FT Press, taking a hint from the twitter/blog/rss trend and came up with a business plan to dice up their best book content into smaller, downloadable formats.
Google will acquire Aardvark, which is Q & A site. This somehow makes Ask.com think that the future of search lies in Q & A sites. Do you agree? I'm not so sure.
Sponsors are looking to generate buzz for ads through social media, hoping to repeat the success of Super Bowl advertisers who expanded their audience by using social networking sites to spread ads.
"Shaw Communications Inc. said it will take control of the broadcasting business of debt-laden Canwest Global Communications Corp, helping rescue Canada's second-biggest private television network."
A researcher from CBS opposed reports at an Association of National Advertisers meeting that advertisers are spending less on television ads than they have in the past.
"Edward Adler, head of corporate communications at Time Warner, and one of the most powerful gatekeepers in US media, is leaving the one-time world's largest media company." Adler is leaving because the company is on "such firm financial footing."
Walt Disney Co. is asking theater operators to agree to a shorter time
between movie debuts and DVD releases, specifically starting with Alice in
Wonderland, in an effort to boost home video sales.
The move comes as studios try to find ideas to speed the release times of
DVDs to fight slumping DVD revenues.
Walt Disney Co. is asking theater operators to agree to a shorter time between movie debuts and DVD releases, specifically starting with Alice in Wonderland, in an effort to boost home video sales. The move comes as studios try to find ideas to speed the release times of DVDs to fight slumping DVD revenues.
"Walt Disney Co.'s fourth-quarter results should cheer media investors fretting about whether legacy businesses can thrive postrecession. The Burbank, Calif. company just about matched its profit for the last three months of 2008 thanks to strong performances by its cable channels and movie
studios. Theme parks, however, stalled in the bad economy as families cut back on luxuries."
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a new task force on intellectual property in an effort to crack down on a "growing number" of IP crimes in the U.S. and elsewhere, the agency announced.
The shock departure of Owen Van Natta, MySpace's chief executive, a mere nine months after joining the business, has once again thrown the future of the depleted social networking site into the harsh limelight.
A sour economy and civil litigation — including one suit filed by Titan Media
Group’s parent company — have prompted video website Veoh.com to file for
bankruptcy.
Veoh co-founder Dmitry Shapiro wrote in a blog post that despite “great
vision, a passionate team, tens of millions of users, millions in revenues and
victory in court were not enough."
A sour economy and civil litigation - including one suit filed by Titan Media Group's parent company - have prompted video website Veoh.com to file for bankruptcy. Veoh co-founder Dmitry Shapiro wrote in a blog post that despite "great vision, a passionate team, tens of millions of users, millions in revenues and victory in court were not enough."
"Media powerhouse News Corp is run by Rupert Murdoch. It owns - among other things -- Harper Collins, the \nWall Street Journal, 20th Century Fox, Hulu, MySpace and a host of other media outlets. Now News Corp and its MySpace CEO suddenly part ways. Why?"
"When Google unveiled Buzz, its answer to Facebook and Twitter, on Tuesday, it hoped to get its service off to a fast start by scanning the contact lists of Gmail users and automatically adding the most frequent correspondents as online friends. But what the company viewed as an obvious shortcut stirred up a beehive of angry critics.