The long-predicted digital media consolidation has finally come to pass. More than 100 online publishing companies are on pace to be sold this year, highlighted by the recent purchases of Refinery29, PopSugar and New York Magazine. The impetus for the sudden deal velocity is the direct result of a newfound profit imperative. The optimistic period... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'
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When it comes to online publishing, building an audience organically with compelling content and monetizing it successfully with ads from big-name brands is extremely hard work. Luckily, there's a much easier way to make money: Arbitrage.The post Tricks of the trade: How to game the publishing... Continue reading at Digiday
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The last time The New York Times embarked on a wholesale redesign of its Web site, in 2006, the iPhone wasn't on the market. Tablets like the iPad were still years away. So the new design that The Times is unveiling Wednesday is generating mu ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
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Ev Williams talks about designing the newly-launched Medium 1.0, and his vision for the blogging platform's future in online publishing."What is Medium?"Read Full Story Continue reading at Fast Company
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In the world of online publishing, traffic means little in and of itself. That fact is often overlooked by some in the digital media world. The post The Downside of Digital Media’s Scale Fetish appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
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People ask Google some deep questions, like “why am I here?” “should I have a third child?” and “why is my scab turning that color?” Apparently 10% of our time on Google is spent digging into broad topics like these. So Google is curating and featuring authoritative treatises on popular subjects... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2013-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland I've been to see ALICE -- though there was no looking glass to jump through, just a retina scanner and one very long elevator ride down into the earth. I've toured a CMS... Continue reading at Engadget
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There has lately been a rising backlash against the ubiquity of personal writing. Hamilton Nolan’s anti-confessional diatribe in Gawker claims that journalism students are now taught only to write about themselves, which I can say as a full-time faculty member at a journalism school is patently... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2013-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's been 18 months since News Corp erected paywalls around The Sunday Times and The Times. Mike Fletcher assesses whether the paywall model is the future for online publishing and talks exclusively with News International to discover a shift in strategic thinking. Continue reading at Media Week
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At a time when many magazines are lowering prices or giving content away, New York Magazine is choosing another route. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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A new website aimed at helping authors to publish their work has been praised by author and Monty Python star, Terry Jones. Continue reading at BBC News
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Joining the line of publishers who are entering the e-commerce space is New York magazine and NY.com; theyve announced a New York City-specific online deals program that is set to launch in May. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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