Tumblr is enjoying explosive traffic growth and jaw-dropping valuations. But so did a similar community site, GeoCities, a decade ago before it quickly imploded. Investor Fred Wilson says this time is different. Read more at GigaOM »
Community-writing site Wattpad says over 70% of time spent on the service comes from users on tablets or smartphones. One of its most requested features is the ability to write and edit stories from mobile devices. So the company is rolling out “Create” functionality for Android. Read more »
The pitched war between content owners and technology companies doesn’t have to persist if media companies would acknowledge and adapt to the new realities of digital distribution, famed venture capitalist Fred Wilson told attendees at paidContent 2012. Read more »
Kickstarter is not just a startup– it’s part of an important shift away from the industrial manufacturing era & toward the maker economy. In this wide-ranging interview, founder Perry Chen talks about how society is reaching a new ‘bursting point of creativity,’ & where Kickstarter goes from here. Read more at GigaOM »
“Content” is an industry that is going through a renaissance.Despite the current challenges and there are opportunities. All these threats and opportunities will be part of the discourse at paidContent 2012, which will be held on May 23, 2012, at the TimesCenter in New York City. Read more at GigaOM »
Wattpad, an online writing community that lets users share and collaborate on stories across platforms including mobile apps, has closed a $… Read more »
What are venture capital firms looking for in mobile startups? Think emotional value and rethink the economics of content, Albert Wenger, a… Read more »
Cord-cutting has yet to hit the mainstream, but one service is beefing up its offering in an attempt to make it more of a reality. The conne… Read more »
CBS (NYSE: CBS) Radio-backed TargetSpot, which bills itself as the biggest digital audio ad network, has raised $8 million in its latest rou… Read more »
Berlin-based audio hosting website SoundCloud says it’s taking investment from Union Square Ventures and Index Ventures. Read more »
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 »
Foursquare, the extremely hot mobile check-in service, has finally raised a new round of funding. Since at least March, venture capital firm… Read more »
Simulmedia, a company that aims to lift TV ratings through analysis of set-top box data, has raised a $8 million second round led by Time Wa… Read more »
An example of how some straight tech investment is making the shift into green technology: AMEE, which has built an engine to calculate gree… Read more »
UpCompany, the parent company of RakedIn, the financial and company profiles portal launched by Michael Yavonditte, former CEO of Quigo, has… Read more »
Foursquare, the hot iPhone social app that allows you to broadcast your location to your friends, is almost done raising its seed round of $… Read more »
Browser-based streaming media service Boxee has raised $6 million in a second round of funding. General Catalyst Partners led the round — m… Read more »
Email marketing and white-list management company Return Path picked up $6 million in late stage funding, peHub reports, citing a regulatory… Read more »
Prepping for the long financial winter, hyperlocal content network Outside.In has secured an undisclosed amount of funding. Previous backers… Read more »
If blogs are over, tumblelogs never even got going. But that isn’t stopping Tumblr, short-form scrapbook blogging’s biggest exponent, from r… Read more »
