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How Twitter Can Become A New Breed Of Technology Company (19 March 05:03) |
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Khris Loux is the founder and CEO of Echo, a commenting platform. He tweets at @Khrisloux.
With leadership from its founders and a significant infusion of cash from investors, Tw... |
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Indian Media Industry in 2010 TV Is The Juggernaut (16 March 04:14) |
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In how many markets can media companies honestly say they’ll be growing in double digits this year? Exactly. Indian media and entertainment market, which had a relatively te... |
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Video From ADMS Eric Schmidt on the Mobile-Centric Google (15 March 11:06) |
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At the Abu Dhabi Media Summit last week, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt was the biggest speaker of them all. And he surely made the desired impression, deftly handling some ... |
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Video paidContent2010 A Hard Look At The Subscription Model (12 March 11:16) |
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Local newspapers may actually have an easier time charging for content than national and international news brands like the New York Times (NYSE: NYT). And what’s the bigges... |
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Video paidContent 2010 How To Make Money From Digital News (10 March 03:30) |
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The Financial Times has a sizeable and nicely growing subscription business—so why mess with micropayments? FT.com Managing Director Rob Grimshaw says that half the FT’... |
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pc2010 Forresters McQuivey The Truth About What Were Paying For Content (02 March 02:01) |
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People love to debate the merits of free vs. paid content. But overlooked in all this is the cost of access to that content—that’s where the action is. We’re pay... |
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Penskes Mailcom Launching India Portal With Zee on Indiacom (23 February 10:46) |
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Mail.com Media Corp, the owner of Nikki Finke’s Deadline.com and other portals, has finally closed and announced its JV deal in India, after working on it for a year: it has... |
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Video paidContent 2010 New York Times Execs On Metered News And More (22 February 11:36) |
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For nearly 40 minutes, top executives from The New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) took questions from interviewer Staci D. Kramer, co-editor and EVP of ContentNext Media, and particip... |
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pc2010 Our Full Coverage (22 February 10:50) |
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This past Friday we had our first paidContent 2010 conference at NYC’s TheTimesCenter . During the jam-packed day we had a special lunchtime Q&A with The New York Times ... |
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pc2010 NYT Metered Model Is Designed To Preserve Reach And Grow Ad Revs (22 February 10:07) |
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The big story the past few months on the subject of paid content is the NYTCo’s announcement that it would pursue a metered model for its website. Our Staci D. Kramer put th... |
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If You Cant Attend paidContent 2010 (19 February 09:45) |
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... you’re not totally out of luck: We’re sold out on tickets, but we will be live-streaming the full-day event with paidContent2010 technology partner Livestream. For... |
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SinglePoint Expands Into India With Purchase Of M2Junction (11 February 12:37) |
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SinglePoint is acquiring India-based M2Junction, which has developed a text-messaging mobile advertising platform. The purchase comes just a week after the Bellevue, Wash. company... |
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Following Rivals Gmail Will Add Status Updates (09 February 06:09) |
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Google (NSDQ: GOOG), which shook up the e-mail industry when it integrated chat with e-mail, is now trying to catch up to its rivals by letting Gmail users share status updates. T... |
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Live Streaming Service Ustream Gets $20 Million Option To Get $55 Million More (03 February 05:20) |
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Ustream, the popular online live broadcasting service, just announced it has raised $75 million in a second round of funding led by Softbank. Updated: The actual funding is only $... |
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Building A Social Network In A Facebook And Twitter World (02 February 10:49) |
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Geoff Cook is the CEO of myYearbook, a social network built around meeting new people. He also founded EssayEdge and ResumeEdge and sold them to The Thomson Corporation.
