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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Apple unveiled new software for the iPhone yesterday at a conference in Cupertino, CA. The company also revealed new tools available to developers to build software applications for the iPhone. For users, the new iPhone update will finally allow for the 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. Yahoo is set to refresh its web video presence. While Yahoo tried its hand at web video last year in a joint venture with Pepsi dubbed “the 9”, new shows like “Primetime in No Time” maybe successful by utilizing sponsors and Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer went head to head on the Daily Show last night after a week of Stewart laying into Cramer for recommending Bear Sterns stocks in the days before the company fell apart. Stewart questioned both Cramer’s and Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Hulu will add social networking features to its streaming video site. The NBCU-Fox joint venture plans to use social networking to boost consumer loyalty, as well as to mine data in hopes of attracting more advertisers. Dubbed “Hulu Friends”, the feature Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. NBCU and Sony have announced plans to make NBCU content available for purchase on Playstation systems. Sony will begin selling NBC shows like The Office and 30 Rock the day after they originally air on television. NBCU will also distribute feature Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. While others are slashing forecasts, IBM announced that it plans to go on the offensive. International Business Machines CEO Sam Palmisano said that the computer giant “will take a long-term view, and go on offense”, and that IBM is “positioned to Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. NBC launched New York Nonstop, its pioneering effort in multi-platform media, this morning.  NY Nonstop is anchored on the digital tier of WNBC, but it is also carried by every MSO in the tri-state area, passing through roughly 6 million Continue Reading →

Last week I wrote an article entitled, Broadcast News Vs. Information: An Unfair Fight which outlined an experiment: my goal was to see how my week would go if I didn’t get any news from traditional media. The article is a quick read and it would help if you gave it a look. Now, I Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Chris Brown has been charged with 2 felonies over the alleged beating of girlfriend and pop star Rihanna. While Brown is free on $50,000 bail, his charges include assault with intent to cause bodily harm, as well as making criminal Continue Reading →