Credit card security firm Jumio has looked into how we're all using our smartphones and tablets to shop.Jumio, a young firm backed by Facebook billionaire Eduardo Saverin, has just published research on how consumers are using their mobile devices to pay for things. Among the data are two key facts: We're using our smartphones to pay for all sorts of goods and services, and at the same time, we're aware of the security risks those transactions carry.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2013-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing company News Corp. said its finances are in good shape and that it would begin paying investors a semiannual cash dividend. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon is changing the way it pays self-published authors whose books are enlisted in the Kindle Unlimited and Kindle Owners Lending library to a pay-per-page-read model. From 1st July, it will pay Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) author royalties depending on how many pages of a book a customer... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why the News Corporation chair should fund his former journalist’s legal costsI know it isn’t fashionable to champion former staff members of the News of the World. It was the newspaper where phone hacking took place and the resulting scandal was the reason that Rupert Murdoch closed it down.But... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As Facebook rolls out its “Instant Articles” initiative, in which news entities such as the New York Times and The Guardian are publishing directly to the social network, instead of just posting links to their own sites, media org ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google’s buy button and other mobile tech can allow advertisers to leave behind the “spray and pray” approach of days gone byLike many children of the 1970s, I spent many hours immersed in the futuristic visions of the comic book 2000AD, whose Judge Dredd stories were compellingly dystopian. One... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What could the sexual choices of teenagers have to do with America's national destiny? According to some evangelicals, quite a lot. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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About a year ago, I stopped referring to Bon Appétit as a magazine and started calling it a brand. Six months later I even dropped the air quotes. Not that it was easy. If you attended journalism school or worked for your college daily, you were reared on the separation of church and state.... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital growth coming, B2B magazines could strike it big in new markets. The post 3 Things You Need To Know About PwC’s Magazine Media Outlook appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2015-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There is a consensus in advertising that mobile video is the future, but that future is still hazy. Mobile video can run in apps like Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube or be bought through ad networks that serve the mobile Web. There are six-second, 15-second and 30-second formats, and there are... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AOL is unveiling a data-driven site overhaul today that should give marketers a sense of how it will zero in on mobile video and branded content as it plots its future. The revamp comes less than a month after Verizon's $4.4 billion acquisition of AOL and is based on a load of the publisher's... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers erect paywalls with an eye to growing their consumer revenue. But the consumer data they collect in the registration process holds value to advertisers. So why do they struggle to charge more for it? The most-cited reason is a lack of audience size. With the likes of Google and... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Since Time Inc. became an indepedent publicly traded company last June, executives at the nation's large magazine publisher have tried to convince Wall Street investors that it's quickly transforming into a digital-first media company. It's certainly made strides, introducing video series,... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When it comes to loading times, Facebook’s Instant Articles appear to be living up to their name. Earlier this month, the social network launched its new Instant Articles product, which allows publishers to host articles and videos d ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Over the past two decades, few voices have shouted louder from the rooftops about global cybersecurity and digital privacy concerns than Bruce Schneier. He’s the CTO of Resilient Systems, a board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and has authored 14 books—his latest, Data and... Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Explainer,' the upcoming book by 'What If?' writer Munroe, is already near the top of bestseller lists despite not being published until November. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers get a bad reputation for their mobile ads, which often intrude on or confuse the user. But some get it right, say agencies. BuzzFeed's ads mirror the site's shareable editorial content. Mashable, ESPN and NY magazine strike a good balance of content to ad space. The Weather Company... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tom Chalmers of IPR License notes activity at the recent London Book Fair proved the literary translation market is diversifying into smaller languages. The post LBF Proves Literary Translation Market is Diversifying appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For its first Digital Content NewFronts presentation, video startup HealthiNation kept its pitch short and sweet. In what was possibly this year's quickest NewFronts sell so far, HealthiNation showed a seven-minute video skimming over the publisher's fitness, cooking and health content to... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tributes have been paid from across the trade to crime writer Ruth Rendell, described as an “insightful and elegant observer of society”. Rendell died on Saturday (2nd May) at the age of 85. She had been admitted to hospital in January after suffering a critical stroke. The writer, who was... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Media Rating Council has issued interim guidance on what it takes for ads on mobile devices to be considered "viewable" and introduced a new category of mobile ad between "viewable" and "not."Advertisers and web publishers use viewability standards to determine whether ads that were served... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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