Stealth start up Flipboard, fresh off a $10.5M investment round, is getting a lot of attention for its recently launched social magazine app for the Apple iPad. The app compiles articles, photos and other content from your network of Facebook friends and Twitter followers to create a personalized magazine.
Flipboard CEO Mike McCue Talks About Stealth [...]
Snapfish has acquired video sharing site Motionbox. Snapfish, which is owned by HP, will integrate Motionbox into its own home video service.
HP’s Snapfish Buys Video Sharing Site Motionbox | paidContent.
The much anticipated Hulu subscription service launched last week. The service dubbed Hulu Plus offers additional content that is available on more platforms than the free service.
Hulu Unveils Subscription Service For $9.99 a Month – Media Decoder Blog – NYTimes.com.
Hulu is reportedly working on a content deal with CBS, Viacom and Time Warner. Adding to it’s content lineup would help Hulu in it’s efforts to switch from a free ad-supported service to a paid subscription service.
Hulu Said in Talks With CBS, Viacom as Paid Service Nears – Bloomberg.
Bloomberg.com has re-launched a new blog-like website. The service is targeting senior business executives and vows to continue as a free, ad-supported service.
Bloomberg.com Re-Launches, Waves Free Content Banner :: MinOnline.
Inform Technologies, a New York City startup, has raised a $4 million Series A round. Inform “enhances and organizes” content for other companies.
Semantic Web Startup Inform Technologies Lands $4 Million, New CMO.
Google is reportedly working on a new paid content platform for publishers, dubbed Newspass. Such a system could help ailing news services that are craving more online revenues to offset their declining print revenue, such as Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal.
A Google Paid Content System For Publishers May Be Coming By Year-End | paidContent.
The World Cup is set to start tomorrow with host nation South Africa playing Mexico. Whether you call it soccer or futbol, one thing is for sure, traffic to sites like FIFA.com and the official Worldcup site is sure to surge.
Collecta, a real-time search company, has added a $4.7 million round on top of a previous $1.85 million round. Collecta delivers news feeds to partners such as CNET and MySpace.
Collecta Scores More Funding for Real-Time Search.
TurnHere has partnered with Yelp to become their exclusive video production service. Yelp will use TurnHere’s 8,000+ filmmakers to help shoot videos for local businesses that advertise on Yelp.
TurnHere And Its Network Of 8,000 Filmmakers To Flood Yelp With Videos.