As the web video world evolves, so do those who work inside the industry. And Vidcon has proven to be a good way of tracking that evolution.…
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Pandora for podcasts app Swell raises $5.4 million Series A round
Swell, the app that lets you discover and listen to new podcasts, is announcing on Thursday that it's raised a Series A funding round.…
Read MoreDistort puts a new twist on slow-mo, and on Revision3’s production
The upcoming Rev3 series Distort offers not only rich, compelling footage shot at high frame rates, but the on-camera presence of former Rev3 employees, who've struck an unusual deal for distribution.…
Read MoreNess updates its iOS app, a personalized dining guide for you
The subject happens to be dining, but what Ness is up to is really about maximizing the accuracy of personalization.…
Read MoreContent personalization still has a long way to go
Pointing people to "really interesting articles on the fringes of the internet that you had no idea existed or that you wanted" is still in its very early stages, according to Zite's CEO and Prismatic's CTO.…
Read MoreWe asked the experts: How do you do YouTube?
Everyone uses YouTube, but how exactly do people discover new videos? We asked both web video professionals like Amy Pham and Zadi Diaz as well as your average 12 year old girl to find out.…
Read MoreAmazon execs set to testify in price-fixing case against Apple
Amazon won a court ruling last week that restrict Apple's access to its executives and documents. Filings from the case also show that senior Amazon executives are poised to testify for the government in its price-fixing case against Apple.…
Read MoreWith $1.4M, Qloo finds films, fashion, food and more that match your taste
New York-based Qloo is launching Thursday with $1.4 million to provide a one-stop shop for cultural discovery. The startup is backed by Kindler Capital, as well as entrepreneur and angel investor Jason Calacanis and actors Danny Masterson and Cedric the Entertainer.…
Read MorePinterest competitor Fancy hauls in $26.4M
Fancy, a social discovery and shopping site that competes with Pinterest, has raised $26.4 million according to a new filing with American Express vice chairman Ed Gillespie joining the board of Thing Daemon, the company behind Fancy.…
Read MoreMarshall Kirkpatrick’s Little Bird wants to be your new “robot librarian”
Friday marks the official launch of former ReadWriteWeb editor Marshall Kirkpatrick's data-based discovery startup Littlebird (formerly known as Plexus Engine). The company, which aims to automate discovery and vetting of experts and influencers on any given topic, has also raised $1 million in funding.…
Read MoreFancy teams up with Zaarly to turn craftiness into currency
Martha Stewart-style crafts and cooking projects generate a ton of “likes” and “pins” online, but social discovery and commerce site The Fancy and peer-to-peer marketplace Zaarly think they can also generate some cash.…
Read MoreNew Apple app discovery tools welcome, but aren’t enough
Apple continues to introduce features to its app stores meant to better surface quality apps. It recently introduced two more, including a new Editor's Choice label and a free app of the week. But it's clear more needs to be done.…
Read MoreTwitter’s big problem: It still needs better filters
The changes Twitter just announced it is making to its "Discover" tab are designed to make recommended links and topics more personalized, and therefore more accurate -- which is a good thing, because that is the single biggest business challenge the company faces right now.…
Read MoreAmazon Settles With Discovery Over E-Reader Patent
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) made sure Discovery won't ruin its hopes for the best Christmas ever by settling a lawsuit that accused the Kindle and K……
Read MoreNetflix Signs Expanded Two-Year Streaming Deal With Discovery
Discovery will continue to stream its library shows on Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) for another two years, with an expanded slate that includes more……
Read MoreWhat CNN could learn by acquiring Zite
If CNN is smart, watching what happens inside Zite's news-reading app could give it something that all media companies are in desperate need of -- whether they know it or not: real-time insights into what people really want to read about and why.…
Read MoreHow Google+ is like Twitter — but not in a good way
Many of the issues that users of Google+ are likely to be irritated by are the same kinds of problems that Twitter also faces -- including the issue of noise in the stream and the discovery problem, neither of which is an easy problem to solve.…
Read MoreComing Next to YouTube: The LOL Button?
Was the last YouTube video you watched EPIC, or did it make you LOL? YouTube users could soon express these kinds of sentiments through dedicated buttons, which the site is currently testing. However, not everyone seems to think that this feature will be an EPIC WIN.…
Read MoreFox, Discovery Networks Return to Time Warner Cable’s iPad App
After weeks of back and forth between Time Warner Cable and its programming partners, the cable provider is bringing back six cable networks from Fox and Discovery that had previously been taken off its controversial iPad app.…
Read MoreTime Warner Cable Turns to the Courts in iPad App Fight
Since launching its iPad app a couple of weeks ago, Time Warner Cable has been embroiled in a disagreement with cable networks over rights to stream live channels to the tablet device. Rather than haggle with them, the cable operator is taking its case to court.…
Read MoreCablevision’s iPad App: 300 Live Channels, 2,000 VOD Titles
Cablevision just released a new app that will make all the same live cable and on-demand programming that viewers can watch on their TVs also available on Apple iPads. But will Cablevision pull stations from the app in the same way that Time Warner Cable did?…
Read MoreNo MTV? No Problem. New Channels On Time Warner Cable App
Just a day after removing 11 cable channels from its live streaming iPad app yesterday, Time Warner Cable has restocked the app's programming lineup, adding 17 national networks and three local channels. Bonus: the app now has sports and news channels!…
Read MoreCable Nets Lose by Winning Time Warner Cable iPad Fight
Discovery, Fox and Viacom might have won their battle against Time Warner Cable, forcing the pay TV provider to pull their channels from its live iPad app. But in doing so, they're losing viewers that might have actually used the app to watch their shows.…
Read MoreCan An Integrated Web Presence Help In the Ratings?
They don't measure online viewing or time-shifting, but Nielsens ratings have a lot of power over what does and doesn't get seen on TV. However, there are several shows finding a balance between engaging with online audiences while still racking up big numbers with their overlords.…
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