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‘Digital Media’ Are Behind Us: Starcom MediaVest’s Sheehy

COLOGNE — As media platforms and the processes behind them converge, old definitions ...

By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Jam tomorrow for Xbox One’s TV dreams?
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Ambitious STV expects strong online income growth
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Pure, Shazam, 7digital team to sell music downloads through radios
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Spotify’s top designer leaving to join Facebook
By Robert Andrews  
Times puts some ads outside the wall and on iPad as web display reduces
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Times puts some ads outside the wall and on iPad as web display reduces
By Robert Andrews  
In unlimited music race, Rdio has beaten Spotify to US launch
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In unlimited music race, Rdio has beaten Spotify to US launch
By Robert Andrews  
News Corp playing the subscription game with gusto – but, so far, alone
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News Corp playing the subscription game with gusto – but, so far, alone
By Robert Andrews  
Apple to analysts: Supply issues ‘a good problem to have’
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Apple to analysts: Supply issues ‘a good problem to have’
By Robert Andrews  
New Bebo chief executive: We’ll staff up, innovate, then maybe sell
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New Bebo chief executive: We’ll staff up, innovate, then maybe sell
By Robert Andrews  
Digital economy bill: A quick guide
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Digital economy bill: A quick guide
By Robert Andrews  
Financial Times website now for registered users only
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Financial Times website now for registered users only
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
MSN Video takes on BBC iPlayer with ad-supported online TV offering
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

Google helps FT.com limit online access

Google fell under the spotlight in November when the debate over news sites\' value t...

By Robert Andrews  
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Live Indian Premier League cricket ‘to be shown on YouTube’
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Murdoch may knock Google, but his papers still cultivate it
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Google could be granted copyright immunity in UK law
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Insights
As youngsters switch to online news, should Scotland give them more paper?
By Robert Andrews  
YouTube, iPlayer, Sky? Who’ll win the mass market for video on demand?
Company strategy
YouTube, iPlayer, Sky? Who’ll win the mass market for video on demand?
By Robert Andrews  
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FT.com goes even more premium
By Robert Andrews  
Project Canvas threatened by TVs with built-in internet
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Project Canvas threatened by TVs with built-in internet
By Robert Andrews  
Who’d pay for content? That depends on who you ask …
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Who’d pay for content? That depends on who you ask …
By Robert Andrews  
Times Online will relaunch next spring as paywall goes up
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Times Online will relaunch next spring as paywall goes up
By Robert Andrews  
Print and online ‘could work in tandem’
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Print and online ‘could work in tandem’
By Robert Andrews  
News website users ‘willing to pay less than £10 a year’
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News website users ‘willing to pay less than £10 a year’
By Robert Andrews  
Only 5% of web users would pay for online news, reports survey
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Only 5% of web users would pay for online news, reports survey
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

Industry Moves: Dopplr’s Jones Joining Schulze & Webb

Travel social network Dopplr\'s founding design director Matt Jones is stepping back ...

By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Spotify now making universal more money than iTunes, in Sweden
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Li Ka-Shing confirms Spotify stake, will tie up with 3, INQ
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Dan Wagner will use Shiny Blogs to build fashion network
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Pay-to-read – cash cow, or red herring?
By Robert Andrews  
Trinity’s Bailey: Paid content may be ‘the next stage’, but audience comes first
Company strategy
Trinity’s Bailey: Paid content may be ‘the next stage’, but audience comes first
By Robert Andrews  
Interview: Christina Domecq, CEO, Spinvox (Pt 1): Managing through the crunch
Interviews
Interview: Christina Domecq, CEO, Spinvox (Pt 1): Managing through the crunch
By Robert Andrews  
Spotify VC search reportedly seeking up to £30 Million
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Spotify VC search reportedly seeking up to £30 Million
By Robert Andrews  
@ MEM: Mobile Biz Expects Content Sales To Keep Growing
Conference reports
@ MEM: Mobile Biz Expects Content Sales To Keep Growing
By Robert Andrews  
Current TV Moves From Social Video To Social Networking
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Current TV Moves From Social Video To Social Networking
By Robert Andrews  
BBC: ‘The jury’s out on Phorm’; targeted ads good in principle
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BBC: ‘The jury’s out on Phorm’; targeted ads good in principle
By Robert Andrews  
Research: Going web-only could kill your newspaper
Market analysis
Research: Going web-only could kill your newspaper
By Robert Andrews  
Another forecast sees 2009 online ads slowing to a crawl
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Another forecast sees 2009 online ads slowing to a crawl
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

We7 intros premium subs as music sites cut cloth accordingly

As free-music websites begin to realise they\'re not making enough money to pay for t...

