Social Media in the News June 27th 2011

Joseph Vangieri iSIGN is a business partner of AOpen America Inc., having an OEM agreement for the embedding of its IMS software in AOpen's digital media players and IBM http://lnkd.in/emSVX2

iSIGN Media Expands Upon Its Planned Acquisition of Pinpoint Media... marketwatch.com

Joseph Vangieri Hostworks provides digital media services and solutions to clients, including 10 of the 12 major Australian broadcasters and corporate media organizations http://lnkd.in/vCtJ74

Hostworks Scales Digital and Internet TV Services With Blue Coat... marketwatch.com

Joseph Vangieri After lapping up seven deals in the past five years, the company has decided to acquire a minority stake in Israel-based digital media company Web 3.0 fo http://lnkd.in/STMXfY

Ybrant Digital to acquire minority stake in Israel-based Web 3.0 economictimes.indiatimes.com

Estimates suggest that worldwide spend on mobile marketing, advertising and messaging to exceed US $3.3 billion in 2011, and reach $20.6 billion by 2015. 

Joseph Vangieri What's more, the report says, spending will continue its accelerating shift from traditional to new and emerging digital media platforms http://lnkd.in/XufZXG 

 

Joseph Vangieri The French media executive Frédéric Filloux labelled me a "digital media zealot" who "smokes his own exhaust" and engaged in "the collective glorification http://lnkd.in/2hBVPX

Digital first: what it means for journalism guardian.co.uk

Journalists have new roles to play in collaborating with the public and organising communities – and the article is reduced to part of the mix. By Jeff... 

Joseph Vangieri The companies coming together as Xaxis managed about $200 million in digital-media spending last year, a number expected to grow quickly this year http://lnkd.in/GkMhsc

WPP Links Ad Tech To Consumer Database online.wsj.com

WPP is launching a new company that will link ad-buying technologies with a large database of consumer profiles collected from their Web activities, allowing for personalized ads on the Web, social-networking sites, mobile...