Guardian

Facebook’s “Social Readers” Still Fading

Peter Kafka in Social on May 22 at 7:00 am PT

The Washington Post and Guardian apps see another steep drop in usage. Great news.

Spotify Moves Beyond Facebook With a “Play Button” for the Rest of the Web

Peter Kafka in Media on April 11 at 3:00 am PT

Last fall, Spotify grafted itself onto Facebook and rounded up several million new users. Now it’s trying to do the same thing with every other site.

A Bargain for Tumblr

The joke now is what’s the first tech company that we acquire. I hear AOL’s going pretty cheap.

– David Karp, founder of Tumblr, to the Guardian’s Josh Halliday

Spotify Tries a Facebook. Smart.

Peter Kafka in Media on November 30, 2011 at 9:51 am PT

Nope, it’s not Music Everywhere. If you listen to music on Spotify, you’ll now be able to use a lot of new features, built by outside developers. Very Zuckerbergian.

NewsCred Raises $4 Million for Its Web-Based Newswire

Peter Kafka in Media on November 30, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Expensive content on the cheap: A start-up that licenses stuff from the likes of Reuters, Bloomberg and Forbes.

Gawkergate Password Mess Was Two Years in the Making

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 30, 2010 at 3:32 pm PT

The weaknesses of Gawker’s password system were pointed out clearly in 2008, although nothing was ever done about it. You know how that turned out.

Voices

Air Force Blocks Media Sites

Spencer E. Ante and Julian E. Barnes, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 15, 2010 at 8:30 am PT

The U.S. Air Force is blocking its personnel from using work computers to view the websites of the New York Times and other major publications that have posted classified diplomatic cables, people familiar with the matter said.

For Sale: Inside.com, Barely Used

Peter Kafka in Media on November 4, 2010 at 11:52 am PT

Psst. Wanna buy a cool Web address? Guardian Media has one for sale. The British publisher is peddling the “Inside.com” domain name, people familiar with the company tell me. Asking price, I’m told, is something north of $100,000.

News Byte

For Calacanis, a New Launch Aimed at TechCrunch

Beth Callaghan in News on October 5, 2010 at 10:31 am PT

Apparently, Jason Calacanis is still mad at Michael Arrington for reportedly denying him his share of the TechCrunch 50 event. In a conversation with the Guardian’s Jemima Kiss, he describes his plan for revenge: An editorial project called Launch that will take the form of an email publication. How will it challenge–and differ from–TechCrunch? Depth, quality and intimacy, according to Calacanis. “If you get people to commit to an email relationship, it’s the deepest most intimate relationship you can have online.”

Facebook’s “Social Readers” Still Fading

Spotify Moves Beyond Facebook With a “Play Button” for the Rest of the Web

A Bargain for Tumblr

Spotify Tries a Facebook. Smart.

NewsCred Raises $4 Million for Its Web-Based Newswire

Gawkergate Password Mess Was Two Years in the Making

Air Force Blocks Media Sites

For Sale: Inside.com, Barely Used

For Calacanis, a New Launch Aimed at TechCrunch

Is “Google Me” Real? “I Won’t Say,” Says Eric Schmidt.

Is "Google Me" Real? "I Won't Say," Says Eric Schmidt.

Zuckerberg: Facebook Will Hit One Billion Users (One Day)

Homage to Apple Actually AdWeek’s “Best of the 2000s” Awards

iPhone Users: We’ll Pay for Content

U.K. Twitter Campaign Helps Curb Gag on Press

Blogger and Author Paul Carr Speaks!

Now THIS Is Insufferably Smug!

Memo to Bill Keller: The Kids Love the Web (Also, Saul Hansell!)

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