EveryBlock this week launched their “Mute” feature which allows site users to choose what user stories they see on the EveryBlock homepage and in their email. Users simply click on the “mute” button (shown above) when accessing a persons information […]
EveryBlock on Tuesday launched the “EveryBlock Publisher Program” which allows website owners to claim their local news sites within the network. Once claimed stories are shared through EveryBlock.com while site users can interact with stories and share their favorites using […]
Less than one year ago Jeff Bronikowski left Yahoo Music to worl at AOL Music and now AllThingsD is reporting that he’s made another shift, this time heading over to Boston-area startup Echo Nest, a development platform for music app developers. Best known […]
Netflix isn’t making many friends lately and I’m willing to bed CEO Reed Hastings can add AOL President Tim Armstrong to his list of detractors. Speaking on the Netflix company blog over the weekend Hastings apologizes for his price hike […]
In a recent study conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism and Internet & American Life Project 69% of respondents said if their local paper was to disappear tomorrow they would still be able to keep […]
Yahoo co-founder and former company CEO Jerry Yang recently sent out a memo to the company’s board of directors which examines various offers to buy the company. According to Silicon Alley Insider the memo was also meant to assure Yahoo […]
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AOL Canada and Huffington Post Canada are both experiencing growth according to numbers released by the media group. AOL Inc. moved to the #4 position in the portal category according to August numbers which place the company’s visitor usage at […]
Google News employees over the weekend unveiled a new content tag that allows publishers to be feature their “standout” content. According to Google the new “standout” tag is meant to highlight content that brings “exceptional original reporting, deep investigative work, scoops […]
Since the launch of Medacity I have been reporting on the Guardian Media Groups shift towards a “digital first” approach and now another traditionally print based newsroom is doing the same. The Seattle Times on Thursday revealed that they were […]
Facebook and Spotify took to the F8 Conferences main stage on Thursday to officially announced their long awaiting partnership. Speaking at the conference Spotify CEO Daniel Ek explained why the new setup was so attractive for his company. Ek revealed […]
Hulu reached a major milestone on Thursday announcing that they have managed to pull in 1 million pay subscribers at a time when the site is currently up for sale to the highest bidder. The announcement comes ahead of schedule […]
Pandora on Tuesday rolled out a new HTML5 version of their popular music streaming service. According to the official Pandora Blog: “For the last two months, we’ve been gradually rolling a preview of the new site out to our listeners, taking […]
Steaming music service Spotify on Wednesday announced that they have surpassed the two million paying subscribers milestone worldwide. The company’s announcement comes after they secured nearly 400,000 paying subscribers since launching in the United States. Spotify is now available in eight […]
Less than a month after Starz announced they would not renew their Netflix contract come February the movie streaming and DVD portal has announced a new deal with Discovery Communications Inc. Under the deal Netflix will stream popular shows from […]
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