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TicketFly Rounds Up $3 Million to Fight Ticketmaster

Peter Kafka in Media on May 12, 2010 at 8:30 am PT

Average concertgoers go to two shows a year, and there’s a very good chance some of the money they spend on those shows goes to Ticketmaster, which dominates the ticketing business. So here’s a company that wants a piece of that: TicketFly, a New York-based start-up that wants to–gasp!–use the Web to update the archaic business.

Time to Stop Betting the Under on Apple Earnings–If You Haven’t Already

John Paczkowski in Mobile on April 20, 2010 at 9:00 am PT

Apple is scheduled to report earnings after the closing bell today, and by most accounts they’re likely to be strong, although the company’s January-to-March quarter is historically not its best.

The Nexus One a Superphone? Sounds More Like a So-So Phone to Me.

John Paczkowski in Mobile on January 13, 2010 at 7:59 am PT

Early sales data for Google’s Nexus One are in and they seem to belie the “superphone” superlative the company’s attached to the device. According to market analytics firm Flurry, Google sold an estimated 20,000 units in its first week.

Video Game Sales Tank

John Paczkowski in News on November 13, 2009 at 5:50 am PT

If the latest sales data are any indication, the videogame industry may be headed for a rough holiday season. NPD Group reports that revenue from consoles and software plummeted during October, falling 16.4 percent from September and 19 percent year-over-year. It was the industry’s seventh consecutive monthly decline.

Are Those Anti-Apple Microsoft Ads Actually Working?

Peter Kafka in Media on May 19, 2009 at 3:45 am PT

The Web is full of armchair ad critics, particularly when it comes to spots from Apple and Microsoft. And the usual consensus from the chattering classes: Apple ads goooood. Microsoft ads baaaaaad. But Microsoft’s latest campaign, which features documentary-like tales of youngish people priced out by Apple, may actually be working. At least when it comes to youngish people’s perceptions of the two brands.

Why You’re Losing Your Magazine Job

Peter Kafka in Media on December 15, 2008 at 6:28 am PT

Everyone knows why magazine companies are shedding people left and right: They’re shedding ad dollars left and right. But sometimes a visual really does help drive the point home.

If Your Analyst Gig Doesn’t Work Out, There’s Probably a Job for You in Amazon PR

John Paczkowski in News on August 12, 2008 at 10:42 am PT

Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader may not be the iPod of the book world yet. But it will be some day if Citigroup research analyst Mark Mahaney has anything to say about it. In a report to clients Monday, Mahaney, who in May predicted the device would generate $750 million for Amazon by 2010, said the company could be on track to sell as many as 380,000 Kindles this year.