The fast-growing news-feature website leads the league in approvals. Is that because it publishes less rather than more?The driving belief for news websites is that more (that's more stories, features, videos, blogs) equals more hits and thus more money. But what if less can also equal more (positive responses from readers, that is)? Ezra Klein, blogging for the Washington Post, examines the startling success (from zero to over 80 million visitors in a month) of Upworthy.com, its rise underpinned by the average 43,446 readers who record how they "like" each post. That positivity of engagement and approval leaves other news sites trailing. The next in the "like" league manages only 5,854 a time.Yet Upworthy, which does no original stuff and merely trawls the internet for material, posts a mere 250 pieces a month. Its secret is painstaking curation, aimed at the Facebook crowd. Less, in terms of speed, staffing and sweat, does seem to add up to something quite unexpected – and a bit of jolt for news sites (from HuffPost on down) who've put ubiquity first.In conventional terms, the established paths still wind onwards and upwards. Mail Online was busy last week rejoicing over a great November: 168 million unique browsers worldwide, 54 million in Britain alone, annualised spurts of 50% and 32% alone. The CEO at the Sun, touting his 117,000 digital subscribers, may sniff over the Mail's no-paywall figures. The Mail may not find the Bun's claims too compelling. Proper newspaper... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Magazine publishers have more directly embraced tablets over more than a year as it became clearer that they were boosting the bottom line. We may be witnessing a watershed moment today, however. Hearst has started publishing issues for 22 of its magazines in the iOS Newsstand days before their... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble's Nook unit didn't have its greatest quarter. The $160 million in revenue the new Microsoft-backed spin off raked in was slightly better than last year's $152 million, but still a significant drop from $220 million. In a sign of the growing ubiquity of e-readers however,... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Regional publisher Trinity Mirror has been carrying out an overhaul of its network of newspaper websites designed to give them a ‘cleaner’ look. Digital publishing director David Higgerson has overseen the changes which have now b ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trinity Mirror has restructured the management structure across its regional division and is creating 20 new digital positions as it looks to increase its focus on digital publishing and streamline its reporting structure. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2011-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 27/07/2011 - 07:47 Amazon.com is experiencing its "fastest growth" in more than a decade with accelerating Kindle sales, according to its founder Jeff Bezos, but at a cost to the bottom line. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sly Bailey, the chief executive of newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror, has issued cutting criticism of the culture secretary Jeremy Hunt's understanding of the full media issues regarding News Corporation's relationship to BSkyB. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2011-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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