The reason I’ve invested so much time and money (creating Industrial Light & Magic, a premier special-effects house) is because art is technology.
– George Lucas, in conversation with Marco R. della Cava of USA Today
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.
I used to be the first guy who had to have a cellphone. When cellphones first came out, I had the one that was the big base station, it weighed about 14 pounds. Since then, I’ve become less interested in being an early adopter of every gadget that’s out there. I won’t even use a BlackBerry.
— James Cameron, in USA Today
Kara Swisher in Media on September 6, 2011 at 8:37 am PT
Another ones bites the dust: According to sources close to the situation, longtime Yahoo Front Page chief Liz Lufkin has parted ways with the company.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on March 1, 2011 at 10:21 am PT
Hundreds of game developers showed up at GDC on Monday for a session on the history of Zynga’s FarmVille and CityVille. And why not? The company makes three of the top four social games. Here’s some of the advice offered, and a few fun facts as well.
Courtney Banks, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 21, 2010 at 4:19 pm PT
A new poll suggests most U.S. Internet users are aware they are being tracked online by advertisers, and are troubled by the practice.
According to the poll, 61 percent of Internet users said they’ve noticed that some online ads appear to be targeted at them based on their Web-browsing habits. Curiously, though, 90 percent of respondents said they pay little or no attention to online ads.
Russell Adams and Jessica E. Vascellaro, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 8, 2010 at 12:00 am PT
Several major news organizations are lining up behind a new tablet device from Samsung Electronics Co. built on Google Inc. software, in order to broaden mobile readership beyond owners of Apple Inc. popular iPad.
New York Times Co. and News Corp.’s Wall Street Journal will offer software applications for Samsung’s Galaxy Tab, which goes on sale later this year, according to people familiar with the matter.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on June 22, 2010 at 3:09 pm PT
“This is really hot,” Apple CEO Steve Jobs said of the iPhone 4 when he unveiled it at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference earlier this month. And the pundits seem to agree. The first reviews of the device began rolling in Tuesday afternoon and they are largely glowing. After the jump, excerpts from a few of them.
Peter Kafka in D8 on June 3, 2010 at 9:10 am PT
What’s the future of the media business? Demand Media, the Google-savvy “content farm” that generates thousands of computer-assigned, low-cost Web items a day? Or ProPublica, a nonprofit that produces deep-dive investigative pieces and publishes them on its own site and in the pages of high-profile partners?
Good guess: Some of both. But let’s allow both parties to make their own case.
Peter Kafka in Media on May 19, 2010 at 3:00 am PT
The News Corp. chief says he’s almost ready to deliver an “innovative subscription model” for digital news. But he still hasn’t convinced other publishers to join him.
