Peter Kafka in Media on February 9 at 7:45 am PT
Streaming music services are growing quickly. But, for big music, digital still means downloads.
Peter Kafka in Media on February 6 at 3:39 am PT
Om Malik won’t say. But we should find out soon.
Peter Kafka in Media on November 21, 2011 at 12:30 pm PT
The British newspaper publisher says the pioneering Web site is “is a high-quality asset but our focus in the US is on building the Guardian.”
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John Paczkowski in Media on November 7, 2011 at 8:54 am PT
Martin Nisenholtz, senior vice president of digital operations for the New York Times, is
retiring at the end of this year. A 16-year veteran of the Times, Nisenholtz quarterbacked the company’s online efforts, beginning with NYTimes.com in 1996. Additional details at
paidContent.
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Peter Kafka in Media on August 16, 2011 at 4:15 am PT
This one got lost in yesterday’s news deluge: A developer that made apps for Apple’s iOS devices has paid the U.S. government a $50,000 fine for breaking rules designed to protect children’s privacy on the Web. The Federal Trade Commission charged W3 Innovations, the parent company behind Broken Thumbs Apps, with violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act on Friday, and announced a settlement Monday.
PaidContent and
Ars Technica have good coverage.
Kara Swisher in News on April 22, 2011 at 10:58 am PT
One of the results of Yahoo’s weak earnings report earlier this week has been the renewal of chatter about possible changes in its leadership and even ownership.
And continued investor discomfort with its troubled stock price and the level of renewed grumbling by major institutional shareholders is causing some key players to go back to their PowerPoints to reevaluate various options.
Peter Kafka in Media on March 28, 2011 at 2:15 pm PT
Yes, CD sales are still dropping. But the digital sales boom is over too, and that’s the really scary part for the big labels.
Kara Swisher in News on March 4, 2011 at 12:29 am PT
There’s no question it’s a jarring contrast–layoffs versus champagne and cookies.
But that’s the reality at AOL as its acquisition of the Huffington Post closes this week, even as it sheds employees as part of its ongoing turnaround effort.
Kara Swisher in News on February 25, 2011 at 6:00 am PT
Despite all the polite throat-clearing in the various internal memos coming out of AOL today, with a rejiggering of its content management–including the ousting of Media and Studios President David Eun–what really happened was what sources said will be an about-face from a recent strategy of how to run its media business.
That is likely to begin with the hip-checking of “The AOL Way,” which many sources tell BoomTown was Eun’s brainchild, once the $315 million acquisition of the Huffington Post is completed.
