapidly changing with the times. According to a new… Read more »
Amazon Prime Kindle Lending Library Opens For Business — With A Catch
Two weeks ahead of the shipping date for the Kindle Fire, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is adding more to its all-you-can-eat media buffet for Amazon… Read more »
Weibo’s English Ambition Is To Plug Western Companies In To China
The world’s largest microblog service does not want to take on Twitter on its home turf. But it does want to further limit Twitter’s chance… Read more »
AOL Arrests Revenue Declines As Global Display Remains Up
AOL (NYSE: AOL) certainly went into Q3 with lowered expectations and it appeared to have beaten those benchmarks, as global display advertis… Read more »
Some Marketers Are Blowing It With Facebook And Twitter
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Companies blitzing consumers with messages on Facebook and Twitter in a frantic attempt at engagement are about to learn a tough lesson: It’… Read more »
Clearspring Acquires Social Data Tool XGraph
Just a month after installing ex-Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Right Media head Ramsey McGrory as CEO, content distribution engine Clearspring has acqu… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 11-01-11
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» With Launch Of The Verge, SB Nation Parent Rebrands As Vox Media (paidContent)
» Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE), Looking To Gra… Read more »
Adobe, Looking To Grab Rising Online Video Ad Dollars, Buys Auditude
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Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) is continuing to build its advertising business through major acquisitions and this time, it’s buying Auditude, which ope… Read more »
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 »
