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Peter Kafka in Media on April 11 at 4:32 am PT
The Department of Justice may file a suit against Apple today over e-book price-fixing complaints, according to reports from Reuters and Bloomberg. The DOJ has been probing antitrust complaints regarding Apple’s 2010 pacts with book publishers; several of the biggest publishers are preparing to settle those charges by “tearing up” those deals, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Kara Swisher in News on March 14 at 8:04 am PT
There’s always yet another wacky money-making scheme on the horizon at Yahoo!
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Kara Swisher in News on February 23 at 6:00 am PT
Luminate, the Silicon Valley start-up aimed at making digital images interactive, said it had raised $10.7 million in a Series C round of funding, led by Nokia Growth Partners and also including existing investors. It also said it was launching an Image App Store to “provide a central location for publishers to browse and choose the specific image apps they wish to leverage for their sites.”
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 13 at 7:30 am PT
Seeking a larger audience to play its game, Spry Fox is partnering up with Disney to publish its social game Triple Town on Facebook.
Peter Kafka in Media on November 20, 2011 at 6:00 pm PT
Publishers’ hopes for the iPad and e-readers have come back to earth. But the people who actually download these things like them quite a bit, according to a new survey.
Peter Kafka in Media on November 19, 2011 at 7:43 am PT
Bloom joined the publisher, which owns Rolling Stone, Us Weekly, and Men’s Journal, in May. Friday afternoon he sent out a memo announcing his departure.
Kara Swisher in Media on November 14, 2011 at 6:45 am PT
Organic arugula alert: Disney’s interactive unit is calling all urban hipster parents!
Drake Martinet in News on November 10, 2011 at 10:57 am PT
Google has acquired contextual search start-up Apture and will integrate the team and features into Chrome.
Kara Swisher in Media on November 2, 2011 at 10:41 am PT
I am here at Yahoo HQ in Sunnyvale, Calif., to check out “Product Runway,” which is the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s attempt to show that it can still innovate.
Peter Kafka in Media on November 1, 2011 at 3:30 am PT
A 4x leap for the music subscription service in a month. Now it has to keep those users, add more, and eventually get a few of them to pay.
