News Corp.'s First "Daily" Ad Is Missing One Word, And It Begins With "I"
News Corp. worked very hard to get Apple’s assistance and endorsement as it launched the Daily. But even though I (and lots of other folks) refer to the Daily as an “iPad newspaper,” it’s not going to...
View ArticleWinklevii Keep the Dream Alive With Media Blitz
Though Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss no-commented me and other reporters in a San Francisco court last month, they can’t seem to stay away from bashing Mark Zuckerberg for long. The twins, who are...
View ArticleStephen Colbert Rips Rupert Murdoch, Rips Off Arianna Huffington
If you like metamedia criticism and Web media, then last night’s “Colbert Report” was for you. At least twice! Colbert started out with an entire segment on the Daily, Rupert Murdoch’s new iPad...
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The Daily's Apple-Only Days Are Numbered: Android Coming This Spring
Rupert Murdoch leaned heavily on Apple to launch the Daily, and for now the iPad is the only place you can read News Corp.’s new digital newspaper. But that exclusivity will end in a few months:...
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AOL-HuffPo Deal Officially Closes Today–More Big Media Hires Signal New...
AOL will officially close its $315 million acquisition of the Huffington Post today, according to several sources close to the situation. The culmination of the deal–which has already been approved by...
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Exclusive: AOL's Mobile Chief Talks With Mobilized, Offers a Glimpse of Editions
When AOL’s Brad Garlinghouse first approached David Temkin last year about taking a job, Temkin had the reaction most techies have: he couldn’t imagine working at AOL. But Garlinghouse convinced him...
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Apple's Subscription Service Works Just Fine–Unless You're a Publisher Hoping...
Publishers aren’t happy about the terms of Apple’s new iTunes subscription system , but I have a hunch we’re going to see more of them biting the bullet and using it anyway. Just like the New York...
View ArticleThe Daily Will Release Subscriber Numbers Some Day That's Not Today
News Corp.’s Daily tablet newspaper had a high-profile launch in February, but didn’t start charging customers until two weeks ago. So how’s it selling? “We’re happy with where we are,” publisher Greg...
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News Corp. Revenue, Earnings Miss; MySpace Still Burning Money
A first look at News Corp.’s March quarter earnings: Revenues of $8.26 billion and adjusted earnings of $0.26 per share. Analysts were looking for revenue of $8.42 billion and earnings of $0.27 per...
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It's a So-Lo-Mo World, After All
Let it be said: For a digital information junkie such as myself, traveling abroad without any cellular or consistent Internet connection on my spanking new white Apple iPhone is agonizing. To explain:...
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Hulu Plays Along With Apple's New Rules. Who's Next?
Apple’s new subscription rules could have posed a problem for services like Hulu. But when Steve Jobs changed his mind earlier this month, life got a lot easier. Here’s the old version of the Hulu Plus...
View ArticleJon Stewart on Rupert Murdoch, Wendi Deng, and The Pie. And, of Course, Fox...
Maybe I’m missing something, but it seems as if Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have gone quite … easy on News Corp.’s PhoneGate scandal, which seems like a story tailor made for them. Then again,...
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AOL Nearly Ready With Editions: The App for When You Crap
For nine months now, AOL has been working on Editions by AOL — an online magazine for the iPad. It’s designed to sit somewhere between the Daily and Flipboard, offering a mix of personalized and...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Promotes Media Guru Eddy Cue
Here’s new Apple CEO Tim Cook’s first org chart move: He has given media boss Eddy Cue a promotion, pushing him up from vice president, iTunes, to senior vice president, Internet Software and Services....
View ArticleAdvertiser Reveals Rupert Murdoch's Daily iPad Numbers
The Daily, Rupert Murdoch’s once-hyped iPad newspaper, has 120,000 readers a week, according to a media buyer who works with the publication. An executive at Zenith Optimedia told Bloomberg that the...
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Not the iPad 3 or New TV -- But Apple Planning Media-Related Event in the...
According to sources close to the situation, Apple is planning an important — but not large-scale — event to be held in New York at the end of this month that will focus on a media-related...
View ArticleA Year After iPad Launch, News Corp.'s Daily Comes to (Some) Google Tablets
A year after it launched on Apple’s iPad (and much later than AllThingsD had reported), News Corp.’s Daily tablet newspaper has made it to Google’s Android. It will come preloaded on some tablet models...
View ArticleNews Corp.'s Carey: Hacking Scandal Made for a Difficult Year (Video)
Is there a culture problem at News Corp.? COO Chase Carey doesn’t think so. Onstage at D:Dive Into Media Tuesday afternoon, Carey said the practices behind the phone hacking scandal that’s troubled the...
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Microsoft Disputes Report of Office for iPad
Microsoft may well be working on a version of Office for iPad, but it’s not the one detailed in a report today from The Daily. Nor will it soon be submitted to Apple for approval. “The Daily story is...
View ArticleThe Daily Has an Angry Birds App -- And the Start of a Custom Publishing...
Hey! You like Angry Birds, right? Of course you do. So you’ll enjoy reading about Angry Birds, via a new, free iOS app about the newest iteration of the game, produced by The Daily. (An Android version...
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The Daily Lays Off a Third of Its Staff
The Daily, News Corp.’s attempt to create a digital newspaper for the iPad age, is laying off nearly a third of its staff. The publisher plans to tell its workers today that it will fire 50 of its 170...
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News Corp. Takes $2.8 Billion Charge
Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesNews Corp. missed its quarterly numbers today by reporting adjusted earnings of 32 cents a share on revenue of $8.4 billion; the Street was expecting 32 cents and $8.7...
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News Corp. Shutters The Daily iPad App
The Daily, News Corp.’s attempt to create a newspaper for the iPad era, is shutting down after less than two years. The media giant, which also owns this Web site, said it will “cease standalone...
View ArticleThe Daily Says -- And Sings -- Goodbye
The Daily, Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to make a tabloid newspaper for the iPad age, shuts down this week. Anyone — and everyone — can tell you why The Daily didn’t work, and they’ve already done so. So,...
View ArticleWilliam Morris Endeavor Invests in App Maker Chaotic Moon
Talent agency William Morris Endeavor says it has taken an undisclosed but “significant” stake in Chaotic Moon, an Austin, Texas-based software company. Chaotic Moon makes apps and other products for a...
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