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Online discoverability a challenge for books, magazines, BTLR hears
Media | 02/25/2019 2:31 pm EST
Organizations representing Canadian publishers are flagging the difficulty of identifying Canadian content online to the panel in charge of reviewing the broadcasting and...
Rakuten buys Viber Media for $900M US
Media | 02/14/2014 6:01 pm EST
Rakuten Inc., a Tokyo-based provider of e-commerce and financial services, said Friday it is buying Viber Media Ltd., a provider of voice-over-IP (VoIP) and messaging services, for $900 million US. Rakuten said in a press release the addition of Viber would strengthen its own business “through the use of Viber’s range of customers in the company’s e-commerce and digital-contents services.” Rakuten said Viber has 280 million registered users globally and has “rapidly growing numbers of users, especially in emerging countries.” Reuters reported the...