paidContent - 3D TV stumbles again as BBC presses pause, and more for Monday, July 8, 2013

July 8, 2013

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Top Headlines 3D TV stumbles again as BBC presses pause Where the Wild Things Are sequel pulled from Kickstarter for infringing copyright Why does LinkedIn want to be a media company? It’s all about the data Want to publish an ebook for iOS? Surprising tips from iPad publisher Open Air Netflix gets more PBS shows, including exclusive on kids’ show Super Why! By David Meyer Jul 5 2013, 10:01am PDT 3D TV stumbles again as BBC presses pause Like ESPN before it, the BBC will no longer broadcast programs in three dimensions. The media giant's 3D chief claims that TV viewers "concentrate in a different way" from those in cinemas. Read More » By Laura Hazard Owen Jul 5 2013, 9:14am PDT Where the Wild Things Are sequel pulled from Kickstarter for infringing copyright A sequel to Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are was pulled from Kickstarter after publisher HarperCollins issued a takedown notice. Read More » By Eliza Kern Jul 4 2013, 9:00am PDT 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. Read More » By Laura Hazard Owen Jul 3 2013, 10:03am PDT 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. Read More » By Laura Hazard Owen Jul 3 2013, 9:01am PDT 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. Read More » Follow paidContent:

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paidContent - Marissa Mayer has been on a shopping spree at Yahoo, but is there any sign of a strategy?, and more for Friday, July 5, 2013

July 5, 2013

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Top Headlines Marissa Mayer has been on a shopping spree at Yahoo, but is there any sign of a strategy? Why does LinkedIn want to be a media company? It’s all about the data Want to publish an ebook for iOS? Surprising tips from iPad publisher Open Air Netflix gets more PBS shows, including exclusive on kids’ show Super Why! Top jobs of the week in digital media Andrew Sullivan may not have met his Daily Dish goal yet, but in many ways he has already won Goodbye Google Reader, we’ll miss you J.K. Rowling’s Pottermore.com loses CEO as Redmayne heads back to HarperCollins By Mathew Ingram Jul 4 2013, 12:07pm PDT 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? Read More » By Eliza Kern Jul 4 2013, 9:00am PDT 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. Read More » By Laura Hazard Owen Jul 3 2013, 10:03am PDT 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. Read More » By Laura Hazard Owen Jul 3 2013, 9:01am PDT 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. Read More » By Connie Hwong, Community Manager Jul 3 2013, 8:55am PDT 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. Read More » By Mathew Ingram Jul 2 2013, 4:15pm PDT 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. Read More » By Laura Hazard Owen Jul 2 2013, 11:28am PDT Goodbye Google Reader, we’ll miss you July 1 has come and gone, and so has Google Reader. Our post-mortem. Read More » By Laura Hazard Owen Jul 2 2013, 8:08am PDT 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? Read More » Follow paidContent:

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paidContent - Twitter will tailor ads based on your browsing — but you can opt out, and more for Thursday, July 4, 2013

