BuzzFeed Will Get a Taste of the Chinese Market in a Deal With a Local Media Giant

A few years ago BuzzFeed Inc. posted a picture of a cocktail dress online and asked readers what colors they saw.The photo triggered a raging debate about colors and racked up millions of views for the online publisher. But one question gnawed at BuzzFeed's bosses: how the picture went viral in China. Chinese censors block the country's web users from using Facebook -- one of BuzzFeed's preferred outlets.Now BuzzFeed, the online media giant famous for its viral listicles and memes, will gain more insight into one of the world's largest internet markets through a licensing deal with Beijing Bytedance Technology Co. Bytedance will distribute BuzzFeed's content, including its popular Tasty food videos, to its millions of users, helping the U.S. publisher get around the Chinese firewall. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

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San Francisco-based Dwell Media, publisher of high-end modern design magazine Dwell, is doubling its office space and moving its creative team to New York City. The move is the final step in a gradual eastward migration f Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Omidyar shares thoughts about his proposed mass media venture

Pierre Omidyar said Wednesday that after looking into buying The Washington Post over the summer, he’s in the early stages of creating a new mass media organization that will cover general news utilizing independent journalists. Omidyar, the eBay founder who founded Honolulu Civil Beat and is... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2013-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Caffeine Nights in new deal with Richwater Films

Independent publisher Caffeine Nights has extended its relationship with Richwater Films. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NewsCred Turns Brands And Marketers Into Publishers With NewsRoom

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 at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Polish Ebook Industry Players Eye Rapid Market Expansion

By nixing DRM and selling in the MOBI format, Poland’s ebook players are making strides forward, but the market is still fragmented. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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These (Fake) Self–Help Books Diagnose Nearly Every Way People Are Terrible On Social Media

American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis is what's known in online circles as a world–class troll. For the uninitiated, a troll is someone who expresses a controversial and often contrarian opinion in order to get a rise out of people and draw attention to himself. If someone is widely... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Who's Behind the Sponsored Content at BuzzFeed, Gawker, Hearst and WashPo?

What good is native advertising if it doesn't talk like a native?To help advertisers, media companies are building teams, often called studios, that create sponsored content for advertisers. Here's a look at four publishers, and how their sponsored-content teams shape up.BuzzFeed Continue... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tantor Media: More than Audio

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S to Distribute Chinese Language Ebooks from Yilin Press

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2013: WME, HC Lead the Deal-Making in Active Show

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fewer, Smaller Media Acquisitions in 2013

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ AllThingsD | 2013-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Changing Job Market

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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