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- 'Last.fm in a Box', ad-supported music service expands its "offsite community" strategy
- CBS continues to show signs that it understands the distributed nature of the net -- and no, I'm not saying that because it's in the process of buying ZDNet's parent company CNET. Today, Last.fm (which CBS purchased in May 2007) announced a major expansion to its "offsite...
- Tags: Strategy, Advertisement, CBS Broadcasting Inc., Last.fm, Box, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Steve O'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
- CBS online video player to add social features to help sell ads
- CBS online video player to add social features to help sell adsMore BalkanizationEverybody who wants a separate player for every source of content you visit, please raise your hand...A cheap solution that doesn't work is neither.say_whatIf we have to have ads anyway......and yes, if we want free content somebody has...
- Tags: advertisement, online video player, online video, CBS Broadcasting Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-02
- CBS online video player to add social features to help sell ads
- CBS is set to unveil a new online video player later today that will offer a number of social features designed to encourage users to register with the site, which in turn will help drive ad sales, reports Advertising Age. Registered users will be given the ability...
- Tags: Advertisement, Online Video, CBS Broadcasting Inc., Video, Last.fm, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Steve O'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-06-02
- Silly media interviews serious media: Dan Farber talks about CBS CNET
- Hat tip to Dennis Howlett for this one: The unstoppable Loren Feldman interviews the immovable Dan Farber Editor-in-Chief of CBS News.com. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIYy3jddnG4 by Tom Foremski
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, CBS Broadcasting Inc., CBS Interactive Inc., Marketing, Media, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-05-23
- Apple's Mighty Mouse sued over name
- Apple's Mighty Mouse sued over nameAnd what exactly makes Man and Machines an interested party in this?Do they own a piece of the trademark or do they simply want to use the name for one of their products?RE: Apple's Mighty Mouse sued over nameA chance for millions from Apple? That...
- Tags: Mice, Apple Inc., mouse, CBS Broadcasting Inc., Apple Mighty Mouse, M&M, Mighty Mouse
- Discussion threads 2008-05-21
- Apple's Mighty Mouse sued over name
- Apple and CBS are the targets of a trademark infringement suit being brought by Man & Machines over the use of the name “Mighty Mouse." The company claims that it began selling waterproof and chemical-resistant computer mice pictured at right under the Mighty Mouse brand...
- Tags: jason D. O'Grady, CBS Broadcasting Inc., Apple Inc., Productivity, Mice, Computer, Hardware, Peripherals
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
- The newspaper's last stand
- Interesting news today...or was it yesterday? I have no idea. I got off an eleven hour flight from Johannesburg this morning, and then had to race to the US embassy to get more visa pages in my passport because I've managed to fill every available visa slot with stamps, causing...
- Tags: Newspaper, CBS Broadcasting Inc., London Underground, Consumption Habit, E-books, Internet, Personal Technology, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- We've been acquired: CBS buys CNET
- We've been acquired: CBS buys CNETRE: We've been acquired: CBS buys CNETMy sincere condolences ;)ThanksThanks for letting me know .. I will now promptly discontinue using any of your sites. I don't read anything the elitist monopolies decide shove down our throats.Bye .. it was nice while it lasted....
- Tags: CBS Broadcasting Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-15
- We've been acquired: CBS buys CNET
- Nothing like scanning the headlines and finding out your parent company has been acquired. CBS Corporation To Acquire CNET Networks, Inc. The details: "Under the terms of the agreement, CBS will make a cash tender offer for all issued and outstanding shares of CNET Networks for $11.50 per...
