In its first full quarter with former Google exec Marissa Mayer as CEO, Yahoo reported Q3 revenues of $1.08 billion with net income of $0.23 per share. Earnings were in line with analyst expectations, and shares rose in after-hours trading. Read More »
Technology blog ReadWriteWeb, which was acquired by Say Media last December, has hired “Fake Steve Jobs” author Dan Lyons as editor-in-chief. The site is also getting a tablet-friendly redesign and a new name, ReadWrite. Read More »
Clay Christensen, newspapers and the cliff of despair
Like other industries that have been disrupted by new forms of competition, Clay Christensen says that newspapers were almost incapable of taking the steps they needed to take — even long after the danger of not taking those steps had become abundantly obvious. Read More »
What I learned while live-tweeting a friend’s funeral
Creating order from digital chaos
Is Google a free speech opportunist?
Polar Mobile arms publishers with MediaEverywhere HTML5 tool
A skirmish between Google and newspapers over crawling of news headlines suggests Latin America’s digital publishing sector is maturing. But can Google keep publishers sweet enough to exploit opportunities in the fast-growing Brazilian market? Read More »
Like the auto and steel industries before it, the media business is on the horns of the innovators dilemma — threatened by disruptive new technologies but unsure how to embrace them. A Harvard Business School prof has some advice. Read More »
The digital vendor that powers music services for Samsung, HTC, RIM and others is taking on investment to expand its offering from downloads to streaming, radio and more. Read More »
Somebody is probably looking for a job after the search giant unexpectedly pre-announced its financial results hours before they were supposed to be released. What’s worse, the numbers were bad. Read More »
First Reddit and now Twitter have had to confront issues related to freedom of speech recently, and decide which way they are going to go when it comes to protecting it. As social media becomes more mainstream, such battles will likely become more frequent. Read More »
- Yahoo reports Q3 earnings in line with expectations, as search revenue rises
- ReadWriteWeb rebrands, hires Dan Lyons as EIC
- Clay Christensen, newspapers and the cliff of despair
- Google, Yahoo see contrasting fortunes in South Korea
- Amazon apparently discontinues Kindle Touch in favor of Paperwhite
- What I learned while live-tweeting a friend’s funeral
- Rupert Murdoch and the LA Times: fact or folly?