Information in the Enterprise

Mar 30, 2014 | Podcasts

From a world of content organized by news headlines and journal abstracts, business is moving into a universe of data that has potential to reveal insights and yield great discoveries. For San Diego-based Qualcomm, which has grown from seven individuals meeting in a...

New Battlefront for Ebooks Case?

Mar 28, 2014 | News

In a federal courtroom this week, Judge Denise Cote took on a potential new front in the ongoing e-book antitrust battle. Once again, the claim is e-book price-fixing, though this time the plaintiffs are e-book retailers who say their businesses suffered when Apple...

The Web at 25

Mar 27, 2014 | News

“Vague, but exciting.”  So wrote Mike Sendall in March 1989 when responding to a proposal for creation of a new kind of computer network presented to CERN, the high-energy physics laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland. Sendall managed coordination of CERN’s vast computer...

McQuivey On Innovations That Work

Mar 23, 2014 | Podcasts

From disruptive innovation to legislative evolution, the copyright conversation is getting plenty of attention.  On Wednesday, April 2, at the New York Academy of Sciences, journalists, filmmakers, and musicians join media moguls and intellectual property attorneys...

A Settlement For Google & Viacom

Mar 21, 2014 | News

How many people watch SpongeBob SquarePants every week? The answer depends on the definition of “watch.” SpongeBob is just one of many television programs owned by or under license with Viacom, a global media conglomerate. The popularity of its characters is measured...

Agile Content for Publishing

Mar 16, 2014 | Events

As digital technology shortens the publishing cycle, new ways have emerged to monetize content. Publishers are able now to deliver and license their content for websites and apps, partners; readers are able to mix and match content in new ways; and traditional book...

Libraries Reach Far And Wide

Mar 14, 2014 | News

Some 9000 public libraries and branches dot the American landscape, and librarians working there touch the minds and hearts of millions of citizens. From Indianapolis, where the biennial conference of the Public Library Association is underway, spirits are high,...

Robert Levine To Host OnCopyright 2014

Mar 9, 2014 | Copyright, News

From disruptive innovation to legislative evolution, the copyright conversation is getting plenty of attention. On Wednesday, April 2nd at the New York Academy of Sciences, journalists, filmmakers and musicians join media moguls and intellectual property attorneys to...

Booksellers Say No To Amazon

Mar 7, 2014 | News

Technology company sparks controversy in publishing world. It’s a common enough headline for the trades, but this time, the company is Amazon (not the one you first thought, perhaps!) and the dust-up centers on a popular book fair. “Indie booksellers are up in arms...

‘Gold Rush’ For Authors

Mar 5, 2014 | News

For as long as there’s been an Amazon, authors have checked on sales activity for books from the privacy of laptops and PCs. Before that, the truly determined needed to work up the courage to call their agents. All of that’s about to change with the debut of a new...