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Penguin’s DK: Goodbye Books, Hello ‘Flat’ Content. Make Once, Use Anywhere
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.
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Updated: Exclusive: AP Branches Out, Adds Pulse To Its Digital Mix
Over the years, the Associated Press has made a profile for itself by syndicating its news across thousands of newspapers both in the U.S. and abroad. Now as newspaper readers move to new platforms like tablets to consume their news content, the AP wants to make sure it is syndicating there, too. Today it is announcing a deal with one of the bigger tablet news-reading apps, Pulse, to run AP text, video and photographic coverage via Pulse. It will be the first time the AP will appear within the service.
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When Playing Defense, Apple Willing To Settle Patent Disputes
Apple’s aggressive mobile patent strategy is apparently reserved for its offensive maneuvers. It has agreed to settle a patent lawsuit brought by Elan Microelectronics for $5 million and a cross-licensing agreement, according to a report.
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Can Apple Shake Up TV Like It Has Mobile With Its iPhone?
The anticipation and speculation surrounding what could be the next product on the cards for Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)—Apple TV—raises some questions about how, and if, the TV industry will get as disrupted by Apple as the mobile world did with the introduction of the iPhone.
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In Russia, DST’s Mail.ru And Yandex Ramp Up Mobile Presence
Following on from its acquisition of mobile software developer SPB at the end of November, Yandex is making one more move to increase its ubiquity among the growing number of smartphone users in the country: the search giant is reportedly planning to launch search apps for Apple’s iOS devices by the end of this year.
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Flipboard Coming to China, Teams Up With Sina and Renren
Earlier this year you may recall that everyone’s favorite iPad reading app Flipboard was blocked in China. But apparently the GFW ain’t no thang, as the company has made its way into China via big-name partnerships with none other than Sina (NASDAQ:SINA) and Renren (NYSE:RENN).
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Hearst’s Carey: We Will Have One Million Paying Digital Subscribers In 2012
On the heels of the Economist claiming one million monthly mobile readers of its magazine across Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Android devices, another magazine publisher is gearing up to join the seven-figure club: Hearst says it is on track to reach one million paying subscribers to its digital editions in 2012, fuelled by the rise in people paying for content on tablets.
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Aussie Court Gives Samsung Galaxy Tab The All-Clear But Is It Too Late?
A reversal of fortunes, of sorts, for Samsung in its ongoing case against Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) in Australia: today, an appeals court unanimously decided that it can go ahead with sales of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet, possibly as soon as Friday. But even with sales getting the all-clear, some analysts seem to have already written off the device as an also-ran.
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The Morning Lowdown 11-22-11
Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:
» Penguin pulls e-books from libraries across the land, citing “security concerns” (paidContent)
» Oh, HP: Firm’s Q4 results report billions squandered on Palm (NYSE: HPQ) and webOS (The Verge)
» Oh, Netflix: Company dilutes itself with new stock issue, will lose money next year (Business Insider)
» The Facebook phone will be named “Buffy” (paidContent)
» The NYT goes after young talent at Huffington Post (Capital NY)
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Mobile Ad Figures Show Android Has Secured Its OS Lead, Apple A Device Lead
Monthly figures out from Millennial Media once again show that Android is the most dominant OS on its mobile ad network—the mobile platform from Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has held that distinction for 11 months now as dozens of Android-based smartphones continue to proliferate the market. But while there are definitely a good handful of handset makers that are benefitting from that Android popularity—HTC and Samsung among them—the handset maker that is still topping the charts for single most-popular device is Apple.
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