Union inroads into media have many observers predicting a better long-term future for beleaguered newsroom employees. The post Rise in union activity is clashing with digital publishing’s business struggles appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2018-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writers and editors at Slate have voted nearly unanimously to green-light a strike, escalating tensions between the digital publication and its newly unionized employees.Slate's editorial employees authorized the potential strike by a vote of 52 to 1, according to a spokesman for the Writers... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2018-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti floated the idea of a merger between big digital publishing companies. Here's how a merger could -- but ultimately won't -- help. The post Video Briefing: The pros and cons of a digital media merger appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2018-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
BuzzFeed, Group Nine Media and other big digital publishers are floating the idea of merging to get better terms from Google and Facebook. It won't work. The post ‘Thinking along the wrong trajectory’: Digital media mergers won’t solve the duopoly problem appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2018-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
With new technology, reselling books on Amazon has become profitable for those willing to trawl thrift stores, library sales, and used bookstores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
It's been a remarkable year for journalism and storytelling, as legacy media outlets continue to find their new identities in this rapidly evolving digital era. Others have had to nimbly reimagine themselves after being acquired by new owners, all while strategizing for the future with new... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2018-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hummingbird Digital Media has reached a non-exclusive marketing partnership with the ABA under which ABA members will have another option to sell ebooks from their websites. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last year, for the first time ever, more money was spent advertising online than on traditional television. So why are digital publishers still struggling? Sponsored by Rumble. The post This classic economic theory could save the digital publishing business appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2018-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Talking, among other things, of developing an loyalty program for consumers based in blockchain tokens, a spokesman for Poland's Merlin.pl talks about its latest move to gain dominance in the market. The post Poland’s Online Bookseller Merlin.pl Acquires Profit M, Expanding Its Footprint in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
A study commissioned by Ingram finds that students delay or avoid purchasing expensive textbooks. Education publishers respond with digital textbooks. The post Education Publishers Push Digital Content as the New School Year Begins appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mexican ebook conversion and distribution provider Ink-It and Argentine e-commerce platform Publica.la have partnered to enable direct sales of digital content. The post Argentine-Mexican Partnership Looks To Facilitate More Latin American Digital Publishing appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Meet the author who had 60 rejections before hitting it lucky with an ebook publisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2018-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers including BuzzFeed, Group Nine and Business Insider are investing in third-party measurement to add legitimacy to their video audiences. The post Aiming for TV dollars, digital publishers adopt Nielsen’s Digital Content Ratings appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2018-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
If ads.txt has a loophole, it's the trust required that all members of the programmatic supply chain are validating publishers' inventory. The post Ads.cert is the digital media’s latest effort to combat fraud appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2018-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Education has finally started moving. And like events at the edge of a black hole, where the laws of physics stop working, this transformation of education from its traditional methodology is taking place so quickly that it is already happening before we are even aware of it. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
With plans for multiplatform development to follow, the allegorical fantasy writings of Italian author Roberto Ricci are coming first to television. The post Finnish Digital Media Fund IPR.VC Backs Development of YA Book Series for Television appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
In its four years, the partners brought together by the Transbook project based in children's literature, tried to learn 'what is the digital model in the publishing industry?' The post Europe’s Transbook Project Closes: Four Years in Digital Publishing for Children appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digital publishers want to launch linear TV channels and are willing to give them away for free, but that move carries some risk. The post Digital media companies chasing TV hope for carriage fees, but it’s no guarantee appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2018-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookwitty.com, the global, online bookseller based in Paris, has stopped taking and fulfilling orders and is shutting down the site. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
'It makes no sense in the modern world that readers are being penalized with an additional 20-percent VAT for choosing to embrace digital,' says the Publishers Association chief. The post Publishers Association Issues Statement on UK VAT for Digital Content appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]