Peter Kafka in Media on December 9, 2011 at 7:36 am PT
“Not if, just when in 2012″, says analyst Rich Greenfield. OK. But who? Amazon? Verizon? Wal-Mart?
Tom Loftus, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on December 2, 2011 at 12:00 am PT
YouTube unveiled its largest redesign yet Thursday, bringing user personalization and the video Web site’s growing selection of programming topics, or “channels,” front and center.
Kara Swisher in Media on October 2, 2011 at 2:00 pm PT
Longtime media and Internet exec Bob Pittman has been named CEO of radio broadcast and outdoor advertising giant Clear Channel, the company announced today.
Peter Kafka in Media on February 14, 2011 at 4:27 am PT
The Grammys generated a flurry of online interest last night, but the music industry’s biggest event of the year is AWOL this morning. Opportunity wasted.
Peter Kafka in Media on February 9, 2011 at 7:16 am PT
If you’re reading this, there are decent odds you don’t watch your local TV news broadcast. Would you be any more inclined if it featured a dollop of Twitter?
Liz Gannes in Social on January 5, 2011 at 12:31 am PT
Just when you thought Twitter had become a basic tool that serves many purposes, we’re reminded that the service has fostered an actual community.
At least that’s the case in my little corner of the Twitterverse, which tonight has overflowed with a meme that just about everyone can participate in and appreciate: #lessambitiousmovies.
Liz Gannes in Social on December 31, 2010 at 12:59 pm PT
The RunKeeper Pro app, usually $9.99, is free from now through the end of January. Since the promotion started yesterday, downloads of the app have been up more than 10 times the normal number for a single day.
Ina Fried in Mobile on December 10, 2010 at 9:29 am PT
Looking to move on from its painful foray into mobile television, Qualcomm says it will offer rebates to those who bought its FloTV mobile TV units. It had previously announced it would shut down the service in March.
Kara Swisher in News on December 9, 2010 at 5:02 am PT
While the news has been be out there for a month, Miramax officially confirmed this morning that former News Corp. exec Mike Lang was named CEO of the Hollywood movie company.
What will be interesting about that for digital content players will be to see exactly what the man who was deeply involved in deals to buy the Myspace social networking site and also create the Hulu premium video service will do with Miramax’s rich trove of more than 700 award-winning films in its movie library.
Kara Swisher in News on December 8, 2010 at 4:10 pm PT
After BoomTown broke the news earlier today that CBS Interactive President Neil Ashe was stepping down from his job, we had a little chitchat as to why and what’s next.
Apparently, a little breathing of some fresh air.
