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Info pops: Time, Stradella Rd., AdMob, CFI Group, Akami

October 4, 2009

Time Warner is collaborating with U.S. magazine publishers such as Conde Nast and Hearst to set up a digital newsstand aimed at putting their content on e-readers, according to an article published by Yahoo! Tech News. Stradella Road, a marketing and consulting company, has released a new research study of about 4,000 moviegoers finds that [...]

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Murdoch foresees a rosy mobile news business

September 15, 2009

There’s a good wrap-up at at paidContent of what News Corp. boss Rupert Murdoch’s told attendees at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia XVIII Conference yesterday. As an ex-newspaper and magazine guy, one Murdoch quote made me wince, although I agree with what he says: More people will be buying their newspapers on portable, flexible devices instead [...]

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Google launches speed-reading experiment for readers and newspaper and magazine publishers

September 15, 2009

Google wants to make reading news online as fast as it is in print with a new service that might also help mollify magazine and newspaper publishers who complain Google is poaching their content without paying for it or sharing ad revenues. Krishna Bharat, Distinguished Researcher, Google News, writes today on The Official  Google Blog [...]

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ABC-accredited iPhone digital-publishing platform for magazines and other pubs

August 11, 2009

PixelMags, a developer, has launched what it claims is the first dedicated iPhone app platform for magazines, newspapers and other publishers, which they can use to create digital versions of their pubs and distribute them via the App Store. The number of downloads via the App Store will be accepted by the Audit Bureau of [...]

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Washington Post launches new mobile site

July 29, 2009

The Washington Post cut the ribbon on a new mobile site featuring an  more intuitive interface to the esteemed newspaper’s news and feature articles. The mobile site is built on a proprietary platform that is entirely new to the company. The site is now made up of five sections: politics, business, metro, arts & living [...]

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Journalists as curators of the news

July 16, 2009

Business Week is up for sale and Bruce Nussbaum, who writes the NussbaumOnDesign blog, foresees two possible scenarios for the magazine’s future: Model One, a hybrid subscriber/advertiser web-based brand that is based on a series of engagements or conversations around key business issues that are curated by smart editors or smart participants. Every serious business [...]

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Self-interested publics and patronage shaping journalism’s future

July 15, 2009

Not an Upgrade but an Upheaval, is today’s lead essay by Clay Shirky at Cato Unbound. Shirky offers an compelling analysis of the forces shaping journalism today: Here are a few bits from the essay: The hard truth about the future of journalism is that nobody knows for sure what will happen; the current system [...]

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New mobile app for PR, advertising, marketing and social media pros

June 10, 2009

MWW Group,  a jumbo-shrimp-sized, public relations firms, launched M.insight, a free iPhone and iPod touch for to public relations, marketing, advertising and social media pros. M.insight delivers real-time news, articles and opinions derived from a select list of public-RSS feeds from blogs and news sites and aggregates the content in an easy-to-read format M.insight was [...]

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Geffen reportedly interested in New York Times

May 18, 2009

The Financial Times reported last week that David Geffen, the ex-record producer, current movie mogul and forever gantser macher wants to buy into the New York Times. Citing unnamed sources, FT, reported Geffen, a co-founder of DreamWorks SKG, made an offer for the 19.8 per cent stake in the New York Times Company held by [...]

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