By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
BBC tests live mobile TV – with threat of prosecution
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Company strategy
Now YouTube stops the music in Germany
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Company strategy
Spotify adds download through 7Digital
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Twitter brings back UK SMS; Vodafone first, others to follows
By Robert Andrews  
Last.fm puts pay wall around streams; except in US, UK, Germany
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Last.fm puts pay wall around streams; except in US, UK, Germany
By Robert Andrews  
Interview: Andrew Shaw, online managing director, PRS For Music: Rates reform under the spotlight
Interviews
Interview: Andrew Shaw, online managing director, PRS For Music: Rates reform under the spotlight
By Robert Andrews  
Babelgum rejigs again, takes mobile app to US
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Babelgum rejigs again, takes mobile app to US
By Robert Andrews  
Why YouTube’s PRS spat is just one battle in the coming online music war
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Why YouTube’s PRS spat is just one battle in the coming online music war
By Robert Andrews  
Norwegian broadcaster NRK embraces P2P, sets up own torrent tracker
Company strategy
Norwegian broadcaster NRK embraces P2P, sets up own torrent tracker
By Robert Andrews  
Interview: Griff Parry, BSkyB’s director of video-on-demand: Sky Player growing, may eye Canvas
Interviews
Interview: Griff Parry, BSkyB’s director of video-on-demand: Sky Player growing, may eye Canvas
By Robert Andrews  
CBS, Last.fm deny passing user data to RIAA; some users delete accounts
Company strategy
CBS, Last.fm deny passing user data to RIAA; some users delete accounts
By Robert Andrews  
Pirate Bay a new distribution platform for newspapers? Probably not
Company strategy
Pirate Bay a new distribution platform for newspapers? Probably not
By Robert Andrews  
Market indicators

UK, EU venture capital money dried up in 2008 as China wooed investors: research

The amount of money handed out through venture capital investments in Europe fell 15%...

By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
C4’s new video-on-demand play coming next month: Web streams, minus the Kangaroo
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Getty shutting Scoopt citizen journalism photo site to focus on core business
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
BBC stops trying to be Google, abandons web search
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
FT reboots mobile: Plans iPhone apps, commercial model unclear
By Robert Andrews  
Philip Schofield is on Twitter; Tipping point for the mainstream?
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Philip Schofield is on Twitter; Tipping point for the mainstream?
By Robert Andrews  
Balderton targets downturn innovation with $430m new venture capital fund
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Balderton targets downturn innovation with $430m new venture capital fund
By Robert Andrews  
Social networks face challenging 2009; must monetise or die
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Social networks face challenging 2009; must monetise or die
By Robert Andrews  
ITV to slash value of Friends Reunited, report says
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ITV to slash value of Friends Reunited, report says
By Robert Andrews  
EMI launches personalised music discovery site for direct-to-fan retail
Company strategy
EMI launches personalised music discovery site for direct-to-fan retail
By Robert Andrews  
Interview: James Parton, head, O2 Litmus: A prelude to an app store?
Interviews
Interview: James Parton, head, O2 Litmus: A prelude to an app store?
By Robert Andrews  
Tumblr raises $4.5m second round; staffs up, preps premium model
Company strategy
Tumblr raises $4.5m second round; staffs up, preps premium model
By Robert Andrews  
ITV.com turning content in to ads in search for web income
Company strategy
ITV.com turning content in to ads in search for web income
By Robert Andrews  
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UK urged to innovate out of a recession with $1.5bn startup fund

The UK government is being urged to create a £1 billion ($1.47 billion) venture capit...

By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Social TV site Tioti sells to Vizimo; will be technology ‘shop window’
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Library House online VC tracker goes in to administration
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Analysts aren’t buying ‘anti-competitive’ Kangaroo ruling
By Robert Andrews  
Industry moves
Industry Moves: Xing CEO logs out, replacement coming from eBay
By Robert Andrews  
Yahoo sells off European comparison shopping site Kelkoo to PE firm
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Yahoo sells off European comparison shopping site Kelkoo to PE firm
By Robert Andrews  
Guest comment: Why music can’t ‘just be free’
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Guest comment: Why music can’t ‘just be free’
By Robert Andrews  
Can Facebook make its ‘engagement ads’ work?
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Can Facebook make its ‘engagement ads’ work?
By Robert Andrews  
Apple’s iPod chief quits, IBM sues to stop replacement giving secrets
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Apple’s iPod chief quits, IBM sues to stop replacement giving secrets
By Robert Andrews  
Greenslade sees the light?
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Greenslade sees the light?
By Robert Andrews  
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