Google to sweeten publisher deals as tech woos media

Google is offering publishers more generous terms as part of a new subscriber tool, currying favor with the news industry at a time when Facebook is sending mixed signals to newspapers and magazines.Publishers will keep 85 percent to 95 percent of revenue when readers first buy subscriptions via Google, up from 70 percent previously, according to people with knowledge of the matter.Publishers' feelings toward Silicon Valley are starting to shift as some technology companies are showing they want to compete for content. Last week, Apple offered an olive branch to the media industry by buying Texture, a digital service that lets users subscribe to more than 200 magazines for $9.99 a month. Apple and Google are trying to seize on a moment when Facebook's ties with news outlets have soured. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

[ Advertising Age | 2018-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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2014 in Digital Publishing: A View from the UK

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Industry predicts 2014's publishing trends

Emotional women's fiction, yet more psychological crime, talking-point business books and a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital publishing: the experts' view of what's next

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[ The Guardian | 2014-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Telegraph Media Group made record £60m profit last year

The Telegraph Media Group made more than £60m last year, The Guardian can reveal. It is the third successive year that the company has managed to increase its operating profit.TMG is expected to report what amounts to a record figure formally in the spring when it files its accounts for the full... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital Publishing: All the News That's Fit to Pin

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[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New York Times Redesign Points to Future of Online Publishing

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[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Boot up: Chromebooks v bloggers, FirefoxOS v Android, Google in China, and more

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[ The Guardian | 2014-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers, libraries poke fun at the cold

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[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2014-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why Don’t More Bookstores Stock Self-published Titles?

Bricks-and-mortar bookstores are missing a huge opportunity by failing to take advantage of the self-publishing revolution, argues Tanja Tuma. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Crains New York | 2014-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2014-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2014-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ AdWeek | 2014-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Wired | 2013-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors Guild Appeals Google Decision

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Byliner Publishes New Elmore Leonard Stories

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2013-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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