- Tags: Business Operations, CBS Broadcasting Inc., CBS Interactive Inc., Corporate Law, Development Tools, Finance, Financial Services, Internet, Investment, Larry Dignan, Mergers & Acquisitions, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- YouTube trifecta: CBS, Universal Music, Sony BMG Music deals
- YouTube trifecta: CBS, Universal Music, Sony BMG Music dealshttp://www.analogstereo.com/fiat_idea_owners_manual.htmhttp://www.analogstereo.com/fiat_idea_owners_manual.htm
- Tags: Universal Music Group, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, CBS Broadcasting Inc., YouTube Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-12-02
- These extra limited-use apps are piling up
- Amazon launched its DRM-free music store and all you need is a lightweight downloader application. This application is a small trade-off, but is an annoyance nonetheless. ZDNet user Tripell sums it up in a Talkback: A separate downloader does sound stupid, any...
- Tags: CBS Broadcasting Inc., Episode, App, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Web Technology, Digital Music, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-09-26
- CBS staying out of iTunes pricing battle
- CBS staying out of iTunes pricing battleCBSisn't owned by Microsoft.Neither is NBC Universal.nt
- Tags: Pricing, Digital music, Digital media, Marketing research, CBS Broadcasting Inc., iTunes pricing, pricing strategy, Apple iTunes
- Discussion threads 2007-09-18
- CBS: Interactive properties 'getting more significant'
- CBS doesn't break out the revenue of its interactive properties, but it sure does talk about them a lot. The big takeaway from CBS' earnings conference call was the importance of its Internet properties to its future. Ultimately, CBS sees its interactive business accounting for a little more than 5...
- Tags: Web Technology, Hollywood on Demand, General, Entertainment, Broadband
- Blog posts 2007-08-01
- In failure to 'get' the Internet, CBS Online digs its own grave
- In failure to 'get' the Internet, CBS Online digs its own graveUsual I don't correct typos but...... annals of irrelevance.Any exposure is good exposure...Why are you giving a competitor air time at your long-winded 'winey' expense? And who is Scoble? I remember a few years ago...Glad to hear your back...
- Tags: Internet, CBS Broadcasting Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-31
- In failure to 'get' the Internet, CBS Online digs its own grave
- Back in April, I published a post under the headline What’s wrong with this CBS News story is also what’s wrong with the mainstream media. I left the question open to ZDNet readers to spot what was wrong with the story in question -- a story about a guy...
- Tags: Entertainment, General, IT Management, Web technology
- Blog posts 2007-05-31
- What does CBS want with Last.fm?
- What does CBS want with Last.fm?Last.FMI don't really understand this deal as much now, with everything that's been happening with Internet radio. I wonder how long this deal has been in the works.I use Mercora's services. They have the "M" app, which allows me to get my music wirelessly through...
- Tags: Last.fm, CBS Broadcasting Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-30
- CBS to buy Last.fm for $280 million
- CBS to buy Last.fm for $280 million$18,66 per userSteve, paying $18.66 per user seems high because I don't think they can continue to grow under CBS. Besides I don't want a large corporation like CBS to have my music listening information. Good thing I moved to http://soundcrank.com.
- Tags: CBS Broadcasting Inc., Last.fm
- Discussion threads 2007-05-30
- CBS to Google: We want YOUR audience!
- CBS is on a tear, a who needs mainstream media tear that is.After all, what's $280 million, if it brings "15 million active users to an audience hungry media company"?Beauty is in the eye of the future beholder: "Last.fm is one of the most well-established, fastest-growing online community networks out there," according...
- Tags: Google, Music, MySpace, YouTube
- Blog posts 2007-05-30
- CBS buys music network Last.fm
- CBS buys music network Last.fmCBS purchase may put a kink in the Warner deal. nt:).
- Tags: CBS Broadcasting Inc., music network, Last.fm
- Discussion threads 2007-05-30
- CBS to buy Last.fm for $280 million
- Rumors of the imminent buyout of the London-based music social network Last.fm have been doing the rounds recently, with the firmest bets being placed on Viacom, for a fee of of $450 million. Try almost halfing that figure -- $280 million -- and switch your attention to CBS, who according...
- Tags: Music, Social Networks
- Blog posts 2007-05-30
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