Category Services

Google Blinks on News Content

A small, ad hoc concession to news publishers concerned with losing paid subscription revenue to Google News.

What’s Next for Nokia’s Comes with Music?

Usage statistics from Nokia’s music-bundling service point to increased musical adventurousness when users don’t have to pay for each track.

YouTube Emails Discovered in Viacom Case: Smoking Gun or Wet Blanket?

Does Viacom really want to win its district court case against Google?

Disney Launches Subscription E-Book Service

Another worthwhile market for e-book subscriptions: kids learning to read.

Veoh’s Court Victory over Universal Music Group

How will the Veoh decision affect Viacom’s litigation against Google?

Rhapsody Adds iPhone Client

The big chance, finally, for music subscription services.

P.S. Note to RealNetworks: now how about a streaming Rhapsody application for the BlackBerry?

Barnes & Noble Launches E-Book Store

The most serious challenge to Amazon’s Kindle/Mobipocket strategy comes from the combination of B&N and Fictionwise.

Pirate Bay Acquirers Attempt to Go Legit

Hope springs eternal in the pirate’s breast.

Scribd Starts User-Generated E-Book Sales with Optional DRM

The Scribd Store is a big step forward for user-generated content business models.

Attributor Gathers Publishers to Share Ad Revenue from Unauthorized Content Use

The Fair Syndication Consortium will use text fingerprinting to find unauthorized uses of publishers’ content and attempt to share ad revenue.