Peter Kafka in Social on April 26 at 4:00 am PT
Khosla Ventures leads a $15 million round for the three-year-old start-up, which swapped out co-founders a few months ago.
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Peter Kafka in Media on January 5 at 4:57 am PT
The Financial Times has purchased Assanka, a London-based Web and app developer. The FT has already been working closely with the 12-person shop on projects like
the Web app it built to replace the one
it removed from Apple’s App store, as well as an Android app. FT CEO John Ridding announced the deal via an internal memo this morning.
Peter Kafka in Media on September 6, 2011 at 12:04 pm PT
Amazon, Yahoo, and the Dish Network are lined up to buy Hulu. But Larry Page is offering an over-the-top deal. Recall that Hulu was created in reaction to Google, and now discuss amongst yourselves.
Peter Kafka in Media on August 10, 2011 at 11:57 am PT
How Apple’s subscriptions terms are forcing everyone from Amazon to The Wall Street Journal to make touch choices.
Kara Swisher in News on June 27, 2011 at 11:15 am PT
While I was in Denmark at a media conference recently, I shared the stage with Robert Shrimsley, the managing editor of the Financial Times’ Web site, FT.com. He talks about paywalls and more in this video.
Peter Kafka in Media on June 20, 2011 at 5:48 am PT
Apple’s new subscription rules mean publishers like Hulu have a choice: Give Apple 30 percent of new sales, or make it less easy for users to buy your content. Hulu went for option B. Now let’s see what Netflix, Rhapsody and Amazon do.
Peter Kafka in Media on June 7, 2011 at 5:33 am PT
The Financial Times, one of the most outspoken opponents of Apple’s new iTunes subscription rules, is now doing more than complaining: The publisher has created a Web-based app that lets it deliver the paper to iPad and iPhone users–and sell them subscriptions–without going through iTunes.
Peter Kafka in Media on February 22, 2011 at 3:30 am PT
Spotify is set to cash a very big check. And while the big music labels would like to get their hands on most of it, immediately, they won’t. So how will the streaming service spend its dough?
Peter Kafka in Media on February 3, 2011 at 1:05 pm PT
Did the Hulu CEO just channel Jerry Maguire? Or did he think his future as a TV manifesto would sway his network owners? It may not matter.
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Peter Kafka in Media on January 20, 2011 at 4:52 am PT
Amazon, which already owned 42 percent of European Web movie service
Lovefilm, has picked up the rest of the company, too. The
Financial Times pegs the value of the deal at $312 million. Apparently it’s a legal requirement to describe Lovefilm as “the Netflix of Europe,” so there you go. Netflix itself isn’t in Europe, but international expansion is on the company’s agenda.
