Nearly five months after News Corp announced it was launching a product billed as a “generous aggregation” of news and the antidote to Google News' monopolistic position, the company debuted Knewz.com on January 29. Its launch didn’t generate much consumer-side buzz, despite it having an ad-free model that includes 400 national and local publications. It did, however, get the attention of people like myself whose job it is to pay attention to stuff like this. And rather than savage the branding and the site design, which is frankly too easy, instead I think it’s important to talk about the very nature of these news aggregators and what they actually offer the publishing community. Digital media has commoditized news to a point where local outlets are in grave danger to stay alive as advertising and subscriptions dwindle, and mass-media companies require insane volumes of daily inventory and pageviews to generate modest returns. Compounding this for publishers seeking lots of pageviews is the tech duopoly. I know most of us are all sick of talking about “them,” but the reality for most is that Facebook and Google are still driving the bulk of the traffic to news sites. So those digital dimes many have been complaining about for years have actually become pennies after everyone gets their cut. So this brings me back to aggregators—these great democratizing saviors that will save hyperlocal news and put the consumers first by forging symbiotic partnerships with a large... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-02-13 17:20:50 UTC ]
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Facebook just announced that it will make sweeping changes to the News Feed, the primary place where users find content on the social network. Over the next few months, users will see "more from your friends, family and groups" and " less public cont... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers that have been briefed by Facebook believe this latest move would be a dramatic step in the direction of reducing publishers’ presence in the news feed. The post ‘We’re losing hope’: Facebook tells publishers big change is coming to News Feed appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook began testing a feature aimed at providing a destination for local news, in addition to content that can already be found on News Feed and on publishers' pages. Mobile users in six cities--Billings, Mont.; Binghamton, N.Y.; Little Rock, Ark.; New Orleans; Olympia, Wash.; and Peoria,... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2018-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For book lovers and politics fiends, 2018 has gotten off to a bang with the early publication of “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” by Michael Wolff. Welcome to the new year! I’m Carolyn Kellogg with this week’s books newsletter. THE BIG STORY Excerpts from “Fire and Fury” that... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rather than compete for dwindling display ad revenue, local digital news publishers are pursuing branded content and consumer revenue instead. The post Local digital news publishers are ignoring display revenue appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Robert Thomson, CEO of News Corp, says platforms need to change their ways to benefit publishers’ long-term business models -- but he doesn't let publishers off the hook, either. The post News Corp’s Robert Thomson: ‘The digital world is dysfunctional’ appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Some Facebook observers think the platform could remove publisher content from its news feed to improve the user experience and drive more revenue. The post 2018 could be the year Facebook banishes news from its feed appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A canceled book deal, Amazon buy buttons, and sexual harassment were among the big news stories this past year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Emil Ferris's surprise literary hit and bestselling debut graphic novel, 'My Favorite Thing is Monsters,' was the top vote-getter in PW's annual Graphic Novel Critics Poll. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Subscribing to Seventeen magazine is a rite of passage for many young readers. Luckily, between today's ubiquitous variety of devices and platforms, the Hearst title has kept up with its evolving and savvy audience. Lately, that's meant not waiting for readers to come through their front door,... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Greetings and salutations! I’m Carolyn Kellogg, Books editor of the L.A. Times with this week’s books newsletter. CRITICS PICKS This week the entire Sunday Calendar section is taken up with critics picks for the year in film, television, theater, music, art — and books. Seven of our Critics at... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With sales of the Australian at 95,000, News Corp says circulation is ‘no longer a representative measure’. Plus: Saturday Paper editor makes it into a movieWhen the sales of printed newspapers fell dangerously low this year, News Corp Australia made a monumental decision. Did they decide to... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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According to publishing sources, the original Facebook Live deals, which evolved into live and VOD licensing arrangements with 300 video partners, are going away by the end of the year. The post Facebook plans to stop paying publishers to make news feed videos appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For a picture of what life was like in 2017, look no further than the apps, movies, books, and music that topped the App Store and iTunes charts. This week, Apple revealed the most popular titles that iOS users downloaded over the course of the year. In terms of media, the top choices weren’t... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2017-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With Facebook and Google controlling the vast majority of digital ad revenue, all industry eyes are on which media companies perform best on those platforms. For Facebook, the rankings are always a yo-yo, with publishers’ engagement waxing and waning along with the frenetic news cycle and... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2017-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New bookstore to open in Anchorage; the university trying to buy its bookstore; B&N to close San Jose store; the Texas library bookstore moving online; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Kremlin-backed Russian Internet Research Agency operated dozens of Twitter accounts masquerading as local American news sources that collectively garnered more than half-a-million followers. More than 100 news outlets also published stories containing those handles in the run-up to the... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Harvard Coop reading turns violent; Louisiana university bookstore closes; LGBTQ store opens in Mississippi; the history of the Strand's totes; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"More thought is going into sonic branding." The post Radio broadcaster Global is using news publishers’ data to target audio ads appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones' pre-Christmas opening spree; the new Harvard study that reveals indies are thriving; the Minnesota store that mimics an Icelandic tradition; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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