Reverberate: US media and marketing news you need to know – Fox cans Simpsons DVDs, Hillary Clinton's logo mocked & Apple Watch eclipses Android Wear sales
Morning all, here’s a glimpse at all the media and marketing news you should know this morning.
1. Twitter has said it will ban the accounts of those live-streaming shows such as Game of Thrones, reports Mashable. The social media site will however monitor for illicit content, which will have to be flagged by users – or more likely – copyright holders.
2. In further Game of Thrones piracy news, the show’s return to screens on Sunday was sullied by the leak of four episodes to torrent websites. Forbes reports that the release of almost half of the show’s 10 episode run pre-empted the official broadcast.
3. In the first day of its launch last week, the Apple Watch shifted over one million units, more smartwatches than Android did in the whole of 2014. Business Insider notes that only 720,000 Android Wear watches were shifted last year.
4. The full back catalog of the Simpsons will no longer be sold on DVD as producer Fox shifts its focus to digital distribution instead, according to Engadget. The move could be a sign of things to come from Fox which has stated a preference for digital rather than physical content distribution.
5. Spotify is set to raise $400 million in funding, which would bring its valuation to $8.4 billion. Business Insider reports that Goldman Sachs and Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund could be among major contributors.
6. Sprint is piloting a scheme where it visits customers’ homes - or wherever is convenient - to help them set up their new smartphones in move to merge both home delivery and customer service. The Verge reports that the scheme is being trialled in Kansas City.
7. Mashable has reported that Hilary Clinton’s presidential bid logo was badly received on social media, following her announcing her intention to run at the weekend. Many users mocked the simple H-and-arrow design, which some asserted could have been created in MS Paint.
8. Amazon and Google are set to compete with new tools designed to connect users with home services. The New York Times reports that the pivot from the companies could threaten pre-existing sites such as Yelp – and to a lesser extent Craigslist.
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