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Social network Going.com starts selling tickets

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new media newsGoing.com, a social networking site where users can find all the events around town as well as people going to those events, has added a new service allowing users to buy event tickets on its site.

The concert of Moby in New York is the first ticket event for Going.com. While there are many online ticketing sites in the market like Ticketmaster.com, this new service is somewhat different for it will sell event tickets not commonly available in the traditional outlets.

“Ticketing was the last-mile solution for the 300,000 local monthly RSVPs that occur on our site. Our goal was to connect the long tail of promoters with event-seeking audiences,” Going.com CEO and founder Evan Schumacher said in a statement.

Majority of events featured in Going.com are in Boston, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Soon it will cover events in Atlanta and Miami. Ten more cities will be covered next year.

Originally posted on November 17, 2007 @ 2:34 pm

Nielsen Online Releases Top 10 U.S. Social-Network and Blog Site Rankings for October

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MarketingCharts reports the 10 leading social networking and blog sites for October 2007, based on the list by Nielsen Online. MySpace.com and Google’s Blogger.com remain the undisputed leaders among numerous social networking and blog sites today.

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Despite the impressive and consistent performance of Facebook resulting to more than 19 million visitors or 125% growth, it is still a distant second place in the social networking category.

Although MySpace registered only 19% growth, its massive member base of more than 58 million is strong enough to hold its number 1 position.

However, sites Classmates Online, AOL Hometown, AOL People Connection, and Reunion.com all suffered a decrease in number of visitors.

The trend is quite similar among blog sites. As expected, Blogger.com retains its number 1 position and it’s still ahead by 20 million visitors compared with second best, WordPress.com.

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The battle for 2nd place is a close struggle between Six Apart Type Pad and WordPress.com. In the September report, Movable Type was in second place. This month, WordPress has already overtaken Six Apart.

Originally posted on November 16, 2007 @ 12:54 am

Beatles to go digital next year

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new media newsI wonder what took them so long to make this decision but as they say, better late than never.

Sir Paul McCartney has told music website Billboard.biz that the Beatles‘ catalog will be available online starting next year. According McCartney:

it’s all happening soon. Most of us are all sort of ready. The whole thing is primed, ready to go — there’s just maybe one little sticking point left, and I think it’s being cleared up as we speak, so it shouldn’t be too long. It’s down to fine-tuning, but I’m pretty sure it’ll be happening next year, 2008.

When asked about the delay of this much awaited online release, McCartney said it was due to some “contractual issues” and meticulous planning of all parties connected with the project.

But if you’re a Beatles fanatic like me who can’t wait until next year, the solo catalogs of the Fab Four are already available for download since last month.

Originally posted on November 16, 2007 @ 10:51 am

The Wall Street Journal Online Now Digg-able

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new media newsThe Wall Street Journal Online has announced a new program that will enable its users to submit WSJ.com articles to Digg, the popular news and content sharing website, and allow Digg users to view content currently available to WSJ.com subscribers.

Every article on The Wall Street Journal Online will now include a “Digg This” icon in the article tools section that enables users to Digg the article directly from WSJ.com, and view the “Recently Popular” and “Upcoming” WSJ.com articles as they surface on Digg.

In addition, users clicking on a Wall Street Journal article link on Digg will be able to read that article for free on WSJ.com.

Moreover, Rupert Murdoch intends to remove the subscription fees of this popular online newspaper. Following the new business model of the New York Times, the objective behind this move is to increase readership from a mere 1 million to 20 million. Consequently, this will boost advertising revenues.

Originally posted on November 15, 2007 @ 6:28 am

Wizzl claims to be the first all-in-one virtual phone

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new media newsWizzl is the first all-in-one virtual phone that allows you to talk, chat, cam, listen to internet radio, watch online TV and play games all at the same time and totally free of charge, wherever you are and whatever your device.

“Unlike other online VoIP services, Wizzl software does not depend on super nodes; which is good news for processing speeds and even better news for bandwidth usage. On 23 November, we will officially launch the beta version for desktops and laptops,” said Jaap Korevaar, CEO of Wizzl.

First-time downloaders get up to 10 minutes of free calling time to landlines and mobile phones across the world.

Over the last three years Wizzl has developed free communication software which will allow its users (‘Wizzlers’) to make free voice and video calls over the internet, and calls to local and international phones and mobiles from only 1.5 Eurocents per minute.

Moreover, Wizzlers will have direct access to live TV, internet radio stations and the most popular web games around. Personal photographs, music and videos will also be at users’ fingertips.

Originally posted on November 15, 2007 @ 4:10 am