Lloyd Shepherd, former director of news and information products at Yahoo and (disclaimer) deputy director of digital publishing at GU, has a new company and a new project in the form of Messy Media which is set to roll out a series of specialist news blogs.The company launched its first publication, politics blog Westmonster (boom boom) today, with editor Sadie Smith live blogging the prime minister's speech at the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2007-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the world of digital publishing, sites, brands and podcasts saw tremendous growth this year thanks to politics, partnerships and social media. By being true to themselves and leaning into what they do best, destinations like BuzzFeed's Tasty and Teen Vogue resonated with their audiences even... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A publisher roundtable organized by MetaX has lofty ambitions for the technology's applications in digital publishing. The post Why Publishers Should Start Thinking About Blockchain appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2017-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former prime minister tells BBC Radio 4 that learning about the Russian revolutionary was ‘like a light going on’Tony Blair has said that he “toyed with Marxism” as a young man after being inspired by a biography of Leon Trotsky that detailed “extraordinary causes and injustices”.The former... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Laurene Powell Jobs's Emerson Collective has agreed to acquire a majority stake in the Atlantic, the iconic political and cultural magazine that has also become a force in digital publishing.Powell Jobs, the 53-year-old widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, is buying the stake from Atlantic... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins imprint HQ has appointed Nia Beynon to the newly-created role head of digital publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Those in digital publishing in Mexico say things are looking up somewhat, despite slow growth and a marketplace still discovering the opportunities. The post At Frankfurt’s CONTEC Mexico: Digital Under Discussion appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookNet Canada's annual report, The State of Digital Publishing, shows a slight decline in sales of ebooks last year, even as publishers produced more digital titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Temporary censorship of Matthew Caruana Galizia – who worked on the Panama Papers – raises concern over Facebook’s power to shape the newsFacebook has censored a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist for publishing a series of posts alleging corruption by the prime minister of Malta and his... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing discovered the utility of scannable bar codes early. Just ask the 13-digit ISBN. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"This underlines the most important fact in digital publishing: People will pay for high-quality comment." The post Thanks to surprise British election, The Spectator triples daily subscriber sales appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"General news is a commodity and hard to charge for as it’s free everywhere. We’re focusing on what’s truly distinctive." The post The Times of London sees success in an editions approach to digital publishing appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London book fair has shown how upbeat the literary world can be – and how worried our cultural businesses have become at the thought of losing old certaintiesThe mood at this week’s London book fair appeared upbeat, with hotly contested auctions leading to the return of the six-figure publishing... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former prime minister and leader of the Slovenian Democratic Party, Janez Janša, has signed to London-based publisher IndieBooks for his new historical novel White Panther. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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4. In a story headlined "Facebook wants you to watch longer videos, so it's going to show you longer videos," Recode's Peter Kafka reports that Facebook "is tweaking its News Feed algorithm to emphasize longer videos that are able to retain their audience; the longer they hold them, the more... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Once upon a time, volume was the name of the game in digital publishing. But today, with many major publishers cranking out hundreds of stories daily, a growing number are going the other way, either abandoning the quick-hit content or de-emphasizing it, as display ad prices continue to decline... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As part of Keywee's efforts to bring together the New York publishing community, we are teaming up with The New York Times and Digiday to discuss how The Times approaches topics like audience development, reader engagement, and content distribution, as well as trends in digital publishing. We... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As scores of politicians line up to release books, the first Theresa May biography is set to reveal far less racy details than David Cameron’s...Brexit means Brexit, and party conference season means the release of a slew of political biographies and memoirs. Not as punchy a slogan as Theresa... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Between massive shakeups at The Huffington Post and Gawker Media, this week marked the end of an era for digital publishing. For starters, late last week The Huffington Post announced that its namesake co-founder Arianna Huffington would be leaving the company to focus on a new company she’s... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sensing an opportunity to reduce its reliance on third-party providers, The Washington Post has created a platform for email newsletters that is available for sale as part of its Arc suite of editorial and technology products.Newsletters are a big focus in digital publishing, where homepage... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Small publishing houses have been snapping up deals for a biography of the new PM, so when will the traditional political publishers join the race? A week is a long time in politics, but a year can go in a flash in the publishing world, where it is becoming apparent that there is currently no... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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