Ping claims millions of user and is growing, but despite the best efforts of digital distributors PING’s required manual approval process appears to have slowed the growth of the artist community. Just 2000 bands have been signed up so far. hypebot.com...
Myspace is in trouble, big trouble. According to News Corp investors the current losses are not acceptable or sustainable . Quarterly losses at MySpace have jumped by $30 million to $156 million. hypebot.com...
Mintel predicts nine key consumer trends for the year ahead, examining how long term behavior has been impacted and created a new way of life. In 2011, consumers are living for the long term with attitudes inspired by a changed value set, says the report. mediapost.com...
A study commissioned by Google from the Boston Consulting Group revealed that the internet was worth £100 billion ($139 billion) to the UK in 2009. That was 7.2% of the country’s gross domestic product—not far behind the 9% contributed by the financial industry. Online buying by UK residents...
Amazon.com Inc. saw Q3 earnings grow in the third quarter as shoppers bought more goods and services, yet costs also rose because the company is having to build new centers to fulfill those orders. Shares fell in extended trading. billboard.com...
News Corporation is making a last-ditch attempt to turn around the ailing fortunes of social media site MySpace with another revamp of the site. brandrepublic.com...
As part of their life style campaign Puma this week launched a Heritage campaign around their brand ambassador Maradona. Puma is celeberating his birthday with the biggest game of juggling on their social media site. The concept is simple – the faster the video is...
Levis recently launched a new campaign ‘Curve ID’ which detects the perfect jeans fit for you body curves. Further the online platform serves as a mentoring platform where people can get advise for all sorts of lifestyle related questions. The campaign is supported by She...
Microsoft is launching a competition featuring cartoon indie band Gorillaz to promote the Beta launch of the Windows Internet Explorer 9 browser. Entrants are being invited to design a new character, known simply as ‘The Evangelist’, with the winning submission redrawn by Gorillaz’ animator Jamie...
Sony US has launched a new campaign for their A/V receiver with TomTom navigation. The campaign boasts a series of spoof music videos whose lyrics will show you where to go. Well i’m hoping its a spoof… Rock Balland R&B...