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May 14, 2015

Thursday News: Simon & Schuster experiments with free content; why Verizon bought AOL; sexist protests against new Mad Max movie; and cool steampunk sculptures

JanetPublishing NewsAdvertising / AOL / Art / Film / Foli / gender / mobile content / Simon & Schuster / steampunk / Verizon3 Comments

S&S Tries Geo-Targeting in New Marketing Outreach – Foli is a mobile content delivery service that will allow certain Simon & Schuster books to be viewed and read – for free – in a number of airports, museums, and hotels. Although users have to download the Foli app first, they ... more >

May 20, 2014

Tuesday News: ATT wants to merge with Direct TV, new Yahoo and AOL mail policy, trigger warnings in college lit classes, and 12 Years A Slave “fashion”

JanetPublishing Newsanti-trust / AOL / ATT / cable / Direct TV / email / literature / Race / security / trigger warnings / Yahoo25 Comments

AT&T and DirecTV strike $49 billion deal – Not to be outdone by the proposed TimeWarner-Comcast merger, AT&T is stepping up with an offer to buy Direct TV for a mere $49 billion, which would make the combined company the second largest subscriber tv service. Although because AT&T will also ... more >

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