Filed under: BROADCAST/CABLE | Tags: Business, Chief executive officer, Ellen DeGeneres, Financial services, General Electric, Hollywood Reporter, Jeff Zucker, NBC Universal
With the star power of Ellen DeGeneres, Kobe Bryant and Carlos Santana, George Lopez pulled in 3.2 million viewers with the premiere of his talk show. The debut of “Lopez Tonight” was presented across Turner nets TBS, TNT and truTV, with TBS accounting for 1.7 million viewers. The Hollywood Reporter(11/10)
NBC Universal Chief Executive Officer Jeff Zucker will lead the joint venture currently being negotiated that would control the media conglomerate, according to unnamed sources cited in this report. Comcast is in talks with current NBCU owner General Electric about taking a majority stake in the company. Reuters (11/10
It may not be long before the troubled MGM studio is forced by its creditors to seek a buyer. That’s the word coming out of a Nov. 4 meeting between MGM CEO Stephen Cooper and the debt-hobbled film company’s 140-member creditor committee. According to one source with knowledge of the meeting, the creditor group turned thumbs down on a proposal by Cooper to convert the studio’s $3.7 billion debt into equity as part of a restructuring plan to keep the studio out of bankruptcy. (BusinessWeek11/11)
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Filed under: Feature | Tags: Business, Calexico, Cupcakestop, Digital Media Jobs, Facebook, Food Trucks, Grilled Cheese Truck, Kogi, LA Food Trucks, Nom Nom, NYC Food Trucks, Online Communities, Pop music, RickshawTruck, SF Food Trucks, Social network, Trucks, Twitter, Uniform Resource Locator, Waffle Truck
GET YOUR TWITTER LIST ON: FOOD TRUCKS TO DIGITAL
So, like the masses, I’ve been getting down with Twitter’s new lists feature. Twitter lists allow users to aggregate Twitter users by subject from bicycle enthusiasts to music-related tweets. If you want some additional hand-holding on how to use Twitter lists, pop over to Mashable for a bit of an instructional.
In honor of this fun new resource, I put together some lists: 3 parts tasty (if you’re looking for a food truck) and 2 parts useful (if you’re job searching or looking for a digital lay of the land from the people who know). Click on the images and follow away.
Food Trucks
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- HOW TO: Use Twitter Lists (mashable.com)
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Filed under: WIRELESS | Tags: Android, Apple, Business, HTC Magic, LG Electronics, Mobile phone, Research In Motion, Smartphone
While other carriers might finally be dipping their toes in the Android water this month, T-Mobile has been in this game for a long time. They got their first Android phone (the G1) out last October, and managed to launch two more (the myTouch and the CLIQ) within the year. It makes sense, then, that they’re the first to pipe up with some usage details. (Mobilecrunch11/4)
If you’re determined to shake down some deals during the mother of all U.S. shopping days, then forgive the cliche when we tell you there’s an app for that. Powered by dealnews, the just-released version 2 of their Black Friday app (iTunes link) adds a number of new features for bargain hunters. (Mashable11/4)
LG Electronics, the world’s third-largest cell phone maker, is eyeing sales gains of 20% this year and in 2010, Skott Ahn, the CEO of its mobile-device business, said. At a separate event Tuesday, LG Electronics CEO Yong Nam said the company was “investing heavily” in smartphones, adding that, “We’re not yet there but we’ll get there.” Nam said LG saw companies such as Apple and Research in Motion, rather than fellow handset makers, as its chief competition. Reuters (11/3) , The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (11/4)
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Filed under: WIRELESS | Tags: Business, Google, Google Maps Navigation, GoogleMaps, iPhone, Killer application, Moto Droid, Verizon
Verizon just confirmed that the Moto Droid will arrive next week for $199 with a new, 2-year contract and $100 mail-in rebate. Customers will need a voice plan starting at $39 and a web and email plan for $29 per month. (Techcrunch10/28)
If you weren’t sure about switching to an Android phone in the near future, this might put you over the edge. Google Maps Navigation is an absolutely killer app. And it is only available for Android 2.0 phones. (Techcrunch10/28)
The Walt Disney Co. is releasing an iPhone application that rewards users for poking through the Disney.com Web site and could one day offer exclusive bonuses for activities such as shopping at Disney Stores. (AP, 10/28)
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Filed under: WIRELESS | Tags: App Store, Business, Business and Economy, Consumer electronics, LG Electronics, Mobile phone, Nike, Television
Sportswear giant Nike has a nifty application in the App Store that allows you to create custom sneakers and order them straight away, with just a couple of taps. The app is in fact a mobile extension NIKEid, a program that allows customer to order personalized Nike shoes straight from the manufacturer. And an excellent extension it is. (Mobilecrunch10/22)
LG Electronics reported a stronger-than-expected quarter thanks to solid business of mobile phones and TV sets, but the world’s third-largest handset maker is eyeing a downbeat fourth quarter because of currency issues, increased marketing costs and pricing pressure. Handset sales in the third quarter reached 31.6 million units, which was up from 29.8 million in the previous three-month period, but profit margins fell from 11% to 8.8% for its phones because of competition and marketing costs. Reuters (10/21)
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Filed under: WIRELESS | Tags: Business, Chief executive officer, Google, iPhone, Microsoft, Mobile device, Smartphone, Steve Ballmer
Microsoft personnel are working around the clock to restore personal data lost during a recent outage of the company’s Sidekick mobile device, and Steve Ballmer, the software giant’s chief executive officer, says his company needs to do more to assure enterprise customers that a similar mistake won’t occur in the future. Ballmer said it was imperative for Microsoft to “explain to customers our method and process and quality approach and what went wrong in that case and how we are making sure that it does not happen again.” Network World (10/19) , InformationWeek (10/19) , CNET/Beyond Binary (10/19)
Google is said to be planning to release its own smartphone directly through retailers, as opposed to through a carrier partnership, in what could be a huge disruption to the industry’s business model. Google’s phone “could be the first credible competitor to the iPhone.” (Iwantmedia 10/21, Internet News10/20)
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Filed under: GAMING | Tags: Advertising, Apple, Business, EntertainmentWeekly, Games, Hearst Interactive Media, Time Inc, VoxPop
VoxPop.TV, a site where users can build their own games and make money on them through advertising, is bringing in $1.5 million in a new round of funding led by Hearst Interactive Media. Time Inc.‘s Entertainment Weekly has used VoxPop’s platform to produce quizzes. (Iwantmedia 5/20, http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/19/voxpoptv-lands-15m-for-pop-culture-gaming/ 5/19)
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