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Amazon Reportedly Developing 3-D Smartphone Company hopes to be Apple competitor, broaden reach for content distribution By Maura McGowan

Amazon's long-rumored smartphone will have a glasses-free 3-D display, The Wall Street Journal reported. Citing anonymous sources, the Journal said that Amazon is at work on two phones, including one high-end…

May 10, 2013, 11:42 AM EDT

Michael Shannon Finds Television 'Tremendously Uninteresting' Prefers a Discman By Emma Bazilian

Specs Who Michael Shannon Age 38 Accomplishments Stars on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire; currently appearing in films Mud and The Iceman; plays Superman nemesis General Zod in Man of Steel (in theaters June 14); member…

May 10, 2013, 12:05 AM EDT

Coke Zero Mother's Day Twitter Stunt Lets Forgetful Sons Off the Hook Original social play ropes in 10 classically trained painters By Christopher Heine

Attention, forgetful sons: If you wake up this Sunday and realize you didn't get your mom anything for Mother's Day, don't panic. Coke Zero will be there for you. In a…

May 10, 2013, 12:01 AM EDT

IAB Fires Back With an Open Letter to Digital Buyers CEO Rothenberg calls for agencies to address fragmentation issues By Mike Shields

For a digital industry, these guys sure love their letters. In response to yesterday's open letter to the Web video ad seller community from a cadre of top digital buyers, IAB…

May 9, 2013, 6:31 PM EDT

Twitter Vines Get Shared 4x More Than Online Video Researcher says nascent tool packs branding punch By Christopher Heine

Marketers love them some Twitter Vines—and for good reason, it turns out. Unruly Media's research reveals that branded Vines (see Doritos example below) are shared four times as often as…

May 9, 2013, 4:25 PM EDT

AOL Names Cyndi Stivers EIC of Homepage Mandate is to make portal interesting again By Lucia Moses

AOL has named Cyndi Stivers as editor in chief of AOL.com as it tries to make the portal relevant to Web surfers again. The appointment is important in terms of Stivers’…

May 9, 2013, 3:14 PM EDT

YouTube Launches Subscription Offering Pilot partners include Sesame Street and UFC By Mike Shields

YouTube is officially launching a paid subscription service for its content partners. As has been widely reported, the Web video giant is looking to providing its growing collection of content partners…

May 9, 2013, 3:14 PM EDT

Facebook Could Map Out Local Search, Ads With Waze Deal Social network in talks with driving app, per reports By Tim Peterson

Facebook is mapping out an acquisition of crowdsourced traffic navigation mobile app Waze, according to reports from three Israeli publications and confirmed by TechCrunch. A Facebook spokesperson said the company doesn’t…

May 9, 2013, 2:20 PM EDT

Microsoft Would Reportedly Pay $1 Billion for Nook's Digital Assets Company plans to discontinue its Android tablets By Maura McGowan

Microsoft is willing to pay $1 billion for Nook Media's digital assets, Tech Crunch reported, citing internal company documents. Since the story broke early today, Barnes & Noble shares jumped 18…

May 9, 2013, 1:58 PM EDT

Digital Sales Chief Out at Turner Walker Jacobs departs after six years By Mike Shields

Walker Jacobs is out at Turner. The veteran digital executive, who most recently held the title of evp of Turner Digital, resigned today, according to sources. Jacobs had been with the…

May 9, 2013, 1:57 PM EDT