Sony Ericsson’s Loss Is Apple’s Gain: iPhone Maker Hires Latin America Head
Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC), as it winds up as a troubled joint venture to become fully part of Sony, is spinning out some talent… Read more at paidContent »
Bestsellers: Android’s Paid Market Is Alive, But Skews To Techie Tweaks
Media operators go on grumbling about their prospects for payment on the world’s most-used smartphone platform.
But a glance at Android’s a… Read more at paidContent »
WPPs Digital Spending Spree Comes Ashore In Turkey
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The world’s largest advertising agency has been announcing almost an acquisition a day in the digital and emerging markets fields. Read more at paidContent »
Jon Miller, News Corp.: It’s All About Video For Us Right Now
Jon Miller, the chief digital officer for News Corporation (NSDQ: NWS), described his company’s digital strategy today as very “focused on v… Read more at paidContent »
Orange To Provide Wikipedia Free In Middle East And Africa
Orange has struck a deal with Wikipedia to make its digital encyclopaedia available free of data charges to millions of mobile phone users a… Read more at paidContent »
Mecom To Launch Digital Paywall And Review Future Of 65 Free Titles
Mecom is to introduce digital pay models across its top newspaper titles, slash costs by €70m and potentially close or sell 65 free titles… Read more at paidContent »
Huddle tries to reel in big fish with unlimited deal
Cloud collaboration service Huddle is targeting huge corporate customers, bringing them a new tier of service that allows an unlimited number of users for no extra charge. Can it help win new business and take on the industry’s biggest beasts? Read more »
Who telecommutes the most? Not developed nations, new survey finds
Globally, nearly one-in-five wired workers telecommute on a frequent basis, but the number working from outside the office varies enormously between regions, with those in the developing world reporting far more mobility than Europeans and North Americans. Read more »
The Digital Piracy Problem Is Riddled With Hypocrisy
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In the summer of 2009, I found myself invited to a small party in an old bourgeois apartment with breathtaking views of the Champ-de-Mars an… Read more at paidContent »
Updated: Rutberg: Mobile Accounted For Over 40% Of All Tech VC In 2011
Some revealing numbers out from the analysts at Rutberg & Co. that point to how big mobile is in terms of tech investments today, and how co… Read more at paidContent »
Digital Opportunity And Creativity In China’s Year Of The Dragon
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Monday marks China’s new year. The dragon, whose year it is this year, is the only mythical creature in the calendar but, as Europe’s digita… Read more at paidContent »
Digital Music Growth Re-Accelerated In 2011 Thanks To New Services
The six-year slowdown in digital music’s commercial growth rate ended in 2011, when digital trade revenue grew eight percent to $5.2 billion… Read more at paidContent »
Tablets Are Prime-Time Media Devices
Tablet web use spikes after work and before sleep, another piece of research shows… Read more at paidContent »
Polar Mobile Raises $6 Million For Magazine Apps, Cross-Platform Services
Polar Mobile — the Canadian startup that develops apps for big-name publishers like CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS), Conde Nast, Sports Illustr… Read more at paidContent »
Nokia Lumia’s TV Deal Broke UK Advertising Rules
One of the biggest components in Nokia’s expensive campaign for its latest flagship handset broke UK media rules by mixing its sponsorships… Read more at paidContent »
Updated: Bonjour! AOL Takes French Le Huffington Post Live
Huffington Post today took one more step in its ongoing march for a wider international reach: it has now officially opened Le Huffington Po… Read more at paidContent »
Endgame: RIM’s Balsillie, Lazaridis To Step Down From CEO Roles
Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) has finally decided to get serious about its predicament: co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are stepp… Read more at paidContent »
Updated: Can HuffPo Pull Off A Double Whammy With A New Video News Service?
