Obituary site Legacy.com suffers from online trolls like every other digital publisher. But reader engagement through guestbook comments is a core part of its offering, so it can't really shut them down. Instead, it's developed an elaborate screening process over the years that's part machine, part human, for the times when people would speak ill of the dead. "It's not the sort of thing you can totally automate, because people can always find new ways to say bad things," said chief screener Katie Falzone. The post ‘We’re looking for mistresses': How obit site Legacy combats trolling the deceased appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at 'Digiday'
[ Digiday | 2016-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Complex Media, a network of lifestyle and culture websites for young men, has acquired Collider.com, a news and information site that covers movies, television and video games.Founded by Steve "Frosty" Weintraub, Collider reports on the entertainment industry with an emphasis on fanboy culture,... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Dutch appeals court has forced the closure of online ebook reseller Tom Kabinet until the company can prove all books for sale were legally obtained. The post Dutch Court Shutters Ebook Resale Site…For Now appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dutch ebook resale site Tom Kabinet has to close because, at least at the moment, it cannot prove that all the books offered for sale on the site have been legally obtained, an Amsterdam court ruled Tuesday.Tom Kabinet, which allows sellers to upload ebook files to the site, has been online... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A diverse collection of industry blogs previously owned by Mediabistro today has been integrated into Adweek.com as the new Adweek Blog Network. Purchased by Adweek's parent company in 2014, the sites largely will remain the same in content and structure. Most visibly, their Web addresses will... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc., the nation's largest magazine publisher, introduced a new website on Monday that collects articles about do-it-yourself projects and home decor from its magazines and several dozen partner websites, including Apartment Therapy.The new site, called "The Snug," is aimed at millennials... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In his annual year-end letter, Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle cited the merger and thanked the PRH staff for the “impressive feat” of “combining two great legacies.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Over the last year, Humble Bundle, the promotional site that lets readers pay what they wish for bundles of DRM-free content, released 18 bundles that generated $4.75 million in revenue. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomberg L.P. has spent the last year pouring money and resources into its media arm -- which still labors in the shadow of the terminal business that made Michael Bloomberg a billionaire -- to better attract audiences and advertisers. Now the most visible results of its work are about to... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Our fragmented attention spans are so fickle that if something doesn't grab us in the first few seconds, we're likely to turn away. Research by Web performance monitoring company Catchpoint Systems suggests that news sites may be in trouble because publishers are putting too many assets on... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2014-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Terraform, Brooklyn-based Vice Media Group's first standalone literary platform, will be dedicated to original pieces of science fiction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is National Report a menace or a public good? Fake news publishers are taking advantage of how people read and share news. But National Report says its doing good work. The post Fake news site National Report: ‘We’re doing a public service’ appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2014-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Historian Grant Wacker feels he’s always known Billy Graham—he grew up in an evangelical household and attended a Billy Graham Crusade when he was very young. In his new book, Wacker assesses the impact of Billy Graham on American culture and the examines the legacy he leaves. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google was supposed to uproot digital advertising's foundation. But Facebook may beat the search giant to the punch.Confirming what has become advertising's latest worst-kept secret, Facebook said it will begin applying its user data to ads shown outside the social network through a retooled... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There's a reason everyone you know is obsessed with the quirky site that makes content parodying viral content--and then makes it go viral.Getting George Takei to share something you made with his 7 million Facebook followers is like crushing a piñata filled with free pageviews. It's a huge... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released new proposals to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins UK has relaunched its website with readers able to buy ebooks directly from the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While European publishers have a rather contentious relationship with Google News, U.S. publishers have no such qualms and are more than happy to be indexed by the search giant’s crawlers. And starting today with the launch of the ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Here's the author's step-by-step guide to getting your campaign set up on the Kickstarter website, quirks and all. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook has helped catapult sites like BuzzFeed and Upworthy into social stardom, boosting the visibility of media content on the News Feeds of millions of users and generating a deluge of traffic. But in this rising tide, some publishers have seen ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wattpad, an online writing and reading community, has acquired the Red Room, an online community originally described as a “Facebook for authors.” The site will be subsumed into Wattpad. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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