News International, owners of The Sun have denied rumors that they have decided to institute a paywall at their newspapers website after competitor News of the World was shut down by News Corp. Chief Executive Tom Mockridge told paidContent on […]
It looks like BlogWorld and New Media Expo will be joining forces once again this years with what they are billing as a mega social media event in Los Angeles on November of this year. The line up of speakers […]
While it’s not illegal to accept gifts, money and other rewards for creating blog posts on your blog/website, the FCC does require a full disclosure and your readers typically want to know if a post it paid for by an […]
Leading social media reporting website Mashable has officially announced the 5th Annual Mashable Awards, a celebration of the best in social media, tech, business and entertainment. 28 different categories will be awarded at this years awards ceremony and nominations will run from […]
With the recent launch of Amazon’s Kindle Fire, magazine publishers seem to have finally embraced the digital future of periodicals and aren’t afraid to declare their love. On a panel at the American Magazine Conference earlier this week in New […]
While traditional media has seen slumping sales and cuts in nearly every area, digital media and related industries boomed in the third quarter. According to Direct Marketing News, mergers and acquisitions in marketing, media, technology and services industries were up 9% […]
News Corp’s iPad app mag The Daily is not faring well, according to recent reports, falling far short of its profitability goals. The app is averaging 120,000 paid readers a week, way less than half of the 500,000 readers deemed necessary for […]
Back in June on Real Time With Bill Maher- on an episode with David Carr of the New York Times and documentary filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi- Maher lamented the model of coverage saturation when it comes to web news. Maher said: “The New […]
Totally flirting with Amazon a day ahead of their expected PDA with the launch of the Kindle Fire tablet, Hearst has also dropped some stats about digital sales of its magazines. The publisher behind Oprah’s O Magazine, Marie Claire, Good […]
Details about Amazon’s expected upcoming Kindle Fire tablet have been leaking like a wiki as deals are closed and the Wednesday morning announcement draws nearer. The device is thought to kind of straddle a line between the iPad and the […]
In a recent study conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism and Internet & American Life Project 69% of respondents said if their local paper was to disappear tomorrow they would still be able to keep […]
It doesn’t feel like that long ago that the record industry was fighting digital distribution tooth and nail. Perhaps it’s because they’re still kind of doing it to some degree- but a recent Los Angeles Times piece on the film industry’s […]
Despite the mixed results of the New York Times paywall erected earlier this year, major papers around the country are following the Gray Lady’s lead in charging users to view content. The Baltimore Sun is the latest major city newspaper to […]
Since the launch of Medacity I have been reporting on the Guardian Media Groups shift towards a “digital first” approach and now another traditionally print based newsroom is doing the same. The Seattle Times on Thursday revealed that they were […]
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