• Sony PlayStation Reality Web TV Attracts Big Advertisers by Laurie Sullivan

    The Sony PlayStation Network has signed on Ford, Electronic Arts and the U.S. Air Force to sponsor the second season of the video game reality show, The Tester. ...Read the whole story

  • Advocacy Group Calls on Regulators To Investigate Fox's 'Hulu Missile Crisis' by Wendy Davis

    The advocacy group Public Knowledge is calling on federal regulators to investigate Fox's recent decision to temporarily prevent Cablevision users from accessing Fox Web sites. The move was spurred by Fox's move last weekend to prevent Cablevision broadband subscribers from reaching Fox.com, Hulu and other sites. Fox began the blockade when it pulled all TV programming from Cablevision after failing to come to an agreement about fees. But the TV network later restored Web access -- reportedly because it was blocking people who subscribed to Cablevision for broadband service, but to other companies for TV programming. ...Read the whole story

  • Amazon Beats Wall Street Estimates For 3Q by Gavin O'Malley

    Boosted by healthier ecommerce and the popularity of its Kindle e-reader, Amazon on Thursday beat Wall Street estimates for the third quarter of the year. Year-over-year, sales were up 39% in the quarter to $7.6 billion, while net income was up 16% to $231 million. ...Read the whole story

  • Subscriber Gains Underscore iPhone's Importance To AT&T by Mark Walsh

    The record 5.2 million iPhones that AT&T reported activating in the third quarter only highlighted the company's reliance on the Apple smartphone as it faces losing exclusive distribution of the device next year. ...Read the whole story

  • Google Ventures Invests In Deals Site by Laurie Sullivan

    Signpost, a community-powered deals site, received seed funding from Google Ventures, joining an initial investment from Spark Capital. The site allows consumers to post affordable things to do in their city such as a weekend-only sample sale, the too-good-to-be-true happy hour, or the free yoga or pole dancing classes. The community curates the content, so consumers can browse the best deals on the site. ...Read the whole story

  • Digitaria Taps Siebert To Lead Communications by John Capone

    Digitaria, the 110-person (and growing) San Diego-based digital marketing agency acquired by WPP's JWT late this summer, has named Tom Siebert its Vice President of Communications. Siebert, who had led communications at Brooklyn,N.Y.-based Huge, which is part owned by the Interpublic Group, starts his new position with Digitaria in San Diego immediately. ...Read the whole story

  • point-of-view NHL Scores Hat Trick With Twitter by Augie Ray

    The NHL is leveraging digital media in many ways to produce benefits for fans, sponsors a the league itself. One such program was #NHLTweetup, which ... ...More

How Hard Is A Dry Newspaper? by George Simpson

Most of my adult life I have been pretty indifferent to News Corp. Now they are pissing me off nearly every day, not that pissing ... ...More

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