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Digital Media M&A: Mobile & Analytics Deals Up, Social Media Down

ReadWriteWeb  Jul 03 09

Peachtree Media Advisors has just released their latest report on digital media mergers and acquisitions. We posted their 2008 report back in January, and this is a mid-year 2009 update to that. According to Peachtree, there were 342 digital media transactions in the first half of 2009, which was 12.3% below the number of transactions in the same period for 2008. More notably, the total value of transactions was much less than a year ago. In the first six months of 2009, there were $4.2 billion in digital media transactions - a whopping 61% decrease from the same period in 2008. And that $4. Full story...

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Tweetsgiving: The Twitter Way To Give Thanks

ReadWriteWeb  3 hours ago

Happy Tweetsgiving!

At any number of companies, people are being asked to do their part.

Free and Better Demo Music with ccMixter

ReadWriteWeb  6 hours ago

If I see another screencast using the iMovie default songs, I'm going to go nuts. Music sets the tone for how you want others to perceive your company and choosing a generic soundtrack is like branding yourself boring.

Volvo IT Department Gets Banned From Wikipedia For Racist Rants

ReadWriteWeb  7 hours ago

One of the risks facing any enterprise is how to deal with people who use the corporate network to post rude, sexist or even racist material on public facing web sites.

Building Better Bloggers: The Dream Communication Pipeline

ReadWriteWeb  8 hours ago

It's only late afternoon and we've already got a Thanksgiving mystery. API strategist Ben Metcalfe and former SVP of Marketing for Tesla Motors Daryl Siry recently launched Plato's Forms.

Your Favorite Mobile Apps of 2009 (Reader Survey)

ReadWriteWeb  9 hours ago

A year ago we polled you, the ReadWriteWeb community, on your favorite mobile apps. It's become an annual tradition to run this survey, so in this post we're collecting your top 5 lists for 2009.

5 Mobile Apps For Flying This Thanksgiving Weekend

ReadWriteWeb  11 hours ago

Thanksgiving is generally a horrible day for air travel, but tradition and the sweet smell of Thanksgiving turkey still makes millions of Americans forget the potential horror of being stuck in an airport.

The Real-Time Web and Its Future: Sample Chapter, Table of Contents Available Now!

ReadWriteWeb  11 hours ago

We're excited to announce that our latest premium research report will be available for download on Monday! Titled The Real-Time Web and Its Future, the report is a broad and deep look at the emerging world of real-time technology on the web.

Wikileaks Releases Over Half a Million Pager Messages from 9/11

ReadWriteWeb  14 hours ago

Earlier this morning, Wikileaks began to post pager messages that were sent on September 11, 2001.

Navigation App Waze Makes Crowdsourced Map-Building a Game

ReadWriteWeb  16 hours ago

The latest edition of mobile navigation app Waze has just launched in the iTunes App Store and on the Android Market Place with the Symbian and Windows Mobile versions available on the Waze website.



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