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- Warner Music Negotiates More Control in New YouTube Deal
- Jason Kincaid submits: YouTube has just held a conference call to announce that it has negotiated a deal with Warner Music Group WMG, the major record label that pulled off the world’s most popular video portal after feeling shortchanged by the revenue its videos were driving. Many details of...
- External links 2009-09-29
- doubleTwist: An Amazon Powered Alternative to Apple's iTunes
- Jason Kincaid submits: Last week doubleTwist, the media management software company with DVD Jon as its CTO, released a remake of Apple’s classic 1984 commercial featuring none other than Steve Jobs as a malevolent dictator. The commercial closed with a promise. “On October 6th, doubleTwist brings you Choice“. ...
- External links 2009-10-07
- Did Hulu Pull the Plug On Its Deal with TV.com?
- Jason Kincaid submits: Something is up at TV.com, the [[CBS]]-owned site that recently relaunched as a competitor to Hulu. Since last summer, when TV.com was owned by CNET and was still primarily a community hub, the site has featured content from NBC and News Corp through...
- External links 2009-02-18
- Disney Acquires Kerpoof, Integrates Mickey and Friends
- Jason Kincaid submits: Kerpoof, a web-based creative design suite for children that launched at 2007’s TechCrunch 40, has been acquired by Disney DIS. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Kerpoof’s online portal at Kerpoof.com will continue to operate as its technology is deployed...
- External links 2009-02-19
- Online News Hits the Big Time: Now In Competition for Pulitzer Prize
- Jason Kincaid submits: The Pulitzer Prize Board, the governing body behind American journalism’s highest honor, has announced that online-only newspapers will now be eligible for the Prize. The announcement comes as many traditional media outlets are struggling - the Tribune Company filed for bankruptcy today and The...
- External links 2008-12-08
- Coming Soon From Sling: Watch Cable TV on Your iPhone
- Jason Kincaid submits: Sling Media, the company behind the popular and very cool settop boxes that allow you to stream cable from your house to your computer, looks like it has outdone itself. At this week’s Macworld the company will be showing off its upcoming iPhone application,...
- External links 2009-01-06
- YouTube and UMG Team Up to Create Music Video Hub
- Jason Kincaid submits: During a conference call Thursday morning Google GOOG and Universal Music Group annouced the upcoming launch of VEVO, a site billed as ‘premium online music hub built for consumers, advertisers, and content owners..’. The site, which will launch later this year, will include UMG’s catalog of...
- External links 2009-04-09
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- YouTube and Univision Are Now Amigos
- Jason Kincaid submits: YouTube has just announced that it has partnered with Univision, the United States’ most popular Spanish language network, to bring a selection of its content to the world’s most popular video site. The agreement includes rights both to short clips and full length content. ...
- External links 2009-11-16
- Yahoo News Beta-Tests a Redesign
- Jason Kincaid submits: Yahoo News has launched a beta version of its massively popular news site that reaches a reported 44 million unique visitors a month. The new site has introduced a number of basic aesthetic changes (the font is slightly larger and there’s more space between text) along...
- External links 2008-10-03
- Free iPhone Apps Can Make Quite a Bit of Money
- Jason Kincaid submits: Earlier this year Pinch Media released a report on the state of the App Store, describing some of the trends it had seen as developers tried to monetize their apps. The verdict: advertising on free applications simply can’t match the payoff from even the...
- External links 2009-05-06
- Microsoft to Shut Down Encarta, Can't Compete with Wikipedia
- Jason Kincaid submits: Microsoft MSFT is preparing to shut down Encarta, the digital encyclopedia it first launched in 1993 as a direct competitor to old reference standbys like Encyclopedia Britannica. The encyclopedia, which for years was based on optical media and eventually made its way to the...
- External links 2009-03-31
- MySpace: Massive Layoffs Expected Due to Plummeting Traffic
- Jason Kincaid submits: MySpace is about to have a major wave of layoffs, according to multiple sources close to the company. One source describes the number of people affected as “massive”, while another source says that the layoffs will likely affect between 300 and 500...
- External links 2009-06-11
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