I think there’s unprecedented space now in journalism to really say things that you wouldn’t have been able to get in print, or at least a large audience for, even ten years ago.
– Michael Hastings, contributing editor for Rolling Stone and reporter for BuzzFeed, in a 2012 AMA on Reddit. Hastings died in a car crash in L.A. on Tuesday.
News Byte
Peter Kafka in Media on June 18 at 9:20 pm PT
Netflix will offer its streaming video service in the Netherlands later this year, as it increases its reach in Europe. The company, which began expanding outside of the U.S. in 2010, had previously said it would “launch an additional European market” this year.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on June 18 at 4:11 pm PT
Dish said the “extreme deal protections” included in Sprint’s revised pact with SoftBank made a counterbid impossible.
Voices
Nathalie Tadena, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on June 18 at 3:28 pm PT
Adobe Systems Inc.’s fiscal second-quarter earnings fell 66 percent as the software company recorded weaker product sales and higher operating expenses, through subscriptions for creative services continued to strengthen.
Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on June 18 at 3:10 pm PT
Office Mobile is a solid app that does a good job of making you forget you’re working on a small screen, but it comes with many limitations, says Katie.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on June 18 at 2:58 pm PT
“Not a transaction that the special committee could endorse or execute.”
John Paczkowski in News on June 18 at 2:32 pm PT
A little off-the-cuff remark spikes Nokia’s share price more than 10 percent.
Liz Gannes in News on June 18 at 1:52 pm PT
The company says it hasn’t been able to accurately defend itself from PRISM news reports.
