Currently the publisher of Lexham Press and the director of original content for Faithlife, Jesse Myers has been named president and CEO of the Baker Book House Company, effective May 1, 2023, succeeding the retiring Dwight Baker. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
Audible has tapped Zola Mashariki to head Audible Studios. She will lead the creation of all original content at the studio and oversee its operations, as well as develop and implement content strategy. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
Audible is launching Audible Plus, a $7.95 per month service that will provide listeners will unlimited access to more than 68,000 hours of original content. In conjunction with the launch, the company has restructured its traditional credit-based subscription service into a new $14.95 per month... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
Quibi, the new short-form video streaming service led by Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg, has released a list of 51 shows that will be available when it launches next month. Quibi plans to offer 175 original shows and 8,500 short-form episodes called “quick bites” within its first year. When... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-03-10 11:05:18 UTC ]
Audible's push into original content now includes a team-up with a company best-known for its comic books and TV shows. The Amazon-owned audiobook service has struck a deal with Skybound, the team behind The Walking Dead, to create multiple Audible... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2019-08-13 18:43:00 UTC ]
We’re in the home stretch of the Digital Content NewFronts. We’ll start the day with Meredith in its first NewFronts presentation since selling off Fortune and Time. (In April, Meredith took Money magazine off the market and discontinued its print edition. Sports Illustrated is still up for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2019-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scott Galloway's book "The Four" is about tech giants Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon and how they pose a threat to just about every other business on the planet. But he's mulling a sequel, because he now thinks the first three need to fear the fourth."Amazon is beating up on the other three... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2018-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
New system could destroy smaller publishers if implemented, after journalists report drop in organic reach – but users will still see their friends’ postsFacebook is testing a major change that would shift non-promoted posts out of its news feed, a move that could be catastrophic for publishers... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The new feature, Watch, lets users discover videos from outside their feed more easily, and will also dabble in original contentFacebook has revamped its video offering, creating a new, TV-like rival to YouTube and dabbling in original content in a bid to get people to spend even more time on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Does Lauren Kern's new role signal an era of original content at Apple? The post Apple News Poaches New York Magazine Executive Editor appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2017-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Measures are part of a series of planned European commission changes designed to strengthen rights of creators and publishersNews publishers would have stronger rights to demand payment from digital giants such as Google and Facebook in exchange for using their content, under proposed European... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Snapchat's retreat from home-grown content reflects an inherent tension between platforms and publishers. The one-to-one messaging app has been courting traditional publishers and everyday people to post directly on the platform, but at the same time, like other platforms, it’s trying to create... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon Prime is a good deal to begin with, bringing two day free shipping, video streaming of movies and TV shows, as well as original content, music streaming and even a Kindle lending library for those books you've been meaning to read. For all of that you pay an annual fee of $99, which is... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2015-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
A Dr. Seuss classic is coming to streaming TV as a 13-episode animated series. Green Eggs and Ham, based on the children's book first published in 1960, is coming to Netflix—though sadly not until 2018. Executive producer Ellen DeGeneres says the project "combines two of my favorite things: Dr.... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2015-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Although big media brands like The New York Times and The Economist aren't going away anytime soon, the online publishing industry increasingly includes brands, marketers, and independent journalists. With the launch of a new content network, the tech startup NewsCred wants to be the liaison... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Some 20 weeks before Newsweek set the media into a frenzy with its announcement of a digital-first publishing strategy, Jason Pontin was already grappling with how to move his 113-year-old publication toward a digital future. Pontin announced in June that MIT's Technology Review magazine would... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2012-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon.com Inc. is expanding its fast-growing publishing business with a new line of romance books, its latest quest for original content to distinguish its print and digital bookselling services. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2011-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Business Insider's Henry Blodget tells (almost) all. But can online revenue cover the costs of original content? Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]