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  • Zynga Investors Play With Fire
    10/05/2012, Rolfe Winkler, Wall Street Journal
    If Facebook has a mobile problem, then Zynga has a mobile catastrophe. The social gaming company could also prove the first super-voting cautionary tale among the recent crop of stock offerings. read more
  • Cablevision, Disney Reach Distribution Pact for Multiple Platforms
    10/04/2012, Melodie Warner, Dow Jones Newswire
    Cablevision Systems Corp.'s (CVC) customers will be able to access Walt Disney Co.'s (DIS) content on multiple platforms under a new multiyear distribution agreement. read more
  • Condé Nast’s Wired, Reddit Team Up for Multi-Platform Ad Campaign
    10/04/2012, TJ Raphael, Folio
    Print advertorial designed after user-generated conversation online. read more
  • Internet-Media Employment Fuels Digital Job Growth
    10/01/2012, Bradley Johnson, Ad Age
    Sector Is Now Second Only to Newspapers in U.S. read more
  • Forget Facebook: Google shares on a tear, gaining on Microsoft
    09/28/2012, Jessica Guynn, Los Angeles Times
    Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt recently made headlines for getting his Gangnam on with Psy in South Korea. But it's his 14-year-old company that'sbusting some real moves. read more
  • Disney's Anne Sweeney Discusses Changing Role of ABC, Hulu, YouTube, Mobile Video Growth
    09/28/2012, Georg Szalai, Hollywood Reporter
    Walt Disney sees the biggest growth opportunity for video consumption in the rise of mobile devices like tablets and smartphones, Anne Sweeney said here Friday. read more
  • Internet Funding Boom Ends as Fast as It Began
    09/27/2012, Pui-Wing Tam and Amir Efrati, Wall Street Journal
    The falling stock prices of Facebook Inc., Zynga Inc. and Groupon Inc. are causing some investors to pull back from Web start-ups. read more
  • Dish Said to Be in Talks With Viacom About Internet TV
    09/27/2012, Edmund Lee, Alex Sherman and Mark Milian, Bloomberg
    Dish Network Corp. (DISH) is talking to networks such as Viacom (VIAB) Inc.’s MTV about offering their channels over the Internet, a service that could shift the economics of the pay-TV industry, five people familiar with the plan said. read more
  • Facebook Moves Into E-Commerce, Tests Facebook Gifts
    09/27/2012, Julia Boorstin, CNBC
    Facebook is making a long-awaited move into a whole new revenue stream, announcing on Wednesday it's testing "Facebook Gifts" with 1 percent of Facebook's user base. read more
  • Why Is Pinterest Poking Around In TV Land?
    09/27/2012, Austin Carr, Fast Company
    "We met with Pinterest, and they were asking us where we thought the connection between Pinterest and TV could be," says Lisa Hsia, EVP of digital for cable channel Bravo. read more
  • Apple Sells Five Million New iPhones
    09/24/2012, Brian X. Chen, New York Times
    Apple on Monday said it had sold five million new iPhones just three days after the phone’s release, beating first-weekend sales of its predecessor, the iPhone 4S, by about one million, but still missing some analysts’ forecasts. read more
  • Apple’s Feud With Google Is Now Felt on iPhone
    09/23/2012, Claire Cain Miller, New York Times
    Once the best of friends, Google and Apple have become foes, battling in courtrooms and in the consumer marketplace. Last week, the hostilities took a new turn when they spilled right onto smartphone screens. read more