Articles about Media – Page 8 of 8

BuddyTV looks to make the remote control smarter, unveils new iOS app

There’s certainly plenty of choices these days when it comes to cable or satellite TV programming. But finding the programs… Read More

Comcast inks deal with NW companies to stream video to the iPad and iPhone

With Hulu reportedly for sale and Netflix taking heat over its price hike, Comcast is making a bigger push to… Read More

Corbis Images buys celebrity photo service Splash News

Corbis Images is bolstering its portfolio of photography of Angelina Jolie, Leanardo DiCaprio and other celebs. The Seattle company, owned… Read More

Amazon strikes deal with CBS to stream Star Trek, Cheers and other TV shows

Yesterday, we noted that Amazon.com could be a potential bidder for Hulu given the company’s growing interest in the content… Read More

Add comments to the margins of Web pages or directly in the editorial flow with Highlighter

For the most part, readers of this online news site and most others are forced to leave their comments at… Read More

Introducing Smile Tagging: A new social media ‘brand experiment’ from Kraft and Cheezburger

Sharing on Facebook and Twitter was so two months ago. Now, get ready for “smile tagging” — courtesy of Kraft Macaroni… Read More

Practical Nerd: When content is KING-FM

Is there a place for an old linear medium in a bright shiny digital media world? That is the question… Read More

Laid off copywriter honored for travel blog The Everywhereist

Seattle’s Geraldine DeRuiter started the travel blog, The Everywhereist, after losing her job as a copywriter. Now, she says the… Read More

A YouTube star in the making?

Ethan Newberry wants to be a YouTube star. And the Seattleite is moving closer to that goal having been selected… Read More

Q&A: Weather guru Cliff Mass on science, math, Carl Sagan, coastal radar … and whatever else he wants to talk about

Cliff Mass, a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington, found himself in a tempest of a different… Read More

Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh’s latest voyage: It’s time ‘to rethink journalism’

Can the man who popularized LOLcats reinvent the way we read news online? Ben Huh, the chief executive of Cheezburger,… Read More

Tina Brown of The Daily Beast roars into Seattle

Seattle’s digerati turned out in full force at The Bagley and Virginia Wright Gallery Sunday night to hobnob with Tina… Read More

Ringback tones as status updates: RealNetworks working on ‘Hey Yo’ project

RealNetworks, attempting to reinvent itself with a new slate of products, is working on new type of ringback tone that… Read More

Sex columnist Dan Savage: The undisputed social media news king of Seattle

The Stranger’s Dan Savage is crude, lewd and, at times, outrageously funny. Seattle’s best-known sex advice columnist also is an… Read More

NYT paywall: Time to buy the cow; the milk’s no longer free

Guest Commentary: The day of reckoning has arrived. Journalists and PR professionals have been holding their breath for 18 months,… Read More

Podcast

Rewind: Hanson Hosein on SxSW, iPad 2, NYT paywall

Our guest this past weekend on the inaugural GeekWire Podcast was television news veteran and gadget aficionado Hanson Hosein, director… Read More

OwnZones raises $500,000 to help media companies charge for digital content

Media companies everywhere — from TV stations to newspapers to book publishers — are trying to figure out how to… Read More

Is BuddyTV on the block?

BuddyTV has been the subject of acquisition rumors in the past. And those surfaced again today after Kara Swisher at… Read More

Survey: More Americans now consume their news online than in newspapers

The news business has been undergoing radical shifts and changes over the past 10 years, brought on by advances in… Read More

Comcast opens up TV Japan to digital cable viewers for earthquake coverage

You can tune into CNN, MSNBC, Northwest Cable News or any number of cable channels for the latest news on… Read More

Welcome to GeekWire, from John Cook and Todd Bishop

For years we’ve covered the adventures of entrepreneurs large and small, successful and not-so-much — living vicariously through their attempts… Read More