Microsoft is reportedly getting cozy with Comcast and Verizon in an effort to bring XBox into the booming streaming TV market. The chatter comes from the blog Digiday, which cites anonymous sources in disclosing that the three services are looking […]
Even before the announcement (very) early yesterday from Netflix CEO Reed Hastings that the unpopular decision to raise rates as much as 60% on joint physical and streaming media customers was being re-framed as a company split, speculation was that […]
Shared media on Facebook could stand to gain a bit of a bump if rumors about new, more dynamic Like-esque features pan out. Dynamic media sharing seems to be a focus ahead of the f8 developer conference this month, and […]
Internet-advertising services provider Glam Media has agreed to purchase Marc Andreessen’s social-networking site Ning for $150 million. The women focused company announced on Tuesday that following the purchase Andreessen would be added to their board of directors. Payment for the […]
Yahoo! will launched their personalized digital newstand product in the fall according to reports. Livestand will come equipped with a variety of titles including big box titles such as Forbes and smaller specialty titles in a variety of niches. Livestand is being built using […]
Following quite a bit of controversy over the Arianna/Arrington feud AOL CEO Tim Armstrong had a message for his company’s shareholders “Our goal right now is to become the No. 3 player. Speaking at a Q&A session at the Goldman […]
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 […]
I have long felt that most companies and websites are failing hard when it comes to getting social right. The advent of changes to Facebook and the addition of services such as Google+ haven’t swayed my opinion much. We are […]
Okay, Netflix, maybe we were hasty and this is the worst week ever for you. After the price increase business failed to impress subscribers and they began to drop off en masse, investor confidence in the once seemingly-unshakeable brand followed suit. Coupled […]
When buzz began surrounding the re-jigger of MySpace, perhaps as a Spotify or iTunes competitor, the fate of the nearly-dead site inspired a bit of skeptical intrigue among people who follow such things. MySpace has been a punchline perhaps for […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Social media is quickly becoming the next major marketing horizon the problem is, according to Nate Elliot, Forrester vice president and principal analyst, is that brands aren’t allocating ad spend to match social media uptake. The main reason being given […]
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