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Media Decoder Blog: SFX Entertainment Buys Major Stake in Dutch Festival Promoter Mar 21st

The deal with ID&T, perhaps the biggest in the market so far, will give SFX a major foothold on the global festival circuit as it tries to build a $1 billion media empire centered on dance..... More »

Twitter Turns Seven Years Old Today #HappyBirthday #Twitter7 + MORE Mar 21st

Today marks seven years since Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s creator, sent the very first tweet, kicking-off a social media phenomena that has grown to 200 million active users sending more than 400 million tweets daily. Dorsey served as Twitter’s CEO until 2008 when he became the... Please v.... More »

Bits Blog: H.P.’s Board Wins Re-election Despite Opposition + MORE Mar 21st

Despite opposition from two shareholder advisory services and several prominent institutional investors, all of the company’s 11 board members were re-elected at the company’s annual meeting..... More »

Rumblefish, Soundtrack Licensing Partner To YouTube And Others, Buys Catalogik To Improve Music Search + MORE Mar 21st

A note of consolidation in the world of digital music: Rumblefish, a company that works with the likes of YouTube, Amazon, Vimeo, Facebook and Slideshare to let users add licensed soundtracks to their digital creations, is today announcing the acquisition of Catalogik, a platform to help find and mo.... More »

Consumers Still Pretty Suspicious About Social Media Marketing, Forrester Survey Finds + MORE Mar 21st

Forrester has put out a new digital marketing report, off the back of a survey of more than 58,000 online consumers, looking at how brands can better sell themselves and create content that flies in the digital age. One interesting takeaway is a chart (see below) which shows how U.S. and European co.... More »