Bloggers and other users of new media can breathe a bit more easily- with each subsequent update, it seems the “copyright trolling” law firm Righthaven is seeing their widely criticized, anti-new media litigation rejected by courts and now its one-time […]
Political site Talking Points Memo (TPM) was offline for a significant portion of Friday evening (9 September) following a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against it. The attack followed the publication of mugshots of people identified by authorities […]
Oh, Glenn Beck. I forgot about that guy. The frog-boiling, America’s Virginity Restoring (thanks, Gawker!) conservative snake oil salesman saw his Fox News fortunes rapidly reverse after his platform and position were roundly and effectively mocked into obscurity by Jon […]
The New York Times has launched its first country specific website, India Ink, offering news and analysis about Indian politics, culture, business, sports and lifestyle. The site, located at nytimes.com/indiaink, is edited by New York Times staff in India and […]
Walmart has spoken out directly about whether Netflix is a siphon for their business, saying the dominant streaming video company is not a competitor but a supplement to the service they offer with Vudu. Indeed, the opinion may not just […]
The ongoing battle between industry blog Deadline Hollywood and trade mag The Hollywood Reporter has turned nasty with the Reporter turning to lawyers to threaten ongoing coverage by Deadline of its ailing business. According to Deadline founder Nikki Finke, Prometheus […]
You want what has to be the biggest laugh of the week? Apparently there is a rumor floating around the tech blogosphere that talks are underway that one inept company, aka Aol, is going to acquire another inept company, aka […]
Charging for content these days can be a hard sell unless you’re the New York Times or another equally large or respected company (Wired, WSJ) but that doesn’t mean you can’t build a paid subscriber base, you just have to […]
The Huffington Post has received a lot of slack from bloggers who can’t understand why anyone would write for the site without being compensated, then again those writers are adults who are free to make up their own minds, many […]
The EW Scripps Company has announced plans to bring mobile video streaming of live TV to all nine of its markets in the US. The platform- which “works very simply,” the company says in a press release- allows users to […]
Online publishers White Digital Media have hired industry veteran Matthew P. Melucci as Chief Content Officer Melucci comes to the company from LoveCinema.com, and has previously worked with SonicnNet.com, HouseParty.com, and Beliefnet.com. “WDM Group is poised to make a massive […]
News Corp division News International is developing a new online publication targeting sports and celebrity gossip, following its closure of the scandal ridden News of the World. According to a report at the Guardian, 21 jobs have been advertised inside […]
A new fund from famed director J.J. Abrams and John Fogelman intends to target the web through the development of short form video. FactoryMade Ventures will develop ideas from Michael Bay, Robert Rodriguez, Thom Beers, and Abrams hinself, with the […]
Music streaming service Pandora took a hit in trading today on news Clear Channel Broadcasting overhauled its iHeartRadio service. While a simple makeover would be one thing, the iHeartRadio revamp includes the addition of some key Pandora features that up […]
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