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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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Craiglist announced that it will get rid of the “erotic services” portion of its site. The popular web-based classifieds site has been under scrutiny over the section, which houses thousands of ads for sexual services, many of which are probably illegal. Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. France is set to enact a series of laws which could give the government the power to cut off internet access for users deemed as pirates. French Parliament, which recently tried and failed to enact a three-strike policy, passed a bill Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Google aired its first broadcast television commercial over the weekend. The 30 second spot for its Internet browser Chrome, was selected through a YouTube contest. This is the first commercial the search giant has ever broadcast. The National Health Interview Survey 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. Yahoo is set to officially shut down GeoCities by the end of 2009. The free personal web-page host, which Yahoo acquired in 1999, is a relic from the Web 1.0 era, which cost Yahoo an estimated $4.6 billion. The service will Continue Reading →
The following is an excerpt from a White Paper I recently wrote for Cisco. You can download the entire document here. There’s a short video presentation as well. The idea behind this paper was to explore some of the issues that will face service providers (like cable and IPTV) as the world becomes more broadband-centric. Continue Reading →
This past week the first of America’s major metropolitan newspapers has made the decision to cease print operations and transform itself into an online only news organization. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer RIP, long live www.seattlepi.com — if only it could be true. If you’re interested in the details, you can read a very thorough article in Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The Hearst Corp announced that the Seattle Post-Intelligencer will become a web-only destination. The Seattle P-I, a 146 year old paper, is the first major US newspaper to abandon print format. The P-I, whose losses amounted to over $14 million last Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on the nearly 40% of television stations switching to all digital signals next week, despite the government postponing the end of analog television until June 12 and, the success of Jeff Pulver’s SocComm Social Communications Summit in Continue Reading →