Articles By: James Johnson

Cox Sells 4G Airspace To Verizon Wireless

Cox Sells 4G Airspace To Verizon Wireless

Cox on Friday announced the sale of their 4G airspace to Verizon Wireless, a sale that will generate $315 million for the cable provider. Under the agreement Verizon will gain control of 20MHz of Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) space that […]

Yahoo Raises Lobbying Expenses By 15 Percent In Q3 2011

Yahoo Raises Lobbying Expenses By 15 Percent In Q3 2011

Internet search and content firm Yahoo Inc. spent $620,000 in the third quarter of 2011 as they attempted to fight off U.S. lawmakers and regulators, an increase of 15% over the same time last year when they spent $540,000. Spent […]

Call 1-917-408-Fred To Star In An Online Cartoon

Call 1-917-408-Fred To Star In An Online Cartoon

The creators of huge kid and adult based hits The Fairly OddParents, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! and Johnny Bravo have been creating hits for years and now they want to make one lucky fan into their very own cartoon. Fred Seibert’s […]

Meet AOL’s New ‘Chief People Officer’ John Reid-Dodick

Meet AOL’s New ‘Chief People Officer’ John Reid-Dodick

On Monday AOL announced the hiring of John Reid-Dodick,the former Global Head of Human Resources for Thomson Reuters Markets. Reid-Dodick will take over as the company’s new “Chief People Officer” within their human resources department. According to the company John […]

WeatherOnSale.com To Launch On December 13, Will Offer Unique Sales Opportunity

WeatherOnSale.com To Launch On December 13, Will Offer Unique Sales Opportunity

I’m a big fan of gimmicks that actually make sense and offer a bit of fun and the soon to launch WeatherOnSale.com is definitely catchy and fun. Using the tag line “It’s not cold enough for a sale this HOT” […]

New York Times App Launches For iOS Devices

New York Times App Launches For iOS Devices

The New York Times on Thursday released a 2012 Election App for iPhone and iPod Touch devices. Curated by a Times editor the app is meant to act as a news feed and includes blog posts, videos, tweets from external sources […]

Spotify Highlights “We Are Hunted” App

Spotify Highlights “We Are Hunted” App

Spotify has named “We Are Hunted” as their newest featured app and for good reason, the new third-party application for the music service allows users to quickly and easily discover new music that matches their interests. As a worldwide leader […]

Yahoo! Launches New Services In South Africa

Yahoo! Launches New Services In South Africa

Yahoo! may be on the verge of a sale, hostile takeover or the release of their Asian assets but that hasn’t stopped the company from moving forward with plans for new offerings in South Africa. The company announced on Wednesday […]

Yahoo Building 5,000 Square Foot TV Studio In New York City

Yahoo Building 5,000 Square Foot TV Studio In New York City

Yahoo is in the process of building a 5,000 square feet in a midtown Manhattan office space, a move that has some shareholders and analysts wondering if a takeover is still in the cards for the internet search and content […]

Glam Media Completes Acquisition Of Ning

Glam Media Completes Acquisition Of Ning

Glam Media on Tuesday announced that they have completed the acquisition of social media network Ning, a move that provides Glam Media with an overall userbase of 250 million monthly unique visitors, making the company the second largest social network […]

New Media Journalists Arrested In Zimbabwe

New Media Journalists Arrested In Zimbabwe

Four new media journalists were arrested this week while attending a civic education meeting in western Zimbabwe. According to officials the digital journalists were involved in an illegal political gathering. In a statement from the Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe the […]

Yahoo Employees Preparing To Jump Ship [Report]

Yahoo Employees Preparing To Jump Ship [Report]

A new report is circulating in which Yahoo employees are said to be ready to jump ship as morale at the company hits an all-time low amid acquisition bids and talks of a minority stake sale in the organization. In […]

Yahoo Sued By Shareholders Looking To Maximize Returns

Yahoo Sued By Shareholders Looking To Maximize Returns

    Yahoo! Inc., has been exploring their various acquisition and strategic content development options for months and now the company is being sued by a group of shareholders who simply want the company to grab the best possible price […]

Yahoo Shutting Down Four Entertainment Websites

Yahoo Shutting Down Four Entertainment Websites

  Yahoo is continuing to trim the fat on the content development side of their business announcing plans to shut down four of its entertainment based websites. On the chopping block are TV blogs The Projector and The Set, music […]