You canâ... |
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In Amazon vs Macmillan Amazon Is The Winner (02 February 10:49) |
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It was a surprising weekend for those of us who had naively imagined that after crossing the River iPad, we might actually get some Elysian rest. But, alas, the fates conspired ag... |
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testing Testing 123! (22 January 12:32) |
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Indias Texting Community Provider SMS GupShup Raises $12 Million (20 January 07:42) |
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SMS GupShup has raised $12 million to help build out its texting-based mobile-phone communities in India. The company, which has operations in both Santa Clara, Calif. and Mumbai,... |
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YouTube Confirms Live Cricket Deal Not In US Big Ad Push (20 January 07:41) |
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Google has confirmed yesterday’s reports - YouTube has inked rights from the big-money Indian Premier League’s (IPL) licensing partner Global Cricket Ventures to live-... |
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YouTube To Show Live Indian Premier League Cricket (19 January 06:12) |
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Is the super-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket competition about to go global in a deal with YouTube? Several reports from Indian media say Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and the Bord... |
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Why Yahoo Should Buy WPP (14 January 09:16) |
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Alok Kejriwal is CEO and co-founder of the online gaming company games2win.com. He blogs at rodinhood.com.
In October of last year alone, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) attracted 605 million... |
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Welcome To Our New Video Section (07 January 02:17) |
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As you may have noticed recently on our pages, we’ve launched a new video section, with help from Vodpod. The section pulls together interesting daily videos from third-part... |
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The Latest State Of Digital Media Report Shines Spotlight On Social Media (07 January 01:43) |
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If 2009 in the digital-media world needed a title, you could argue it would likely be something to the effect of: “Social media goes mainstream.” Indeed, it’s no... |
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Kindle DX Goes Global But Still Not Truly Local (07 January 12:43) |
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Better late than never? Amazon today has started to sell the Kindle DX, the larger of its e-readers, outside the U.S. The launch comes three months after the smaller device went o... |
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Vint Cerf The Internet Is Christmas All The Time (24 December 12:02) |
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We wish the father of the internet had said that!
But there’s no Santa Claus behind that white beard - his proclamation comes courtesy of Cassette Boy’s naughty re-... |
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Nikhil Deogun To Become Managing Editor At CNBC (15 December 09:58) |
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Doon School alumnus Nikhil Deogun will start the new year as the managing editor for business day programming at CNBC, Media Decoder reported. He is currently international editor... |
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Sidharth Bhatia Steps Down As Edit Pages Editor At DNA (15 December 09:30) |
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Sidharth Bhatia, who has helmed the editorial pages of DNA since the daily’s launch in 2005, has stepped down. He confirmed the development.
With this, two senior editoria... |
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Rediff Relaunches Blog Platform Now Supports Nine Indian Languages (14 December 07:42) |
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Rediff.com (NSDQ: REDF) has done away with its ‘iLand’ branded blogging platform and has launched an improved service that it simply calls Rediff Blogs. The new servic... |
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Tempered Response To DB Corp IPO Subscribed 062 Times On Day One (11 December 05:44) |
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DB Corp., publisher of Dainik Bhaskar and Divya Bhaskar, and joint venture partner in DNA, opened its initial public issue of shares and was subscribed 0.62 times on day one. The ... |
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Come Work For Us (10 December 11:22) |
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We’re looking for a sharp, energetic reporter/editor to lead our editorial operations at ContentSutra, the premier digital-media site in India with readership spread across the ... |
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Welcome To The New AOL (10 December 06:14) |
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Last night, Tim Armstrong and team celebrated independence from Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange with P. Diddy and this morning they’ll ma... |
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Friendster Sold Finally To Malaysias MOL Global (10 December 11:56) |
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The long and colorful saga of an independent Friendster is over, for now. As expected, it has been acquired, by the Malaysian company MOL Global Pte, which is an affiliate of MOL ... |
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Announcing Our New Conference paidContent2010 On Feb 19 In New York City (10 December 02:51) |
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We have been teasing you about it for a while, and now a formal announcement: For almost eight years, we’ve provided you with news and insight into companies’ efforts ... |
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UBS Media Week Scripps Networks To Spend $100 Million On Global Expansion (10 December 01:51) |
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Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI) CEO Ken Low is betting heavily on international growth over the next year. In a presentation at the UBS Media Week conference, Low ticked ... |
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News Roundup Peter Bhatia Named Editor At The Oregonian Terror Threat To Tech Firms HCL-News Corp (09 December 07:16) |
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Peter Bhatia, executive editor at The Oregonian, will succeed Sandra Mims Rowe as editor at the 159-year old publication. Rowe announced yesterday that she will be leaving the pap... |
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Former Bloomberg UTV CEO Arun Anant Sets Up Consulting Firm (09 December 06:01) |
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Arun Anant, former CEO at Bloomberg UTV (then UTVi), has set up management consulting firm Inc Value together with five partners. “We will be advising promoters and private ... |
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Corrected Time Warner Unit Will Acquire 92 Stake In NDTV Imagine (08 December 09:02) |
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Turner Asia, a unit of Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), today said it has agreed in principle to acquire a 92% stake in general entertainment channel NDTV Imagine.
