MELBOURNE, Australia, August 12, 2011 – Web content development company Nichenet Pty Ltd today announced the launch of its latest online property Medacity (medacity.com.) The new site focuses on the latest news from the new media sector, covering big content […]
Aggregator Fark has settled a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Gooseberry Natural Resources LLC in January 2011. The lawsuit alleged that Fark, along with Digg, Reddit, AOL and a range of other sites infringed upon a patent that covered a […]
Huffington Post deputy entertainment, culture and lifestyle editor Maura Egan is leaving The Huffington Post after serving in the position just shy of five months. WWD reported that Egan wrote in an email simply that “I’d like to leave it […]
The team at tech blog Gizmodo are breathing a touch easier today with news that police will not being pursuing charges against any writers of the site over the now infamous lost iPhone 4 prototype story. The investigation occurred after […]
The Jason Calacanis led podcast network ThisWeekIn continues to grow its podcast lineup via a new deal with tech incubator Techstars. The new ThisWeekIn Techstars podcast will feature an hour of interviews, commentary and product demos each week. Techstar’s David […]
Listed podcasting services provider Wizzard Media has acquired Chinese company Digital International Entertainment Ltd. (known as “FAB”.) Under the deal, Wizzard Media will take 100% of FAB shares in exchange for 49% of Wizzard’s outstanding shares. FAB will also gain […]
Demand Media has been busy in the acquisitions space today with two new additions to its lineup: RSS Graffiti and IndieClick. RSS Graffiti is a Los Angeles-based developer of social media products, with its main product being a free Facebook […]
Annual online video awards show The Streamy Awards is to return in 2012 after a hiatus in 2011. The revived Streamys, presented by Tubefilter, is aiming for new heights in 2012 with the announcement that the show itself will be […]
Mormon online publishing company Deseret Digital Media has announced the promotion of Mike Petroff to the positions of executive vice president and chief operating officer. Petroff will oversee all aspects of the company’s day-to-day operations reporting to CEO Clark Gilbert. […]
Content community HubPages is transitioning its users to subdomains in an attempt to recover traffic following the roll out of Google Panda earlier this year. Like many big content players, HubPages took a hit from Google’s search changes, with a […]
Yahoo has launched Yahoo WebPlayer beta, billed as a “new way to add video and audio to your site.” The player allows users to include video and audio content on their sites through a new pop up interface that is […]
Online audio streaming provider Pandora has strong prospects for growth going forward, according to two brokerages that have given the company positive ratings. JP Morgan and Wells Fargo Securities, both of which started covering the company this week, rated stock […]
Documentary film maker Morgan Spurlock is forgoing his usual corporate activism for something a bit more gentile with news that he is to appear in a new original series on Hulu. The series “A Day in the Life” will feature […]
Fast growing Australian podcast network The Lifestyle PodNetwork (LPN) has announced that three new shows have debuted on the network in July 2011. The new shows are Plane Crazy Down Under, covering aviation developments from an Australian point of view; […]