VeriSign’s (NSDQ: VRSN) effort to capitalize on mobile through its acquisition of Jamba is officially over. VeriSign tried to keep skin in the game through a JV with News Corp…

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MySpace’s long-awaited music music store is going live tonight at 9:00 PM PT/12:00 AM ET. EMI, the last major holdout among the major labels is now on board, as is…

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A group of executives from MediaFLO USA, MobiTV, MTV, Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Fox sat in on an afternoon panel that addressed the various business models and use types that…

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A slew of management changes at Fox Mobile Entertainment as the division of Fox Entertainment Group seeks to build up its catalog and distribution and offer new mobile content offerings:…

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NBC Universal’s (NYSE: GE) UK-based EMEA mobile director Amelia Gammon is leaving to join Fox. Gammon joined the broadcaster’s new mobile unit in 2006 following a stint as digital marketing…

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Not sure what value it has, but MySpace has launched a local European mobile site for its users. The new landing page directs visitors to new features including the ability…

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Andrew Bagguley, the head of mobile strategy at News Corp’s (NYSE: NWS) News International UK news publisher, is leaving next month, a further casualty of the corporate-level reorganisation ensuing from…

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MediaFLO USA beefed up its news programming slate over the weekend with the addition of three new permanent 24/7 cable news channels: CNBC, MSNBC and Fox News. NBC Universal’s NBC…

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News Corp’s UK satellite pay-TV unit Sky has promoted David Gibbs to general manager for Mobile, and has appointed ex-AOL head of mobile Tim Hussain to the newly created position…

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In our second of a series (first is here) of reviews on mobile content from the Olympics, we took a look at the major sports news sites – ESPN (NYSE:…

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The Cell—no, not the J. Lo flick—but a made-for mobile show, produced by Endemol, has been purchased by Fox International Channels as its first online-only property, Brand Republic reports. The…

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Not necessarily a secret, but Verisign is divesting off its “non-core” businesses, and has done some of them, but is now hitting road bumps in selling off some of the…

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Ringtones are often dismissed as last year’s technology, but they’re still one of (if not the) most lucrative forms of mobile content. That’s borne out by recent news from Jamba…

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MySpace is close to redesigning its social-networking mobile site to make it look more like the recent online redesign and more like the iPhone application, reports NewMediaAge in the UK.…

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Russia’s largest mobile telco, MTS, has inked a deal to be the exclusive carrier of MySpace in the country and some of its former republics. The localized MySpace Russia will…

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Domestic Chinese mobile phone service provider MICAT has announced an agreement with social-networking website, MySpace (called Juyou in China). Together, they will be launching “MySpace MICAT,” a social platform for…

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Rafat was almost right on the button. In a meeting today, Jamba decided to stop developing its own mobile games, so is shutting its Ojom development unit. Berlin-based Ojom is…

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What will happen tomorrow at Jamba? The mobile content company which is majority owned by News Corp (NYSE: NWS). and rest owned by Verisign, has a big meeting tomorrow, according…

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Update: Jamster COO Lee Fenton will be succeeded by Kaj Hagros, an Airwide Solutions VP, at the start of July. Jamster (via emailed release) said Englishman Fenton “has decided to…

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News Corp/VeriSign (NSDQ: VRSN) mobile entertainment JV Jamster/Jamba has hired Endemol International’s digital media director William Linders as its content EVP, based at the Berlin HQ. Linders had spent seven…

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Could online video site Hulu be appearing on mobile phones any time soon? B&C reports that Hulu CEO Jason Kilar delivering a National Association of Broadcasters keynote on Wedneday evening…

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— News International Newspapers Launching Mobile Ad Measurement Group: News International Newspapers has formed an industry group to give mobile advertisers more accurate, independently verified measurement tools, reports NMA.co.uk. The…

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Verisign, which sold off a 51 percent stake in Jamba/Jamster to News Corp in early 2007, has released some more details on developments since, in its 10-K, filed last week…

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Nokia’s (NYSE: NOK) former southeast Asia sales VP Mauro Montanaro is just eight days in to his role as Jamba’s CEO, having switched from hardware maker to content player. But…

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Having a mobile app is nothing new for Photobucket—it’s accepted camera-phone uploads for some time—but the Fox Interactive Media (NYSE: NWS) site is now launching a full-fledged mobile version at…

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