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PaidContent 2 hours ago:

Dish’s “Auto-Hop” ad skipping device in legal showdown with TV networks -

Here we go again. Another disruptive TV technology, another major lawsuit. This time Dish Network and the major TV networks are suing each other over what Dish calls its "best in class DVR" technology.

PaidContent 3 hours ago:

5 key takeaways from paidContent 2012 -

It's all about the platform -- except when it isn't: Speakers at paidContent 2012 spoke about the opportunities, challenges and constraints of creating digital content.

PaidContent 3 hours ago:

Where now for Nook’s global ambition? Apps and Windows -

Barnes & Noble's hopes of entering the UK e-books market may rest on Windows 8 and other apps, after a key retailer opted to sell Amazon's Kindle e-reader over the Nook.

PaidContent 5 hours ago:

Analyst: Digital Newfronts will fail to take TV dollars -

Sanford Bernstein senior analyst Todd Juenger doesn't believe digital media companies like YouTube, Yahoo and AOL can entice advertisers into committing huge portions of dollars all in one buying session, a la TV's traditional upfront market.

PaidContent 5 hours ago:

Google takes down 1.2 million search links a month over piracy, copyright issues -

Google today released a new picture of the millions of links it scrubs from its search results in response to requests from Microsoft, movie studios and other content owners.

PaidContent 6 hours ago:

Why carriers need to treat developers more like partners -

"Operators treat partners like vendors.” That quote comes form Google director of global android partnerships John Lagerling, who said it at a Dublin conference where it was captured by Light Reading.

PaidContent 11 hours ago:

Amazon bans Kindle Store spam (finally) -

Amazon is finally banning some of the junkier content in the Kindle Store, including "content that is freely available on the web, unless you are the copyright owner of that content.

PaidContent 12 hours ago:

The morning lowdown 5-24-12 -

Some of the stories people are talking about this morning...

PaidContent 14 hours ago:

PaidContent 2012: The conversation isn’t over -

Several hundred execs filled The TimesCenter Wednesday for a day of intense conversation and discovery (on stage and off) about the current state of digital content online… and where we’re headed.

PaidContent less than a day ago:

Cable exec: “Netflix is our frenemy” -

Just what do you call a company that hurts and helps your business at the same time? With Netflix draining ratings for some programs, spiking the performance of others, and all the while increasing broadband sales, Cox Communications Patrick Esser came up with the perfect term.

PaidContent less than a day ago:

Harry Potter’s publishing wand can tame Amazon, pirates -

"If you buy a digital book you should be able to read it on anything you want to read it on", said Pottermore CEO Charlie Redmayne at paidContent 2012.

PaidContent less than a day ago:

Is a vast video library worth the time and money? -

The killer asset in the video age is widely believed to be a large library full of content that can be sold, licensed and re-distributed onto emerging platforms.

PaidContent less than a day ago:

Apple defends its e-book pricing as “perfectly proper” -

In the latest court filing in the ongoing Justice Department e-books price-fixing suit, Apple says it did not conspire to fix the prices of digital books to hurt competitors and its business strategy around pricing was "perfectly proper," according to a Reuters report.

PaidContent less than a day ago:

Richard Russo: Amazon puts great young writers in “particular peril” -

Amazon is a "predator," Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo said at paidContent 2012 this afternoon, and he believes that young undiscovered writers are at particular risk.

PaidContent less than a day ago:

Social media doesn’t speed up the news cycle — it kills it -

With each passing elections season, we're seeing more how social media is changing the political news coverage business.

PaidContent less than a day ago:

Jon Miller: Hulu still essential to broadcasters -

Amid growing speculation that Hulu doesn't fit the TV Everywhere goals of its media-conglomerate parents, News Corp.

PaidContent less than a day ago:

Financial Times exec: iOS apps don’t work for publishers -

FT.com Managing Director Rob Grimshaw made no secret of his distaste for Apple's in-app subscription terms at padContent 2012.

PaidContent less than a day ago:

Does social beat search, or does “peacocking” get in the way? -

Most people want to share content that makes them look good -- a concept that Gravity CEO Amit Kapur called "peacocking" at paidContent 2012 this afternoon.

PaidContent less than a day ago:

For discoverability, traditional tools still dominate -

GigaOM Pro Research Director David Card took the stage at paidContent 2012 to discuss one of the key challenges content distributors are facing -- discoverability.

PaidContent less than a day ago:

Don’t think of it as content, think of it as information -

In order to benefit from digital media and the disruption created by the social web, content companies and publishers have to think differently about what they do: it's not content, it's information, John Borthwick of Betaworks told attendees at paidContent 2012.

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