"Apple has not 'conspired' with anyone, was not aware of any alleged 'conspiracy' by others, and never fixed prices," the company stated in a reply to the suit.
In what's surely a win for lovers of long-form journalism (or needlessly long rant-filled blog posts), Amazon has just rolled out a new "Send to Kindle" button for online publications to embed into their websites.
It's a hunka hunka burning money, folks. And it's all about HTML5 for tablets and smartphones. Still got suspicious minds? Read on.
Boundless denies allegations from major textbook publishers that its free online textbooks represent a copyright violation.
Google and news publishers in Germany are going to have more problems before this all gets figured out, and this recent legislation is a complete waste of time.
"Smart Data" startup Sailthru raised $19 million to grow its platform, which sends customized marketing content to millions.
Gravity is inescapable, especially if we're talking about the content personalization startup that goes by the same name.
Native advertising is what Facebook is doing when it shows sponsored posts, or what Twitter engages in with promoted tweets. Here's a native ad platform for all publishers.
Startup Qwiki wants to change the way we experience information, and today it’s releasing a news reporting tool that brings its technology to publishers.
Qwiki Creator, launched today in partnership with ABC News, merges web video and content for interactive …
Who says e-mail is dead? Advertising startup isocket has forged an agreement with MailChimp that lets publishers sell ads directly on e-mail newsletters, potentially turning old-school e-mail into a money maker.
Isocket simplifies the advertising process for publishers with its …
Sixteen states have piled lawsuits on top of Apple, Macmillan, Penguin, and Simon and Schuster, four companies which were served with an antitrust lawsuit this morning by the Department of Justice.
The suit is led by Texas and Connecticut, which, …
Brands interested in doing market research and publishers trying to make money on content have a new friend in Google, as the search giant is acting as go-between with a new tool that gives both audiences exactly what they want.…
Steal from the best, but make it your own, as the saying goes. Facebook has done just that by co-opting two concepts made popular by others in an effort to make its social network the first place people go to …
As a struggling Chartbeat addict, I can tell you that watching the number of people flooding onto your site or story can be a rush. But like any great high, it fades too fast, especially when you can’t figure out …
Like a match made in social data heaven, social ad targeting startup 33Across announced today that it has snapped up Tynt Multimedia, a company that helps publishers track reader engagement through the age old technique of copy and paste.
Combined …
Online publishing is about to get a lot smoother for publishers. Whether that’s a good thing for readers is another question, however.
New York-based startup Parse.ly is releasing its flagship product, Dash, into general availability Tuesday. It’s meant to help …
The online comment is a troubled entity, often abused or under-appreciated by the anonymous masses. But Facebook thinks there’s a better way.
The social network pushed out an update today that makes its Comments Box third-party commenting plugin work on …
Publishers, rejoice. Facebook has just gifted you and your reporters with an early Christmas present packaged in a powerful new tool called the Subscribe button.
The button is an off-Facebook extension of the Subscribe feature the social network first introduced …
Apple is once again in hot water with the European Commission, this time over its pricing strategies with e-book publishers.
The EC announced today that it has begun formal antitrust investigations into Apple and five major book publishers — Hachette …
Skimlinks automatically converts product references in blog posts into affiliate sales links. The London startup just closed a funding round of $4.5 led by Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, the investment arm of media giant Bertelsmann AG.
For example, Skimlinks converts …
