In a partnership announced Friday, talk show host and comedienne Ellen DeGeneres is hooking up with Yahoo’s female-oriented content network Shine. As Oprah Winfrey’s OWN Network struggles to find its way in a new digital age, it seems DeGeneres has […]
One of the more prominent emerging trends for streaming video services is the integration of social media with film streaming, something zombie movie rental chain Blockbuster is venturing into with kingpin social network Facebook. Between 8,000 and 10,000 of Blockbuster’s […]
Although Netflix is bleeding customers at a higher rate than was originally expected, the video streaming service still accounts for a huge amount of bandwidth usage in North America. Earlier this week, the 2011 Sandvine Internet Phenomena Report was released, citing Netflix […]
As Netflix deals with the fallout of tanking stock and the ensuing public relations hassles, the company is said to have cut some of its of its staff. The cuts are believed to be due to slower than expected growth […]
It’s opposite day on Medacity, and I’m telling you about the expansion of a successful, decade-old web property to print. To further enhance the oddness of the web-to-print venture, Style.com has titled their new print version Style.com/Print, perhaps a nod […]
Analysis of the success of the New York Times‘ precedent-setting paywall- which has inspired newspapers across the US to enact similar subscription models- is still ongoing. Reaction to the model has been mixed as media companies are continually seeking ways […]
A lawsuit filed in New York alleging Arianna Huffington and Ken Lerer may have lifted the idea for the Huffington Post will go ahead after a judge ruled the claim potentially had merit Wednesday. HuffPo has been around and kicking since 2005, […]
Adult contemporary act Coldplay has delivered a bit of a blow to streaming services like Spotify and Rdio, prohibiting their new album “Mylo Xyloto” from being streaming on the popular services. While one missing artist is not necessarily a dealbreaker […]
A group of new magazines covering social media are launching this week from GSG World Media, but not surprisingly, print is nearly an afterthought for the publications with a hyperconnected focus. It will be interesting to see if mainly-digital launches […]
Transporting sensitive or personal goods through the airport, especially in this age of tightened security- is always a bit of a nail-biter, and pretty much everyone is afraid that the TSA is sifting through their tampons and Ben-Wa balls, giggling […]
Few blogs have the straight out pull that celebrity gossip powerhouse TMZ seems to maintain- despite concise content and occasionally woeful grammar, the site tops the hell out of every story it posts, and usually manages to scoop competitors on […]
It really burns a company’s biscuits when you go after their top talent, but it gets even further under their skin when you bite off their properties, which is what the New York Times accused Arianna Huffington’s Huffington Post of doing […]
To say it’s been a rough couple of months for video streaming and DVD rental company Netflix would be a bit of an understatement, as the company has suffered a double whammy of subscriber outrage due to a relatively huge […]
The low-level of activity on Google+ compared to older rival Facebook has become a bit of a joke in the space, but the search engine king is going to hop into the social music game, sources who wish to remain […]
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