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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.
Twitter’s still in its honeymoon period, but that won’t last forever. At some point, it’s going to be less of a wunderkammer, and more of a regrettable necessity.
– Reuters finance blogger Felix Salmon, in an article entitled “Why Twitter will get more annoying”
Peter Kafka in Media on March 7 at 12:43 pm PT
Apple will let users sign up for Netflix directly from Apple TV, and let them pay their bill using iTunes. So no reason Comcast, Time Warner Cable, etc., can’t do the same.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 9, 2011 at 2:03 pm PT
How about doubling the number of paying gamers? Done!
Peter Kafka in Media on December 7, 2011 at 7:46 am PT
Because pretty much everyone is talking about building their own Web video service. But like pay TV competitor Dish Network, Verizon seems to be taking the idea seriously.
Voices
Tiernan Ray, Reporter, Tech Trader Daily, Barron's in News on December 6, 2011 at 12:45 pm PT
Shares of Netflix are down are down 2 percent, perhaps in part because Verizon Communications is planning to offer its own streaming video service on the Internet, according to a report by Reuters.
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.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on August 23, 2011 at 7:59 am PT
A new report claims Apple has developed a budget-friendly eight gigabyte iPhone 4.
Kara Swisher in News on June 28, 2011 at 1:14 pm PT
What did Skype employees know and when did they know it?
A lot, if you’re reading this “Equity Incentive Plan” deck, which clearly outlines what happens to “good leaver” and bad leaver” execs.
John Paczkowski in News on April 20, 2011 at 9:09 am PT
Another report to add to the pile of prognostications claiming Apple will launch the next iPhone in the fall, not the summer as it has in the past. Three unnamed sources tell Reuters the iPhone 5 will hit manufacturing in July or August and ship in September.