July 4, 2013

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Top Headlines Twitter will tailor ads based on your browsing — but you can opt out Boxee sold to Samsung for under $30M Want to publish an ebook for iOS? Surprising tips from iPad publisher Open Air Magine gets $19M to expand cloud TV service to Germany and Spain Netflix gets more PBS shows, including exclusive on kids’ show Super Why! Top jobs of the week in digital media Andrew Sullivan may not have met his Daily Dish goal yet, but in many ways he has already won Goodbye Google Reader, we’ll miss you J.K. Rowling’s Pottermore.com loses CEO as Redmayne heads back to HarperCollins Six months in, Andrew Sullivan’s Dish hits 28,000 paid subs and revenues of $715k Appeals court calls for “fair use” ruling in Google Books case Six digital publishing startups to watch Welcome to the world’s largest book publisher: Penguin-Random House merger complete By Jeff John Roberts Jul 3 2013, 2:19pm PDT Twitter will tailor ads based on your browsing — but you can opt out Twitter 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 » By Jeff John Roberts Jul 3 2013, 12:41pm PDT Boxee sold to Samsung for under $30M Boxee, which provides over-the-top TV services, has reportedly been sold to Samsung. Read More » By Laura Hazard Owen Jul 3 2013, 10:03am PDT 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. Read More » By Jeff John Roberts Jul 3 2013, 10:03am PDT Magine gets $19M to expand cloud TV service to Germany and Spain Magine is making waves in Sweden for its affordable, cloud-based cable TV service -- now the service is expanding to more places. Read More » By Laura Hazard Owen Jul 3 2013, 9:01am PDT 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. Read More » By Connie Hwong, Community Manager Jul 3 2013, 8:55am PDT 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. Read More » By Mathew Ingram Jul 2 2013, 4:15pm PDT 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. Read More » By Laura Hazard Owen Jul 2 2013, 11:28am PDT Goodbye Google Reader, we’ll miss you July 1 has come and gone, and so has Google Reader. Our post-mortem. Read More » By Laura Hazard Owen Jul 2 2013, 8:08am PDT 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? Read More » By Laura Hazard Owen Jul 1 2013, 2:52pm PDT Six months in, Andrew Sullivan’s Dish hits 28,000 paid subs and revenues of $715k 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 » By Jeff John Roberts Jul 1 2013, 11:09am PDT Appeals court calls for “fair use” ruling in Google Books case 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 » By Laura Hazard Owen Jul 1 2013, 8:00am PDT Six digital publishing startups to watch Want some different options for blogging and digital publishing? Here are six startups to check out. Read More » By Laura Hazard Owen Jul 1 2013, 7:13am PDT Welcome to the world’s largest book publisher: Penguin-Random House merger complete Penguin and Random House have completed their merger, resulting in the world's largest book publisher: Penguin Random House. Read More » Follow paidContent:

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paidContent - First HBO & ESPN, now Time Warner Cable channels said to be coming to Apple TV, and more for Wednesday, July 3, 2013

July 3, 2013

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Top Headlines First HBO & ESPN, now Time Warner Cable channels said to be coming to Apple TV Andrew Sullivan may not have met his Daily Dish goal yet, but in many ways he has already won New York City gets own domain name as ICANN approves “.nyc” Goodbye Google Reader, we’ll miss you J.K. Rowling’s Pottermore.com loses CEO as Redmayne heads back to HarperCollins Six months in, Andrew Sullivan’s Dish hits 28,000 paid subs and revenues of $715k Appeals court calls for “fair use” ruling in Google Books case Six digital publishing startups to watch Welcome to the world’s largest book publisher: Penguin-Random House merger complete Thanks to the web, journalism is now something you do — not something you are By Erica Ogg Jul 2 2013, 4:33pm PDT First HBO & ESPN, now Time Warner Cable channels said to be coming to Apple TV Apple is said to be making progress in bringing channels with Time Warner Cable content to its set-top box. But access will be restricted to the cable company's subscribers only. Read More » By Mathew Ingram Jul 2 2013, 4:15pm PDT 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. Read More » By Jeff John Roberts Jul 2 2013, 3:41pm PDT New York City gets own domain name as ICANN approves “.nyc” New York City residents can now sign up for websites ending in .nyc -- a move that pleased city leadership but should have trademark owners worried. Read More » By Laura Hazard Owen Jul 2 2013, 11:28am PDT Goodbye Google Reader, we’ll miss you July 1 has come and gone, and so has Google Reader. Our post-mortem. Read More » By Laura Hazard Owen Jul 2 2013, 8:08am PDT 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? Read More » By Laura Hazard Owen Jul 1 2013, 2:52pm PDT Six months in, Andrew Sullivan’s Dish hits 28,000 paid subs and revenues of $715k 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 » By Jeff John Roberts Jul 1 2013, 11:09am PDT Appeals court calls for “fair use” ruling in Google Books case 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 » By Laura Hazard Owen Jul 1 2013, 8:00am PDT Six digital publishing startups to watch Want some different options for blogging and digital publishing? Here are six startups to check out. Read More » By Laura Hazard Owen Jul 1 2013, 7:13am PDT Welcome to the world’s largest book publisher: Penguin-Random House merger complete Penguin and Random House have completed their merger, resulting in the world's largest book publisher: Penguin Random House. Read More » By Mathew Ingram Jun 30 2013, 4:05pm PDT Thanks to the web, journalism is now something you do — not something you are The fact that it is more difficult than ever to decide who qualifies as a "journalist" may make for a confusing media landscape, and it may trouble some professional journalists and media outlets, but in the long run we are better off. Read More » Follow paidContent:

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