The ongoing battle between industry blog Deadline Hollywood and trade mag The Hollywood Reporter has turned nasty with the Reporter turning to lawyers to threaten ongoing coverage by Deadline of its ailing business. According to Deadline founder Nikki Finke, Prometheus […]
Online publishers White Digital Media have hired industry veteran Matthew P. Melucci as Chief Content Officer Melucci comes to the company from LoveCinema.com, and has previously worked with SonicnNet.com, HouseParty.com, and Beliefnet.com. “WDM Group is poised to make a massive […]
News Corp division News International is developing a new online publication targeting sports and celebrity gossip, following its closure of the scandal ridden News of the World. According to a report at the Guardian, 21 jobs have been advertised inside […]
A new fund from famed director J.J. Abrams and John Fogelman intends to target the web through the development of short form video. FactoryMade Ventures will develop ideas from Michael Bay, Robert Rodriguez, Thom Beers, and Abrams hinself, with the […]
As the Arrington/ AOL/ CrunchFund scandal enters yet another day, TechCrunch writer MG Siegler and founder Michael Arrington have started using their yet to be revoked access to the site to fire shots across the bow of parent company AOL […]
Medacity (a publication of Nichenet Pty Ltd) is proud to announce that tech opinion writer Steven Hodson has joined the team as its first dedicated opinion writer. Hodson, who previously worked for Nichenet is a similar role at The Inquisitr, […]
Newsweek Daily Beast has hired Maxim and Rolling Stone veteran Stephen Colvin in the newly created position of President. Gregory comes to the old/new media company following a stint as President of cable company Plum TV. In his role as […]
The AOL Michael Arrington conflict of interest/ who is in charge/ and a whole bunch of other things spat that has dominated tech columns across the web since last week can only lead to on conclusion: it’s time for AOL […]
Hulu has finally begun its long awaited international expansion, opening the doors on a subscription only service in Japan. Hulu Japan is offering programming from NBCu, CBS, Sony, Twentieth Century Fox, Disney/ABC and other partners and costs 1,480 yen ($19.20) […]
Leading Chinese video site Tudou Holdings Limited has today announced the price of its initial public offering (IPO) of 6 million American depositary shares (ADSs) on the NASDAQ. The depositary shares (the equivalent to four Class B ordinary shares,) will […]
YouTube launched YouTube Town Hall a couple of months ago and have released the first data from its ongoing political experiment. (via YouTube Blog)
Political site Talking Points Memo (TPM) is planning to extend its coverage into new verticals in an effort to increase its traffic beyond its core audience of political junkies. TPM will extend its coverage into complimentary areas, including Foreign Politics, […]
A survey from the Pew Research Center has found that 71% of adult American’s watch online video in May 2011. YouTube remains the most popular online video destination, receiving some 3 billion views a day, with 200 milliom views coming […]
In an environment where new media is often under attack, South American country Guyana has taken a stance in favor of new media, and it’s all good. Guyana President Bharrat Jagdeo said in an address to the local Impress Youth […]
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