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Clay Shirky on Twitter and the social media revolution
Here’s a great interview with Clay Shirky by GRITtv’s Laura Flanders. Clay Shirky talks about the power of digital networking, and how social media can do everything from cause revolutions… Read more »
Inside Word: In Defense Of Ads In Twitter
The Inside Word is a weekly feature that looks at compelling industry debates and discussions unfolding on the blogs of employees at digital-media companies. Blogger: Mark Suster Position: Partner, GRP… Read more »
Netflix Wants 50 Percent Discount Under Release Delay Scenario
The studios have put the screws to Redbox and Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) in order to get them to take new releases at a later date. Redbox has sued all the… Read more »
Updated: EBay Confirms Deal With Skype Cofounders; They Get 14 Percent Stake In Spinoff
As expected, eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) announced a deal today between the Skype investor group and Joltid, the owner of the code that runs Skype. Joltid and Skype cofounders Niklas Zennström… Read more »
Game Developer Promotes Game on Torrent Sites
Game developer RedLynx has been exploring a novel marketing technique for its products. Instead of trying to get all its titles removed from torrent sites, the company itself is distributing… Read more »
Tough love for media
Here in a bit more friendly video format is the keynote I gave to the Munich Media Days (in English) a week ago, which I linked to earlier. I decided… Read more »
paidContent Quick Hits 11.6.09
» Ancestry.com shares jumped five percent on their first day of trading, although they’re down a tad today. [Associated Press] » Yahoo settles a trademark infringement lawsuit with cosmetics giant… Read more »
The Knot's Profits Drop 64 Percent; Local Rev Gains Offset By National Reclines
Wedding site The Knot saw profits fall about 64 percent to $771,000 million last year, primarily due to the decline in interest income. The company has about $128.9 million in… Read more »
Twitter Upgrades Its Search Engine
After months of saying that improvements were coming to its search engine, Twitter has announced a small but critical upgrade. In a blog post, Twitter says it has started an… Read more »
DailyCandy's Sheinbaum Gets Funding For His New Startup
Mandelbrot Project, a stealth startup led by former DailyCandy CEO Pete Sheinbaum has raised $500,000, according to an SEC filing. PEHub says the backer is the Foundry Group, which declined… Read more »
