Continuing its makeover from a utilitarian professional network into a more media-centric service, LinkedIn has added the ability for users to upload photos, documents … Read the whole story

Revision3, owned by Discovery Communications, has acquired Internet video producer Philip DeFranco's portfolio of online video channels and ventures, DeFranco Creative. Per the deal, … Read the whole story

Cisco Systems estimates 3.6 billion global Internet users by 2017, and more than 48% of the world's projected population of 7.6 billion, will push … Read the whole story

Tumblr is extending the in-stream ads launched last month in its mobile app to users' "dashboard," or news feed on the desktop Web. Initial … Read the whole story

Amazon built its dominance on versatility. Now a study on purchase paths describing six distinct buying habits explains how the retailer became a research … Read the whole story

Siding with the humor site Cracked.com, a federal appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit accusing the company of infringing copyright by hosting nearly three … Read the whole story

BlackArrow, which counts Comcast and Time Warner Cable among its investors and offers a dynamic ad insertion platform for video-on-demand, plans to launch a … Read the whole story

In an unusual move, MEC UK, the WPP-owned media shop, has hired creative agency veteran Maurice Van de Ven to the newly created role … Read the whole story

Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos suggested Thursday that networks may be launching more serial dramas, partly because his company offers a new compensation … Read the whole story