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Microsoft's Xbox One Is Its Own Second Screen Brings together live TV, Internet, gaming, original content

Microsoft hopes the new Xbox One—its first console in eight years—will become a hub for entertainment. In addition to live TV, the device will offer exclusive media content, including a…

May 22, 2013, 11:24 AM EDT

Comedy Central Brings Live Stand-Up to Your Phone Symbiotic relationship with Web video

This June, stand-up comedy is coming to your cellphone. And your iPad. And your connected TV. And your computer. It’s all part of Comedy Central’s CC: Stand-Up app, a sort…

April 28, 2013, 11:47 PM EDT

Original Series Help Netflix Turn a Tidy Profit Proliferation of homegrown content is moving the needle for streaming services

Following its first foray into original programming, Netflix put up first-quarter numbers that exceeded Wall Street’s expectations. Thanks in part to the success of its $100 million David Fincher potboiler,…

April 23, 2013, 1:26 PM EDT

Loyal Shoppers Get Beauty Booty Bare Escentuals woos customers with gifts based on data from their purchase history

When cosmetics company Bare Escentuals decided to offer a customer loyalty program in May 2012, it took a non-traditional approach, giving fans personalized gifts and invitations to insider events rather…

April 22, 2013, 9:18 PM EDT

9 Reasons the NewFronts Didn't Get TV Dollars Last Year And 9 reasons why they will this year

Last spring, some of the Web’s biggest players, including Yahoo, AOL, Hulu and YouTube, took a page out of the glamorous TV world by launching the Digital Content NewFronts. But while…

April 11, 2013, 3:54 PM EDT

Microsoft's XBox Music Service Goes Ad-Supported With TargetSpot Company will provide in-stream ads a la Spotify

Streaming audio service XBox Music—which is not, actually, just for XBox—will now have in-stream advertisements. TargetSpot, which provides targeted ads for both CBS Radio and ABC News Radio, will supply…

April 10, 2013, 2:15 PM EDT

Xbox Aims to Bow First Original Series Within the Year Studio head Nancy Tellem talks content in first public interview

Online video has yet to create premium content. YouTube, Netflix, Hulu have all tried, but none has achieved the mass appeal and big-budget scale of a CBS. Last year Microsoft…

February 11, 2013, 9:37 PM EST

AmEx Looks to Ignite Real Twitter Shopping Using hashtags, card members can now buy gift cards, tablets, Xboxes

Social commerce is typically Facebook’s and maybe Pinterest’s domain. But Twitter doesn’t usually factor into the conversation. American Express began to change that last year when it rolled out the ability…

February 11, 2013, 6:00 PM EST

First Mover: Bill Phillips The new Men's Health editor on learning to love the Web and how he's not like Dave Zinczenko

Specs Age 43 New gig Editor in chief, Men’s Health Old gig Editor of MensHealth.com What’s it like going over to a print magazine after editing the website for the past few years? I was…

January 14, 2013, 12:02 AM EST

Even at CES, Marketers Grapple With Innovative Advertising Panel discusses recent election as example of cutting-edge marketing

President Obama may be the leader of the free world, but he may also be the leader of the advertising world. A few members of “The Future of Enhanced Advertising”…

January 9, 2013, 5:05 PM EST

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