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Apple’s Cloud Music Hang-up
Apple has three labels signed up for its cloud music service, and the last one is on its way. But this is the music business, where nothing is easy–now Apple has to get a separate set of deals done with music publishers.
QOTD: About Those Amazon E-Book Sales…
“As a former Amazon Associate, I can tell you that a great many sales of Kindle Books are for the 99¢ complete Dickens, etc.”
–Movie critic and Web publisher Roger Ebert, providing some context for Amazon’s stat about Kindle e-books outselling print books.
Stephen Colbert Finds Another Revenue Stream for Facebook
“Now Amercians can whore themselves out on Facebook, instead of just whoring themselves out on Craigslist.” Not really a parody, actually.
Peer39 Raises Another $5 Million for Ad Targeting That Promises Not to Invade Your Privacy
The display ad company adds fuel with an inside round.
Amazon Reaches The E-Book Tipping Point: Kindle Sales Blow By Print
A few years ago, e-books were still a novelty item. Now Amazon is selling 105 Kindle titles for every 100 print books it moves.
QOTD: Secret Service Agent Decides – Not a Fox Fan
Had to monitor Fox for a story. Can’t. Deal. With. The. Blathering. – Message posted yesterday to the Secret Service’s official Twitter account. The agency later told the Washington Post that an employee “mistakenly believed they were on their personal account.” The tweet has been deleted, and the agency says it is “conducting appropriate internal [...]How To Sell an iTunes Subscription: Charge a Few Bucks a Month, Or Nothing
Article of faith for content companies: If they take stuff that’s free on the Web and put it on a mobile gadget, they can get consumers to pay for it. Sort of true, says a Nielsen survey.
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You, Too, Can Edit the Atlantic. Now About That Paycheck…
Ever have the desire to edit a big Web site, for free? Clever Gabe Snyder figures there are a few of you out there: He’s asking readers of the Atlantic Wire, a buzzy offshoot of the print magazine’s main site, to play along with his staff as they chat about what the site ought to be covering, in real time. You’ll need a Disqus account to take part.It’s Like Cord-Cutting, Only In Reverse: Big Cable Keeps Adding Broadband Subs
Why the cable guys can sleep at night, even if cord-cutting is real: You’re still going to pay them to get onto the Web.
“Hulu For Magazines” Opens Its Android Newsstand
A year after Apple started selling digital magazines on the iPad, a consortium of publishers opens its own newsstand, via Google. It only works on some Samsung Galaxy tablets for now, but it’s a start.
You Will Totally Work for This Start-Up
“Similar to Foursquare, except it’s for medical professionals who have HPV.”
Web Ad Pioneer Dave Morgan Adapts Simulmedia To TV’s Reality
The guy behind Tacoda and Real Media figured the TV industry was staffed by Luddites, and ready for disruption. Turns out he’s the one changing plans.
Back to the Future! NBC’s Ignore-the-Web Ad Pitch
Worried about getting in front of all of those eyeballs headed to the Web? Don’t sweat it until real life looks like “The Jetsons” the broadcaster tells ad buyers.
Bitly Gets a New Boss
Bitly has raised $14 million in a few years, and shrinks more than 8 billion Web addresses a month, but has never had a full-time CEO. Now technology vet Peter Stern gets the gig.
At Bloomberg, Twitter Grabs an Unlikely Convert
A year ago, Bloomberg’s top editor was chiding reporters who used the service. Now he’s on board, too. But don’t expect any “Twitter makes you stupid” debates.