Inkitt, a data-driven publishing house, has scooped $59m (£42m) in funding from investors including the owner of Macmillan, Stefan von Holtzbrinck, and former c.e.o. of Penguin Michael Lynton, to accelerate the company's continued global expansion, with sights set on San Francisco for a new... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-10-06 12:10:03 UTC ]
Over the last five years, a number of U.S. digital media darlings journeyed to the U.K. and beyond, fuelled by venture-capital funding with sights set on global expansion. The post ‘Not enough money to go around’: US digital-media publishers curb international expansion appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2020-08-26 04:01:12 UTC ]
A year after going into liquidation, digital indie Endeavour Media (the new iteration of Endeavour Press) is "sailing on as before" and now has its sights set on audio. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
If Facebook is looking to steal TV ad dollars with its autoplay video ads, then its photo-sharing service Instagram has its sights set on print magazine money with a new ad format.Instagram has created a slideshow-like ad format that lets advertisers include multiple photos in an ad and a link... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2015-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Conde Nast of old aimed to sign star scribes like Christopher Hitchens and photographers like Annie Lebowitz. The Conde Nast of now has its sights set on YouTube stars.To meet the content demands of its growing millennial audience, the magazine publisher's digital-video division, Conde Nast... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
After producing a long line of ebook readers and tablets (not to mention a set-top box), Amazon has its sights set on the smartphone market. But finding success here won't be easy, even for an established tech giant like Amazon. With the Fire phone,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2014-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]