If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Media mogul David Geffen is seriously interested in purchasing a large stake in The New York Times Company. Rumors of Geffen’s interest have increased in the past few weeks, especially after Google said they were not interested in the publishing company. Continue Reading →
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In our last episode, Debbie's Facebook account had been hijacked. She would receive random notes from her friends telling her that they suspected that her account had been hacked, but everything looked fine. Then, the cybercriminal opened a chat to me from her account typing, "... still stuck in London." Since, at that very moment, Debbie was standing next to me, it was pretty obvious we had a problem. Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Google experienced a bevy of screw-ups yesterday. Users were complaining all over Twitter that the search giant’s GMail service, as well as Google News and Reader, were experiencing outages during the morning. While problems have been resolved, the outages were prevalent Continue Reading →
What happens when you drink the Kool-aid? OK, better question … What happens when social media becomes woven into the fabric of your life and you rely on a web-based, profile (that you cannot back up or export) as the center of your social universe? Answer 1: When everything is working as designed, the world Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. MTV’s new social media-television program will share ad rev with Facebook and Twitter. The new show, What You’re Watching With Alexa Cheung, will feature live tweets, as well as Facebook updates. The move, which is obvious for a network with a Continue Reading →
The end is actually here. Sorry. Last Sunday evening I was home with my family doing what millions of other American families were doing — I was watching Celebrity Apprentice through my DVR 24 minutes delayed, so I could finish it at 11pm EDT, but skip all of the commercials. Now, this is really old Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Time Warner noted in it’s quarterly report that it will indeed buy back Google’s 5% share of AOL. Meanwhile, Jeff Bewkes told reporters that TW is “working to determine the right ownership structure for AOL” and would announce future plans in Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank may introduce a bill to overturn the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act as early as this week. The bill was signed and passed in 2006 as the US government hurried to combat illegal online betting operations, many Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. News Corp is firing MySpace CEO and Co-Founder Chris DeWolfe. DeWolfe, who has been with MySpace since its launch in 2003, ran the company when News Corp acquired it for $580 million in 2005. It has been reported that former Facebook Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Universal Music Group and Google will partner to launch a separate music video destination. Dubbed VEVO, the site will act as a supplement and possible replacement to UMG’s YouTube channel. While UMG will not remove music videos from YouTube, which has Continue Reading →