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It Takes an “Ecosystem” to Prosper in the Digital Age (with...

Ask most people what’s going on in “digital entertainment” and you’re sure to hear plenty of excitement about great films, TV series, music and gaming on popular digital platforms like Netflix, Amazon, Spotify and YouTube.

Guest Column: The Shindler Perspective

While the world of content creation and distribution is going through a major upheaval, it is the way we interact with it that will signify the most profound change in the coming years. If the proposed Comcast -- Time Warner Cable or the AT&T -- DirecTV deals are approved or if what may occur between Sprint and T-Mobile moves forward, it will affect the way we access and store content in the cloud.

Guest Post: The 3 Pillars of Monetizing Digital Content Experiences

We live in the age of contextual experiences, where digital content is expected to be available on smartphones, smart TVs, tablets and phablets seamlessly, leading to new and exciting content monetization models. But being innovative and extending content to new touchpoints stretches the limits of your CMS, ecommerce systems and functional requirements of data.

Levinsohn, Cahill and Lanzone Join Growing List of Leaders to Speak...

IDG World Expo and Digital Media Wire today announced the additions of former Fox Interactive and interim Yahoo! head Ross Levinsohn, CEO of Guggenheim Digital Media; Jim Lanzone, President, CBS Interactive; and prominent brand-entertainment integration specialist Claudia Cahill, Chief Content Officer of OMD/The Content Collective, to a growing list of industry leaders set to speak at the inaugural 2014 Digital Entertainment World (DEW).

Guest Column: Magna Carta Holy Download!

In this guest column by Zach Marburger, CEO and Founder of TOPPLE TRACK, he discusses Jay-Z's "progressive and controversial" release of Magna Carta Holy Grail, which was initially made available only to Samsung users via an app available from the Google Play store.

Guest Column: Tech, Drugs and Rock & Roll – Top 10...

In this guest column, Reid Genauer, Chief Marketing Officer of Magisto offers his "Top 10 Reasons Why SXSW Still Rules Supreme" and gives a video recap through a group of ten industry thought leaders who took videos from around SXSW.

New advocacy group speaks on behalf of the Internet

A new trade group representing the interests of Internet companies is set to launch on September 19, with the politically experienced Michael Beckerman as its inaugural president and CEO.

Roku gets $45m from media giants News Corp., BSkyB and others

Roku Inc. has received $45 million in strategic investment from major media companies News Corp. and British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) along with returning investors Menlo Ventures and Globespan Capital Partners.

Bluefin Labs names JP Maheu, former head of Razorfish, as CEO

Bluefin Labs, a social TV analytics company, on Wednesday that advertising industry veteran JP Maheu will join the company as CEO.

NEA closes $2.6 VC fund, one of the largest ever

New Enterprise Associates (NEA), the Chevy Chase-based venture capital firm, said on Wednesday it has closed its 14th fund at $2.6 billion – one of the largest venture funds ever raised.