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Amazon Buying Audible In Deal Worth $300 Million; Should Boost Kindle Content - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 31 Jan 2008 06:27 AM PST

Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is pushing further into downloadable media: the company is acquiring spoken-word digital audio firm Audible (NSDQ: ADBL) for $300 million or $11.50/share, a premium of more than…

Broadband Content Bits: AppleTV; mtvU; Break Media - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Wed 30 Jan 2008 09:46 PM PST

-- AppleTV rental software postponed: Apple announced the software upgrade that will allow AppleTV to handle movie rentals, along with built-in music store, access to Flickr photostreams and .Mac Web…

O2 UK Cuts iPhone Tariff; Says Only An “Adjustment” - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 30 Jan 2008 09:39 AM PST

It’s not about the iPhone, really. But while O2 UK announced yesterday cuts across all of their consumer tariffs, news that iPhone tariffs were being slashed were seized upon as…

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Will Big Cash Piles Keep Start-Up Sales Alive? AAPL, MSFT, GOOG Piggybanks Total $50 Billion - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 25 Jan 2008 09:56 AM PST

Big names like Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) continue to sit on burgeoning piles of unused cash, which might just keep the buyout exit window…

Earnings: Apple: Income Up 57 Percent On 35 Percent Revenue Jump; Stock Slammed On Outlook - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 22 Jan 2008 02:30 PM PST

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) reported revenue of $9.6 billion for the quarter ending Dec. 29, up 35 percent from last year’s $7.1 billion and ahead of analyst estimates of $9.2 billion.…

European Patchwork A Possible Sticking Point For iTunes Movie Rentals - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 21 Jan 2008 10:54 AM PST

Us pesky Europeans… with our… separate countries and… distinct national jurisdictions! This NYT (FRB: 066570) piece nibbles at the likely reason Apple’s (NSDQ: AAPL) iTunes Movie Rentals won’t hit these…

Jobs’ Macworld Keynote: More On Apple And Fox: iTunes Digital Copy, Movie Rentals - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 15 Jan 2008 07:00 PM PST

Twentieth Century Fox actually has two deals with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) that Steve Jobs announced today with Fox Filmed Entertainment CEO Jim Gianopulos. A lot is being made of the…

Jobs’ Macworld Keynote: The Market Reacts - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 15 Jan 2008 11:53 AM PST

There’s a cliche that the market doesn’t like surprises, but today’s Steve Jobs’ Macworld keynote could’ve used some: Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) shares, which have already been slumping, fell hard during…

Jobs’ Macworld Keynote: Movie Rentals, Apple TV ‘Take-Two’ Target Widescreen Viewers - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 15 Jan 2008 09:39 AM PST

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is making a big play for living room entertainment. Steve Jobs used Macworld to unveil a new iTunes Movie Rentals addition to iTunes Store and an…

Amazon Vs Apple: The DRM’s Still On For iTunes Service - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 14 Jan 2008 10:31 AM PST

An interesting story in NYT on Apple’s (NSDQ: AAPL) music service versus rest of the industry, and how the music labels have now pinned their hopes on Amazon.com (NSDQ: AMZN),…

Netflix Makes Its Unlimited Online Movie Viewing Official, Day Before Apple’s Expected Launches - 5 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 13 Jan 2008 01:44 PM PST

Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), which has been experimenting with making its online movie service unlimited with a few users, is now expanding it to everyone starting Monday, a day before Apple…

NBCU Talks Video Piracy At CES, But Apple’s Still Not Listening - 2 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 09 Jan 2008 11:11 AM PST

Last October, NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) and companies like News Corp. (NYSE: NWS), Viacom (NYSE: VIA), Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), CBS (NYSE: CBS), Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and others signed on…

Apple Lowers UK iTunes Prices For EU Harmony; Demands Labels Follow Suit - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 09 Jan 2008 03:08 AM PST

From our sister site paidContent:UK: You can taste the reluctance in this move. Confirming last night’s expectation, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) just announced it will lower UK iTunes Store prices (£0.79…

Apple And Labels Close To Resolving European iTunes Country Pricing Case; No Fines - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 08 Jan 2008 08:56 PM PST

Updated below: Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is close to coming to an agreement with European Commission on charges that its iTunes stores broke EU rules by setting prices country by country…

Apple iTunes Movie Rentals: Other Studios May Come On Board Too: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 07 Jan 2008 04:15 PM PST

We reported earlier on Fox and Disney (NYSE: DIS) agreeing to come on board for Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iTunes movie rental service, and the official announcement is expected at Macworld…

Disney Joining Apple’s Movie Rental Service - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 29 Dec 2007 01:14 AM PST

As was expected when the news of News Corp (NYSE: NWS). and its studio Twentieth Century Fox signing a movie rental deal came out earlier this week, Disney (NYSE: DIS)…

Warner Signs On With Amazon’s DRM-Free MP3 Download Store - 2 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 27 Dec 2007 08:40 AM PST

Effective today, Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) follows Universal Music Group and EMI to the DRM-free Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) MP3 store. For Warner, it’s an admission that DRM-free music is…

Fox In Movie Rental Deal With Apple For iTunes; DVDs Will Allow Ripping To PC And iPods - 3 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 26 Dec 2007 06:40 PM PST

As had been speculated earlier in the month, News Corp (NYSE: NWS). and its studio Twentieth Century Fox have signed a deal with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) to allow users to…

Holiday Wire: McClatchy-Yahoo; Online Ads; Apple Shares Soar; Google Reader’s Beacon Effect - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 26 Dec 2007 10:12 AM PST

-- Despite Woes, McClatchy Banks on Newspapers: A deepish look at McClatchy (NYSE: MNI) including how/why McClatchy chairman and CEO Gary Pruitt’s job is safe despite losing $1.46 billion and…

Apple Rumor Site Think Secret Shutting Down On Settlement - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 20 Dec 2007 10:37 AM PST

Think Secret, a popular source of Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) gossip and news, will be shutting down, per a settlement of a trade secrets lawsuit brought by Apple in 2005. In…

Digital Music Roundup: Radiohead Ends Pay-What-You-Want; Another Site Updates The Pricing Model - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 10 Dec 2007 03:17 PM PST

-- Radiohead Ends Pay-Your-Own-Price Plan, Probably For Good: Radiohead’s experiment in letting fans decide what to pay for downloads of its most recent album will end December 10, Digital Music…

@ UBS Media Week: Lionsgate’s Burns To Apple: Want New Movie Titles? Raise Your Prices - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 04 Dec 2007 03:32 PM PST

Lionsgate vice chairman Michael Burns has a message for Apple: if you want new home video releases available on iTunes, make your prices more in line with other retailers. Even…

@ UBS Media Week: NBCU’s Zucker: Making Sure Digital Dollars Don’t Become Pennies; $15M From Apple - 2 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 03 Dec 2007 11:41 AM PST

Among the goals Jeff Zucker, president and CEO of NBC Universal, (NYSE: GE) outlined for the company during the lunch session at the UBS Global Media & Communications Conference: replacing…

News Corp/Fox Close To Deal With Apple For iTunes Movies: Report - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 03 Dec 2007 11:08 AM PST

News Corp and its studio Twentieth Century Fox are close to a deal with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) to begin offering new releases and catalog movie titles through iTunes beginning in…

AOL Outsources Paid Video Downloads To Amazon Unbox - 2 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Fri 30 Nov 2007 04:42 PM PST

AOL (NYSE: TWX) continues to reinvent its approach to a variety of initiatives under way before Randy Falco replaced Jon Miller as chairman and CEO last year. The latest: swapping…