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Betfair, Google and digital competition

Monday, October 25, 2010

Image via CrunchBase An article for TheMediaBriefing, on the parallels between the success of the newly public Betfair – and the criticism it attracts – and digital media companies like Google. Here’s an excerpt… Betfair revenue was up 13 percent to £341 million in 2009/10. The technology underpinning the system is second-to-none. The company claims [...]

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From psmith, gamer: Why there’s more to life than the XP Factor

Monday, July 5, 2010

Image via Wikipedia I’ve started* a games blog – at psmithgamer.tumblr.com – and this is an exerpt from a new post about levelling up in gaming. Stick around here for thoughts on digital media, but go there for thoughts on shooting aliens. Something very odd has happened to gaming: people no longer try their damnedest [...]

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What news publishing could learn from video games developers

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

So now The Guardian, The Telegraph, NME, Viz and countless others sell – or give away – not just content but software: the great hope of 2010 is that iPhone, Android and mobile reading generally will foster a much-needed shot in the arm for advertising and direct revenue. With readers not that keen on coughing [...]

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Why real-time news rules the roost in 2010

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

The UK is suffering a spot of bad weather. But if you want to know about it, you’re not going to wait for tomorrow’s paper. Are you? The poor weather, which really has shut down swathes of the UK, hits home that the most important trend in news media is and has been for a [...]

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