Shares of VeriSign Inc. dipped after the company posted a decline in second-quarter revenues and issued weak guidance for the coming quarter.The Mountain View, Calif.-based digital infrastructure company reported a net loss of $4.71 million on total revenue of $368 million, down from a...
Google Inc.'s search supremacy online continues to be handsomely carried over to mobile, according to the latest rankings of mobile Web companies from research and analysis firm M:Metrics.Google was visited by 62.5% of smartphone users in the United States in April, and by nearly...
Longtime VeriSign Inc. chief Stratton Sclavos stepped down as the company's internal investigation into stock-options grants is nearing its end. The Mountain View, Calif., company declined to offer reasons for the departure of Sclavos, who joined VeriSign 12 years ago. But the firm said...
LAS VEGAS-At a press conference at the Cable Show yesterday, News Corp. COO Peter Chernin offered his views on both mobile and online business efforts."We've been spending a lot of time trying to get from zero to 60 in 10 seconds," he said. "I'm...
Third Screen Media bagged yet another media customer, inking a deal with Fox to deliver ads to mobile phones.Fox News will be the first franchise of the News Corp. subsidiary to use Third Screen's MADX platform, which allows publishers to create and sell wireless...
The Fox network has opted for a new dance partner to handle its wildly successful "American Idol" text-message voting campaign, according to sources familiar with the deal.The News Corp. subsidiary will no longer use Mobliss Corp. but has tapped VeriSign Inc. for the popular...
The Fox network has opted for a new dance partner to handle its wildly successful "American Idol" text-message voting campaign, according to sources familiar with the deal.The News Corp. subsidiary will no longer use Mobliss Corp. but has tapped VeriSign Inc. for the popular...
LOS ANGELES-Fixed-line Internet companies and industry associations have long grappled with potential pitfalls and consumer-unfriendly tactics such as spam, click fraud and unwelcome pop-up ads from in-your-face marketers. In the world of wireless, though, carriers are hoping to boost mobile data services by keeping...
NEW YORK-Jamster International bulked up its content portfolio in North America with a deal to offer ringtones, graphics and mobile games from the Walt Disney Internet Group. Disney and its third-party content licensing arm Starwave Mobile already use VeriSign Inc.'s mobile content business to...
NEW YORK—Jamster International bulked up its content portfolio in North America with a deal to offer ringtones, graphics and mobile games from the Walt Disney Internet Group. Disney and its third-party content licensing arm Starwave Mobile already use VeriSign Inc.’s mobile content business to...
VeriSign Inc. finally jettisoned the bulk of its direct-to-consumer mobile content business, selling a 51-percent stake in its Jamba subsidiary to News Corp. for $188 million. The companies announced plans to form a mobile entertainment joint venture, with Fox Mobile Entertainment retaining the Jamster...
LOS ANGELES--A quick tour of last week's CTIA I.T. Wireless & Entertainment event showed there's no shortage of hype regarding the future of wireless data. But there's also plenty of uncertainty. News Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Peter Chernin did his best to...
LOS ANGELES-A quick tour of this week’s show indicates there’s no shortage of hype regarding the future of wireless data. But there’s also plenty of uncertainty. News Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Peter Chernin did his best to add to the hype with...
Hello! And welcome to a special CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2006 edition of our column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry—especially at trade shows—so this column is a chance for us at RCR...
LOS ANGELES—News Corp. and VeriSign announced plans to form a mobile entertainment joint venture in which News Corp. will have a controlling interest in VeriSign’s Jamba subsidiary. News Corp. said it plans to pay $188 million for the ability to combine Jamba with Fox...
LOS ANGELES-Toyota Motors North America plans to expand its mobile marketing efforts with a new wireless TV series from Fun Little Movies. The automaker is sponsoring "The Pool," a made-for-mobile comedy series that is being promoted with broadcast television commercials on major networks including...
LOS ANGELES—Toyota Motors North America plans to expand its mobile marketing efforts with a new wireless TV series from Fun Little Movies. The automaker is sponsoring "The Pool," a made-for-mobile comedy series that is being promoted with broadcast television commercials on major networks including...
You can call it off-deck, off-portal or off-network, but the stampede of companies looking to sell content directly to consumers is unquestionably on. Off-deck activity has long dominated the wireless market in Europe, where a lack of garden walls has encouraged subscribers to use...
For more than a few mobile startups, MySpace has become MyObsession. The most popular of a throng of new Web sites featuring user-generated content, MySpace.com has an estimated 55 million users and reportedly accounts for 12 percent of online advertising. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp....
HONG KONG—China Mobile Ltd. will acquire a 19.9-percent stake in a Hong Kong-based television joint venture in a move seen as a setback to Rupert Murdoch’s efforts to tap the tightly controlled media market. The state-controlled operator will pay an undisclosed sum to buy...
Mobile video continues to make headlines as a sexy, next-generation offering for wireless users. But content providers are beginning to look to the venerable business model of advertising-supported content to fuel broadcasts for wireless subscribers. The Fox Broadcasting Co. joined the crush of broadcasters...
LAS VEGAS-SMS.ac Inc. is joining the stampede toward user-generated mobile content.The San Diego-based messaging company unveiled its Content Monitor software offering designed to allow users to publish and monetize their own content. Members can create blogs, video clips or music and set a price...
LAS VEGAS-SMS.ac Inc. is joining the stampede toward user-generated mobile content. The San Diego-based messaging company unveiled a software offering designed to allow users to publish and monetize their own content. Members can create blogs, video clips or music and set a price at...
Fox Mobile Entertainment is joining the ranks of wireless aggregators, unveiling a Web site that hawks music, games and images for mobile phones. But analysts say the News Corp. subsidiary may be lumbering onto a shrinking playground.Fox last week launched Mobizzo, an Internet storefront...
