Wednesday, January 27, 2010
The Music Industry’s Cautionary iTunes Tale Resonates with Publishers–And Apple
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
The New York Times Officially Starts Construction on Its Pay Wall: “Metered Model” Coming 2011
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Is YouTube Ready for Primetime? Google Wants to Stream TV, for a Fee.
YouTube, which is already trying out the movie rental business, wants to get into TV too.
Google’s video site has been trying to convince the TV industry to let it stream individual shows for a fee. It envisions something similar to what Apple and Amazon already offer: First-run shows, without commercials, for $1.99 an episode, available the day after they air on broadcast or cable.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Condé Nast’s Offering for Apple’s Mystery Tablet: Wired Magazine
Here’s yet another content creator that’s convinced Apple has a tablet device in the works: Condé Nast says it will have a digital version of Wired magazine ready for the purported gadget by the middle of next year and will eventually create similar versions for all of its 18 titles.
But Condé, like other publishers, says Apple won’t actually talk to the company about its plans for the device–or even acknowledge that it has plans.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Apple’s iTunes Pitch: TV for $30 a Month
Would you pay $30 a month to watch TV via iTunes?
That’s the pitch Apple has been making to TV networks in recent weeks. The company is trying to round up support for a monthly subscription service that would deliver TV programs via its multimedia software, multiple sources tell me. The industry finds this idea both tempting and terrifying.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Sue or Sign: EMI Trades Lawsuit for Deal With Music Start-Up Grooveshark
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Time Inc. CEO Ann Moore: Let’s Put the Digital “Genie Back in the Bottle” [UPDATED]
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Now Not Showing at iTunes and Netflix: Some of Your Favorite Movies
Want to watch nerd-favorite “The Fifth Element” via Netflix’s awesome streaming service? OK, but hurry up–the movie will disappear from the service on New Year’s Day. Want to rent the excellent George Clooney corporate thriller “Michael Clayton” via iTunes? Too late! The movie was there, but now it’s not. Wait a minute: Hadn’t big media finally gotten religion and agreed to give us, the demanding consumers, everything we want, whenever we want it? Nope.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Which Media Mogul Would You Rather Be Right Now: Arianna Huffington or Jim Cramer?
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