Turner will buy a 76%... |
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NDTV Networks Our Coverage In Links (08 December 08:25) |
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Here is a compilation of links that comprised our coverage of the restructuring of NDTV Networks that played out over several months. The cash burn by the general entertainment ch... |
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Reliance Mediaworks Partners With In-Three For 3D Conversion Facility (07 December 07:57) |
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Reliance Mediaworks (formerly Adlabs) today said it has partnered with Los Angeles-based In-Three Inc. to set up the world’s largest 2D to 3D conversion facility in India. T... |
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Rediff Loses Director Who Was Executing Its Minimalist Shift Salil Chandrashekar Resigns (07 December 02:02) |
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The latest in a series of high-level exits from Nasdaq-listed Rediff.com (NSDQ: REDF) is Salil Chandrashekar, director for product development. He confirmed the development, but d... |
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Comcast-NBCU Our Coverage In Links (04 December 12:55) |
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Now that the deal is done for Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) to acquire 51 percent of NBC Universaal from GE, pending regulatory approval, here’s a look at how it all unfolded:
R... |
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Sunil Lulla Named CEO MD At Times Global Broadcasting Chintamani Rao Is Vice Chairman (03 December 01:39) |
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Sunil Lulla, who stepped down as group CEO at Alva Brothers Entertainment, will join Times Global Broadcasting Co. Pvt. Ltd as CEO and MD. TGBCL broadcasts Times Now and ET Now. T... |
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World Editors Forum Mirrors Kelly We Must Put Search Engines In Their Place (03 December 12:07) |
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The Mirror’s associate editor urged the news business to rely less on search engines and more on its journalism, in a World Newspaper Congress World Editors Forum keynote in... |
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Why Mint Founding Editor Raju Narisetti Left India Earlier Than Planned (02 December 07:34) |
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The answer (from this NYT story): due to a “troubling nexus” of business, politics and publishing that proved to be “draining on body and soul”.
Raju Nar... |
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Real CEO Sunil Lulla Steps Down (02 December 05:15) |
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Veteran media executive Sunil Lulla, group CEO at Alva Brothers Entertainment, has stepped down. He confirmed the development.
Lulla joined the company as a director in February... |
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World Newspaper Congress Dow Jones CEO Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts (01 December 05:27) |
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At the World Newspaper Congress here in Hyderabad this afternoon, Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) CEO Les Hinton came out swinging against the world in general, as is the wont of every News... |
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World Newspaper Congress Someone Please Save a Newspaper Instead (01 December 02:07) |
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I arrived in a muggy but cool Hyderabad, India this evening, for the World Newspaper Congress, organized by the newly merged WAN & IFRA orgs, now grandly called World Associa... |
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News Roundup Star CEO Uday Shankar On Pay TV Leakages Sainath On Paid News (30 November 01:59) |
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While the grouse is not new, it’s not everyday that a CEO of a large network lashes out against the powerful cable operators. Star India CEO Uday Shankar, also a former jour... |
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Lachlan Murdoch To Bid For Nielsen Mags Including Hollywood Reporter and Billboard This Week (30 November 01:01) |
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Lachlan Murdoch, Rupert’s son, has decided to participate in a joint bid for the b2b magazines and events properties held by Nielsen Business Media, FT reports, citing an un... |
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How Your Favourite Newspapers And Magazines Fared In The Readership Survey (25 November 06:49) |
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The results of the latest round of Indian Readership Survey is out and here’s a compilation of how some of the most popular English newspapers and magazines fared. All figur... |
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