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NBC Universal will make Universal movies and NBC Universal TV content available to Peer Impact, a legitimate P2P service. This marks the first ever license of major studio content to a P2P service. Titles will be available for rental for a 24-hour viewing period after purchase.
On demand movies from the Universal film library include titles such as “Ray,” “The Motorcycle Diaries,” “Meet the Fockers” and “The Bourne Supremacy” as well as upcoming premieres of “The Skeleton Key”, “Cinderella Man” and “The Forty Year Old Virgin.” Specials and stunts include “Jerry Springer: Uncensored,” “5th Wheel” and “Blind Date.”
Arbitron has reached a settlement with the State of New York, in a move that will resolve all claims against Arbitron that were alleged in the lawsuit filed against the company by the NY Attorney General relating to the marketing…
Just three days after sister publication The New York Times began running ads on its front page, the Boston Globe announced that it will begin publishing front page ads, as well.
The Globe’s decision to run front page ads was made…
Angered by a London bus advertisement that sent her to a website where she was told that she was going to hell, to spend all eternity in torment, comedy writer Ariane Sherine decided to launch a counter-campaign.
She began raising…
Time Warner said today that the economy has been more challenging in terms of its advertising business than it had expected, particularly at AOL and the Time Inc. publishing units.
The company said it will post a net operating loss…
Just weeks after shuttering the print edition of PC Magazine and moving it entirely online, Ziff Davis has announced that it is closing the books on Electronic Gaming Magazine, due to the sale of its collection of video game sites,…
Even through a recession U.S. consumers redeem just 1%-3% of paper coupons, but up to half of the coupons that Kroger sends to its customers are redeemed - because it uses a data-mining firm it part-owns to target specific customers.
Kroger,…
