Laura Carpenter, CEO of Abridge News, a Boston-born digital media startup that went through the MassChallenge Boston accelerator in 2018, has decided to pull the plug, citing challenges in sustaining the business. The decision was effective on Dec. 11, after approximately three years of operation. The startup bootstrapped at first, then turned to nonprofit status. "Providing different perspectives is absolutely worth it," she said. "The challenge is to do it in a sustainable way." Carpenter,… Continue reading at 'Silicon Valley Business Journal'
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Cosmopolitan topped 115,000 digital subscribers last month, making it the first Hearst title to break 100,000 and perhaps marking renewed reason for hope among magazine publishers. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Magazines UK has appointed News International's Lee Wilkinson to the newly created role of product director for its digital division. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2012-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Some new research sheds light on how social media is currently being used to share news articles from traditional publishers. Newswhip has looked at the number of news stories during January 2012 that received more than 100 mentions on Twitter and Fa ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Freedom' author Jonathan Franzen, who has previously disparaged Facebook and ebooks, says Twitter 'stands for everything I oppose' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Publishers Association has said it is looking forward to working with internet service... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's a case of having one's cake and eating it, too. Or, in this instance, digitizing the works of others and reselling them online for a 40 percent cut. According to Le Temps, a controversial new law recently passed by the French government will see out-of-print books from the 20th century... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the early days of the digital revolution, most independent publishers were moving slower than the larger houses in getting on the ebook bandwagon. That period has clearly passed. With only a couple of exceptions, the publishers that made it onto this year’s edition of PW’s fast-growing small... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reading a book on a tablet like the Kindle Fire is “like trying to cook when there are little children around,” David Myers said. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2012-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Self-publishing an essay through Amazon is a reminder of the benefits of a traditional publishing house. Continue reading at The Atlantic
[ The Atlantic | 2012-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When I interviewed entrepreneur and author Guy Kawasaki recently, I chatted with him at great lengths about his Twitter publishing habits. Take a look at his feed, and every few minutes you'll see a new post, from why videos go viral to Playboy's plans for a strip club. With so much tweeting, I... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2012-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As an element of a marketer’s branding strategy, social media is huge. Some publishers are finding ways to leverage their social graph as a part of their overall marketing package offers to advertising clients. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zinio is positioning itself to be more than just a digital newsstand service—the company is rolling out a new suite of publishing tools that are designed to easily include interactivity for almost any digital magazine. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jackie Collins is going into self-publishing, with plans to release an ebook version of The... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gordon McLeod, the former head of Dow Jones's digital publications, has a new job, at an ad tech start-up. He's now president at Krux, a two-year-old "data management platform" that helps publishers control "cookie" data that tracks Web surfers' movements. Last fall, Krux raised $11 million in a... Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2012-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Educational publisher and FT owner, Pearson reports a rise in profits thanks to improved digital sales and growth in emerging markets. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2012-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BARCELONA, Spain--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--At Mobile World Congress, Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that more than 16 million digital publications were powered by Adobe® Digital Publishing Suite across tablets o ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For businesses outside of publishing, creating a digital marketing strategy is a rather straightforward endeavor — use digital media to introduce and marry the supplier of the good or service with a consumer. For publishers, however, devi ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton will publish an original audio digital short story by bestselling author... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter, who died Thursday while reporting in Syria, was to have embarked soon on a 20-city tour to promote his new book. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Many in the publishing world were convinced that Ms. Knox's story would be a huge best seller, overcoming concerns that she may not be a sympathetic figure to some of the public. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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