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Four major media companies, including News Corp.’s Fox, Viacom Inc., CBS Corp. and General Electric Co.’s NBC Universal, are in talks about creating a video Web site to compete with Google Inc.’s YouTube, according to people close to the situation. The companies, owners of most of the major TV networks, envision a jointly owned site …
Yahoo media group chief, Lloyd Braun, a former ABC executive, left the Web company after a broad restructuring that reduced his power. The executive shuffle is part of Yahoo’s efforts to clean house following financial struggles this year. The management changes followed a board meeting Tuesday in which it gave the boot to Dan Rosensweig, …
Inside information from Kevin Rose and iPhone patent application photos provide clues on what features will be in the iPhone.
NBC Universal yesterday named Michael Pilot, a General Electric executive since 2002, as president of its advertising sales division. Mr. Pilot will succeed NBC’s longtime head of sales, Keith Turner, whose departure was announced last week. Mr. Pilot had been president of the Equipment Finance Group for G.E., which controls NBC Universal. In his new …
Where most speakers seem to be designed to be hidden, the JBL Encounter defies you to ignore them. Space Monkeys, prepare for blast off.
If you want a glimpse of the future of advertising, you can hire a consultant – or you can travel to Britain. Online advertising is racing ahead in Britain, growing at a roughly 40 percent annual rate, and is expected to account for as much as 14 percent of overall ad spending this year, according …
Need a reason to switch from PC to Mac? Last week there was an article in the Washington Post that highlighted some of the advantages of the Macintosh over the PC.
NBC is not trying to be a portal. That was the word the company’s digital chief, Beth Comstock, gave advertisers yesterday afternoon at Advertising Age’s Media Mavens award luncheon, where Ad Age Associate Publisher Scott Donaton grilled her on NBC’s online ambitions, whether the network was infringing on agency territory with a new plan to …
The demand for everything iPod is so high that even an iPod accessory was outselling Microsoft's new MP3 media player on Amazon.com. Microsoft's new Zune media player, despite heavy marketing, came in only at No. 75 on Amazon's list of 100 best-selling electronics this week. The Zune was trailing many iPod accessories such as Apple's $29.99 iPod USB power adapter, at No. 65.
Need a reason to pull your records out of storage? A company called ION has created a USB turntable called the(Amazon link) iTTUSB. The company claims that this is the world’s first USB turntable. This USB turntable allows you to convert your old vinyl collection directly to CD or MP3 with the included recording software …
Ever wanted to laser-etch some labels onto DVDs you've burned, but wanted to do it on your Mac ? Now you can.
The network blurs the lines between broadcaster, ad agency, and marketer NBC Universal: ad agency. Or it will be, sort of. Its new digital czar, Beth Comstock, and her staffers are approaching key advertisers with a simple yet far-reaching proposition: Let our digital studios create some advertising for you. In other words, although NBC executives …
iPod vs Cassette: This ultimate showdown compares lifespan, price, repair, a drop test and more. Check out the photos to see who wins.
The iPod's built-in diagnostic mode is a quick and easy way to determine if you have a "bad" iPod.
You like an artist and buy a few tracks from their album on iTunes. Then you realize that you really like the artist and want to buy the rest of the album. But if you buy each remaining song on the album separately, it costs more than if you just buy the entire album all at once. And many times, several tracks on the disc as well as the PDF booklet are only available if you purchase the entire album at once.
Nintendo launches its Wii gaming system in time for the holidays with a new marketing campaign that leverages extensive partnerships with other brands as well as traditional advertising. Television spots from Publicis Groupe’s Leo Burnett launch this week. The four spots from the Chicago agency depict two Japanese men showing up at homes across the …
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