Why Warner Bros. Bypassed iTunes With App Editions
Warner Bros.’ intent to distribute movies as standalone apps packed with all sorts of content extras may seem like just a high-end treat for… Read more »
@ MWC: Big Media Is On The Fence Over New In-App Charges
While Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) are battling it out to woo publishers with their in-app payment services, I asked major con… Read more »
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Print Version Offers Videos Via Smartphone
Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) is rolling out a mobile campaign for tomorrow’s Sports Ilustrated “Swimsuit Edition” aimed at connecting print readers… Read more »
Time Inc. Rolls Out ‘All Access’ Sub For Digital, Print – But Not iPad
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Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) unveiled its new “All Access” digital subscription model for Sports Illustrated: one monthly or annual price for prin… Read more »
BuzzMedia Buys Women’s Site The Frisky From Turner
BuzzMedia, the operator of a network of pop culture sites, has acquired Turner Broadcasting System’s women’s site The Frisky. Terms weren’t… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 02.11.2011
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» As our Staci D. Kramer reported earlier this week, Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) is starting its multiple magazine-app subscription pla… Read more »
Time Inc’s Rothenberg: No ‘One-Size-Fits-All Model’ For Subscriptions; HP Up First
The iPad may be the biggest tablet game in town but it’s not the only one and *Time* Inc.’s digital publishing strategy reflects it. The new… Read more »
HTC Puts $40 Million In Gaming Co OnLive; Will Launch a Tablet At MWC?
Less than 24 hours after announcing that it would pay $48.5 million to buy mobile video specialists Saffron Digital, it has announced one mo… Read more »
Rdio: Funded To The Tune Of $17.5 Million; Warner Records’ Cavallo On Board
Last week we wrote about how social music service Rdio was picking up a round of funding from Mangrove Capital Partners. Today the company o… Read more »
Why Bewkes’ Q4 Bluster Won’t Rattle Netflix
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It wouldn’t be a Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) earnings call without some tough talk from CEO Jeff Bewkes, who suggested he’ll put the screws to N… Read more »
Time Warner Turns In Strong Q4 But DVD Sales, Magazine Subs Take A Hit
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Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) beat revenue and earnings estimates, but the fine print has a few items that aren’t so rosy. Following the same patt… Read more »
First Look: Comcast Xfinity Flips The Switch On iPad Streaming
Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) cable subs with iPads or iPhones and the Xfinity TV app are now part of the (some) TV Everywhere club. The TV show and… Read more »
Comcast, Time Warner Expand TV Everywhere
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It’s been approximately 18 months since Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) first talked up TV Everywhere, but their authentic… Read more »
‘Modern Family’ Overexposed Online? ABC Exec Disagrees
When Turner Broadcasting CEO Phil Kent suggested earlier this month that the syndication-market value of the ABC (NYSE: DIS) comedy Modern F… Read more »
Netflix Offers Mixed Message To Time Warner In Q4 PR Blitz
What a difference a day makes for Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX). Less than 24 hours after an executive fired a shot across Time (NYSE: TWX) Warner’s… Read more »
@ NATPE: How Netflix Will Hurt HBO: Bidding Away Warner Bros. Films
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) will attempt to outbid HBO for streaming rights to the movies the pay-TV giant gets from its current output deal with W… Read more »
Secretive Company Sues The Cable Industry, Claiming It Owns Patents On VOD
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Back in November, a little-known Virginia company named Pragmatus AV sued Facebook, YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG), LinkedIn, and Photobucket over pat… Read more »
CNNMoney.com Integrates LinkedIn To Keep Readers On Site Longer
CNNMoney, the online face of Fortune magazine, is integrating business social network LinkedIn the Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) mag’s annual list o… Read more »
Roku Lands Its First Cable Channel
Roku is expected to announce Tuesday an unlikely addition to its programming lineup: WealthTV. This will mark the first time a cable channel… Read more »
Next Issue Lines Up Magazines For Launch Of Digital Newsstand
Next Issue Media, the newspaper and magazine publishing JV, has been slowly putting itself together for the past year and is almost ready to… Read more »
Time Inc. Creates Dedicated Integrated Marketing Unit
Time (NYSE: TWX) Inc.’s decision to form a standalone “branded solutions” unit appears to be the final piece of the puzzle that CEO Jack Gri… Read more »
@ CES: Studios Host Pep Rally For UltraViolet
Hollywood held a coming-out party at CES on Thursday for its digital-content initiative, UltraViolet, complete with toasts from distribution… Read more »
CES: Verizon Talks Up Content With Time Warner
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If the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is the premier forum to show off the latest and greatest that your company has to offer, then… Read more »
CES: NBA Digital Expands To More Connected TVs And Adds Premium Live Games
The NBA’s latest push for ubiquity and digital revenue could allow fans to bypass pay TV operators for access to live games. NBA Digital is… Read more »
Turner Chief Explains How TV Industry Will Neutralize Netflix
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If there was ever any doubt that the animus towards Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) runs deeper throughout Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) than chairman and CE… Read more »
Google Weighing Up Its Own Newsstand, But Who’s Reading?
