Articles By: James Johnson

Al Jazeera Enters ‘New Media Realm’ Announces Heavy Focus On Twitter Based News

Al Jazeera Enters ‘New Media Realm’ Announces Heavy Focus On Twitter Based News

When I think of New Media and new media news organizations one of the very last organizations that comes to mind in news reporting service Al Jazeera, yet they have made a decidedly big move to focus more of their […]

AOL Travel Relaunches In UK, Partners With Warner Leisure Hotels

AOL Travel Relaunches In UK, Partners With Warner Leisure Hotels

AOL Travel, a website that focuses on travel news, features and city guides has relaunched in the UK and part of that relaunch includes partnering with Warner Leisure Hotels. The partnership includes a month-long agreement that will utilize AOL’s Project […]

Specific Media Launches Video Testing Tool For Creative Media

Specific Media Launches Video Testing Tool For Creative Media

Specific Media on Tuesday announced that they are offering a video version of their popular creative campaign testing technology which utilizes eye-tracking to optimize campaigns. The company’s popular creative program uses a 360-strong panel to test variations of creative campaigns […]

Hyperlocal News Website Helps Police Catch Rapist

Hyperlocal News Website Helps Police Catch Rapist

Hyperlocal news website MyWelshPool.co.uk has helped police catch a suspected rapists thanks to their community outreach to readers. The UK based website recently posted details about the suspect and asked that their 2,100 Facebook fans report any possible suspects to […]

Patrick Kevin Day Named Deputy Editor Of ‘The Hollywood Reporter’

Patrick Kevin Day Named Deputy Editor Of ‘The Hollywood Reporter’

The Hollywood Reporter (THR.com) has announced that Patrick Kevin Day has been named as their new deputy reporter and will report directly to THR.com Editor Joseph Kapsch. Day and Kapsch previously worked together in relaunching the online section of the […]

Demand Media Announces Share Repurchase Program Following Plummeting Stock Prices

Demand Media Announces Share Repurchase Program Following Plummeting Stock Prices

Demand Media on Monday announced that it’s Board of Directors has approved a $25 million share repurchase program which went into effect on August 19, 2011. According to Demand Media CEO Richard Rosenblatt: “This share repurchase program reflects confidence in […]

Facebook And Miramax Team Up For 30 Day Rentals

Facebook And Miramax Team Up For 30 Day Rentals

Facebook and Miramax on Monday announced a new video streaming partnership that makes various titles available for 30 day rental periods. The partnership according to PaidContent is the largest-scale Facebook streaming movie app to-date. Under terms of the deal Facebook will begin […]

Hulu Expected To Fetch $500 Million or $2 Billion, No One Really Knows

Hulu Expected To Fetch $500 Million or $2 Billion, No One Really Knows

Typically when an organization the size of Hulu goes on the market investors have an idea as to what the company may be worth, for example based on private equity shareholder purchases Facebook is expected to fetch upwards of $100 […]

Glam Media Updates Mobile Advertising and Publisher Creation Platforms

Glam Media Updates Mobile Advertising and Publisher Creation Platforms

Glam Media, a collection of women friendly websites which includes SheFinds, Womens Forum and Dr. Phil among various other properties has announced a new mobile advertising and publisher program for mobile and app creation platforms. The company’s new program allows […]

Anti-Arianna Huffington Campaign Started By MessageSpace, Urges Bloggers To Write For Pay

Anti-Arianna Huffington Campaign Started By MessageSpace, Urges Bloggers To Write For Pay

The team at MessageSpace.co.uk isn’t happy with the treatment of bloggers at the Huffington Post, calling the platforms “free worker” campaign nothing short of “exploitation” which they plan to rectify with a new blogger offering of their own. The company, […]

Yahoo Announces Web-Only Lifestyle Show Hosted By Myleene Klass

Yahoo Announces Web-Only Lifestyle Show Hosted By Myleene Klass

Yahoo on Thursday announced a new web-only Lifestyle show called “Bumps, Babies and Beyond” hosted by Myleene Klass. If you’re unfamiliar with the former popstars work, she wrote the book “My Bump and Me” which the series is based off. […]

AOL Huffington Post Media Group Announces Relaunch Of Stylelist.com

AOL Huffington Post Media Group Announces Relaunch Of Stylelist.com

AOL Huffington Post Media Group on Thursday announced the official relaunch of Stylelist.com, a website that focuses on the world of fashion and beauty, specifically working to enhance their readers personal sense of style. The site is being run by […]

Helium Gives Authors Ability to “Quick Accept” Assignments, Offers Other Platform Changes

Helium Gives Authors Ability to “Quick Accept” Assignments, Offers Other Platform Changes

Helium on Wednesday made it easier for users to bulk accept and withdraw from assignements by clicking multiple check box and choosing the “Accept” or “Withdraw” buttons. The system is meant to spur more use among Helium users, however they […]

Chris Rovzar Leaves New York Magazine, Takes Over Vanity Fair Web Operations

Chris Rovzar Leaves New York Magazine, Takes Over Vanity Fair Web Operations

Chris Rovzar has left his post as the senior online editor at New York Magazine after four years, he will now take over as editor of Vanity Fair’s Web operations. Rovzar has been a big presence at New York’s Daily Intel […]