Ingrid Lunden
Jan 16, 2012 7:16 PM
Games rank as the most popular form of mobile content today—68 percent of tablet and smartphone app users who downloaded an app in the past 30 days chose a game for their device, according to Nielsen. And ZeptoLab’s Cut The Rope—a game of physics, boxed spaces and candy—has been one…
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Staci D. Kramer
Sep 27, 2011 4:00 AM
I don’t know many video subscribers—TV or or streaming—who make decisions based on whether or not their package includes Shrek 2. But Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) subscribers want signs that CEO Reed Hastings is putting his money where his mouth is and a deal with DreamWorks Animation SKG, particularly one that…
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Staci D. Kramer
Aug 22, 2011 4:00 PM
At our paidContent Mobile conference in May, Andrew Stalbow and Peter Vesterbacka paired up to tout the value of a major studio partnering with a popular game developer on the successful Angry Birds Rio. Now Stalbow has shifted from SVP-Mobile for *Fox* Digital to working with Vesterbacka directly as the…
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Sam Gustin
Jun 23, 2011 1:25 PM
The big question at Yahoo’s annual shareholder meetings over the last couple of years has been when the clock will run out on Carol Bartz. The Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO survived her third shareholder’s meeting on Thursday with the support of the company’s board, despite Yahoo’s turnaround being stuck in…
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Ingrid Lunden
Jun 21, 2011 2:05 AM
Looks like Rovio is not the only mobile content company that wants to catapult itself into being the next Disney of the entertainment world. Outfit7, makers of the popular Talking Friends series of apps, has signed a deal with William Morris Endeavor for the talent agency to help put its…
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Ingrid Lunden
Jun 8, 2011 4:52 AM
Rovio, which has made a small fortune spinning out products from the wild success of its “Angry Birds” mobile games, is now moving into book publishing, and plans to self-publish its first book—a family cookbook focused on egg recipes—both as a traditional volume and as an app in the coming…
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David Kaplan
Mar 28, 2011 3:04 PM
As the idea of straight-to-streaming video has become a fairly common idea among Hollywood studios—at least as an “experiment”—Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) is refining its strategy around its recently-introduced animated Hulu series, Trailer Trash. It believes it has been able to craft a business model around video “now,” not down for…
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David Kaplan
Feb 8, 2011 4:09 PM
All in all, The Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) Company’s fiscal Q1 was solid, buttressed by strong performance at its cable networks, theme parks and consumer products divisions. Even broadcasting, which isn’t the strongest part of the company these days, gained a bit. But the Interactive segment, in spite of impressive…
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David Kaplan
Jan 21, 2011 6:30 AM
Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:» With even digital music sales flagging these days, it’s hardly surprising that Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG), one of the four major record labels, has hired Goldman Sachs to search for possible buyers for the company. However, it is surprising…
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David Kaplan
Sep 9, 2010 7:30 AM
» The New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) saw its shares rise as high as 8 percent upon speculation that Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim was either looking to buy or raise his stake in the media giant. But the billionaire denies any such plans. [WSJ] » Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has…
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David Kaplan
Aug 10, 2010 4:21 PM
In what was an already strong Q2, Disney’s interactive segment serves as the cherry on top, rising 74 percent to $197 million over last year’s period. Meanwhile, the unit’s operating loss narrowed somewhat to $65 million from $75 million in Q209. The improvements were driven by the release of more…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Jul 27, 2010 6:50 PM
So, why did Disney (NYSE: DIS) decide to buy Playdom? Disney Interactive Media Group President Steve Wadsworth told paidContent in a joint interview with Playdom CEO (and now Disney EVP) John Pleasants that Disney is on a “fairly aggressive mission to build a high-growth interactive media business.” He said the…
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David Kaplan
Dec 31, 2009 11:45 AM
Social media publisher Whiskey Media has raised a $2.5 million funding, PEHub reported, citing a regulatory filing. No word on who the investors are or what the proceeds will go towards. The Sausalito, CA-based company was started by Shelby Bonnie (pictured), the former chairman and CEO of CNET, two years…
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Tameka Kee
Nov 4, 2009 7:39 PM
In-game and social media ad firm Offerpal Media has a new CEO: former Mochi Media Chairman and CEO George Garrick. Garrick is replacing Anu Shukla (pictured), who founded the company in 2007. In a statement, Shukla said the decision to bring in Garrick came after “many months” of searching. It…
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Staci D. Kramer
Aug 31, 2009 9:35 PM
In the works for roughly three months, the Disney (NYSE: DIS) deal to acquire Marvel Entertainment (NYSE: MVL) has analysts fretting about premiums—and comics fans freaking about a future of Captain America Meets Tinkerbell. We’re likely months away from a close or from anything that might affect the Marvel roster…
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Tameka Kee
Jul 13, 2009 7:28 PM
*Take-Two Interactive* is pushing back the release of its hotly-anticipated BioShock 2—and has been forced to lower guidance for its fiscal year 2009 by as much as $190 million as a result. (Not good for a company trying to come back from sequential quarterly losses). The game, a sequel to…
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Tameka Kee
Jul 10, 2009 12:00 PM
Big media companies talk about “breaking the silos” all the time, but often, it remains just that—talk—while content gets incubated and marketed by separate digital and traditional creative teams. With a new project called The Adventures of One Eskimo, though, Warner Bros. has actually tried to walk the “no silos”…
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