When NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal announced his retirement Wednesday, he didn’t just issue a statement and he didn’t just tweet. Shaq chose an integrated announcement that included video on Tout.com, a new social media platform he had discovered a month…
"In a video tweeted by O’Neal and posted on the social media site Tout, the NBA star said he had just been offered a position at the all-sports network [ESPN]," the New York Post reports. "I’m sitting here with my…
"Apple will fork over between $100 million and $150 million in advance payments to the four major music labels in order to get its iCloud off the ground, three separate sources told The Post," reports our good friend Claire Atkinson…
DirecTV told its NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers that it’s offering to take some of the risk out of the next football season, which is in question because of a labor dispute, reports B&C. DirecTV said it won’t charge customers until…
Disney.com will soon be overhauled to provide television shows, games and movies diectly to consumers, Disney President and CEO Rogert Iger said Thursday at a digital conference, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. Entertainment will be available through…
The Apple Insider, culling articles by other pubs, writes that Apple’s iCloud service might start out for free and then be $25 a year. The idea behind iCloud is that users would store their music, movies and TV shows on…
After releasing a batch of photos this week of a nude blond woman purported to be the star of “Gossip Girl,” a hacker is standing by the story even after a rep for the actress denied that the photos are…
"Former National Public Radio head Vivian Schiller, who left her last job under a political cloud, looks to have found a new position. She’s in talks to work at NBC News, where she’ll oversee digital projects." So writes our friend…
Pay-television network Starz reportedly wants $350 million a year to renew its streaming agreement with Netflix, according to the New York Post. The figure, if agreed to, would surpass the $200 million-per-year, five-year deal Netflix struck with Epix last year,…
As insiders chew on the implications of Apple’s sudden moves into the cloud computing space, tech writer Lance Ulanoff says in a piece in PCMag that Apple’s Steve Jobs has effectively claimed cloud technology–rapidly becoming known as iCloud–as his company’s…