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Informa In Talks To Buy Springer Science And Business Media

Lloyds List publisher and conference giant Informa announced on Tuesday that it has begun due diligence so it can propose the deal to shareholders, but its shares dropped 5.8 percent from £3.12 at the close of play Monday to £2.93 after the ...

From PATRICK SMITH, paidContent.org,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Informa

Vivendi Snaps Up More Of France's Canal+ As NBCU Price Talks Continue

Vivendi (EPA: VIV) may not be able be able to agree a price to offload its 20 percent stake in the NBCU JV—but at home, the French multimedia group has no doubts about plans to grow its domestic TV empire. At the same time, it’s buying the 5.1 percent ...

From PATRICK SMITH, paidContent.org,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Vivendi|VIVEF|other-OTC,  Environmental Protection Agency,  General Electric,  NYSE,  Comcast

Press Association wins London Evening Standard video deal

PA's investment in video finally pays off, but news agency still forced to get rid of some reporters as well as it hopes to attract public money for regional reporting The Press Association news agency will provide news, sports and entertainment video ...

From PATRICK SMITH, Guardian Unlimited,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Evening Standard,  Twitter Inc

Fair Play? A Million Spotify Streams Earned Gaga $167

How much money do artists really make from Spotify? According to Swedish paper Expressen, 2009’s standout breakthrough artist Lady Gaga and her songwriter Redone made just SEK1150 (£100.76; $166.56) in songwriting royalties from one million Spotify ...

From PATRICK SMITH, paidContent.org,  23 Nov 2009

UK Femtocell Maker picoChip Gets $20 Million VC Funding

Bath-based picoChip claims to be the industry’s “dominant” provider of femtocell sillicon and CEO Nigel Toon says this cash will fund it towards a planned IPO. Figures from ABI Research shows that the number of femtocells globally will rise to 2.3 ...

From PATRICK SMITH, MocoNews.net,  23 Nov 2009

More Nokia Cuts: 330 R&D Jobs Axed In Scandinavia

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) says it’s cutting up to 330 research and development jobs in Scandinavia so its technology teams are better prepared for future products. In a statement on Friday, Nokia says that as many as 230 jobs are under threat at its site in ...

From PATRICK SMITH, MocoNews.net,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NYSE

Twitter premium accounts for business users due by end of the year

So how's Twitter going to make any money? One of its biggest fans, British actor and polymath Stephen Fry, gave co-founder Biz Stone one idea when the pair shared a Nesta panel in London on Thursday… "Supposing I was to say to someone: 'you can have my ...

From PATRICK SMITH, Guardian Unlimited,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Stephen Fry,  Biz Stone,  Google Inc.

Who's flying this thing?

US Airways Flight 1549 is seen after it crashed into the Hudson River on Jan. 15, 2009. Maybe that's a tad over the top, but it's hard for me to argue. As I've expressed before, nobody does a story better than Langewiesche. His work is immaculate and ...

From PATRICK SMITH, Salon,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Airbus,  New York Times Company,  US Airways,  Chesley Sullenberger,  William Langewiesche

Twitter Premium Accounts Due By Year's End

So how’s Twitter going to make any money? One of its biggest fans, British actor and polymath Stephen Fry, gave co-founder Biz Stone one idea when the pair shared a Nesta panel in London on Thursday… “Supposing I was to say to someone: ‘you can have my ...

From PATRICK SMITH, paidContent.org,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Stephen Fry,  Biz Stone,  Google Inc.

U.S. Labels Unconvinced By Spotify's Freemium Model

On-demand music streamer Spotify’s U.S. launch is being held up because labels are concerned too few users may migrate from ad-supported to premium. FT.com reports anonymous concerns from three of the four major labels. One exec: “As an ad-supported ...

From PATRICK SMITH, paidContent.org,  19 Nov 2009

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