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Is Internet Killing the Video Star?
Applying lessons learned from the music industry to TV.Now Showing on YouTube: Spotify
The world’s biggest paid music service advertises on the world’s biggest free music service.News Byte
Remember Draw Something? Here Comes the Sequel.
Last year’s mobile one-hit wonder Draw Something is getting a sequel, per this tweet from OMGPOP CEO Dan Porter. Porter was responding to a tweet by Ryan Seacrest with a Draw Something 2 screenshot depicting “American Idol’s” Randy Jackson and Mariah Carey. Zynga acquired OMGPOP last year, but the popularity of Draw Something plummeted shortly thereafter. Zynga had to write down the acquisition by as much as $95 million.YouNow, Web Video’s Live Amateur Hour, Bulks Up by Buying Blog TV
Live Web video can be one-to-one, or one-to-many, or something in between. YouNow takes the middle route, and that could be interesting.Voices
Last Year’s Tax Rate May Not Survive in 2013, but Your Cable Service Probably Will
TV revolution is not in the cards.Casino Game Makers Outline a Winning Strategy on Facebook
Casinos and some of their partners are seeing the benefits of letting players connect to games found in casinos before, during and after visits to Las Vegas.On Twitter, “The Real Housewives Of New Jersey” Trumps “Modern Family.” Why?
Twitter loves TV. And TV loves Twitter. But the relationship between the two is a funky one: Sometimes Twitter gets excited about TV shows that lots of people don’t care about. And sometimes TV’s most popular shows aren’t nearly as popular on the social messaging service.News Byte