http://www.fantrust.com FanTrust Site Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:15:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Nickelodeon's AddictingGames, the source of free online games and the youth-gaming Web site, will extend to the iPhone this month with the launch of several games and a cross-promotion publishing network for iPhone game developers called the AddictingGames iNetwork. Games based on properties from Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV and other ... http://www.fantrust.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28rss%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fantrust.com%2F2009%2F07%2F01%2Fmediadailynews-nicks-addictinggames-hits-iphone%2F&seed_title=MediaDailyNews%3A+Nick%26%238217%3Bs+AddictingGames+Hits+iPhone Chris Anderson responds to Malcolm Galdwell's critique of Free on his blog, The Long Tail http://www.fantrust.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28rss%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fantrust.com%2F2009%2F06%2F29%2Fdear-malcolm-why-so-threatened%2F&seed_title=Dear+Malcolm%3A+Why+so+threatened%3F The battle of pop sociologists just got a lot more interesting: in the latest issue of New Yorker magazine, Malcolm Gladwell does a fisking of Wired editor Chris Anderson’s new book “Free”, the book about the future of pricing and the value of IP (and by definition business models) ... http://www.fantrust.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28rss%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fantrust.com%2F2009%2F06%2F28%2Fchris-anderson-vs-malcolm-gladwell-the-freestyle-fight%2F&seed_title=Chris+Anderson+vs+Malcolm+Gladwell%3A+The+Freestyle+Fight Can comics and Shakespeare co-exist in the classroom? One innovative program in Texas is now a model for how kids can get creative with Shakespeare by making and sharing digital comics using Pixton, the groundbreaking online comic-builder. The Miller Junior High School teaching team won the Time Warner Cable's Spotlight on ... http://www.fantrust.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28rss%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fantrust.com%2F2009%2F06%2F23%2Fusing-pixton-comics-to-teach-shakespeare-teachers-win-time-warner-cables-spotlight-on-education-award%2F&seed_title=Using+Pixton+Comics+to+teach+Shakespeare%2C+teachers+win+Time+Warner+Cable%26%238217%3Bs+Spotlight+on+Education+Award A new NPD Group study finds that active Twitter users buy 77 percent more digital music downloads on average than non-users. "Based on their music-purchasing history, active Twitter users are simply worth more to record labels and music retailers than those who are not using Twitter," says NPD entertainment analyst Russ ... http://www.fantrust.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28rss%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fantrust.com%2F2009%2F06%2F22%2Ftwitter-users-buy-more-music-report%2F&seed_title=Twitter+Users+Buy+More+Music%3A+Report Apple and Amazon are forging paid access models with applications and digital content that could generate enough revenue and market share to give Google ulcers. Apple's iPhone and iTunes and Amazon's Kindle are onto something very big. Their approach to making the digital future financially viable represents as much of a psychological ... http://www.fantrust.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28rss%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fantrust.com%2F2009%2F06%2F22%2Fmediadailynews-web-futures-monetize-monetize-monetize%2F&seed_title=MediaDailyNews%3A+Web+Futures%3A+Monetize+Monetize+Monetize Digital technologies will become increasingly widespread across all segments of the entertainment and media (E&M) industries, as digital migration and related spending patterns continue over the next several years. In particular, spending in Canadian E&M is projected to grow at just over two per cent per year, reaching over USD $36 ... http://www.fantrust.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28rss%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fantrust.com%2F2009%2F06%2F15%2Fcanadian-entertainment-and-media-spending-to-rise%2F&seed_title=Canadian+Entertainment+and+Media+Spending+to+Rise Social networking site Facebook has put trade mark protections in place ahead of a move this weekend to allow users to register domain names for their profile pages. One trade mark expert has said that the measures are more than adequate. The company will allow users to register any name they ... http://www.fantrust.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28rss%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fantrust.com%2F2009%2F06%2F11%2Ffacebook-adds-trade-mark-protection-to-vanity-url-plan%2F&seed_title=Facebook+adds+trade+mark+protection+to+vanity+URL+plan As of 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on June 13, Facebook is letting page owners create the vanity URLs that many have been clamoring for. That means pages will be able to shed their lengthy addresses in favor of one that becomes facebook.com/yournamehere. Marketers can go to http://www.facebook.com/username to make the ... http://www.fantrust.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28rss%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fantrust.com%2F2009%2F06%2F10%2Fthe-facebook-brand-grab-begins-saturday%2F&seed_title=The+Facebook+Brand+Grab+Begins+Saturday As nextMEDIA Banff wrapped its final day Innovation Week was unveiled to an international delegation of digital media creators and social media mavens. Innovation week is a ground-breaking event that merges nextMEDIA, the Canadian New Media Awards and Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX). Created to integrate the communities from Canada's technology ... http://www.fantrust.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28rss%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fantrust.com%2F2009%2F06%2F07%2Fnextmedia-banff-wraps-and-unveils-innovation-week-coming-to-toronto%2F&seed_title=nextMEDIA+BANFF+Wraps+And+Unveils+Innovation+Week+Coming+To+Toronto