Here’s your chance to catch up on a jam-packed paidContent Entertainment—or brush up on the details for all of you who spent Thursday at The London in West Hollywood and joined virtually by live stream. Find out what Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari, thinks content companies can learn from drug dealers; what Dawn Ostroff, president of Conde Nast Entertainment has in mind at her new gig; what Mark Suster, partner of GRP Partners, thinks Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) needs; how Mario Queiroz, product development VP of Google (NSDQ: GOOG), explains Google TV isn’t a cord-cutting device; and much more. Plus, keep…

paidContent Entertainment: Everything Everywhere is this Thursday, November 3rd in West Hollywood. We’ve tweaked the program, the format, and the panelists to keep the topics timely and the day moving. What you can expect is everything you’ve come to expect from paidContent-including forward-thinking discussions and high-level networking. If you haven’t already done so, a few seats are still available. Register today. The packed day includes Q&As with »  Dawn Ostroff, President, Condé Nast Entertainment »  Jim Lanzone, President, CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS) »  David Maisel, Special Advisor to Rovio, Former Chairman, *Marvel* Studios »  Mario Querioz, Vice President of Product…

Steve Jobs swore to “destroy Android” in his anger over what he saw as outright copying of Apple‘s ideas in Android phones unveiled early in 2010, according to a new biography being released following his death this month.

Join us for paidContent Entertainment: Everything Everywhere event on November 3rd in West Hollywood, our one-day, fast-paced conference that explores the nexus of digital media and the entertainment industry. This interactive, single-stage event will take an incisive look at the biggest challenges facing in the entertainment world. In this constantly changing and fast paced industry, sometimes it’s important to stop and see how all the pieces fit together. Consider: in the space of a few days, Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) canceled plans to completely separate streaming from DVD and signed an eye-catching deal with the CW; cloud-based VOD scheme UltraViolet went…

Times Of India’s online division is getting mobile and internet highlights of English soccer’s Premier League, after cutting a deal with online sports rights operator and broadcaster Perform Group.

Smartphone maker Research In Motion (RIM) is facing a user revolt after tens of millions of users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa suffered a second day without services such as BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), as the company struggled with problems at its hub in Slough, Berkshire.

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) co-founder Steve Jobs has died, the company said late Wednesday. He was 56.

Move over, Kindle Fire - the world has a new cheapest tablet computer. India’s government has announced a new Android-powered tablet called Aakash priced at between $35 and $60 that could set a light under the booming country’s digital content market.

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) ended the rampant speculation over the plans for its next iPhone with the announcement of a new model called the iPhone 4S during an event at its headquarters in Cupertino Tuesday. The iPhone 4S will be much the same as the current iPhone 4, but will use the faster A5 processor that ships with the iPad 2.

Apple’s redesigned Internet services portal, iCloud, will arrive next week for iPhone and iPad users looking to sync music, contacts, and other media across their devices and Apple’s servers. There were few surprises revealed Tuesday during an event at Apple’s Cupertino headquarters chaired by Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook and senior vice president of Internet software and services Eddy Cue.

And you thought the $199 Kindle Fire was cheap? The Indian government last week promised a rumoured $35 tablet is due to be unveiled this week.

There’s no question that apps have become a global phenomenon in the mobile world—and who doesn’t want to catapult a cute red bird onto some logs to kill a pig? But not all apps are as wildly successful as Angry Birds. So just as importantly, when it comes to what kind of apps sell best, publishers would do well to remember to think locally—especially in certain markets like Asia, according to research from Distimo.

Facebook has had a lot of scrutiny over how it uses information about you to market to you—something that has only been heightened the introduction of “frictionless” sharing launched at this year’s f8 developer conference. Well, get ready for more. Carolyn Everson, Facebook’s global VP of marketing solutions, said at our recent paidContent Advertising conference the company has only started to scratch the surface of what might come. The majority of pages on the site, for example, now feature some form of Facebook’s social advertising, but Everson says that this will likely go significantly further when more marketing formats get…

At paidContent Entertainment: Everything Everywhere on November 3rd in West Hollywood, we’re once again bringing together industry leaders, disruptors, creators, distributors and investors to get an incisive look at the state of entertainment and media today. When TV Everywhere is a catchphrase, more devices are connected to each other and the net, and the cloud is becoming a real home for TV, movies, music, and books, we’ll look at what it means to have Entertainment Everywhere—and how it’s changing everything. Our one-day, single-stage, highly interactive event will explore how this industry is adapting in real time. We’re happy to announce…

Google India head Rajan Anandan yesterday announced in a press conference that it has joined hands with the Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan to promote its new social network, Google+. He also added that the actor who is often referred to as the “The King of Bollywood,” will be one of the first Indian celebrities to join Google+.

