After its 2007 acquisition, it doesn’t seem like CBS (NYSE: CBS) has been able to get the most from its $280 million Last.fm outlay. There’s been no TV scrobbling, no profit, the site’s key execs have left and fitting the trendy Silicon Roundabout, London, startup in to a U.S. megacorp…

Not sure on what basis the Wikipedia founder pontificates about the future of news media, but every disruptor deserves his say, so Jimmy Wales took the opportunity at MediaGuardian’s Changing Media Summit… —On Google’s China problem: Wales likened Google’s position up ‘til recently (agreeing to censor results in order to…

The company that brought you American Idol and The X Factor wants a drastic reduction in VOD prices and tougher enforcement for P2P freeloaders to help it grow. FremantleMedia CEO Tony Cohen told MediaGuardian’s Changing Media Summit: “On-demand viewing will be just another option on your living room TV screen.…

Nothing like a hard dose of reality - except this one came from the man on whose shoulders many hopes are pinned for a media business roadmap… Reminded that Trinity Mirror (LSE: TNI) CEO Sly Bailey lambasted his interim Digital Britain report’s “crushing lack of understanding” and “only passing reference…

The BBC is now “talking to all the public service broadcasters and others about the practicalities of sharing the iPlayer”, despite initial reticence from Channel 4, director general Mark Thompson told MediaGuardian’s Changing Media Summit in London this morning. The BBC proposed widening iPlayer to other broadcasters in its December…