Jan
02
Advertising: Telling the World It Sells Stethoscopes, Too
Posted in: UncategorizedA new campaign for Staples promotes the fact that the office products chain sells much more these days than folders and clips.
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Dec
25
As New Services Track Habits, the E-Books Are Reading You
Posted in: UncategorizedSeveral new e-book subscription services are analyzing the data of readers and providing it free.
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Dec
24
Tribune Co. Buys Electronic Media Data Firm
Posted in: UncategorizedThe $170 million deal for Gracenote, a subsidiary of Sony, adds to the Tribune Company’s growing repository of entertainment metadata.
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Dec
23
The Media Equation: When ‘60 Minutes’ Checks Its Journalistic Skepticism at the Door
Posted in: UncategorizedViewers expect and deserve the show to bring its A game when it takes on a huge issue like the N.S.A., to serve as a stand-in for the American people and ask the uncomfortable questions.
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Dec
10
If a Story Is Viral, Truth May Be Taking a Beating
Posted in: UncategorizedPeople post on Twitter or write stories for online news organizations like The Huffington Post or Gawker that spread quickly on the web as if factual, when they really aren’t.
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Dec
04
Beats Music Streaming Service Says It Will Begin in January
Posted in: UncategorizedThe service, which intends to compete with Spotify, hopes to build on the popularity of Beats headphones.
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Dec
02
Justices Pass on Tax Case From Online Merchants
Posted in: UncategorizedThe United States Supreme Court will let stand a decision that the companies must collect sales taxes despite the lack of a physical presence in the state.
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Nov
14
IBM to Announce More Powerful Watson via the Internet
Posted in: UncategorizedCompanies, academics and individual software developers will be able to use Watson at a small fraction of the previous cost.
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Nov
11
Same Time, Same Channel? TV Woos Kids Who Can’t Wait
Posted in: UncategorizedIn their efforts to attract children, television networks are starting to show programs online before they appear on old-fashioned TV.
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Nov
07
An Offer From Amazon to Its Most Bitter Rivals
Posted in: UncategorizedThe giant retailer announced a program to pay independent bookstores to sell its e-books and popular reading devices.
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Nov
06
‘Humans of New York,’ by Brandon Stanton
Posted in: UncategorizedBrandon Stanton’s new book of 400 photographic portraits, “Humans of New York,” has become a best seller.
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Nov
04
Book About Amazon Is Reviewed on Amazon, by Founder’s Wife
Posted in: UncategorizedIn her lengthy review, MacKenzie Bezos took issue with “The Everything Store,” about Amazon and Jeff Bezos.
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Nov
04
The Media Equation: With ‘Alpha House,’ Amazon Makes Bid for Living Room Screens and Beyond
Posted in: UncategorizedThe show, Amazon’s first attempt at original programming, could create additional momentum for change in the concept of television.
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Nov
04
Disney and Dish Wrangle Not Over Broadcast Fees, but the Future of TV
Posted in: UncategorizedThe protracted distribution negotiations under way between Dish Network and the Walt Disney Company are said to focus on digital rights like ad-skipping and online streaming.
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Nov
03
Start-Up to Offer Didion E-Books
Posted in: UncategorizedBeginning Monday, ZolaBooks.com alone will sell the e-book of “Slouching Towards Bethlehem” as well as other digital books by Joan Didion.
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Oct
25
Publishing Executive at Amazon to Depart
Posted in: UncategorizedLaurence Kirshbaum also worked at Random House and eventually became the chairman and chief executive of the Time Warner Book Group.
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Oct
25
Square Feet: Struggling Newspapers Sell Off Old Headquarters
Posted in: UncategorizedMany papers, large and small, are trying to shed their aging properties for spaces that are more efficient and high-tech.
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Oct
22
Staff of Washington Post Bids Farewell to Grahams
Posted in: UncategorizedCurrent and former Post employees came together in an emotional send-off for the family that owned the newspaper for eight decades.
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Oct
20
The Media Equation: Tech Wealth and Ideas Are Heading Into News
Posted in: UncategorizedThe technology industry and its various power brokers are suddenly investing significant sums of money in preserving news capacity and quality.
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Oct
17
Snowden Journalist’s New Venture to Be Bankrolled by eBay Founder
Posted in: UncategorizedPierre Omidyar will finance the news site drawing Glenn Greenwald away from The Guardian, where he reported on the revelations by Edward Snowden.
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