Huffington Post Media Group Acquires Online Engagement Platform ‘Localocracy’

Huffington Post Media Group Acquires Online Engagement Platform ‘Localocracy’

The Huffington Post Media Group(“HPMG“) has announced the acquisition of online engagement platform Localocracy. The platform providers users with the capabilities to solve problems in their communities through online engagement. Moving over from the Localocracy team to Huffington Post Media Group are […]

AOL Announces 15 New Original Web Series for Women, Men, Teens and Young Adults [List]

AOL Announces 15 New Original Web Series for Women, Men, Teens and Young Adults [List]

AOL, Inc. on Monday announced 15 new original video programs for their online market which spans multiple audiences and advertising categories. Each of the new programs will be distributed throughout the AOL network including placement on HuffingtonPost created sites. Along with […]

AOL Partners With VivaKi To Push Video Ad Spend Forward

AOL Partners With VivaKi To Push Video Ad Spend Forward

AOL on Monday announced a new partnership with VivaKi, a union they hope will help them push forward their online video advertising platform. VivaKi is viewed as an innovative player in the online video ad spend arena and their research […]

Yahoo and ABC News Team Up To Share Content

Yahoo and ABC News Team Up To Share Content

Yahoo and ABC News on Monday announced a new plan that will allow the two media company’s to share stories and web videos from across their networks. Under the new partnership Yahoo and ABC News will reach more than 100 […]

[Strange] Did Netflix Intentionally Botch Qwikster Spin-Off?

[Strange] Did Netflix Intentionally Botch Qwikster Spin-Off?

You know the handling of your product launch was mishandled when Marketwatch suggests the timing and the way it was managed was an intentional mishandling to kill off a segment of your market. Was Netflix’s introduction of Qwikster so bad that […]

Netflix’s Latin America Expansion Hits a Few Snags

Netflix’s Latin America Expansion Hits a Few Snags

While Netflix has had little difficulty gaining steam in the US market- even if it hasn’t been going all too smoothly lately- the company is facing some significant hurdles to similarly entrench itself with customers to the south as it […]

35% of Americans Use Netflix Monthly, Study Says

35% of Americans Use Netflix Monthly, Study Says

Poor Netflix has gotten an all-around thrashing in recent weeks, both for jacking up rates to much user outcry as well as for their plummeting stock values as a number of subscribers quit in protest due to the rate hike. […]

AOL Spent $130,000 On Lobbying Efforts Last Quarter

AOL Spent $130,000 On Lobbying Efforts Last Quarter

AOL wants to make sure their own agenda is met when it comes to internet regulation, privacy, computer security and other online issues and to reach those goals the company spent $130,000 in lobbying efforts during the last quarter. According […]

Reddit Polls Userbase About Possible Redditcon

Reddit Polls Userbase About Possible Redditcon

Would you travel to your nearest major city to meet up with other Reddit users? That’s the question the site posed to users today on their blog and in a highly-trafficked post on the site itself. 700-ish Redditors (update: 860+) […]

iPad-Only Mag ‘The Daily’ Falling Far Short of Profitability Goals

iPad-Only Mag ‘The Daily’ Falling Far Short of Profitability Goals

News Corp’s iPad app mag The Daily is not faring well, according to recent reports, falling far short of its profitability goals. The app is averaging 120,000 paid readers a week, way less than half of the 500,000 readers deemed necessary for […]

Should Google Curate Content to Curb Prominence of Sensational News?

Should Google Curate Content to Curb Prominence of Sensational News?

Back in June on Real Time With Bill Maher- on an episode with David Carr of the New York Times and documentary filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi- Maher lamented the model of coverage saturation when it comes to web news. Maher said: “The New […]

XBox 360 to Partner With Comcast, Verizon and HBO, Report Says

XBox 360 to Partner With Comcast, Verizon and HBO, Report Says

A new report indicates that Comcast, Verizon and HBO are all on board to begin streaming to XBox consoles starting this “holiday season.” Not a lot of details are specifically known about the expected deals- pricing has not been disclosed, […]

Fifth NYT Writer Defects to Huffington Post, Paper Loses Motherlode Blogger

Fifth NYT Writer Defects to Huffington Post, Paper Loses Motherlode Blogger

Another New York Times staffer has left the venerated paper for webbier pastures, bringing the total number of employees who have fled to the Huffington Post to five. NYT writer Lisa Belkin- who authors the site’s popular parenting blog Motherlode- is […]

Engadget Named CEATEC 2011 News Source

Engadget Named CEATEC 2011 News Source

Tech blog Engadget has been named the “official news source” for Japan’s upcoming CEATEC 2011 conference. CEATEC is the largest electronics exhibition and conference in Japan and Engadget will be responsible for streaming content in both Japanese and English to […]