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Update: HuffingtonPost today (January 23) confirmed details of the story below, as it began to send out official invites to the February 2 l… Read more at paidContent »
Yahoo: The Rise And Fall Of An Internet Pioneer
When Jerry Yang’s family moved from Taipei to San José, the billionaire Yahoo founder was just 10 years old. Fatherless by the time he was… Read more at paidContent »
WSJ Poaches Narisetti From Washington Post
The reverb from Kevin Delaney’s departure from the Wall Street Journal for Atlantic Media Group just hit DC: WSJ alum Raju Narisetti is head… Read more at paidContent »
Europe Says It Won’t Adopt ‘Bad’ Digital Policy Like SOPA
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Don’t expect the European Commission to introduce its own version of America’s Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Read more at paidContent »
Music And Movie Studios Take A Slice Of HMV To Save Disc Sales
Struggling UK entertainment retailer HMV (LSE: HMV) is giving equity worth 2.5 percent to its key suppliers – music and movie studios – to a… Read more at paidContent »
Research: Professionals With iPads Are Deserting Printed Media
Stark new research statistics suggest digital replacement of analogue content is now very high amongst tablet owners. Read more at paidContent »
Over 9,000 Hackers Join Anonymous DDoS SOPA/Megaupload Protest
Things appear to have calmed down significantly since last night — when the FBI, Department of Justice, France’s Hadopi, record labels and… Read more at paidContent »
Google’s German Engine Is Slowing
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Google’s Q4 UK revenue rose 21 percent from the previous year to $1 billion, though German revenue growth slowed during the quarter, the sea… Read more at paidContent »
Interview: News Int. Hacking Scandal Has Spurred Innovation
News International’s recently-appointed digital product director is trying to make the publisher more agile and innovative in digital media… Read more at paidContent »
SOPA Blackout, Anonymous-Style: FBI, DOJ Sites Downed In Megaupload Protest
A day after the SOPA protest on the web, the hacker group Anonymous has taken the blackout theme to a whole new level: in retaliation for th… Read more at paidContent »
News Corp Settles Hack Claims On Basis Execs Lied And Destroyed Evidence
News Corp could be laden with a multi-million pound UK compensation bill after agreeing to settle claims on the basis its executives tried t… Read more at paidContent »
Update: Motricity Restructures: Closes Asia Ops, Will Focus On Mobile Ads
More woe for beleagured mobile services company Motricity: the company today announced that it is restructuring operations, pulling back fro… Read more at paidContent »
Sony Ericsson: Big Loss, 'Intense' Competition. Can Sony Turn This Around?
Not great results out today from handset maker *Sony* *Ericsson*, but also no surprise if you’ve been following the troubled fortunes of the… Read more at paidContent »
Bellwether: Q4 UK Ad Spend Up Slightly On Online Growth
In a climate where economic forecasts continue to remain cloudy, ad spend in the UK went up marginally in Q4 2011, with increased spend on i… Read more at paidContent »
ITN Unifying Ad Sales For Multi-Platform Video Syndication
UK TV video news producer ITN is unifying its online ad sales platform as it expands into a burgeoning number of online destinations. Read more at paidContent »
Pearson Made $3 Billion From Digital Content Last Year
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Pearson (NYSE: PSO) says it is putting cash made from selling its older businesses toward buying new ones in digital and emerging markets. Read more at paidContent »
Mail Online Introduces Indian Site
The Daily Mail (LSE: DMGT) has expanded its international digital presence with the introduction of Daily Mail online India. Read more at paidContent »
Interview: 'No Decision' On Sun Paywall In Absence Of NOTW
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News Of The World’s closure deprived News International of data on which it could have based a decision to introduce digital fees at the UK’… Read more at paidContent »
HuffPo Partners With L'Espresso For 'L'Huffington Post Italy'
The Huffington Post Media Group (NYSE: AOL) is partnering with Gruppo Editoriale L’Espresso for the launch this year of an Italian edition,… Read more at paidContent »
Video: Clay Shirky On Why SOPA Is A Bad Idea
Want the short course on why SOPA is getting such blowback? Clay Shirky breaks it down in this 13-minute talk at the TED offices, explaining… Read more at paidContent »
UK's Biggest Regional Newspaper Ending Web Fees
The UK’s largest regional newspaper title, the Wolverhampton-based Express & Star, is ending the premium online payment tier it introduced i… Read more at paidContent »
Industry Moves: Wiggin, Qriously, Shine 360°, Guardian; Digitas
Here are some of the latest executive-level hirings and departures from the world of digital media business… Read more at paidContent »
Jesta Digital, Formerly Fox Mobile, Loses Execs, Weighs Up Bitbop's Future
Jesta Digital, the mobile content business formerly known as Fox (NSDQ: NWS) Mobile Group and owner of the Bitbop mobile video service and J… Read more at paidContent »
