Philly EnterpriseTech Roundup 1/14: Digital First Media throws bid at Gannett
Alden-backed Digital First Media, which owns the former Journal Register papers in the 'burbs and once controlled the Inquirer, throws a surprise takeover bid at Gannett. Like Dollar General trying to buy Walmart
- WeWork is even better without the Work!
- John Malone said to be trying to buy Hollywood agency CAA
- Interesting piece on "The Cost of Hospital Protectionism"
- A look back at the evolution of RSS and why its almost dead, although I rely on it
- Lots of things happening at Comcast's NBCU
- USA Technologies didn't learn its lesson
The society’s librarian Patrick Spero wouldn’t disclose how much was paid for the newspaper. https://t.co/6U4jLOozaf— Bucks County Courier Times (@CourierTimes) January 14, 2019
Digital First, a hedge-fund-backed media group known for buying up struggling local papers and cutting costs is planning to make an offer for USA Today publisher Gannett https://t.co/z6i5ZOv0ca— Sarah Rabil (@srabil) January 14, 2019
The Cable Cowboy is going Hollywood https://t.co/q3DWhKX6WQ— Alex Weprin (@alexweprin) January 10, 2019
The Cost of Hospital Protectionism by Chris Pope https://t.co/K8rXX55Mgi via @NationalAffairs— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 13, 2019
CableLabs’ 10G networks at 10 gigabits a second will benefit phone companies too https://t.co/POmDgf3NOZ via @VentureBeat— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 13, 2019
My campaign v #redundantwords continues!— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 13, 2019
WeWork becomes The We — and the latest massive company to "de-brand" https://t.co/Pb7udpTR8H #mustreadblogs #feedly
Meet the 4 sisters who help run Yuengling, a nearly 200 year old beer brand https://t.co/mHvxkZJNxJ— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 13, 2019
New: Guru CEO, Rick Nucci, discussing AI, Hype, and the Future of Humanity at Business of Software Conference USA 2018 (Video) https://t.co/DimJsijl9l— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 12, 2019
A look back at the evolution of RSS and why it lost out to centralized information silos on the web controlled by corporations, despite being an open format (Sinclair Target/Motherboard) https://t.co/UGmExXujHv #mustreadblogs #feedly— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 12, 2019
Megyn Kelly walks away from NBC with the remainder of her $69M deal https://t.co/VnprxIpvFz via @nbcnews— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 12, 2019
NBCUniversal to launch ad-supported TV streaming service in 2020 https://t.co/7ZOxlQ3RVB #mustreadblogs #feedly— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 14, 2019
Didn't learn its lesson with previous CEO $USAT— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 14, 2019
USA Technologies overhauls management after accounting issues uncovered https://t.co/EshSPSrSbS via @PHLBizJournal
A look back at the evolution of RSS and why it makes bid for USA TODAY parent Gannett https://t.co/iBe0gcWcji via @usatoday— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 14, 2019
Is digital health in a bubble? Depends on who you ask, writes @kevinbtruong https://t.co/PzbThNwLCe #digitalhealth @Rock_Health— MedCity News (@medcitynews) January 14, 2019
MyPOV: probably the most poetic post of the year and yes it’ll hold till the end of 2019. Truth in verse and @josheac never fails to disappoint @sap #fkom #ensw #cio— R Ray Wang (王瑞光) #NRF2019 #My31 #Davos19 #WEF19 (@rwang0) January 13, 2019
Every customer of @sap should read this twice . @BillRMcDermott @HassoPlattner pic.twitter.com/eoBGK3KWVD
Announcing Newspack by https://t.co/5ixQGTZ7gp -- A New Publishing Solution for News Organizations https://t.co/AcOq9kp7eu via @wordpressdotcom— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 14, 2019
Malvern-based Trice Medical Closes $18.3 Million Series C Extension https://t.co/ngkasWR36N— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 14, 2019
More Start-Ups Have an Unfamiliar Message for Venture Capitalists: Get Lost https://t.co/9V4zvHZgyU— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 14, 2019
