How the Internet Morphed Into a Space Run by the Agendas of Massive Corporations

Since halfway through this decade--and more pointedly, since November 2016--the narrative around the internet has been changing. Seemingly overnight, Usenet and web communities like Angelfire gave way to massive behemoths like Facebook and Google. The tools that became the best at providing the exact information consumers sought were viewed in a new light. After elections... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'

[ AdWeek | 2019-06-10 15:47:55 UTC ]

Other Publishing stories related to: 'How the Internet Morphed Into a Space Run by the Agendas of Massive Corporations'


Wall Street Beat: VC money pours back into Internet companies

Venture capitalists poured more money into Internet companies last year than they have since the dot-com bust, according to a survey published Friday.Internet companies in the U.S. took in US$7.1 billion from VCs in 1,059 deals in 2013, the highest level of Internet investment in terms of... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2014-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #strong year #internet companies #highest level #thomson reuters #highest percentage


Rizzoli Open for Business, But Seeking New Space

The company responded to reports about the demolition of the Manhattan building housing its flagship store. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #flagship store


Second Twitter fiction festival to run in March

The second Twitter fiction festival, searching for authors from across the world to tell stories... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


After massive layoffs, Martha Stewart names a new ad sales chief

After swinging the ax on about 75 employees Thursday — several of them top executives in the advertising group — Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia has promoted Amy Wilkins to head of advertising, sales and marketing, the company said Friday.Ms. Wilkins, the publisher of Martha Stewart Weddings,... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #publishing revenues #ad pages #keen eye #meredith corp


Internet age should not undermine our jury system, says Dominic Grieve

Attorney general backs Law Commission recommendation that jurors who search web for case details should be jailedJuries are deeply "ingrained in our national DNA" and the internet should not be allowed to undermine a system of justice dating back to Magna Carta, according to the the attorney... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #twitter feed


Cool Tools: A Whole Earth Catalog For The Post-Internet Era

If you're ready to tear yourself away from a screen for awhile, Kevin Kelly's Cool Tools is your must-read book and DIY muse. It's also the perfect gift for the geek in your life.With the advent of the Internet, the Whole Earth Catalog's curation of all the weird and wonderful things necessary... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #perfect gift #wonderful things #interesting things


The Elan Gale internet hoax sums up all that is rotten about our online lives | Hadley Freeman

When I was a teenager, I thought it would be great to be an adult and be surrounded by people who weren't mean to each other all day. Enter stage left: the world wide webBack in the early 90s, when I was still at school and words such as "friend" and "message" were nouns as opposed to verbs, a... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Facebook Drives Massive New Surge Of Traffic To Publishers

Facebook has sent unprecedented levels of traffic to publishers across the internet in recent months, a dramatic and unexpected increase affecting a large range of sites serving a wide variety of content. According to data from the BuzzFeed Networ ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #recent months #large range #wide variety


Maryland entrepreneur runs into trouble for using the word 'entrepreneur'

Publishing company designed to support entrepreneurs often sues them Back in 2000, Entrepreneur's StartUps magazine featured an article about Janice McLean Deloatch as she was trying to launch a business in Maryland that dispensed pantyhose from vending machines. Continue reading at Baltimore Sun

[ Baltimore Sun | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #vending machines


Alex Ferguson print run hits one million

Hodder has now printed more than 1m copies of Sir Alex Ferguson's memoir, My Autobiography... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #1m copies


Reading Agency to run World Book Night

The World Book Night project is to be run by The Reading Agency (TRA), with WBN chief executive... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #reading agency


Bertrams sees internet and international boost

Wholesaler Bertrams' latest financial results have seen growth from online traders, its... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #wholesaler bertrams


When The Internet Isn't Awful: What You Can Learn From The Heartbreaking, Inspiring Messages From CaringBridge

The Internet can often feel like a cesspool of bad intentions, casual cruelty, and hopeless ignorance. Which is why a social networking site like CaringBridge, which allows sick people and their families to give their communities updates on their illnesses, gives us hope for humanity. The site... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #long time


Space Exploration Looks Even More Awesome in Lego

There's no denying that two of the greatest things humankind has done is go to space and invent LEGOs. Therefore, combining these two passions can only yield something amazing. And that's exactly what has come from two brick-based artists named Peter Reid and Tim Goddard in a book called LEGO... Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2013-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #space exploration


Frankfurt Book Fair 2013: Working the Digital Content Space

Uncertainty is one big obstacle holding publishers back from outsourcing their distribution, observes CEO Gareth Cuddy of ePubDirect. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Firebrand Signs Courier Corporation

Courier's publishing brands, including Dover Publications, Research & Education Association, and Creative Homeowner will use Firebrand's platforms for digital distribution. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #digital distribution


R.I.P. @Horse_Ebooks, The Human–Run Twitter Bot That Fooled Us All

@Horse_ebooks is the Twitter account that, until today, spewed frequent bouts of eerily poetic nonsense to more than 213,000 followers: @Horse_ebooks was widely believed to be a Twitter bot whose tweets were sent out by a robot that scraped text from obscure parts of the Internet. That is, until... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #twitter account #fast company #performance art


Xobni's Jeff Bonforte Officially Running Yahoo's Communications Products

According to his LinkedIn profile, Jeff Bonforte has been named SVP of communication products at Yahoo. An insider tipped me to the new title for the former CEO of Xobni, the maker of address book apps and plugins which Yahoo bought in July. "I have responsibility for Yahoo Mail, Messenger,... Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2013-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #linkedin profile #previously reported


New York City Has An Internet Inequality Problem

Last Monday night, Mark Zuckerberg published a post announcing Facebook's new initiative to bring Internet access to the developing world. The blueprint for internet.org mapped out how Facebook and a host of phone company allies might connect an additional 5 billion people online through more... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #report revealed #president obama #public libraries #online learning


NASA's Massive Free E-Book Collection

Who could resist Exploring Space With a Camera? Or Rockets and People, the autobiography of rocket designer Boris Chertok?     Continue reading at The Atlantic

[ The Atlantic | 2013-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |