Many long-standing legal rules of engagement between publishers and consumers tilted the playing field in unexpected ways in the first quarter. The period also saw a major expansion in the amount… Read more »
Remember when Friendster was the hot social network, publishers doubted that ebooks would ever sell, and Netflix (s NFLX) thought DVDs in red envelopes was the future? We do — that… Read more »
AOL and Yahoo are getting pounded by recent stock market gyrations. Yahoo is hovering around a price where the value of its Asian assets might make it essentially a free acquisition… Read more »
Remember when social media was going to reinvent the entertainment business? Though past efforts made little headway in the social-entertainment space, announcements from Warner Home Entertainment and News Corp. suggest the… Read more »
Excitement about tablets and apps, lots of startup activity and Facebook’s role in distribution and audience acquisition are combining to create new opportunities to extend and enhance traditional entertainment forms. Has… Read more »
Last week Google showed off its progress on Chrome OS. It introduced an apps store in support of it, and offered up a pre-release hardware trial program as a concession that… Read more »
Third quarter saw the continuing advancement of online video, as research from eMarketer indicated that nearly three-quarters of Internet users, or 47 percent of the U.S. population, say they watch video… Read more »