#emi #musicbiz #finance #consulting @Callistecomm According to Yinka Adegoke and Nadia Damouni 2011, “The imminent sale of storied music company EMI Group represents the culmination of a years-long vision quest for one mogul and a bittersweet defeat for another. Capping a six-year long pursuit, sources said Warner Music Group Chairman Edgar Bronfman Jr. appears [...]
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Video: Creating Information at Lightspeed: Yuri Milner | Reuters
September 25th, 2011 
admin According to Reuters 2011, “Today we create information in two days that’s comparable to all the information created from the dawn of civilization. What will happen in 10 years? One of the biggest investors in the internet sector tells us.” View more > http://www.reuters.com/video/2011/09/23/creating-information-at-lightspeed-yuri?videoId=221869136&videoChannel=6 (This video runs for +14 mins) Share and Enjoy:
"@Disney completes $663M sale of @Miramax" | @WashingtonPost
December 5th, 2010 admin “@Disney completes $663M sale of @Miramax” | @WashingtonPost According to Ryan Nakashima 2010, “Construction magnate Ron Tutor can now call himself a Hollywood mogul. The chief executive of Tutor-Saliba Corp. confirmed Friday that the group of investors he leads completed its deal to buy the award-laden studio Miramax Films from The Walt Disney Co. Disney [...]
"#Music publisher @BMG buying @Chrysalis in $168 million deal"| @NYTimes
November 29th, 2010 admin According to Ben Sisario 2010, “In a deal between two of the world’s largest independent music publishers, BMG Rights Management has agreed to acquire Chrysalis for £107.4 million ($168.6 million), the companies announced on Friday.” Article Continued > http://nyti.ms/gzNZfu #bensisario #bmg #chrysalis #consulting #musicbiz #musicpublishing @Callistecomm Share and Enjoy:
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No Comments »@Netflix expects video #streaming to drown out DVDs | KansasCity.com #streamingmedia #vod #digitalmedia
November 22nd, 2010 admin Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/11/22/2462114/netflix-expects-video-streaming.html According to AP technology Writer Michael Liedtke 2010, “Netflix is preparing for the day when getting DVDs by mail is as old-fashioned as going to the video store. It’s hoping to wean people from DVDs with a cheap plan that offers movies and old TV episodes exclusively through online streaming. It will [...]
“@Hulu cuts subscription fee as service launches” #webtv #digitalmedia #streamingmedia #consulting
November 18th, 2010 admin Read more http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AG2PC20101117 According to Jennifer Saba 2010, “Internet video company Hulu slashed the price of its subscription service Hulu Plus, which made its official debut on Wednesday.” #webtv #streamingmedia #digitalmedia #consulting @Hulu @Callistecomm Share and Enjoy:
Posted in Business, Consulting, Digital Media, Technological Innovation, Technology Tags: Callistecomm, Consulting, Digital Media, Hulu, streaming media, Webtv No Comments »@Rhapsody move revs up independence march | @DigitalNoise: Music & Tech | @CNet News
October 22nd, 2010 admin According to Matt Rosoff 2010, “Subscription music pioneer Rhapsody was spun out from joint owners RealNetworks and Viacom in April, and it immediately declared its independence by dropping the price of its mobile service from $15 to $10 per month. Since then, the service has introduced offline playback to its iPhone application–critical, if you want [...]
Rdio Music Service: Mobile, Social, and Impressive–and Now Open to Everybody | Technologizer
August 8th, 2010 admin Harry McCracken 2010 says, “And the subscription music services just keep coming: Rdio, from Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, is leaving private beta today.” http://bit.ly/cblIGw (Always click link for full article and post comments!) Share and Enjoy:
