Laura Hazard Owen
Feb 2, 2012 9:25 AM
Hoping to tap into India’s rapidly growing e-commerce market, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is launching Junglee.com in the country today.
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Staci D. Kramer
Jan 20, 2012 12:37 PM
The reverb from Kevin Delaney’s departure from the Wall Street Journal for Atlantic Media Group just hit DC: WSJ alum Raju Narisetti is headed back to the Journal, swapping his role as managing editor of the Washington Post responsible for digital for managing editor of The Wall Street Journal (NSDQ:…
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Robert Andrews
Oct 13, 2011 8:48 AM
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.
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Charles Arthur
MediaGuardian
Oct 11, 2011 12:55 PM
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.
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Robert Andrews
Oct 5, 2011 10:00 AM
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.
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Robert Andrews
Oct 3, 2011 12:16 PM
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.
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Ingrid Lunden
Oct 3, 2011 6:36 AM
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…
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Penn Olson
Sep 28, 2011 6:03 AM
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…
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Penn Olson
Sep 20, 2011 1:31 PM
It looks like YouTube Box Office is working pretty well for Google India.
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David Kaplan
Sep 9, 2011 3:50 PM
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…
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Staci D. Kramer
Sep 1, 2011 12:25 AM
Hulu’s first offering outside the U.S. is live: Hulu Japan, a subscription service with “hundreds” of films and thousands of hours of TV. For ¥1,480 a month or roughly $18.50, Japanese subscribers can watch across an array of devices just like U.S. subscribers of Hulu Plus with one exception—Hulu Japan…
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Ingrid Lunden
Aug 16, 2011 10:10 AM
Finally, closure on the long-running question of what would happen to the BBC‘s magazine business, the biggest publisher of subscription magazines in the UK: commercial division BBC Worldwide has agreed on a multi-faceted sale of its assets, covering 34 magazine titles, to the private equity group Exponent. BBCWW has also…
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Jemima Kiss
MediaGuardian
Jun 21, 2011 2:47 PM
Google’s now infamous Street View camera cars only set to work on the streets of Bangalore last month, but already Indian authorities have ordered Google (NSDQ: GOOG) to suspend taking images because it has not secured the necessary security clearance.
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Legal, Privacy, Companies, Google, Countries, Asia, India, street view
Robert Andrews
Apr 11, 2011 6:01 AM
The mobile is already the computer in many markets, it seems. In some of the countries where cricket is most popular, the recent ICC Cricket World Cup was consumed more on mobile than on PC internet.
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Staci D. Kramer
Mar 9, 2011 11:05 PM
Last week, AOL (NYSE: AOL) CEO Tim Armstrong told the crowd at paidContent 2011 that layoffs—aka “job changes”—were coming following the $315 million deal to acquire the Huffington Post. The layoffs started Thursday in India, where AOL’s operations are being dramatically downsized: 400 jobs lost, 300 outsourced, roughly 200 remaining,…
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Robert Andrews
Jan 25, 2011 10:20 AM
Forget iPads and smartphone apps - in India, the real “new media” are basic feature phones.
Media companies aren’t letting the market’s relative technological immaturity stand in their way - they’re embracing new opportunities using old media
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David Kaplan
Jan 19, 2011 9:21 AM
Following two fairly big acquisitions designed to expand its regional presence, Indian ad network Komli is preparing to do some deals. The Mumbai-based company, formerly the parent of supply side platform PubMatic, has raised a $15 million round led by Norwest Venture Partners (NVP). Previous backers, Nexus Venture Partners and…
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David Kaplan
Jan 18, 2011 9:34 AM
Hyderabad-based digital marketer Ybrant Digital took a break from its international shopping spree last year, but it says its looking to buy again. The company has raised $48 million in debt and equity to help further its international presence. In addition to acquisitions, Ybrant wants to use the proceeds to…
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Ingrid Lunden
Nov 22, 2010 5:47 PM
Blyk, the mobile ad company that started as a “free” MVNO for 16-24 year-olds, may have found its original business model hard to execute in Europe, but it didn’t give up on it altogether: it has now launched services in India, partnering with local operator Aircel. And once again, it…
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Advertising, Marketing, Mobile, Companies, Airtel, Vodafone, Countries, Europe, UK, Asia, India
Robert Andrews
Oct 7, 2010 5:30 AM
Indian online advertising network Komli is buying Indoor Media, a UK-based firm helping clients market to ethnic minorities, in its latest international expansion (announcement).
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Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Countries, Asia, India, indoor media, komli
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