It’s an election year, which means politicians are frantically trying to raise money for their campaigns. President Obama’s re-election campaign has decided to add Square’s mobile payments technology to its arsenal and is deploying the company’s credit-card readers to its staff.
ITV Picks Its ‘Oyster Card’ For Online Programme Payments
Telegraph.co.uk reports the UK’s main commercial free-to-air TV broadcaster has delayed a programme under which it wants to charge online viewers for some content. But that’s not quite the case.
ITV Picks Its ‘Oyster Card’ For Online Programme Payments
Telegraph.co.uk reports the UK’s main commercial free-to-air TV broadcaster has delayed a programme under which it wants to charge online viewers for some content. But that’s not quite the case.
Industry Moves: ESPN; Yahoo; Wikia; AdoTube
—ESPN: The sports network is seeing a reorg: John Kosner has been promoted to EVP, digital and print media, from SVP and GM of the divisions. Marie Donoghue has been promoted to SVP, global strategy, from SVP, business affairs and business development. Meanwhile, longtime leaders John Wildhack and Norby Williamson will switch roles. Wildhack is...
Media Decoder Blog: The Breakfast Meeting: Questions for Drudge Report, and When Bowie Said No
Buying customer reviews on Amazon, a censorship tool on Twitter, Super Bowl ads and President Obama gives a boost to Al Green.
Mecom To Launch Digital Paywall And Review Future Of 65 Free Titles
Mecom is to introduce digital pay models across its top newspaper titles, slash costs by €70m and potentially close or sell 65 free titles, following a wide-ranging strategic review by new chief executive Tom Toumazis.
Polar Mobile Raises $6 Million For Magazine Apps, Cross-Platform Services
Polar Mobile—the Canadian startup that develops apps for big-name publishers like CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS), Conde Nast, Sports Illustrated (NYSE: TWX), Shanghai Daily, Future Publishing (LSE: FUTR) and the WSJ—today announced two steps up in its growth: it has picked up an additional $6 million in funding and...
How A Stolen Wallet Made Me A Mobile-Payments Enthusiast
Losing your phone is never fun. But losing your wallet is much worse, and that’s one argument where those trying to roll the mobile-payments boulder up the mountain might find some help.
Interview: ‘No Decision’ On Sun Paywall In Absence Of NOTW
News Of The World’s closure deprived News International of data on which it could have based a decision to introduce digital fees at the UK’s most popular newspaper.
Online Shoppers Are Rooting for the Little Guy
As online giants act more like big-box stores, smaller sites are positioning themselves as mom-and-pop alternatives.
Online Shoppers Are Rooting for the Little Guy
As online giants act more like big-box stores, smaller sites are positioning themselves as mom-and-pop alternatives.
Former CBSi Head Neil Ashe Lands At Walmart; Will Head E-Commerce
Neil Ashe said he wanted a break when he left CBS (NYSE: CBS) last year and he got one. Roughly a year after leaving as the president of CBS Interactive, Neil Ashe is literally back in business. His new gig: president and CEO of Walmart Global eCommerce, responsible for just what it says—leading...
