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Here Comes Another Cloud: Hollywood Hopes “UltraViolet” Will Save DVDs

Peter Kafka in Media on October 11, 2011 at 3:30 am PT

Will the ability to download “Horrible Bosses” onto your iPad make you more likely to buy “Horrible Bosses” on Blu-ray?

Facebook’s Mobile App Platform and iPad App Are Finally Here — And They’re Apple-Friendly

Liz Gannes in Social on October 10, 2011 at 1:00 pm PT

Where before, users had to use their computers for most of their Facebook gaming and app needs, now they should be able to play and participate from almost any device with a Web browser.

Big Media Hands Over Its Locks and Keys to Facebook

Peter Kafka in Media on September 22, 2011 at 9:33 am PT

One key element of today’s news will take place outside of Facebook’s walls. If it works, it will help the media world establish an important distribution outlet that isn’t controlled by Apple.

Warner Bros. Pulls Back the Curtain on Flixster Collections, Its Ambitious Digital Video Bet

Peter Kafka in Social on August 4, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

You can’t say they’re thinking small here: The studio has built a service that lets you and your friends see everything you’ve downloaded, rented or watched.

The M-Commerce Tipping Point Is Now

Jane Randel, SVP, Corporate Communications & Brand Services, Liz Claiborne in News on April 27, 2011 at 2:17 pm PT

With the age of the PC declared officially over–smartphones outsold PCs for the first time in 4Q 2010–American retailers are all asking the same question: When will the m-commerce tipping point arrive? The answer is, it’s happening now.

Flixster Update: Warner Bros. Very Interested, as Yahoo Drops Out of Bidding for Social Movie Site

Kara Swisher in News on March 28, 2011 at 2:47 am PT

Warner Bros. appears to be the frontrunner in various talks to buy Flixster, the social movie site, while Internet giant Yahoo has dropped out due to price concerns. Sources said the reason for interest from the Time Warner-owned studio is due to a spate of recent digital efforts, including its expansion of a movie rental experiment on Facebook.

100 Percent Fresh Exclusive!: Flixster/Rotten Tomatoes in Acquisition Talks With Yahoo and Others

Kara Swisher in News on March 16, 2011 at 12:02 am PT

Flixster–the popular social movie site whose brands include the Rotten Tomatoes premium reviews site, as well as BuddyTV–is in early acquisition talks with several suitors, including Yahoo, said sources close to the situation. The price being discussed for the San Francisco-based start-up is between $60 million and $90 million, said several sources, in talks that are “substantive.”

Exclusive: MySpace and Rubicon Project in FAN Swap Deal

Kara Swisher in News on September 28, 2010 at 8:48 am PT

MySpace is trading most of the assets of its Fox Audience Network to the Rubicon Project in exchange for a significant equity minority stake, according to sources close to the situation. Under the terms of the deal, which is nearly complete with a signed term sheet, MySpace will hand over a number of parts of FAN, including most of its 300 employees.

Exclusive: The (Digital) End Is Nigh–News Corp. Unloading Beliefnet and Considering Jettisoning Jamba/Jamster

Kara Swisher in News on May 27, 2010 at 10:17 am PT

Beliefnet, the spirituality site bought by News Corp. in late 2007, is being shopped around for sale, according to several sources. Sources said that the media giant is also considering selling off Berlin-based Jamba/Jamster, a mobile content provider now called Fox Mobile Group. News Corp. paid $187.5 million to VeriSign for a 51 percent stake in Jamba in 2006 and bought the rest in 2008.