Archive for category: MSM

Netflix Considering VOD? CFO Hints Perhaps

Netflix Considering VOD? CFO Hints Perhaps

Is Netflix like the Lindsay Lohan of streaming video? For the past week or two, everywhere you turn, there’s a Netflix story. Netflix is pissing everyone off by jacking rates by 60%. Netflix stock is plummeting. Hey look everyone, Netflix […]

New York Times Ad Revenue Drops More Than Expected

New York Times Ad Revenue Drops More Than Expected

The New York Times has admitted that ad revenue for the company- including that from its controversial and innovative paywall-protected website- has dropped more than was expected in the third quarter. At a Goldman Sachs media conference this week, the gray […]

Righthaven Defendant Moves to Strip Firm of Assets

Righthaven Defendant Moves to Strip Firm of Assets

Well, well well, Righthaven. We’ve been gleefully following the developments as the overly litigious, anti-new media law firm has managed to shoot itself in the foot with its own gun. While it’s difficult to determine how many defendants have caved and […]

‘iCircular’ Ads on Phones Coming to AP Newspapers

‘iCircular’ Ads on Phones Coming to AP Newspapers

If you’re an early adopter and eschew print, there are probably a few things that you’ve been waiting on to transition over to new media. It’s probably been at least seven years since I’ve purchased my last newspaper, but I […]

Un-Redacted WikiLeaks Files Causing Defamation Headache For The Daily News

Un-Redacted WikiLeaks Files Causing Defamation Headache For The Daily News

Online and Print news publication The Daily News has been sued by Jonothan Moyo, the former information minister of Zimbabwe. The publication is being sued after they posted un-redacted diplomatic cables first made available by Wikileaks. In the cables it […]

Real Estate Blog Network ‘Curbed’ Incorporates Zillow Search Experience

Real Estate Blog Network ‘Curbed’ Incorporates Zillow Search Experience

Curbed, a leading real estate blog network has announced a new partnership with leading home search firm Zillow which brings the company’s search experience to Curbed visitors. Under the program Curbed visitors can now search for millions of for-sale and […]

Sanoma News Acquires Latvian Online News Service Apollo

Sanoma News Acquires Latvian Online News Service Apollo

Finnish newspaper and online publisher Sanoma News has acquired Latvia’s second-largest online news service, Apollo, from SIA Lattelecom BPO. Apollo.lv has 450,000 unique visitors a month and is the 10th most popular site in Latvia according to Alexa. The site […]

Paul Carr Uses TechCrunch Post To Announce Resignation

Paul Carr Uses TechCrunch Post To Announce Resignation

In a post published on Saturday night Tech Crunch writer Paul Carr announced his resignation from the tech site, a move that likely surprised nobody after Michael Arrington was fired from the company by Arianna Huffington. In his post Carr […]

News Corp Launches ‘The Daily’ in the UK, Mostly US Content

News Corp Launches ‘The Daily’ in the UK, Mostly US Content

News Corp. has brought its iPad newspaper app The Daily to the UK “quietly,” the Guardian reports. The app has been available in the iTunes store for about a week in the UK, and launched about seven months after its US […]

What the hell Facebook, are you trying to drive us all crazy?

What the hell Facebook, are you trying to drive us all crazy?

I swear going to Facebook is starting to resemble going to a dentist appointment. You know you have to go, but the whole time you are there you feel like you’re going to crap your pants because the experience is […]

Populis Acquires Mokono, Takes Control Of Germany’s Largest Blog Network

Populis Acquires Mokono, Takes Control Of Germany’s Largest Blog Network

Online publisher Populis on Thursday announced that they have acquired Berlin-based Mokono, giving the company control of Germany’s largest blog network and a very capable social media advertising platform. Populis paid 8.2 million euros for the company and through their […]

Hearst Web Properties All Being Relaunched With HTML5 Coding Standards

Hearst Web Properties All Being Relaunched With HTML5 Coding Standards

HTML5 is being touted as the future of the web and the Hearst Corporation has taken notice by announcing that they will be re-launching all of their websites with extensive HTML5 use. According to Hearst the first website to receive […]

Guardian Raises Print Prices As They Push “Digital First” Approach

Guardian Raises Print Prices As They Push “Digital First” Approach

I have been reporting extensively on the “digital first” approach UK news agency Guardian News & Media  has decided to take and now it looks like they are attempting to further push out print subscribers by raising prices for their […]

‘Copyright Troll’ Righthaven Cries Poverty, Tries to Weasel Out of Judgment For Wrongly Sued Blogger

‘Copyright Troll’ Righthaven Cries Poverty, Tries to Weasel Out of Judgment For Wrongly Sued Blogger

I try to be a nice person, improve the lives of those around me and generally not delight in the misfortunes of others, but when the bad guys lose spectacularly, it’s so hard not to feel a bit of shameful […]