Subscribe to us on iTunes, check us out on Spotify and hear us on Stitcher, Google Play and iHeartRadio too. This is our RSS feed. Tell a friend!It's been five years since Troy Young came to Hearst to build out the magazine company's digital division. Today as the global president of digital for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2018-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
NBC News' Chairman Andrew Lack isn't optimistic on Facebook."Facebook doesn't have value for publishers really," Lack told reporters during a press briefing on NBC News' digital initiatives on Wednesday. "I call them Fakebook.""What's frustrating about Facebook is you can't have a relationship... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2018-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Unlike Facebook, YouTube offers publishers a video-specific audience and an established path to revenue. The post Why media companies are shifting their attention from Facebook to YouTube appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2018-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook has only hinted at its upcoming news video section in Watch, but some more tangible details are starting to trickle out. Axios sources have claimed a daily news service should launch in the summer, with about 10 publishers (both conventiona... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2018-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Open Road announces its acquisition of US ebook rights to iconic British journalist-novelist Graham Greene, as the UK's Unicorn names artist Ali Cavanaugh for a 2019 retrospective. The post Open Road Acquires US Graham Greene Ebook Rights; Unicorn Announces Ali Cavanaugh Book appeared first on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rolling out the news of its acquisition with three pivotal titles, Open Road announces its Graham Greene US ebook rights acquisition, as the UK’s Unicorn names artist Ali Cavanaugh for a 2019 retrospective. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Jon Fine: ‘Greene’s Extraordinary... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pinterest represented nearly 8 percent of publishers’ social traffic in the second half of 2017, nearly doubling year over year, according to Shareaholic. The post After Facebook news-feed changes, publishers look hopefully to Pinterest appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2018-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
As Facebook’s share of traffic to news sites has been falling sharply since early last year—and will only decline more—Google AMP has been on the rise. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2018-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook on Friday announced a pair of deals that gets the social networking giant deeper into a pair of popular consumer pursuits — music and baseball. On the music front, Facebook is following up earlier deals it struck with Universal Music Group and Sony/ATV Music Publishing by lining up a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2018-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook Inc. has signed a licensing agreement with Warner Music that covers the music company’s recorded music and music publishing catalogs for use in social media such as videos and messages. The deal paves the way for social media users to create, upload and share videos with licensed... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2018-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digiday surveyed European publishers about their strategies for countering changes to Facebook's news feed algorithm. The post Digiday Research: European publishers grapple with Facebook’s news feed changes appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2018-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harlan Coben's new agreement with Grand Central reunites him with his long-time editor Ben Sevier, who published the author at Dutton before moving to GCP last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Radical publisher Verso Books has released a free ebook in response to the #MeToo movement. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
In this issue, we focus on how publishers are cobbling together a sustainable, independent future, free, as much as possible, from the whims of the duopoly. The post In the new issue of Digiday magazine, ‘game over’ for Facebook and media appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2018-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook's latest news-feed change could affect the cottage industry that has sprung up to help feed viral publishers. The post Collateral damage from Facebook’s news-feed changes begins to pile up appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2018-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Proposal would grant publishers an antitrust exemption to seek concessions from tech giants, who dominate online advertising. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2018-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook began testing a "breaking news" label for developing stories back in November, and now the social network is expanding the option to more publishers. Starting this week, the company says 50 more outlets in North America, Latin America, Europ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2018-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook is expanding its test of a breaking news tag to more than 50 publishers in North America, Latin America, Europe and Australia, and product manager Joey Rhyu shared some data from the social network's initial test run in a blog post. According to Rhyu, from Dec. 8 through Jan. 14, posts... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2018-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook’s ever-changing opinion on which content it will boost in its News Feed is, well, changing yet again. After the company announced only a few months ago that it would de-emphasize content from publishers and brands, meaning news organizations would likely see their Facebook traffic... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2018-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
In some cases, interactions dropped by more than 50 percent month over month. The post Viral publishers see sharp engagement drops on Facebook appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2018-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]