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- Redbox In Q3: More Kiosks, More Revenue
- DVD rental service Redbox’s revenues were up 90 percent in Q3, to $198.1 million, though the LAT notes that the growth is starting to slow. That could be why the company—which is known for its $1-per-night rentals—has been testing $2 rentals for new releases in some cities (via Video...
- External links 2009-11-06
- Will The 'Twilight' Franchise Be A Virtual Best-Seller, Too?
- The Twilight franchise is epitome of a pop culture blockbuster: The first novel, Twilight, was the biggest-selling book of 2008, the movie grossed $383 million at box offices worldwide, and teens in North America have gobbled up the DVDs to the tune of $162 million in sales thus...
- External links 2009-09-02
- Pet Holdings Adds LovelyListing.com To Its Roster Of (Strange) Humor Sites
- Pet Holdings, the online media startup behind sites like icanhascheezburger.com ICHC and FAIL Blog, has acquired LovelyListing.com, a quirky site that pokes fun at pictures from residential real estate listings. (Like this house, that has a hot tub in the middle of an office, surrounded by chairs). Financial terms...
- External links 2009-08-25
- Yahoo Pushes Out Email, Messenger, Search Upgrades?But Too Little, Too Late?
- I’m counted as one of the 106 million unique users that check in to their Yahoo Mail accounts at least once a month—but I rarely use it because the interface has been buggy, the display ads are intrusive, and for the most part, Gmail keeps adding new features that...
- External links 2009-08-24
- Live Gamer's Buying Spree Continues: Acquires Twofish
- More consolidation in the in-game and social media commerce market—and it comes just as social media sites warm up to the idea of making money from virtual goods. Live Gamer has acquired rival virtual payments and analytics firm Twofish, in a combination cash and stock deal. Full financials weren’t...
- External links 2009-08-24
- Local Newspapers And Sites Watch Out, Craigslist Adds 140 New Cities
- Craigslist is growing. The online classifieds site has added 140 new cities to its roster, bulking up its coverage by 25 percent, per the NYT. New U.S. locations include small and midsize cities and counties like Oneonta, N.Y.; Craigslist also added over 50 international cities, including Shenzen, China (with...
- External links 2009-08-21
- Audible Magic Raises Nearly $1.3 Million In Funding
- Multimedia content tracking and ID service Audible Magic has raised roughly $1.3 million worth of funding, per an SEC filing. The company is calling it a “small inside round” that was backed by “current investors”; Audible Magic previously raised funding from Florida Silicon Partners and Tierra Del Oro. The...
- External links 2009-08-21
- Twitter To Charge For Premium Accounts Later This Year
- About Twitter’s plans to bring in $140 million in revenue next year ... some of it will come from charging users for premium accounts. The accounts will include detailed analytics and ID verification (so that businesses don’t have to worry about having their brands hijacked by impostors); co-founder Biz...
- External links 2009-08-21
- Can Sony's 'DigiDads' Blog Plan Avoid Scrutiny From The Feds?
- Enough of the mommy-bloggers. Sony (NYSE: SNE) Electronics has launched a social media marketing campaign around blogging dads, according to AdAge. Dubbed the DigiDad Project, the dads, which include marketing execs like Clickable’s Max Kalehoff and New Marketing Labs’ Chris Brogan, will get various gadgets and devices on loan...
- External links 2009-08-21
- Twitter To Add Location Data?A Precursor To Geotargeted Ads?
- Expect your tweets to get a little more revealing—and potentially creepy, if you think about it—because Twitter is making it easier for users to add real location data to every status update they post. It will be an opt-in feature, of course, and the company says users’ location data...
- External links 2009-08-20
- Saber Seven Raises $4 Million For "Dream"-Based Search Engine
- Saber Seven is betting that enough people will want to search for specific info around their dreams—whether it be running a marathon, backpacking through South America, or landing a new job—that they’ll be able to package the searchers in a way that attracts big brand advertisers. The N.Y.-based startup...
- External links 2009-08-20
- Earnings: Sluggish Market Sends GameStop's Profits Into Free-Fall
- With the video game industry finally feeling the impact of the recession (hardware and software sales were down 28 percent in July, per NPD), it’s no surprise that GameStop turned in Q2 numbers that were far less impressive than this time last year. The games retailer was profitable: net...
- External links 2009-08-20
- Danoo Rebrands As Reach Media Group To Push Out-of-Home Video Ads
- In-store video network Danoo has relaunched as Reach Media Group RMG, an out-of-home digital media network that targets consumers at retail, on airplanes and in fitness clubs. Danoo acquired rival outdoor digital ad network IdeaCast to scale out in July; the combined companies now reach 15,000 screens with content...
- External links 2009-08-19
- More Employers Scanning Facebook For New Hires Than LinkedIn
- Facebook may be the stickiest social network here in the U.S.—but LinkedIn is thought to be the default network for a “professional” profile and job history. So why are more employers using Facebook to do background checks on potential new hires than LinkedIn? Almost 30 percent of hiring managers...
- External links 2009-08-19
- MLG Acquires Gameplay Data Firm Agora Games
- Professional video game league Major League Gaming MLG has acquired Agora Games, a game tech company that powers the publisher-owned online communities for games like Guitar Hero and Call of Duty. Agora Games will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of MLG. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed,...
- External links 2009-08-18
- Socialware Raises $1.5 Million For Social Networking Tech
- Stealthy social networking tech development firm Socialware has raised $1.5 million worth of a proposed $1.7 million round of funding, according to an SEC filing. The Austin-based startup initially raised $300,000 in June. Silverton Partners principal Morgan Flager is listed as one of the company’s board members now; we’ve...
- External links 2009-08-18
- Ustream Gets Sued For Streaming Pirated Roy Jones, Jr. Fight
- Anyone with a camera and a computer can pump out their own web show using a live-streaming service like Ustream—the problem is, that also makes it easy for people to stream pirated content. That leaves the site liable, in some cases, for copyright infringement litigation. Case in point: Ustream...
- External links 2009-08-17
- Lead Generation Firm Inadco Raises $5 Million; Spends $3 Million Of It On Acquisition
- Online lead generation firm Inadco raised $5 million worth of funding, according to an SEC filing. The company didn’t respond to our request for details on who the full investment came from—but another filing reveals that Inadco likely used over $3.3 million worth of the new money to acquire...
- External links 2009-08-25
- Conde Nast Digital Starts Feeding Video Content To Boxee
- Boxee users will now be able to watch video clips from Wired.com like this one on how to set up a chemistry lab in your house and Style.com, as well as Style.com’s photo slideshows. Conde Nast Digital has become the latest media provider to do a content distribution deal...
- External links 2009-08-25
- DivX Acquires Streaming Video Tech Firm AnySource For $7.5 Million, Plus Earnout
- Digital video tech firm DivX has acquired IPTV-enabler AnySource Media for a deal that’s potentially worth $15 million. DivX (NSDQ: DIVX) will pay $7.5 million in cash up front, with additional cash payments totaling $7.5 million over the next three years, if the company hits specific technical, revenue and...
- External links 2009-09-01
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