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Apr
24

Audio: The Underdog of Online Mediums

Leave a comment Posted by Kimling Lam In Uncategorized

Ever since the acquisition of Instagram, the folks here at Meltwater Group have been considering the different roles online mediums play in content development within social networks. We all agree that in today’s world content is king, but we’ve noticed an absence of audio capabilities. Is anybody listening?

Certain social networks tend to highlight different mediums, whether it is photos (Instagram, Facebook), text (Tumblr, Twitter), image curating (Pinterest), video (YouTube, Vimeo), or others, we’ve long awaited a social network that encompasses shareable audio content the way it should. While there are definitely networks with an audio or music focus, they’re having a hard time competing unless they are integrated with a more popular platform (think Spotify and Faceook). Plus, maybe you remember MySpace, the one and only “social entertainment” site, or even Ping, the failed social network for iTunes?

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We’ve written about the digital revolution of… Read More

Feb
14

The implication of today’s verdict in The UK Copyright Tribunal

1 Comment Posted by Jorn Lyseggen In Company News, Uncategorized

In 2010, Meltwater and PRCA brought the Newspaper Licensing Association, a for-profit company owned by major UK newspapers, to court because we found their proposed licensing plan for monitoring online news unreasonable.

In today’s ruling, the UK Copyright Tribunal agreed to 7 out of our 9 complaints and slashed the NLA’s proposed license fees by 90 percent calculated over the next three years  (Read our press release and my commentary for more information.)

This is good news for all UK companies that need online news monitoring and our estimate is that this verdict saves UK businesses more than £100 million over the next three years. Meltwater’s UK clients will see a saving of approximately £24 million over the same period.

From this perspective, Meltwater’s effort in fighting NLA’s proposed licensing scheme for online news has been worthwhile, but sadly today’s verdict is only a partial victory. Going… Read More