Facebook is doubling down on video. After publishing its latest video metrics Wednesday, which show staggering growth, the company announced its purchase of…
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A clue to Pinterest’s growth plan can be found in the company’s new profile page design
Pinterest's profile page redesign didn't attract much attention, but it's indicative of the company's big, current priority.…
Read MoreDirecTV 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 MoreChinese 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 MoreIndustry 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 MoreFrance Claims 'Three-Strikes' Has Reduced Piracy, But Has It Really?
Eighteen months after France implemented one of the world's first working three-strikes anti-piracy systems, the agency says it has succeede……
Read MoreWhat Does Twitter Want With Germany?
Germany may be Europe's biggest economy, but Twitter has relatively low take-up there. So why does the company appear to be preparing to set……
Read MoreBaidu Takes Aim At Dropbox, Microsoft SkyDrive, With Cloud Storage Service
Chinese search engine leader Baidu is holding a developers conference today, from where it has just launched a cloud storage platform called……
Read MoreMusic Wars: Spotify Heading For Ireland And Oz As Rdio Gears Up In Europe
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 MoreChinese 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 MoreGoogle To Sell E-Books In France
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) will reportedly start selling e-books in France.…
Read MoreNook May Be Expanding Internationally, But Barnes & Noble Stores Aren't
At a Nook Developers Workshop in London today, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) said it won't be opening stores outside the U.S., but did not offe……
Read MoreChinese Writers' Apple Book Piracy Claims Grow Louder
Twenty-two Chinese authors now plan to sue Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) for 50 million yuan ($7.9 million), claiming 95 of their books were published……
Read MoreMike Lang Leaving As Miramax CEO
Mike Lang has resigned as CEO of Miramax effective immediately, according to the film company. Lang, a former News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS) exec i……
Read MoreIan Fleming Estate Reverses Course, Gives Up James Bond E-Book Rights
Ian Fleming Publications attracted attention when, in 2010, it announced it would publish the James Bond e-books directly instead of selling……
Read MoreMusic's Celestial Jukeboxes Square Off In Germany; Next Stop Asia-Pac
The new wave of global subscription music services going global has picked Germany, perhaps Europe's most under-developed digital music mark……
Read MoreEuropean Union, U.S. Coordinate On E-Book Pricing Cases
As regulators on both sides of the Atlantic investigate publishers and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) for allegedly colluding to fix the price of e-book……
Read MoreYouku And Tudou Merge To Create Chinese Online Video Powerhouse
After threatening to sue each other for copyright infringement in December, the largest players in China's fast-growing online video market……
Read MoreGermany Wants To Charge Search Engines To Use News Excerpts
Germany's government wants search engines and news aggregators to pay news publishers for using pieces of their material.…
Read MoreAxel Springer Fears Public Media Apps Will Blunt Digital Tipping Point
Online advertising and new content fees have helped Europe's largest news publisher become the latest to reach a print-to-digital tipping po……
Read MoreHow To Do Free WiFi Right
Notable about all the places that offer free WiFi in London is a requirement to accept the terms and conditions – and, in almost all cases……
Read MoreStartup Factories: A Guide To Europe's Accelerators
It's been impossible to ignore the rise of the accelerator program over the last few years. And it's no surprise that the idea of a low-inve……
Read MoreMail.ru Yanks Domestic Ads From ICQ
Mail.ru's DST may have spent $187.5 million taking ICQ off AOL's hands, but it's in no rush to make a direct return on the veteran IM servic……
Read MoreIndustry Moves: Forbes; Digitas Health; MSLO; Time Inc; TwelvefoldMedia
Here is a roundup of some of the latest executive-level hirings and exits in the world of digital media business... -- Forbes Media: *Mered……
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