What is Clicker, and Why Did CBS Acquire It?
CBS Corp. (CBS) made a big splash in the tech world today, announcing it has acquired online television guide Clicker.com and named the site's co-founder and CEO, Jim Lanzone, as the new President of CBS Interactive. What exactly is Clicker, and just what would the "Tiffany network" want with a fairly new-to-the-game TV guide for the Web?
CBS Corp. (CBS) made a big splash in the tech world today, announcing it has acquired online television guide Clicker.com and named the site’s co-founder and CEO, Jim Lanzone, as the new President of CBS Interactive. What exactly is Clicker, and just what would the “Tiffany network” want with a fairly new-to-the-game TV guide for the Web?
The acquisition by CBS comes just 18 months after Clicker.com launched as a start-up for viewers to find, browse and navigate online videos across a wide range of services and on connected devices.
The site, based in Los
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