German news publishers are escalating their fight to get a cut of the ad revenue that Google makes when it republishes parts of their news articles.The publishers’ society VG Media has started legal proceedings against Google after the search-engine giant refused to negotiate with the collecting society and publicly declared it would not pay such a compensation, VG Media said Wednesday.Twelve German online news publishers took a 50 percent stake in VG Media last February with the aim of beginning to start collecting compensation from search engines. They want some of the advertising revenue that search engines and aggregators generate by republishing parts of their content. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Continue reading at 'PC World'
[ PC World | 2014-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Romanian publishers are merely 'surviving' says the publishers association, and may suffer more if the government imposes a new tax on cultural goods. The post Romanian Publishers “Surviving,” Culture Tax Considered appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers are ambivalent about uploading their video to Facebook’s native player, as the social network has yet to reveal how it will enable them to monetize that video. While most publishers are playing by the rules, one publisher isn’t waiting around, though. NewsBeat Social, a Portland,... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster Children’s Books UK has acquired the UK and commonwealth rights to Night Owls, a YA novel by US author Jenn Bennett. The book is about two artists, Jack and Beatrix, who meet on the San Francisco night bus. Bex wants to be a medical illustrator, while Jack is a street... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pundits have speculated for two years that the Facebook Apocalypse will arrive any day now. The newest roll-out may take several weeks to see completion. And data is still rolling in. But the battle for news feed space is competitive, and the reach of a typical fan will diminish over time as... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan has pre-empted a book by the v.p. of business innovation at Google [X], the company behind Google Glass and the self-driving car. Carole Tonkinson bought UK and Commonwealth rights to Solve For Happy: Engineering Your Path to Uncovering the Joy Inside by Mo Gawdat, who likes to be... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tolino, a German alliance of booksellers, launched a self-publishing platform, Tolino Media, which has already attracted notable, self-published authors in Germany. The post Tolino Launches Self-Publishing Platform in Germany appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google says it will give European publishers â¬150 million (NZ$213.6 million) to help them adapt to the challenge of selling news online. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2015-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The more your board knows about your member value, the better positioned you’ll be to get, or keep, the resources you need. The post Association Publishers, Keep Your Board Close appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2015-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomberg Media made a case to advertisers today that it could target consumers of various generations across distribution platforms at its first Digital Content NewFronts presentation. Part of the 34-year-old media company's pitch revolved around a message that suggested we're all acting like... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kiser succeeds Chris Navratil, who left that post in October as a part of a Perseus reorganization. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nailing mobile video is a major goal for marketers this year, as exemplified at this week's Digital Content NewFronts presentations. And as Snapchat and Facebook lure advertising dollars away from TV with new video options, smaller ad companies are following suit. A GIF showing the new video... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google will give €150 million (US$163 million) to European publishers and digital journalism startups in the next three years as part of a wider package that aims to support the news sector.The Internet giant has had a difficult relationship with publishers in many countries in Europe over using... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2015-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google's new initiative will pay news outlets to dig into digital journalism.American tech companies have set their sights on the news business. A month after Facebook announced that it wants news outlets to publish content within Facebook, and a mere day after Snapchat poached acclaimed CNN... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2015-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Graphic novel and comic publisher 2000AD is making all of its titles available DRM-free. Readers will be given access to DRM-free copies of books and comics by 2000AD, even if bought through stores such as the iOS and Android app. A new ID system will link together all purchases, meaning that a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The new Borrell Associates projections for the growth of programmatic ad revenue in local digital publishing are, in a word, big. It’s human nature to be hopeful about what’s new, especially if the emerging numbers on recent perfo ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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High court backs Hachette against Hesperus Press, British publisher of Jonas Jonasson’s The 100-Year-Old Man, after claims of missing royalty paymentsThe high court has ordered the British publisher of Jonas Jonasson’s smash-hit novel The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This June, Canadian ebook retailer Kobo will publish its first original ebook when it releases Kevin Donovan's 'Jian Ghomeshi: Secret Life.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When disaster strikes, technology can often be put to good use. Following the devastating earthquake that struck Nepal this week, Google and Facebook are among the companies helping those in the area, as well as people looking for friends and relatives. Google's People Finder does very much what... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2015-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Poet Roger McGough has criticised the lack of submissions for the 2015 Children's Poetry Award, for which he is chair of the judges, saying "so few publishers are producing poetry books for children and young people." McGough was speaking as the shortlist for the £1,000 award, made by The... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Conran Octopus has signed a book covering Vogue magazine's relationship with jewellery, authored by Vogue jewellery editor Carol Woolton. Vogue the Jewellery will be published as a £75 hardback printed in a large, silk-bound format and packaged in a foil-blocked clamshell case. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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