Lots of scuttlebutt around Silicon Valley that new investment bank CODE Advisors is out pitching a MySpace spinoff to potential buyers and investors. Sources include people who've actually been pitched. CODE Advisor partner Quincy Smith says "We have not been engaged by News Corp. or MySpace on a sale of the company." MySpace also contacted us to deny the rumor - "The story is false." - although ...

Posté le mardi 16 mars à 16h18

(Update: statement received) News Corp. is frantically trying to sell MySpace, a short but potentially major rumor maintained this afternoon. Company head Rupert Murdoch is said by SAI to be "desperately" looking for a buyer and has been talking to private equity firms as possible candidates. The social network would be tentatively valued at $700 million....

Posté le mardi 16 mars à 16h14

LOS ANGELES Two new companies are giving consumers a way to download songs for free by watching a few ads. The idea has been tried before but this time it appears it might work, because the startups have found advertisers that are willing to pay around $2 to have a moment of your time. That means recording companies can get about as much compensation from the free services as they receive from ...

Posté le mercredi 10 mars à 16h58

The new search traces and identifies the actual owner or user of a specific email address, identifies other email relationships, web postings, pictures, personal details, friends, family and more. (PRWeb Mar 4, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/03/prweb3683774.htm

Posté le jeudi 4 mars à 3h13

The new search traces and identifies the actual owner or user of a specific email address, identifies other email relationships, web postings, pictures, personal details, friends, family and more.

Posté le jeudi 4 mars à 2h00

Music tastes vary and there are tons of different music genres out there to listen to. Some students like rap, others country and rock, some still even listen to Britney Spears. However, many of these artists and genres are heard all over the radio stations and some people are left out when it comes to their music choices.

Posté le dimanche 28 février à 21h58

Web radio services such as Pandora lead to a 41 percent increase in paid downloads, NPD says. On-demand music services, by contrast, lead to a 13 percent decrease.

Posté le jeudi 25 février à 9h53

Former CEO of CBS Interactive Quincy Smith has joined with CBS Interactive EVP Michael Marquez and music industry veteran dealmaker Fred Davis to launch CODE Advisors , a new Silicon Valley and New York based investment bank. As with all investment banks, CODE Advisors will look to advise companies on mergers and acquisitions and capital raising, for a fee. But the company also wants to be a ...

Posté le mercredi 24 février à 5h55

Two new companies are giving consumers a way to download songs for free by watching a few ads. The idea has been tried before but this time it appears it might work, because the startups have found advertisers that are willing to pay around $2 to have a moment of your time.

Posté le lundi 22 février à 11h55

By Ryan Nakashima The Associated Press LOS ANGELES | Two new companies are giving consumers a way to download songs for free by watching a few ads. The idea has been tried before but this time it appears it might work, because the startups have found advertisers that are willing to pay around $2 to have a moment of your time.

Posté le lundi 22 février à 4h34