Lawsuit Says Circumstantial Evidence Enough To Prove e-Book Conspiracy
The plaintiffs who are accusing Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and publishers of fixing e-book prices say they don’t have to show an actual meeting took… Read more at paidContent »
Magazine Publishers Start To Coalesce Around Better Digital Metrics
Hearst is following Conde Nast’s lead and will start releasing metrics on its paid iPad editions, the company announced today. Separately, t… Read more at paidContent »
Amazon Gets No Love From Its Hometown Newspaper
In two separate articles published this weekend, the Seattle Times criticizes Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) for its business practices and philanthrop… Read more at paidContent »
Orange Fancies Itself As GetGlue, Miso Social TV Rival
Orange is having a run at the nascent second-screen social-TV space already occupied by the likes of GetGlue, Miso, Zeebox and Intonow. Read more at paidContent »
DirecTV Aims To Double Latin American Revenue To $10B In 5 Years
Faced with a maturing market for satellite TV services in the U.S., DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) is pinning its future growth needs on the Latin Amer… Read more at paidContent »
Amazon Frustrates With 'Suspension' Of Kindle Newspaper Additions
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is denying a frustrated publisher’s claim that it has indefinitely stopped adding any more newspapers and magazines to i… Read more at paidContent »
Current Unplugs Keith Olbermann
Maybe Keith Olbermann should have given more thought to setting up his own outlet following his departure from MSNBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) last year. Read more at paidContent »
Did 'Hunger Games' Create A New Digital Marketing Template For Hollywood?
When a movie opens to nearly $153 million dollars, the studio executives backing it always tend to look like geniuses. But in the case of th… Read more at paidContent »
Judge Turfs Blogger Lawsuit Against HuffPo
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A New York judge ruled on Friday that Arianna Huffington’s army of unpaid bloggers will remain just that .. unpaid. Read more at paidContent »
Patent Troll Sues Amazon, Mobile Industry Over Battery Charger
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A Texas shell company is claiming that battery technology in devices like the Kindle Fire and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus infringes its patent. Read more at paidContent »
News Corp Wants A Piece Of Digital Auto Classifieds Market
It could be all-change in one of UK news publishers’ biggest online sectors, car classified ads.
News Corp.’s News International is ready t… Read more at paidContent »
Chinese Android Apps Are Bypassing Google’s Play Store
A mobile platform is only as strong as its app line-up, which in turn relies on the co-operation and keenness of app developers.
But lookin… Read more at paidContent »
Industry Moves: Hearst; WebCollage; AccentHealth; Magnetic
– Hearst Newspapers: Lincoln Millstein has been promoted to EVP and deputy group head of Hearst Newspapers, from SVP of digital media. His… Read more at paidContent »
CBS To Stream The Masters .. But Not Every Hole
CBSSports.com announced it will be streaming portions of the Masters, the first of golf’s four annual marquee events. Read more at paidContent »
Paywall Promos: How Far Should Newspapers Open The Door?
As newspapers lock content behind paywalls, marketers are opening that same content right back up again through campaigns that provide reade… Read more at paidContent »
Google Partners With Pandora, AdWeek, NYDN On New Paywall 'Substitute'
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is rolling out a new product, “Google Consumer Surveys,” that lets publishers monetize content through “microsurveys” cr… Read more at paidContent »
Facebook's Big Freemium Funnel Helps Spotify Et Al Find The Pay In Free
In the land of the freemium, how much free is enough to convince users to pay?
