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"NEW YORK (Reuters) - Toys 'R' Us Inc, a privately held toy and baby products retailer, said on Thursday it bought websites eToys.com, BabyUniverse.com and ePregnancy.com from media firm, The Parent Company, which filed for bankruptcy protection late last year.
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Filed Under: [Media • The Web]
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Posted on 13 Feb 2009 around 9am
The BBC has closed down its ambitious £150m online learning resource following complaints from commercial rivals.
Filed Under: [Education • Media • The Web]
Posted on 19 Mar 2007 around 6pm
A story of the Biafran war, a modern version of the Faust myth and the latest work from William Boyd have been chosen as the new reads for the Richard & Judy Book Club - now the quickest route to mega-sales in British publishing.
Filed Under: [Book Publishing • Book selling • Media]
Posted on 05 Jan 2007 around 11am
New broadband information network 3TNet, integrating telephone, Internet, radio and television, and capable of offering video on demand, has begun formal operation in China.
Sourced at People's Daily Online
Filed Under: [China • Media • The Web]
Posted on 13 Dec 2006 around 6pm
For many people these trade shows are important opportunities for meeting clients and signing deals. Indeed, many stands (they call them booths in the USA), have little areas with tables and chairs set up for meetings.
Filed Under: [Media • Technology]
Posted on 10 Dec 2006 around 9pm
Audiobooks aren't just for long trips anymore. The market has taken off since the 1980s when the publishing industry began to record its best sellers. Audiobook sales have steadily increased ever since that time.
Sourced at PublishingCentral.com
Filed Under: [Lifestyle • Media • The Web]
Posted on 04 Dec 2006 around 4pm
Film studios scramble to find a viable method of selling their wares on the web, leading to a flurry of activity in the downloadable movies space.
Sourced at The Sydney Morning Herald Technology Headlines
Filed Under: [Media • The Web]
Posted on 04 Dec 2006 around 9am
Six independent filmmakers will be the first commissioned to make short films especially for the medium.
Sourced at InformationWeek News
Posted on 10 Nov 2006 around 7pm
GOOGLE will announce today a tie-up with more than 50 newspapers, through which the internet giant will create an online marketplace to help print media to sell advertising electronically. a....
Sourced at TimesOnline: Business
Filed Under: [Media • The Web]
Posted on 06 Nov 2006 around 3pm
Are your Web surfing fingers getting tired? There may be a reason. The Internet services company Netcraft says a mammoth milestone was reached during the month of October.
Sourced at CNN.com - Technology
Filed Under: [Media • Technology • The Web]
Posted on 03 Nov 2006 around 10am
Microsoft Corp. signed a non-exclusive memorandum of understanding with the British Broadcasting Corp. to define a framework for the companies to explore the BBC's future digital strategy.
Filed Under: [Media • The Web]
Posted on 24 Oct 2006 around 8am
CaVi writes "Following a judicial action (link in French) by the 'French-speaking Belgian Association of the press,' Google.be has removed all the French-speaking press sites from its index, as can be seen by doing a search. The court order to Google is posted at Chilling Effects. In summary, the editors want a cut of the profit that Google News makes using their information. No such deal exists for the moment. Google has been ordered to remove all references, or pay one million Euros per day if it doesn't comply.....
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Posted on 18 Sep 2006 around 7pm