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When it launched last year, the iPad was hailed as the fresh-faced savior of the beleaguered and tired publishing industry. That idea looks… Read more »
Time Inc.’s Latest Reorg Comes To Sports And News
Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) is continuing the restructuring that has started on the sales and marketing side with a few personnel changes in news… Read more »
Forget Cord-Cutting. Introducing The Real Problem: Net-Nipping
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Yet more evidence disputing cord-cutting came Wednesday in a year-end TV-ratings report from Turner Broadcasting. But the good folks at Turn… Read more »
Zuckerberg Named Time Magazine’s ‘Person Of The Year’
After a mostly unflattering portrayal in a movie that became a box office hit, more concerns about privacy and advertising, Facebook’s Mark… Read more »
CNN Goes Free In iPad App, Makes iPhone App Free
CNN, the Time (NYSE: TWX) Warner-owned TV news network, today launched its first iPad app, joining the ranks of other TV news organisations… Read more »
Time Inc.’s Jack Griffin: Digital Needs A Single Point Person
Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) CEO Jack Griffin and Interactive Advertising Bureau president and CEO Randall Rothenberg began talking about the job o… Read more »
IAB Head Rothenberg Named Time Inc.’s Digital Chief
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This is probably the biggest change during Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) CEO Jack Griffin’s three-month tenure: Randall Rothenberg, the president an… Read more »
Comcast Nixed Metered Pricing. But What About Time Warner Cable?
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Earlier this week, Comcast Corp. (NSDQ: CMCSA) president Neil Smit stated pretty emphatically it had no plan to institute usage-based broadb… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 12.08.10
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» Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) still has the most popular browser, though it hasn’t gotten that much attention these days what with the… Read more »
Cable Industry Grooms Its Netflix Killer: Vutopia
It’s trendy nowadays to challenge Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), whether you’re Amazon or OnLive. Little did anyone know that the nation’s cable oper… Read more »
Which TV Channels Can’t Cord-Cutters Live Without?
If the never-ending stream of data on cord-cutting has faded into a blur, here’s one new finding that may be of actual interest. In her late… Read more »
Time Inc. Creates New Roles For Revamped Marketing, Ad Sales Teams
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Less than three months since former Meredith Corp. (NYSE: MDP) exec Jack Griffin succeeded Ann Moore as Time (NYSE: TWX) Inc.’s CEO, the mag… Read more »
AdaptiveBlue Raises $6 Million For Media “Check-In”, Led By Time Warner
AdaptiveBlue, the developer behind the entertainment “check-in” app GetGlue, has raised $6 million in a round of funding led by Time Warner… Read more »
What Netflix Wants Next (Hint: Not In-Season TV Shows)
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Given the implausibility of Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) paying top dollar for current primetime series, the next logical question is, what does the… Read more »
Why Netflix Won’t Get What It Wants Most For Christmas
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Blame it on the holiday season, when kids make overly ambitious lists of all the gifts they want for Christmas. But if it’s true that Netfli… Read more »