In the latest refinement to its market strategy, Spotify in… Read more at paidContent »
WSJ Pulls Down Paywall For 24-Hour 'Digital Open House'
The Wall Street Journal (NSDQ: NWS) is running a 24-hour “Digital Open House.” For today, all subscriber content on the website, mobile site… Read more at paidContent »
ESPN Hands International Digital Media To Rees
The ball for ESPN’s international digital media activities is being passed from Tom Gleeson to Arne Rees. Read more at paidContent »
Interview: Rdio Prepares To Take On Spotify, Deezer Et Al In Europe
Unlimited-music service Rdio concedes it will have to fight incumbents as it prepares to launch across the whole of Europe. Read more at paidContent »
The Cable Sports Bidding War Will Justify The Dodgers' $2.15B Sale Price
How does a faded Major League Baseball franchise– one that hasn’t won a championship in 24 years and has fallen into disrepair under consec… Read more at paidContent »
Pottermore, Day 2: Here Come The Complaints
J. K. Rowling’s Pottermore shop, the exclusive source for Harry Potter e-books and digital audiobooks, launched yesterday, and some muggles… Read more at paidContent »
Suddenly, Spotify Is Ad Buyers' Favourite Thing
UK advertising buyers now say Spotify is the outlet they enjoy the best experience with. Read more at paidContent »
Kindle Touch Heads To Europe
Amazon’s Kindle Touch e-reader is available for preorder in Europe now. Read more at paidContent »
Pottermore Effect? Amazon's Kindle Store Hits The Wall
Within hours of the Harry Potter series going on sale as e-books for the first time, the Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Kindle Store hit a wall: titles… Read more at paidContent »
Update: Hasbro Can't Stop Sale Of 'Transformer Prime' Tablets
(Updated to include Hasbro response)
In a court ruling that reads at times like a pop culture or consumer gadget review, a federal judge ga… Read more at paidContent »
What Happened When I Got Retweeted By @BarackObama
I thought it would be cool to be retweeted by the President, but it kind of sucked. Read more at paidContent »
You Can Buy The Harry Potter E-Books Now — Here’s What You Need To Know
The Pottermore e-bookstore is open earlier than expected, with all the Harry Potter e-books and digital audiobooks available (DRM-free) for… Read more at paidContent »
Video: Print's Not Dead, It's Getting High In The Sky
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So, this is how it ends for the printed word? Thirty-thousand feet up, back against a wall, with only a street poet’s meter to defend it? Read more at paidContent »
Amazon Recommends $17 Book Of Wikipedia Articles To 'Hunger Games' Fans
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If you liked The Hunger Games, Harry Potter and Twilight, you’ll love Popular Book Series of the 21st Century: Harry Potter, Twilight, The M… Read more at paidContent »
Music Industry Can See The Light After 'Least Negative' Sales Since 2004
The music industry enjoyed its best sales performance for eight years in 2011, as CDs’ collapse decelerated, digital sales continued growing… Read more at paidContent »
How Chicago Is Beating Silicon Valley At The Patent Game
Silicon Valley leads the world in technology but it’s losing a debate over how that technology should be used. A new surge in patent lawsuit… Read more at paidContent »
Man Climbs New York Times Building In Search Of Newspaper
If only more readers were this dedicated to print newspapers. Early Saturday morning, authorities pulled down a man who was scaling the New… Read more at paidContent »
The Difference Between Popularity And Influence Online
Digital influence is one of the hottest trends in social media and it is also one of the least understood. Like some relationships on Facebo… Read more at paidContent »
Cheapest 'Hunger Games' E-Books Are At Kobo — Not Amazon
Teen dystopian trilogy Hunger Games appears to be on its way to blockbuster-dom, pulling in $19.75 million at the midnight premiere of the… Read more at paidContent »
WSJ Can Change Digital Subscriber Price On The Fly, Says Court
In 2006, the publisher of the Wall Street Journal (NSDQ: NWS) spun off financial magazine Barron’s Online and required subscribers to pay mo… Read more at paidContent »
Update: Facebook's Privacy Day Diversion
Clever Facebook. The social network has the media singing its praises as a civil rights champion on the same day that it shuffles its privac… Read more at paidContent »
New Book Startups Focus On The Actual Buying And Selling Part
Two new book-related startups that launched in beta this week seek to redefine the book buying, browsing and selling experience. Read more at paidContent »
Music Wars: Spotify Heading For Ireland And Oz As Rdio Gears Up In Europe
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Two of the subscription-music space’s main players are set to launch in several new markets, as the segment’s many budding exponents race to… Read more at paidContent »
Chinese Theatrical Market Booms, But Real Action May Be In Video On Demand
The Motion Picture Association of America released statistics today saying that Chinese theatrical revenue grew 35 percent to nearly $2 bill… Read more at paidContent »
