Laura Hazard Owen
Nov 28, 2011 8:45 AM
In a holiday season when e-readers are more popular than ever, many consumers still don’t know how to give them to others as gifts. So today digital publisher Open Road Integrated Media is launching a holiday marketing campaign, “The Gift of E,” centered around gifting e-books.
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E-Commerce, Media & Publishing, Books, e-books, Companies, Amazon, Kindle, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Nook, ibookstore, kobo, open road integrated media, sony
Joe Mullin
Apr 28, 2011 4:23 PM
The newest batch of privacy gaffes by tech companies aren’t just resulting in lawsuits—although it’s become clear, if it wasn’t already, that lawsuits are becoming inevitable consequences of privacy-related headlines. They’re resulting in serious attention on Capitol Hill, and not just from the usual suspects, either. Consider a few recent…
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Legal, Policy, Privacy, Companies, Apple, iPhone, congress, sony
Tameka Kee
May 19, 2009 3:35 PM
Looks like an ongoing RIAA lawsuit (not to mention bans from MySpace and Facebook) isn’t stopping Project Playlist from continuing to carve out its niche in digital music. The music search and sharing site has acquired TotalMusic, the UMG and Sony (NYSE: SNE) Music Entertainment JV that shut down in…
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Entertainment, Music, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, project playlist, sony
David Kaplan
Jan 7, 2009 10:19 PM
Animated e-cards site JibJab has raised a $7.5 million third round funding to promote the company’s modest plan to “reinvent the $8 billion greetings industry.” New investors Overbrook Entertainment and Sony (NYSE: SNE) Pictures Entertainment joined existing backer Polaris Venture Partners for the round. The Venice, Calif.-based company raised $3…
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