Analysis of the success of the New York Times‘ precedent-setting paywall- which has inspired newspapers across the US to enact similar subscription models- is still ongoing. Reaction to the model has been mixed as media companies are continually seeking ways […]
When it comes to the effect that the Web is having on our world most of the attention is directed towards video and big music media companies, however there is also another player in the old media world that is […]
A lawsuit filed in New York alleging Arianna Huffington and Ken Lerer may have lifted the idea for the Huffington Post will go ahead after a judge ruled the claim potentially had merit Wednesday. HuffPo has been around and kicking since 2005, […]
Adult contemporary act Coldplay has delivered a bit of a blow to streaming services like Spotify and Rdio, prohibiting their new album “Mylo Xyloto” from being streaming on the popular services. While one missing artist is not necessarily a dealbreaker […]
A group of new magazines covering social media are launching this week from GSG World Media, but not surprisingly, print is nearly an afterthought for the publications with a hyperconnected focus. It will be interesting to see if mainly-digital launches […]
Transporting sensitive or personal goods through the airport, especially in this age of tightened security- is always a bit of a nail-biter, and pretty much everyone is afraid that the TSA is sifting through their tampons and Ben-Wa balls, giggling […]
I ran across this rather interesting advertising campaign from the Newspaper Association of America courtesy of Thomas Baekdal that seems to be insinuating that the really smart people out there are newspaper readers while the rest of us are losers […]
Few blogs have the straight out pull that celebrity gossip powerhouse TMZ seems to maintain- despite concise content and occasionally woeful grammar, the site tops the hell out of every story it posts, and usually manages to scoop competitors on […]
16-year Apple veteran Jeanne Seeley was named on Monday as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and executive vice president for content firm Glam Media. Describing their new CFO Glam’s chairman and chief executive officer Samir Arora called her one of “the […]
It really burns a company’s biscuits when you go after their top talent, but it gets even further under their skin when you bite off their properties, which is what the New York Times accused Arianna Huffington’s Huffington Post of doing […]
To say it’s been a rough couple of months for video streaming and DVD rental company Netflix would be a bit of an understatement, as the company has suffered a double whammy of subscriber outrage due to a relatively huge […]
Several weeks ago I reported that The Huffington Post was preparing to launch a french version of their website in France by the end of the year and now the group is planning a second french portal for their French-Canadian […]
When the iPad was first rumored to be launching news media companies were all failing over themselves to rush out and get apps made for the new platform because they were being told that this was how they could start making money, […]
The low-level of activity on Google+ compared to older rival Facebook has become a bit of a joke in the space, but the search engine king is going to hop into the social music game, sources who wish to remain […]
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