Digital Media MBA http://www.digitalmediamba.com connecting the Digital Media MBA community with jobs, events, and news Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:53:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Penguin’s DK: Goodbye Books, Hello ‘Flat’ Content. Make Once, Use Anywhere http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/FtbIck9h6EQ/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/FtbIck9h6EQ/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:02:09 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=7be1e04dbf392a00c6ce3829b6111c28 Dorling Kindersley, the division of Penguin that publishes children, travel and reference titles, made a strong case for how it is moving to a “flat” content model, where a printed book is only one of many output options. The digital publisher of DK also said that companies like his need to do this to be ready for the next big thing in books—whatever it is—but as is so often the case for old media industries, the change is “massive” and not easy for everyone in publishing.

Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2012/01/18/penguins-dk-goodbye-books-hello-flat-content-make-once-use-anywhere/feed/ 0 3 Months After Its $2 Million Seed Round, Arts And Crafts Subscription Startup KiwiCrate Raises $5 Million More http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/rx9hOg1dQOw/kiwicrate-5-million-series-a-2012-1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/rx9hOg1dQOw/kiwicrate-5-million-series-a-2012-1#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:00:00 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.businessinsider.com/kiwicrate-5-million-series-a-2012-1 Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2012/01/18/3-months-after-its-2-million-seed-round-arts-and-crafts-subscription-startup-kiwicrate-raises-5-million-more/feed/ 0 Jerry Yang Had To Step Down To Give Scott Thompson A Chance With Yahoo Execs (YHOO) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/ZnBN0b9dHCc/jerry-yang-had-to-step-down-to-give-scott-thompson-a-chance-with-yahoo-execs-2012-1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/ZnBN0b9dHCc/jerry-yang-had-to-step-down-to-give-scott-thompson-a-chance-with-yahoo-execs-2012-1#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:54:27 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.businessinsider.com/jerry-yang-had-to-step-down-to-give-scott-thompson-a-chance-with-yahoo-execs-2012-1 Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2012/01/18/jerry-yang-had-to-step-down-to-give-scott-thompson-a-chance-with-yahoo-execs-yhoo/feed/ 0 The Morning Lowdown 1-18-12 http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/W0vSFd8JFjE/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/W0vSFd8JFjE/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:54:20 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=004f178cf2c7aea9bc80d8524284ad6b Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:

»  Apple’s Textbook Push Spotlights Executive (Wall Street Journal)

»  Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Finds Way To Get On SOPA Soap Box Without Going Dark (paidContent) Internet blackout against U.S. law fails to enlist big sites (Reuters) Taking SOPA/PIPA to the streets: Protests on for SF, NYC (GigaOm)

»  Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) to Launch Cloud Search Service, Possibly Tomorrow (PandoDaily)

Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2012/01/18/the-morning-lowdown-1-18-12/feed/ 0 Apple’s Stock Is Trading At An All Time High (AAPL) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/0PnP0D8M7I4/apples-stock-is-trading-at-an-all-time-high-2012-1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/0PnP0D8M7I4/apples-stock-is-trading-at-an-all-time-high-2012-1#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:49:46 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.businessinsider.com/apples-stock-is-trading-at-an-all-time-high-2012-1 Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2012/01/18/apples-stock-is-trading-at-an-all-time-high-aapl/feed/ 0 No One Will Top This SOPA Protest Page Today http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/9TkImfBwvpY/no-one-will-top-this-sopa-protest-page-today-2012-1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/9TkImfBwvpY/no-one-will-top-this-sopa-protest-page-today-2012-1#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:38:24 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.businessinsider.com/no-one-will-top-this-sopa-protest-page-today-2012-1 Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2012/01/18/no-one-will-top-this-sopa-protest-page-today/feed/ 0 The Huffington Post Is Launching A Live-Streaming Web Broadcast To Compete With CNN http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/clql4gaO_zc/huffington-post-live-streaming-web-network-2012-1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/clql4gaO_zc/huffington-post-live-streaming-web-network-2012-1#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:35:29 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.businessinsider.com/huffington-post-live-streaming-web-network-2012-1 Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2012/01/18/the-huffington-post-is-launching-a-live-streaming-web-broadcast-to-compete-with-cnn/feed/ 0 Nielsen: iPhone Really Ate Into Android’s U.S. Sales Last Quarter http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/Um95flABCmE/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/Um95flABCmE/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:22:21 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=3bc547396c968e942c0b590ee6551ff9 One more analyst house has released some numbers that underscore just how strong an impact Apple’s iPhone 4S launch had on smartphone sales in the last quarter: Nielsen says the phone accounted for 44.5 percent of all smartphone sales in the U.S. in the month of December—just 2.4 percent below Android and a massive rise on iPhone’s U.S. sales share of 25.1 percent in October 2011.

Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2012/01/18/nielsen-iphone-really-ate-into-androids-u-s-sales-last-quarter/feed/ 0 Zynga’s Shares Have Skyrocketed This Week On Speculation It’s About To Tap A Brand New Market (ZNGA) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/bXIPZD1jtHs/zyngas-shares-have-skyrocketed-this-week-on-gambling-speculation-2012-1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/bXIPZD1jtHs/zyngas-shares-have-skyrocketed-this-week-on-gambling-speculation-2012-1#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:12:00 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.businessinsider.com/zyngas-shares-have-skyrocketed-this-week-on-gambling-speculation-2012-1 Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2012/01/18/zyngas-shares-have-skyrocketed-this-week-on-speculation-its-about-to-tap-a-brand-new-market-znga/feed/ 0 Roy Bostock Hasn’t Left The Yahoo Board Because He Needs To Finish Selling The Asian Assets http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/4abH8mO26Co/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/4abH8mO26Co/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:01:47 +0000 Syndicated News http://pandodaily.com/2012/01/17/heres-why-roy-bostock-isnt-out-yet/ Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2012/01/18/roy-bostock-hasnt-left-the-yahoo-board-because-he-needs-to-finish-selling-the-asian-assets/feed/ 0