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Biography for Jason Ankeny

Jason Ankeny is the executive editor of FierceMobileContent and FierceDeveloper as well as a regular contributor to Entrepreneur magazine and the website All Music Guide. He previously served as senior editor of Telephony and its sister publication Wireless Review--additional credits include efforts for publications including Rolling Stone, Wax Poetics and No Depression along with liner notes for a number of album releases. He lives in Chicago and may be reached via email at jankeny@fiercemarkets.com.

Articles by Jason Ankeny

CBS Sports Mobile to broadcast SEC title game live

CBSSports.com and CBS Sports Mobile announced they will provide live streaming video of college football's SEC Championship, which pits the top-ranked University of Alabama against the surging

AT&T cutting jobs, but not in wireless

AT&T announced plans to reduce about 12,000 jobs--roughly 4 percent of its total workforce--but said it will continue to add jobs in some parts of its business, including wireless, video and

Forecast: Messaging revenues to grow to $224B by 2013

Messaging will remain the driver behind mobile data revenues for years to come, yielding an anticipated $224 billion by 2013--60 percent of combined non-voice revenues--according to a new forecast by

Glu Mobile to cut jobs, operating expenses

Mobile gaming publisher Glu Mobile announced it will reduce headcount while slashing total annualized non-GAAP operating expenses by about $13 million, or 19 percent from second quarter 2008 levels.

Who wants to buy Yahoo?

Former AOL head Jonathan Miller angles to acquire Yahoo. Article

T-Mobile UK rolls out ad-funded game effort

T-Mobile UK announced the launch of T-Mobile's Game Club, an advertising-supported mobile gaming effort that promises web'n'walk subscribers at least one new game a week. According to the operator,

Virgin Mobile USA intros free festival videos

Virgin Mobile USA announced the launch of Virgin Mobile Festival's 2008 Streaming Videos, featuring free performances from the all-star live event the operator mounted in Baltimore this past August.

MySpace Mobile launches streaming video

Social networking giant MySpace announced the beta launch of a streaming mobile video initiative in tandem with video infrastructure solutions provider RipCode. MySpace users may now view their

Apple names 2008's most popular iPhone apps

With 2008 drawing to a close, Apple is counting down the most downloaded iPhone and iPod touch applications released via the App Store since the virtual storefront opened on July 11. According to

Gumiyo intros marketing platform for newspapers

Mobile marketing and technology provider Gumiyo announced the debut of new online tools enabling newspapers to offer mobile web and SMS campaigns to their advertisers. According to Gumiyo, its Mobile