Peter Kafka in Media on February 2, 2011 at 1:31 pm PT
Myspace’s time with News Corp. is coming to an end.
Then again, it’s been headed that way for quite some time–it’s just that News Corp. is now being that much more forthright about it.
Kara Swisher in News on January 24, 2011 at 12:03 am PT
While he has been striking a lot of content deals of late for AOL, there seems to have been enough time in his day of trying to turn around the struggling Web giant for Media and Studios President David Eun to make a rap-techo-whatever video for the troops.
While many division leaders might just release a dull memo, the former Google exec went right to the videotape, and I mean really
went for it.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 20, 2011 at 4:30 am PT
Social games developer Kabam has raised a hefty round of funding to develop games for Facebook that appeal to a more traditional gaming demographic–and probably not your mother.
Peter Kafka in Media on December 21, 2010 at 6:42 am PT
Nothing to be ashamed of, but not a shock, either. Next up: Convincing more studios to let it sell or rent shows at lower prices.
John Paczkowski in News on December 1, 2010 at 7:48 am PT
Intent on remaking the cable landscape, Netflix this morning inked another distribution deal, this one with FilmDistrict. Under its terms, first-run films that typically would have been licensed to cable channels for broadcast during the so-called “pay TV window” will now instead go to Netflix for streaming.
Peter Kafka in Media on November 23, 2010 at 7:46 am PT
Here’s a script Hollywood has been pitching for some time: Google comes to town with a checkbook in hand. And maybe Google is listening! A reported deal for Miramax’s digital rights could be coming.
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on November 17, 2010 at 6:07 pm PT
Google TV, the latest attempt to integrate Web video and regular TV, is a bold effort, but it is ultimately too complicated for mainstream use.
Peter Kafka in Media on October 27, 2010 at 5:00 am PT
“Digital” doesn’t equal “cheap” for Reed Hastings’s company. The online move has cost Netflix $1.2 billion in streaming rights so far, and that number will probably get much bigger in 2011.
Peter Kafka in Media on October 6, 2010 at 9:35 am PT
More movement from Netflix as it transitions from discs to digital: A distribution deal with Sony that reduces its access to DVDs in exchange for lower fees and more rights to stream movies to your home.