Major League Baseball

Conduit on the Record: Yes, We're Buying Wibiya; No, We're Not Getting Bought

Liz Gannes in Social on April 5, 2011 at 1:05 pm PT

Conduit, the branded toolbar distributor, has been the subject of many rumors and “sources say” stories and blog posts in the last week. Today, Adam Boyden, the company’s president, went on the record with us to clear up what’s real and what’s rumor mill.

App Distributor Conduit in Talks for a Billion-Dollar Acquisition, Say Reports

Liz Gannes in Social on April 1, 2011 at 2:05 am PT

The Israeli tech community is abuzz with talk that Conduit, which distributes Web apps, is in talks to be acquired, potentially by Microsoft or Google, for more than a billion dollars.

Electronic Arts Regains Major League Baseball License For Facebook Game

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on March 30, 2011 at 2:25 pm PT

World Series Superstars, the first official Major League Baseball game on Facebook, was published today by Electronic Arts, which is increasing its efforts to bring branded titles to the Facebook platform.

Facebook Takes Another Swing At Web Video: Live Streaming Major League Baseball

Peter Kafka in Media on March 15, 2011 at 3:53 pm PT

Last week, you could rent a movie on Facebook. Today — and for the rest of the month — you can watch a live pro baseball game on the site. Still think Facebook can’t be a big player in Web video?

Conduit Dumps Google Search for Microsoft's Bing

Kara Swisher in News on December 1, 2010 at 6:00 am PT

In an interesting move in the search space, Conduit–a fast-growing start-up that helps publishers make and distribute apps using Web browser toolbars–has entered a strategic partnership with Microsoft’s Bing search service. In doing so, it is leaving its existing search deal with Google and will instead offer Bing to its network of 260,000 publishers and 200 million users.

Time Warner Gets the iPad Seal of Approval

Peter Kafka in Media on April 1, 2010 at 11:40 am PT

Many Web publishers are scrambling to make some or all of their sites “iPad ready,” which basically means stripping their homepages of Adobe’s Flash. In many cases, it turns out, it also means the site is owned by Time Warner.

Investors Bet on Another Real-Time Start-Up. Next Up for Hot Potato: Product, Users.

Peter Kafka in Media on October 23, 2009 at 12:16 pm PT

Here’s a good way to get your hands on scarce venture capital money: Create a start-up geared around Twitter-like “real-time” sharing and conversations. The newest entrant: Hot Potato, a buzzy start-up that’s supposed to let users converse about a particular event, whether they’re attending it in person or watching from afar. When it’s up and running, that is. The five-man crew doesn’t have users or a product just yet. But it has just raised around $1 million.

Twitter Co-Founder to Throw Opening Pitch in St. Louis

Andrew LaVallee, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 4, 2009 at 3:26 pm PT

How do you get Twitter creator Jack Dorsey to speak at your college? Having a hometown advantage, as well as major-league baseball connections, seems to do the trick. The Twitter co-founder will give a speech at Webster University in St. Louis the morning of Sept. 18, then throw the opening pitch at the Cardinals-Cubs game that night.

Coming Soon to Your iPhone: Major League Baseball for a Dollar a Game

Peter Kafka in Media on August 28, 2009 at 2:10 pm PT

If you’re out of town and on the move and still want to watch your favorite baseball team, Major League Baseball is about to make you a very interesting offer: The ability to watch a game streamed live to your iPhone, for 99 cents a pop. That will make baseball the first pro sports league to sell mobile access to live games on an on-demand, a la carte basis.

Major League Baseball Beans Jon Stewart, and Obama’s Pitch Vanishes

Peter Kafka in Media on July 22, 2009 at 4:03 pm PT

Remember last week, when President Barack Obama threw out the first pitch at baseball’s All-Star Game? And remember the ensuing fuss about his form? And remember how Jon Stewart sliced through all of the crap with his typically incisive wit? Alas, you’ve got no choice but to remember that last part. It has disappeared from the Web, apparently at the behest of Major League Baseball.