Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 13 at 9:40 am PT
Customers, yes, but Apple and the book-publishing industry — not so much.
He’s an a–hole. That guy has $2 billion that he made from figuring out ways to steal royalties from artists, and that’s the bottom line. You can’t really trust anybody like that.
– Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney on why he’s not a fan of Sean Parker
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Ian Sherr, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on March 6 at 11:22 am PT
Apple Inc. is fighting a multi-front patent war against competing makers of mobile devices, demanding injunctions that would block sales of their products. But the company has also indicated a willingness to cut deals with competitors, according to people familiar with the matter.
Peter Kafka in Media on March 2 at 3:06 pm PT
The good news: They never got around to the bikini-and-Speedos marketing plan.
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Ian Sherr, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on February 8 at 5:30 am PT
Apple Inc. has asked a telecommunications standards body to set basic principles governing how member companies license their patents, an increasingly contentious topic for rivals in the smartphone industry.
Ina Fried in Mobile on January 26 at 1:54 pm PT
Redmond paid Nokia $250 million in “platform support payments,” the first of many such infusions that should help ease what is clearly a painful transition.
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Evan Smith, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 9, 2011 at 2:44 pm PT
Google Inc.’s YouTube said it acquired RightsFlow Inc., a small company that tracks and processes royalty payments to songwriters and music publishers.
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Dana Mattioli, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 17, 2011 at 8:48 am PT
Eastman Kodak Co. has licensed a portion of its patents to big-screen movie specialist Imax Corp., in a deal that will provide it with some extra cash while it works to complete a large patent sale that is crucial to its turnaround.
Peter Kafka in Media on May 26, 2011 at 9:35 am PT
Here’s some red meat for investors thinking about buying into Pandora’s IPO: Go-go growth numbers for the company’s first three months of 2011.
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Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 20, 2011 at 3:57 pm PT
Qualcomm Inc. provided more evidence of surging demand for smartphones and tablet-style computers, posting a 29 percent increase in fiscal second-quarter earnings on revenue that jumped 46 percent.
