Peter Kafka in Media on October 18, 2010 at 3:58 pm PT
Steve Jobs told analysts that he’s hanging on to his giant cash hoard for a rainy day–and a couple specific things he’d like to buy. Perhaps he’s discussed this with Mark Zuckerberg…
John Paczkowski in News on October 14, 2010 at 12:01 am PT
Another milestone for Sirius XM. Shares in the satellite radio broadcaster hit a new 52-week high Wednesday after the company said new-subscriber growth tripled in the third quarter.
John Paczkowski in D8 on June 2, 2010 at 1:15 pm PT
It has been a tough spring for Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski. In April, a federal appeals court found that the FCC had overstepped its bounds when it censured Comcast for violating its net neutrality principles and in so doing, called into question the agency’s authority to regulate the Internet. And in May, 282 members of Congress, from both political parties, petitioned Genachowski to suspend the FCC’s plans to reclassify broadband as a telecommunications service, a move that would put broadband under the agency’s purview and clarify its jurisdiction once and for all.
Peter Kafka in Media on April 2, 2010 at 3:00 am PT
Want to watch free TV shows on your iPad? Hope you like ABC’s programs. The network is putting lots of its shows on the device, but its counterparts at the other three broadcasters are basically sitting this one out.
Kara Swisher in News on March 19, 2010 at 5:34 am PT
While trolling around Washington, D.C., this week, BoomTown dropped in on Blair Levin, the executive director of the National Broadband Plan, the opus just released by the Federal Communications Commission.
Aimed primarily at boosting the proliferation of high-speed access across the United States, the plan has been shepherded by the telecommunications analyst and former FCC staffer.
Peter Kafka in Media on March 15, 2010 at 8:27 am PT
Like many other media companies, National Public Radio is scrambling to prepare an app in time for the iPad’s April 3 launch.
But the standoff between Apple and Adobe has prompted NPR to take on another engineering project at the same time: It is building a version of its Web site designed specifically for the iPad.
Peter Kafka in Media on March 10, 2010 at 3:53 am PT
Terra Firma, the private equity fund that owns EMI Music Group, has brought in a new CEO for the music label. Elio Leoni-Sceti is out; Charles Allen, the former CEO of British broadcaster ITV replaces him. The real question: How much longer will Terra Firma own EMI?
Peter Kafka in Media on February 24, 2010 at 5:41 am PT
Maybe Google should just retire its passport for a bit.
In China, the search giant is battling hackers and the government, who may be one and the same. In Europe, the company is being hauled in front of an antitrust review. And Italy? Total disaster.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 13, 2010 at 6:56 am PT
On the Internet, everyone loves Conan O’Brien. But that doesn’t translate into ratings, which means that most of you Conan lovers didn’t actually see his show last night.
So here you go. Here’s last night’s monologue, replete with many excellent NBC digs. And fellow NBC employee Howie Mandel. Plus a bonus clip from Jimmy Kimmel, as Jay Leno. Meta!
