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Twitter teams up with Thomson Reuters to give Eikon users tweets and analysis for listed firms

Feb03
by on February 3, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

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While much of the attention and scrutiny around Twitter’s monetization efforts has revolved around advertizing, the company has been hard at work signing deals to sell its user data to companies with third-party services.

A partnership with 300 Entertainment, a music industry firm founded by ex-Warner Music Group head Lyor Cohen, was announced less than 24 hours ago, but it’s been joined by a new deal between Twitter and Thomson Reuters.

The latter will be offering what it describes as “sentiment analysis” of Twitter feeds in Thomson Reuters Eikon, a piece of market analytics and trading software. It will enable users to see the number of tweets linked to a listed company, whether they are positive or negative, and data for spotting notable trends or events as they occur in real-time.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it represents another move by Twitter to sell its user data to companies and professionals that crave detailed analytics. Last week, Twitter also teamed up with CNN and Dataminr to give journalists alerts and notifications for important tweets as they break on Twitter.

➤ Press Release (Via TechCrunch)

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Americans buying Obamacare getting a good deal, study says

Feb03
by on February 3, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Affordable Care Act, Around the Web, Cincinnati, health care, health reform, mobiletopnews, Obamacare

About three million Americans have bought health insurance through a state or federal exchange set up under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. And those consumers may be getting a pretty good deal, according to a report last week by a big accounting firm. In the report, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) says that contrary to some initial concerns, plans […]

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Offline over the weekend? Read all the tech news you missed right here

Feb03
by on February 3, 2014 at 11:03 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Hello folks and welcome to Monday, the start of another week packed full of tech news… we hope. If you spent time away from the Internet this weekend for whatever reason, or are simply searching for an overview of the key happenings from Planet Tech, fear not because our weekend round-up is right here.

Grab a coffee and set aside 10 minutes of your day. Ready? Read on.

News from over the weekend at The Next Web:

Good reads:

From beyond The Next Web:

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Mind Candy’s free-to-play iOS game Moshi Monsters Village is now available worldwide

Feb03
by on February 3, 2014 at 10:56 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Updates

Moshi Monsters Village, an iOS video game featuring an ensemble of Mind Candy’s bright, cheerful and child-friendly fantasy creatures, is now available to download worldwide.

The free-to-play title hit the App Store in the UK last December, racking up 250,000 downloads in its first two weeks. Moshi Monsters Village, which uses the instantly recognisable city-building structure and gameplay mechanics, can now be installed on the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch in additional markets.

An Android and Kindle version of the app is expected in February.

➤ Moshi Monsters Village | App Store

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YouTube exec: We’ve paid out over $1 billion to the music industry over the ‘last several years’

Feb03
by on February 3, 2014 at 10:50 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, music videos, youtube

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Much has been said about how much or how little music streaming services actually pay artists who host music on their platform, and it seems like video streaming stalwart YouTube also had to take a lot of flak over its payouts for music videos at the Midem music industry show in Cannes this week.

However, Tom Pickett, the vice president of YouTube content at Google, revealed at a Midem panel that YouTube has paid out more than a billion dollars to the music industry over the “last several years,” Music Ally reports.

Pickett defended YouTube’s ad-supported model, which he says leads to other forms of monetization. “We’ve paid out to the music industry over the last several years over a billion dollars. So there is money being generated in this ad-supported model,” he says.

Regarding the potential for a YouTube subscription service, Pickett says we will “have to see.” YouTube was reported last year to be in the process of creating a premium on-demand music service.

➤ YouTube reveals $1bn music payouts, but some labels still unhappy [The Guardian]

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