Daily Links 9/7/2011: John Paton to run combined Journal Register/MediaNews operation

Paton to serve as CEO of MediaNews and Journal Register Co. (Poynter)

Post fron John Paton's Digital First Blog.

The Coming Local-Newspaper Rollup (paidContent)
Alden Global Capital, in addition to owning Journal Register and having a major stake in MediaNews (I've seen it reported as 40%; don't know if it is larger now), also has a significant stake in Philadelphia Media Network (Inquirer, Daily News, Philly.com), so this move could have other implications for the future of news media in the Philly area.

SAP Buying Right Hemisphere for 3-D Visualization (PC World)
A little more in-depth information here from Computerworld New Zealand.

SAP Entering the Mobile EMR Arena (Medgadget)

SAP sees no signs crisis is hitting real economy (Reuters)

Dick Ebersol Returns to NBC Sports as Advisor (Hollywood Reporter)
Missed this item from a week ago.

NBC Super Bowl Ad Spots Selling for up to $3.5 Mil Each (Hollywood Reporter)

NBC Universal Hires Top Morgan Stanley Media Banker (New York Times: DealBook)

Liberty Has Money to Burn
Malone Says Time Many Be Ripe for Acquisitions After Liberty Interactive Split (Multichannel News)
Liberty Interactive is QVC's parent company.

Comcast Slots SeaChange Into Video Gateways (Light Reading Cable)

Philadelphia Named a ‘Code for America’ City for 2nd Time (Government Technology)

U.S. Federal Reserve Beige Book: Philadelphia District (Text) (Bloomberg)



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Daily Links 8/4/2011: Monetate raises $15 million

Monetate Raises $15M Led By OpenView Venture Partners to Further Extend Its Market Leadership (Marketwire)

Monetate Raises $15 Million For Realtime Testing And Targeting Platform (TechCrunch)

SAP says hiring actively in China, India (Reuters)

SAP Brings Your Subsidiaries, HQ Closer
Your headquarters wants to run SAP on-premises software, but subsidiaries want Business ByDesign SaaS suite? No problem, says SAP. (Information Week)
SAP releases new version of Business ByDesign.

Comcast Sues DirecTV Over 'Deceptive' Claims of 'Free' Televised NFL Games (Hollywood Reporter)

DirecTV Second-Quarter U.S. Sub Gains Weaken (Hollywood Reporter)

TV Everywhere is the new DRM (Gigaom)

Comcast Pulls SeaChange VOD Servers: Sources
Cisco Now MSO's Primary Video-on-Demand Server, Industry Sources Say (Multichannel News)

What Does Dynamic Ad Insertion Mean for Advertisers and Comcast? (Comcast Voices/Comcast Corporate Blog)

Why You Can’t Share That Wireless Data Plan (Zatz Not Funny)

Clearwire Goes It Alone With Faster 4G (Light Reading Mobile)

Clearwire Needs More Cash; Investors Throw In The Towel (Forbes: The Tech Trade)
Clearwire is off 29% on the day.

Interactive Map: The United States of Venture Capital (Wall Street Journal: Venture Capital Dispatch)

AppMobi's New XDK Lets You Build HTML5 Apps, for Web or Mobile (Read Write Web)

Advent International and Oberthur Group Enter into Exclusive Negotiations for the Acquisition of Oberthur Technologies’ Card Systems and Identity Activities (Business Wire)
Oberthur manufactures smart cards in Exton.

Kenexa Announces Acquisition of The Ashbourne Group
Expands Kenexa's Presence in U.K. Public Sector; Combined Entity Brings Significant Value to Clients (Marketwire)



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