Archive | January, 2010
Macmillan Publishing and Amazon Come to Terms, But Are Not Happy
Image by Affiliate via Flickr Macmillan publishing, a company attempting to survive, has come to terms with Amazon.com over the distribution of it’s new releases over the Kindle. Releasing titles at $12.99 to $14.99 per copy, versus Amazon’s desired $9.99 pricing structure. Amazon released a statement as follows: Dear Customers: Macmillan, one of the “big six” publishers, has clearly [...]
Continue reading...Blockbuster SD Card Rental Kiosk
31. January 2010
Image via Wikipedia Blockbuster wants to add another movie format to the game. Using the SD Card format they hope you will use their new kiosk to rent movies instead of dvd/blueray at Redbox. Although I think they would have an easier time using USB format. No word yet on pricing or the level of support [...]
Continue reading...Sirius XM Growing Fast
20. January 2010
Image via Wikipedia Sirius XM has reported a net growth for the Christmas quarter of 257,000 subscribers. Bringing the total count to 18.8 million subscribers.
Continue reading...NY Times Online Charge
20. January 2010
Image via Wikipedia NY Times has made the choice to start charging users to visit their site starting in 2011. The new approach, referred to as the metered model, will offer users free access to a set number of articles per month and then charge users once they exceed that number. This will enable NYTimes.com to create [...]
Continue reading...Who Will Get Conan?
20. January 2010
Image by ddreier via Flickr WSJ.com is reporting that Conan O’Brien is close to signing a $40,000,000 severance package deal to leave his post at The Tonight Show. Leaving NBC gives him the option to go to Fox and head up the start of their very own week long late night division. One option that rarely gets discussed or [...]
Continue reading...Netflix Streaming and Starz Deal Coming to an End?
20. January 2010
Image via Wikipedia The deal Netflix has with Starz may be coming to an end soon. Disney licenses it’s movies to Starz for a flat fee, said to be typically in the range of $5,000,000 for major films, although things like this are rarely disclosed officially. Currently Starz is reselling it’s steaming service to Netflix which is where the majority of [...]
Continue reading...Xbox 360 and ESPN Streaming?
20. January 2010
Image via Wikipedia Xbox 360 users may someday be able to enjoy ESPN360 programming on their Xbox 360 consoles. Talks are said to be underway between Disney and Microsoft to include some ESPN games in with the ESPN subscription fee. At this time the talks are very early on, and may not come to pass.
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31. January 2010
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