Top HeadlinesTwitter is going to start serving ads based on your internet surfing habits -- but unlike other companies, it's offering you privacy settings that let you opt out of the system. Read More »Boxee, which provides over-the-top TV services, has reportedly been sold to Samsung. Read More »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. Read More »Magine is making waves in Sweden for its affordable, cloud-based cable TV service -- now the service is expanding to more places. Read More »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. Read More »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. Read More »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. Read More »July 1 has come and gone, and so has Google Reader. Our post-mortem. Read More »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? Read More »Since politics blog The Dish went independent six months ago, it's raised $715,000 and has about 28,000 paid subscribers. That's close to its goal of $900,000 for the first year, but most of the subscriptions came very early on. Read More »In a major new ruling in the Google Books case, the Second Circuit decertified a class action and told Judge Denny Chin to rule on whether Google's book scanning is fair use. Read More »Want some different options for blogging and digital publishing? Here are six startups to check out. Read More »Penguin and Random House have completed their merger, resulting in the world's largest book publisher: Penguin Random House. Read More » |