MarketingAnalysis: Coldplay Compared to NIN and RadioheadAuthored by Heather Hopkins on May 9, 2008 - 5:55am.
Qtrax Licenses Universal Music Group for Legal P2P ServiceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 7, 2008 - 12:27pm.
San Jose, Calif. - Qtrax, the developer of a free, ad-supported music download service, has reached a deal to license Universal Music Group's catalog, the company's first major label signing. Web-based Ad Agency Spot Runner Gets $51 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 7, 2008 - 7:29am.
Los Angeles - Spot Runner, a Web-based advertising service that helps local businesses create ads and place them on TV and radio, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $51 million in new financing. tags: Deals | VC | Advertising | Radio | TV | Spot Runner | DMGT | Grupo Televisa | Legg Mason Capital Management | Groupe Arnault/LVMH |
Burst Media Debuts Ad Network for Independent WebsitesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 6, 2008 - 12:06pm.
Burlington, Mass. - Burst Media, a provider of online advertising services and technology, announced on Tuesday the launch of a new online advertising network aimed at independent websites. The network -- called Burst Trendsetters Network -- will focus on brand advertisers who want to reach 15-34 year olds online. Burst Media said its network includes 100 websites that reach 7 million unique visitors and delivers more than 51 million web impressions per month. tags: Advertising | Burst Media |
Chicago Transit Authority Sued for Pulling "Grand Theft Auto" AdsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 6, 2008 - 10:27am.
New York - Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive (NASD: TTWO) has sued the Chicago Transit Authority and sales agent Titan Outdoor for pulling ads for its "Grand Theft Auto IV" game without any explanation, Reuters reports. Analysis: Raising the a la Carte AlarmAuthored by Paul Sweeting on May 6, 2008 - 10:17am.
The talk of the digital media blogosphere over the weekend was a report
by written by Bernstein Research analyst Craig Moffet headlined, And
Now for the News...The Emperor Has No Clothes. It's well worth a read
if you can get your hands on it. For those who can't (and even those
who can), digital maverick Mark Cuban has a looong post on his blog about the report in which he reproduces many of the juiciest parts.
tags: Video | Advertising | TV | Mark Cuban | Copyright | Business Models | Bernstein Research | Craig Moffet |
Survey: Majority of Execs See Newspapers Going FreeAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 6, 2008 - 9:52am.
tags: Advertising | Reports | Newspapers | Publishing | Research | Reuters | Zogby | World Editors Forum |
Universal Music Taps Gotuit for Personalized Music OfferingsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 5, 2008 - 12:03pm.
Woburn, Mass. - Universal Music Group announced on Monday that it has signed a broad license agreement with Gotuit, a provider of metadata technologies. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Under the license, Universal said it will develop a variety of new personalized music offerings that will be available over satellite radio, HD radios and the Internet. Nine Inch Nails Offer Another Free MP3 Album: "The Slip"Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 5, 2008 - 9:33am.
OSG: The Secret Metric For Measurement Every Marketer WantsAuthored by Rohit Bhargava on May 5, 2008 - 7:12am.
Mark Cuban: Will The Ala Carting of Video on the Net Lead to Disaster?Authored by Mark Cuban on May 5, 2008 - 6:17am.
Craig Moffett of Bernstein Research wrote an amazing report entitled
And Now for the News...The Emperor Has No Clothes". If you can get a
copy, read it. Starting with the disappointing but expected news that
journalism is no longer a service consumers desire to pay for, he moves
on to the problems facing Internet video. He does a far better job than
I ever did explaining the failings of Internet video and the
expectation of free content. This is the report I wish I had blogged.
Report: Chinese Online Games Market to Triple in Five YearsAuthored by Jay Baage on May 2, 2008 - 9:59am.
NPD Report Indicates Blu-ray Players Still Slow To Catch OnAuthored by Jay Baage on May 2, 2008 - 8:26am.
New York - Sales of Blu-ray standalone players plummeted 40 percent from January to February, then rose only 2 percent from February to March in spite of winning the high def format war, according to a report by research firm NPD Group. This is bad news for the home entertainment industry, which has put its hopes into a drastic increase in adoption of the next generation high def DVD players after Toshiba dropped its support for the HD DVD format earlier this year in favor of Sony's (NYSE: SNE) Blu-ray format. Google TV Ads Now Available to U.S. AdvertisersAuthored by Ned Sherman on May 2, 2008 - 7:52am.
ABC.com To Experiment With More Ads Per TV StreamAuthored by Jay Baage on May 2, 2008 - 6:34am.
New York – Viewers of video at ABC.com might soon be seeing two advertisements, one after the other, within each video break. "It would be premature for us to say people only want one ad," said Albert Cheng, executive vp digital media at Disney-ABC Television Group (NYSE: DIS), to the Hollywood Reporter. "It's a likely sort of thinking, but we want to push it a little bit to see how it would go."
A Hole in the Apple?Authored by Paul Sweeting on May 2, 2008 - 5:37am.
If further proof were needed that Apple's much-ballyhooed deal with the
major studios to start selling movies through iTunes on the same day
they become available on DVD is somewhat-less than a game-changer, the Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning that Apple is taking a haircut on every movie it sells. Citing a "person familiar with the matter," the Journal said the studios are getting a wholesale price close to $16 for the movies Apple plans to sell for $14.99.
Web Messaging Firm Meebo Raises $25 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 1, 2008 - 8:10am.
Mountain View, Calif. - Confirming earlier reports, Web-based messaging and chat service Meebo announced on Thursday that it has raised $25 million in new financing, led by JAFCO Ventures. tags: Deals | VC | Marketing | Social Networking | Music | Meebo | Draper Fisher Jurvetson | Sequoia Capital | JAFCO Ventures | Time Warner Investments | KTB Ventures |
Playboy Debuts YouTube Casting Channel, Audience NetworkAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 30, 2008 - 12:49pm.
New York - Playboy Enterprises (NYSE: PLA) on Wednesday announced a number of new digital initiatives, including a new YouTube channel that will host video submissions for prospective new models, and the creation of a Playboy Audience Network of video sites through which it will distribute content. Along with YouTube, Break, Veoh, Howcast and Metacafe will host video highlights such as the "Playboy Radio Minute," with content from its show on Sirius; and a video blog featuring one of the star's of E!'s "The Girl Next Door." The company said it also partnered with Mixercast to develop ad-supported content and contest widgets. Free Coldplay Single Downloaded 600K Times in 24 HoursAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 30, 2008 - 12:48pm.
London - Major label EMI said on Tuesday that the new Coldplay single it began offering as a free download for a week as of yesterday has already been downloaded more than 600,000 times, Billboard reports. The DRM-free song will no longer be available as a free download as of May 6. Virgin Mobile, Burger King Team on $1 "Ringtone Value Menu"Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 30, 2008 - 12:47pm.
Los Angeles - Virgin Mobile USA on Wednesday announced a ringtone promotion with fast food chain Burger King and Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG), to create a "Virgin Mobile Ringtone Value Menu" that will offer a selection of ringtones for just $1 each. Artists whose songs are included in the promotion include Flo Rida, Mana, Buckcherry, Estelle and War. |
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