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Apple and Google to clash in music space by Christmas
Reuters - "Google Inc is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple Inc, according to people familiar with the matter." »more
Sony Set to Compete With iTunes
Wall Street Journal - "Sony Corp. announced on Wednesday a new digital-music service that would work on Internet-connected Sony TVs, Blu-ray disc players, PlayStation 3's and other devices, entering a competitive space currently dominated by Apple Inc." »more
From Apple, a Step Into Social Media for Music
New York Times - "Apple jumped into the social networking business on Wednesday, introducing Ping, a service built into iTunes that is intended to help users discover new music and, presumably, buy more songs from Apple." »more
Landlines And Television Sets Losing Importance
MediaPost - "According to a new nationwide survey from the Pew Research Center, only 42% of Americans say they consider the television set to be a necessity of life, down from 52% last year. 62% of Americans say the landline telephone is a necessity, down from 68% last year, but 47% of the public now say that the cell phone is a necessity." »more
Google, AOL Extend Search Pact
Adweek - "Google and AOL have agreed to remain search partners for the next five years. The two companies today confirmed a five-year renewal of their search ad partnership, which began in 2002. Google will continue to power AOL's natural and paid search results, with the two firms sharing the associated ad revenue." »more
Has Rupert Murdoch's paywall gamble paid off?
The Independent - "Two months after Rupert Murdoch's decision to erect a subscription paywall around the websites of The Times and The Sunday Times, thus removing their content from search engines, the bold experiment is having a marked effect on the rest of British media." »more
Next big thing? TV-newspaper staff mergers
Newsosaur - "Newspaper and TV newsroom mergers could become the next big thing as profit-pressed publishers and broadcasters seek to cut costs and strengthen their digital presence." »more
PPF shutters local media project Nase Adresa
sfnblog - "Finance company PPF has sold its PPF Media division and shut down its local media project in the Czech Republic, called Nase Adresa ("Our Address"), which created a network of local weeklies across the country." »more
Rubicon: Digital Ad Spend Up 47%
MediaPost - "Despite a national economy that few would call recovered, digital ad spending grew 47% during the first half of the year, according to a new report from ad technology firm The Rubicon Project." »more
TV News for Early Risers (or Late-to-Bedders)
New York Times - "Last season, the big battle in television was fought over late night. This season, the battleground is shaping up to be the early morning. Very early." »more
Amazon Working on New TV, Movie Service
Wall Street Journal - "Amazon.com Inc. is trying to create a service that gives paying subscribers unlimited access over the Internet to some television shows and movies, as it tries to take on Netflix Inc. and grab a bigger slice of the online TV business." »more
Summer Movie Attendance Falls to Lowest Since 1997
Bloomberg - "Summer movie attendance fell to the lowest level since 1997, while soaring ticket prices produced record revenue for Hollywood studios and theater owners." »more
Murdoch may be key to Apple's plan to offer 99-cent digital rentals of TV shows
LA Times - "Executives of the media baron's News Corp. are said to be split over whether to go along with the plan. NBC, CBS and Time Warner are opposed, while Disney is in favor." »more
MySpace Throws In The Towel, Connects To Facebook
MediaPost - "MySpace says its members can now synchronize posts, and other activity, with their Facebook profiles. To some, the move represents a last-ditch effort by the once-reigning social network to live on by riding the coattails of Facebook's unprecedented global success." »more
Deseret News Lays Off 43% of Staff in Sweeping Newsroom Reorganiztion
Editor & Publisher - "The Deseret News in Salt Lake City, Utah, has unveiled a sweeping newsroom reorganization combined with layoffs - reducing its workforce by 43%, shedding 57 full-time and 28 part-time employees." »more
Google News Renews Deal To Host AP Stories
paidContent - "After more than half a year of 'ongoing discussions,' Google has renewed its deal with the Associated Press to host AP articles on Google News." »more
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TechScout: Live Video on the Web - A crazy world that needs to be watched
 If you are The Jonas Brothers, how do you keep in contact with your fan base in a fast, efficient way without the risk of losing your life? How about a live video web broadcast? The band came on Justin.tv soon after the site launched and they got over 80,000 views in an hour. The site crashed. When The Jonas Brothers came back six months later, they got a little over a million views in an hour and the site stayed up. So goes the popularity of live video.
Evan Solomon from Justin.tv talked to me about the popularity of live video and how it's changing the marketplace on the web.
You may remember a guy called Justin Kan. His idea was to broadcast his life by posting live videos about himself. The phenomena became known as life casting and it created a viral tidal wave in 2006. Since that time, streaming live video has taken on a bigger and - not surprisingly - more commercial role. »more
TechScout: rrripple: 100% Signal, 0% Noise
Information noise is everywhere. From comments about what's for dinner on Facebook to Twitter expletives about lost luggage, irrelevant messages are beginning to make advertisements seem interesting again. And as your network grows and shares, the noise becomes even louder. My sixteen- year-old who has been addicted to Facebook for two years is now complaining, "Facebook is filled with stuff I don't care about!" »more
TechScout: Separating news from fiction - Technologies that are blocking noise and even predicting the future
There are a myriad of search engines trying to unseat Google. At the same time, there are a handful of search engines that are trying to grab the white space that Google is missing. One of these complementary players is Scoopler.com. Scoopler is focusing on organizing all the real-time content on the web and making it searchable. What do they mean by real-time? I talked with their Founder Dilan Jayawardane to figure it out. »more
TechScout: Reclaiming the Cash - A way toward monetizing publishing content?
Many believe the demise of the newspaper business model began with the decision to give content away on the Internet. Why buy the paper, the magazine, the newsletter when you can get the same thing online for free? Increasingly, innovators are trying to reverse consumer expectation that content should be free and find fresh ways to create revenue through micro-payment, subscription and more. Is it possible to reclaim at least some of the cash? »more
TechScout: Vocalo.org - More than just a radio station
The advent of social media promised exposure to more people and diverse ideas. We'd learn from each other's differences and might even grow smarter in the process. But one could argue that social networks have had exactly the opposite effect. It appears that narrower and narrower groups of people talk to each other about similar topics and that the hope for rich dialogue and cross-pollination is more elusive than ever in the digital space. »more
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