One of iPad’s flagship apps wants to help publishers sell ads by flipping back to familiar old print rules. “One of the big problems with the web is that it scrolls,” Flipboard CEO Mike McCue told our recent paidContent Advertising conference. » Watch the video of McCue’s Q&A with paidContent UK Editor Robert Andrews, embedded below. Full coverage of the conference is available in our archives.

Tomorrow Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) holds a major launch event and will likely unveil its first tablet, according to TechCrunch named the Kindle Fire. To date, everyone bar Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has failed with tablet launches. If Amazon mimics Apple then its tablet will fail too. Apple has too many economies of scale, industrial design expertise and supplier relationships for a retail-centric company like Amazon to emulate. Especially, if the Amazon tablet has taken a fast route to market by using the same ODM hardware manufacturer as RIM. To succeed, Amazon must, and I’m sure will, take a different approach.

Mobile phone users in India have been banned from sending more than 100 text messages a day as part of a clampdown on nuisance telemarketing in the subcontinent.

Given the recent news of Carol Bartz’s departure as CEO, a Q&A with EVP of Americas Ross Levinsohn couldn’t have come at a more opportune moment. He took the stage at paidContent Advertising conference for his first post-Bartz appearance, addressing efforts with Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and AOL (NYSE: AOL) to set up a premium ad network for publishers, Yahoo’s continued interest in Hulu, and what his team is doing to raise Yahoo’s profile and revenues. Learn more from his Q&A with paidContent Editor Staci D. Kramer in the video, embedded below. Full coverage of the conference is available in our…

Mark Zuckerberg must have something big up his sleeve for Thursday’s f8. Facebook on Tuesday night unveiled the third – and biggest – update to the social network in 10 days, with a real-time “ticker” that you might have read about in the Guardian on Monday.

From Flipboard and Aol Editions, to Ongo and News.me, the rise of tablets and apps is changing how we gather and consume content.  A couple of apps have grabbed the headlines in recent months. Flipboard has closed over $60 million in funding and has a $200 million valuation. More recently, Zite was snapped up by CNN. Even Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is jumping on this bandwagon, based on reports of Google Propeller designed so Android and iOS users can curate content. But is there a business in new-style aggregation?

Last week’s paidContent Advertising conference in New York was so full of excellent speakers with news and info that even I’m still catching up. Luckily, I have great colleagues and some good tools. In addition to the thorough coverage by Team paidContent on our sites and some full-length session videos we’ll post in coming weeks, here’s a highlight reel of moments chosen by our journalists during the full-day conference and produced by Scribe Media. Of course, it’s only skimming the surface but check it out for a taste of what you missed—and to get an idea of what you can…

It looks like YouTube Box Office is working pretty well for Google India.

We’ve just wrapped up our paidContent Advertising conference in New York, a day jam-packed with discussions about ad exchanges, paid content, brands and social media, mobile advertising, and much more. If you missed the event—or if you just want to brush up on the details—check out our full coverage below:

People are getting more social and more altruistic. That’s the simple part of the takeaway from Nielsen SVP of consumer insights and analytics Radha Subramanyam‘s presentation at paidContent Advertising. Here are some of the highlights on the ever-growing, ever-changing social landscape:

Kicking off the full day ahead of paidContent Advertising, Geoff Ramsey, eMarketer’s CEO, talked about the rapid growth in mobile and the opportunities ahead—in particular, in mobile advertising. Half of marketers in the U.S. now have mobile in their marketing plans. But, he said, mobile is still best in a supporting role—not a starring role—and should be integrated with other media.

The live stream of paidContent Advertising: Emerging Business Models is now up and running, available here.

Update: We’ve just kicked off the conference and our live stream is available here. Some of the best minds will gather Thursday in New York for paidContent Advertising: Emerging Business Models, the first major conversation about advertising following a summer—and a first week back— than was more active than any of us could have imagined. The best action will be in person but, if you have to miss the on-site networking and the hallway dealmaking at The *Time* & Life Building, you can stay up to speed by following our live stream and coverage here starting at 8:40 a.m. Eastern…

With newspaper revenues in a downward spiral in the U.S., it’s easy to forget that there’s one area where daily tabloids and broadsheets are still thriving: India. While the NYTimes.com’s new India Ink blog is an online only, it does suggest that western publishers may look to the large Indian market for growth potential, especially as broadband penetration and incomes rise there.