Gawker Media and Future Publishing are bringing Gawker’s tech-focused property, Gizmodo, to the UK this fall. Future, who owns T3, TechRadar and MacFormat in the UK, will be publishing the site- and former Gizmodo US contributing editor Kat Hannaford, who is […]
Chicago’s Daily Herald is joining several other papers scattered across the country, following the lead of the New York Times and throwing up a paywall for non-subscribers who wish to access their content on the web. Although the newspaper paywall model […]
AOL got a slight boost in trading today following a piece from an unlikely source- the New York Post– that the company may be heading for the auction block. An earnings call earlier this month saw a lower-than-expected outlook for fiscal […]
While it seems Netflix is doing everything in its power to focus on streaming and curb the physical media aspect of its business entirely, Amazon has hinted that it may actually move toward DVD rental as a way to grow […]
CollegeHumor, a site mostly known for their crass but funny videos and images, has teamed up with the slightly more serious Citelighter in a joint effort to cross-promote their services. While CollegeHumor is an entertainment destination on the web, Citelighter […]
Undoubtedly, the seminal moment where new media became a mainstream source for breaking information was in the hours and days following the cataclysmic events of September 11th. The trove of news and media from the day itself (the 10th anniversary […]
Streaming and DVD service Netflix announced last month that price increases roundly criticized as excessive and unfair would be going into effect, and the hikes are set to take place on Thursday, the first week of September. It will be […]
The biggest story across the Eastern seaboard this weekend- and to a degree elsewhere- was the deadly and much-hyped Hurricane Irene. As the storm swept through the region, the clamor for hyperlocal information began- particularly given the localized nature of […]
Streaming shows for a single viewing is rising in popularity- witness the rapid rise of Netflix streaming and the high sale numbers batted around for the impending sale of Hulu– but Apple has quietly backed out of the rental market. […]
Late last week, Facebook backed out of the “daily deals” market, just four short months after striking while the iron was still relatively hot and entering the local group buying fray. In the realm of hyperlocal trends, the localized offers […]
Music identification service SoundHound has paired up with Spotify in Europe, gaining access to the music streaming service’s 15 million tracks, it was announced Thursday. Analogous to the iPhone app Shazam, SoundHound allows users to ID music by “listening” to […]
Content curation app for the iPad Flipboard has some ambitious expansion goals, in addition to preparations to jump to iPhone and iPod Touch in the near future. Flipboard is currently a newsreader app, but CEO Mike McCue confirms that the […]
Last week, buzz began circulating about a new, unconfirmed music streaming service for BlackBerry Messenger, which was believed to be an initiative to grab some of the currently white-hot mobile music streaming market. On the heels of Spotify’s impressive US […]
The Writers Guild of America, West, has signed a contract- the first ever of its kind- covering a group of CBS web writers. The ratification was announced this week, but the contract between the trade organization and CBS writer-producers for […]
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