Martin Sorrell-backed S4S Ventures, Bertelsmann invest $10M in data asset management outfit as it blends new content, analytics-based marketing for clients

The recent explosion in content has created the need not only for more sophisticated tools to manage it, but better ways to attach data and analytics to the content in order to better optimize it at the right time for the right opportunity. Continue reading at 'Digiday'

[ Digiday | 2022-11-22 05:01:00 UTC ]
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Religion Update February 2014: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

Despite mixed fortunes in 2013 in a category that might be feeling digital disruption more than any other, publishers of Christian and inspirational fiction remain optimistic as they look to the coming year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Intersections: Data and Digital Advertising

As they now become digital publishers, newspaper organizations have a glut of audience insight into what both readers want and advertisers want to know. “Newspapers … are among the most trusted brands for providing valuable a ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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India’s Buoyant Book Market Attracts More Foreign Deals

India's effervescent literary culture have begun to attract more foreign writers looking to license books in search of a bigger audience and accolades. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Previewing GLOBALOCAL, India’s “Forum for Content”

We preview the German Book Office, New Delhi's and Frankfurt Book Fair's GLOBALOCAL conference will be held in New Delhi from 13–14 February. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Netflix to spend $3bn on TV and film content in 2014

On-demand streaming site ended 2013 with net profits of $112m despite rise in cost of international rights and commissioningNetflix is committed to spending almost $3bn on TV and film content in 2014 and more than $6bn over the next three years, as the cost of securing international rights and... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Yahoo Now Powers Mocean Mobile Market

Yahoo announced a new ad partnership today with Mocean Mobile. Both companies are looking to rev up their mobile ad businesses through the new Mocean Mobile Marketplace. “Mocean Mobile will work with Yahoo to help advertisers and publishers efficiently buy and sell premium mobile inventory,”... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2014-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook, Google and Yahoo now say when the US government requests user content (update: Microsoft too)

Last week, the US government finally relented on letting technology companies publish more detail about national security requests; today, some bigger firms are taking advantage of the looser rules. Facebook, Google, LinkedIn and Yahoo have updated ... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2014-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Saqi seeking new investment

Independent publisher Saqi Books is reviewing its English language publishing programme and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Should Brands Even Be in the Content Business?

The editorial director of the Online Publishers Association weighs in on whether brands should be in the business of creating copy -- or whether that should be left to a partnership with the pros. The post Should Brands Even Be in the Content Business? appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2014-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bertelsmann revenues rise in 2013

Penguin Random House’s parent company Bertelsmann has announced preliminary figures for... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ReDigi Gets Patent to Manage and Sell Used E-books

The first online digital marketplace gets the nod for its invention of a system for "copyless" digital transactions. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Epic! Debuts Kids’ Subscription E-book Venture

Founded by a group of gaming developers looking to provide quality book content for kids, Epic! is a newly launched subscription ebook service offering access to a curated selection of children's ebooks for $9.99 a month. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-fiction venture Fiction Express goes into print

ReadZone Books will this year publish stories from Fiction Express - an e-fiction venture that... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twitter Gives Partners New Data Tools to Track Messages

Twitter is diving even deeper into data. The social media platform is now giving publishers and brands more insights into how their tweets perform. Today, the company introduced analytics for Twitter Cards, which allow companies to track how media-filled tweets perform—such as how many users... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2014-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Publishing Aims at Christian Market with New Imprint

Amazon Publishing adds Waterfall Press to its growing family of publishing imprints. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How HarperCollins's Chief Digital Officer Uses Big Data To Make Publishing More Profitable

As more readers favor Kindles and iPads over pulp-based books, Chantal Restivo-Alessi of HarperCollins is mining digital data to determine how publishers can maximize profits.Having worked at EMI records for over a decade, Chantal Restivo-Alessi knows what it's like to have the digitization of... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2014-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder pulls back on Keenan memoir

Hodder has said it has "decided not to further distribute…in its current form"... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fox Is Bringing Metaphysics Back to the Masses With a Reboot of Cosmos

It’s an early January afternoon on the Upper West Side, just days after the Earth began heaving itself along on yet another elliptical voyage around the sun, and a polar vortex has stupefied New York with an interstellar chill. With about two hours of daylight left, sinuses are rimed with... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2014-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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 ]
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From page to screen and back again

Movie tie-ins for '12 Years a Slave,' 'Philomena,' 'The Wolf of Wall Street' and other films give their namesake books — including one from 1853 — a second life. The memoir "12 Years A Slave" was published in 1853, a year after Harriet Beecher Stowe's classic, "Uncle Tom's Cabin."     Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2014-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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