Friday, 5 July 2013

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Marissa Mayer has been on a shopping spree at Yahoo, but is there any sign of a strategy?

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has spent more than $1 billion on over a dozen acquisitions, deals that have been all over the map in terms of size and focus. Is there any coherent strategy at work here?

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Why does LinkedIn want to be a media company? It’s all about the data

Why does LinkedIn care if you get your news there or anywhere else? The company knows the more news there is on LinkedIn, the more likely you are to visit, and you'll keep the business cycle going.

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Want to publish an ebook for iOS? Surprising tips from iPad publisher Open Air

iPad publisher Open Air sells 10 to 30 times as many books through Apple's App Store as it does through the iBookstore. Here, Open Air CEO Jon Feldman shares some lessons he's learned from publishing books for iOS.

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Netflix gets more PBS shows, including exclusive on kids’ show Super Why!

Netflix has expanded its licensing agreement with PBS and got exclusive streaming rights to The Bletchley Circle and Super Why!. Last week, Amazon also made a deal with PBS to add more shows to Prime Instant Video.

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Top jobs of the week in digital media

Looking for a job in digital media? Each week we highlight some of the most interesting positions posted to paidContent's job board. Check out the latest gigs at media companies across the country.

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Andrew Sullivan may not have met his Daily Dish goal yet, but in many ways he has already won

Andrew Sullivan says that based on current conversion rates for his subscription-driven political blog The Daily Dish, he doesn't expect to hit his goal of raising $900,000 -- but despite that, he has still achieved a lot that is worth celebrating.

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Goodbye Google Reader, we’ll miss you

July 1 has come and gone, and so has Google Reader. Our post-mortem.

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J.K. Rowling’s Pottermore.com loses CEO as Redmayne heads back to HarperCollins

Virtual Harry Potter community and digital bookstore Pottermore.com is losing its CEO: Charlie Redmayne has been appointed CEO of HarperCollins U.K. So what does this mean for Pottermore?

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