Executives at internet content firm Yahoo! Inc. have not officially decided to sell the company at this time and news of a possible “special dividend” payment or a stock buyback program caused the company’s shares to fall on Monday, leading […]
While Digg continues on its spectacular decline, rival Reddit seems to be racking up traffic each month and turning out impressive stats after impressive stats. Late last night/early today, Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian tweeted about the traffic stats on the […]
In a sign of the changing times for television both Netflix Inc. and Amazon.com signed internet streaming deal with Walt Disney Co. over the weekend. Under the terms of their deals the two rival companies will be given permission to […]
With the tagline “Macy’s news, reviews, magic & more,” department store Macy’s has launched a new blog attached to its site Macys.com. The newly minted blog will have a predictable editorial schedule, covering topics centered on the store’s departments on […]
By year’s end, video streaming site Hulu will become the only service in the genre to carry content from emerging network CW, thanks to a five year deal signed by both parties. While many networks and content providers (like Disney) […]
Sound familiar? DVD Rental service Redbox- the guys with the ubiquitous convenience store and drugstore red kiosks- is hiking prices on DVD rentals and calls the implementation of streaming service for the company a major focus. Yes, another big name […]
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 […]
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Yahoo and Google are both expected to unveil new digital newsstand apps next week according to a report by All Things D. Yahoo will hit first with their Livestand app launching on Wednesday followed by Google who will release their Propeller […]
Extending their reach into the TV market AOL HD announced on Friday that their AOL HP app is now available for immediate download on the Samsung Smart TV and Google TV platforms. The announcement comes just three months after AOL […]
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 […]
September wasn’t a good month to be a UK national newspaper. According to figures released by the Audit Bureau of Circulation major newspapers in the country all witnessed declining site numbers including MailOnline which fell below the 70 million mark. […]
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 […]
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