How The Economist is getting more reach for VR content

Virtual reality doesn’t have the big audience numbers to attract all types of brand advertisers. Publishers like The Economist are making sure their VR content is available on more platforms. While YouTube 360 and Facebook 360 are easy access for brands to get their content up, there are problems of discovery. Plus, it lowers the bar of quality at which the content can be viewed. The post How The Economist is getting more reach for VR content appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at 'Digiday'

[ Digiday | 2016-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comic books come to VR through an app

You may have felt immersed in a comic book before, but never quite so literally as this. Madefire has released a free Gear VR preview app that lets you read its Motion Books in virtual reality. As you might guess, it's all about depth. Pages now fill... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2016-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookouture makes two hires as sales reach 4.2m in 2016

Bookouture has made two major hires as the three-year-old company hits unit sales of 4.2m in 2016 year to date. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Five unpublished biographies in contention for £2,000 prize

The Biographers' Club has revealed the shortlist for the 2016 Tony Lothian Prize, which awards £2,000 to the best proposal for an uncommissioned first biography. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Millennial News Publisher Circa Plans to Create Weekly Ad-Supported VR Spots

As more money flows to advertising startups chasing virtual reality and brands start creating custom content, publishers want in on the VR craze, too. John Solomon, chief creative officer at Circa/Sinclair Broadcasting—the former exec from The Washington Times hired in December to revive the... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2016-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why Verizon faces an uphill battle with its ambitious content plans

Verizon is trying to become a media company, but history isn't littered with examples of telecoms succeeding at content. It's hard to combine two radically different DNAs, build a publishing arm from scratch and change consumer habits. When you have different businesses, it can be difficult to... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp is testing a homegrown content recommendation tool

News Corp is testing a content-recirculation widget that lets several of its publications including The Wall Street Journal share their articles on each other’s sites. With the so-called Project Hamilton, the publisher is seeking to keep readers on its sites longer. Other publishers are turning... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canadian Publishing 2016: Canadian Kids Publishers Extend Reach into U.S., TV

Canada has a pretty good reputation on the world stage when it comes to publishing children’s books,” says Orca publisher Andrew Wooldridge. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst's New Content Platform Is Part News Feed, Part Art Installation

As the owner of Cosmopolitan, Elle and Esquire, Hearst is known for its globally-recognized media brands. But for its latest content play, the company is keeping things close to home. On Sept. 27, the publisher is set to debut HearstLive, a new multimedia installation that will display curated... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2016-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At The Week Live, Magazine Content Comes to Life

The news magazine launches a new event to boost its profile in cultural coverage. The post At The Week Live, Magazine Content Comes to Life appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2016-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Spanish Graphic Novel Boom Reaches America

The graphic novel boom in Spain that began with Paco Roca's 'Wrinkles' in 2007 hasn't slowed down, and titles imported to the U.S. are finding a rabid readership. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why You Need Branded Content Benchmarks

Five years. That's how long "native advertising" has been a thing. That's when digital publishers started offering content marketing solutions to brands. It's when BuzzFeed tripled revenue, further validating that branded content was here to stay. Publishers, new and old, from the New York Times... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Joanna Coles Leaves Cosmo to Become Hearst's Chief Content Officer

Joanna Coles' steady rise to the top at Hearst Magazines has reached a new high, with the well-regarded Cosmopolitan editor in chief (and two-time Adweek Hot List Editor of the Year) being promoted today to chief content officer, a new position within the publishing company. "Joanna is a... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2016-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Joanna Coles Named Hearst Magazines Chief Content Officer

Michele Promaulayko returns to take the reins at Cosmopolitan and Seventeen. The post Joanna Coles Named Hearst Magazines Chief Content Officer appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2016-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Smashbox Goes Behind the Scenes of a Photo Shoot in Its Foray Into VR

Plenty of iconic magazine and fashion shoots over the years have taken place at the 25,000-square-foot Smashbox Studios in Los Angeles—a Stuart Weitzman campaign shot by Mario Testino, for instance, and Annie Liebovitz's shoot with Reese Witherspoon, Amy Adams and Channing Tatum for Vanity... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Five Publishing Companies To Pitch Their Content at Germany’s GamesCom

Three German companies, another from Belgium and one from the UK will pitch video game projects to specialists later this month at GamesCon in Cologne. The post Five Publishing Companies To Pitch Their Content at Germany’s GamesCom appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘We were wasting time churning out tweets’: The Economist guide to quality over quantity

The Economist has spent a year finessing its social media team, growing its writers from two to 10, mostly based in the U.K. Last year, for each article published, 15 separate tweets were written, now it’s more like three. The publisher has taken resource away from its posting to its lesser... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Political conventions are proving grounds for VR

ABC News, CNN and The Huffington Post are among the publishers producing VR content at the presidential conventions. HuffPo has six staffers while CNN has two dedicated staffers on-site producing VR content on the go. CNN’s branded content unit Courageous has also produced three VR films for... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Sponsored Content Is Becoming King in a Facebook World

As native advertising gains prominence, publishers may find themselves competing not just with one another, but with the ad agencies that already exist. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2016-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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North American Comics Market Reaches $1.03 Billion

The $1.03 billion figure represents the combined sales of periodical comics and graphic novel or book format comics in both the general book trade and the comics shop specialty marketplace. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Digiday | 2016-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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