Few tech entrepreneurs have had the ability to imagine a future just beyond our reach, and to profoundly change how we live our lives. Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg are two such stars, and Jeff Bezos, our Media Visionary for 2016, joins this constellation. From ecommerce and streaming video to artificial intelligence, drone deliveries and publishing, look to Bezos to enable the Jetsons age. Amazon's founder and CEO has spent the past two decades building a global shopping site with an active user base of 304 million. "This year, Amazon became the fastest company ever to reach $100 billion in annual sales," Bezos wrote shareholders in July. In the coming years, Bezos aims not only to expand the retail colossus but also his burgeoning Amazon Prime business. U.S. membership in Prime—which, for $99 per year, provides access to two-day shipping, streaming video and ad-free music, among other benefits—grew to 63 million in Q2 of this year, according to Consumer Intelligence Research Partners. Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal last week reported the possibility of a premium live sports package—negotiations over game rights with the NBA, NFL and MLB are said to be underway. Prime Video may soon rival Netflix on a global scale, with the streaming business set to launch in 200 countries and territories, including Canada and Australia. (It's currently available in the U.S., the U.K. and a handful of other countries.) As Bezos eyes expansion, he has made an equal commitment to... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'
[ AdWeek | 2016-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In what is perhaps the biggest surprise in publishing since the Covid-19 pandemic began roiling the U.S. economy this spring, unit sales of print books in the first half of 2020 were up 2.8% over the same period in 2019 at outlets the report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers need to target non-traditional outlets and realise the media has changed if they want to make their book campaigns more inclusive, Dialogue senior publicity manager Millie Seaward has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-07 06:42:34 UTC ]
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The Bookseller would like to capture the trade’s thoughts on social media and, in particular, "cancel culture" and its impacts on UK publishing, bookselling and writing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-01 19:32:20 UTC ]
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South China Morning Post is the latest news publisher to build its own first-party data platform, which it’s calling Lighthouse. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2020-06-29 16:45:21 UTC ]
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Steve Benen argues that the GOP was sliding into atrophy long before Trump came along. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-06-26 12:00:00 UTC ]
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This story first ran in DC Inno, a sister publication of the Boston Business Journal. Storyblocks, a digital content company in the Washington, D.C. area, has struck a deal to sell to private equity firm Great Hill Partners, more than a decade after the company’s launch as a stock video... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-06-25 22:32:04 UTC ]
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Two anti-racist titles, each selling more than 100,000 copies, and books bought for Father's Day led to a 9.1% increase in unit sales of print books last week at outlets that report to BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age’s special-edition NewFronts Now newsletter, a roundup of the biggest news, trends, insights and takeaways from IAB’s Digital Content NewFronts. If you're reading this online or in a forwarded email, here's the link to sign up for NewFronts Now. Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2020-06-24 22:02:37 UTC ]
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June 2020's upheaval around racial justice has been at times painful, at times empowering and hopeful, and at times humbling. In the professional sphere, there's not an industry that hasn't felt the impact of the latest iteration of the Black Lives Matter movement. That's why this year's... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2020-06-24 21:33:03 UTC ]
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In the wake of nationwide protests against police brutality and racial injustice, marketers and agencies that work with Vice Media have added terms like "Black Lives Matter," "protest," "Minneapolis" and even "Black people" to blocklists. As a result, the publisher's news coverage related to... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2020-06-24 17:00:52 UTC ]
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The Library Campaign has called for the government to do more to secure the facilities' future after the Covid-19 crisis. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-23 21:52:04 UTC ]
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Boucher may have bought one of the country’s biggest news brands for NZ$1, but she wants journalists to eventually have a stake in the company When Sinead Boucher started out in journalism her editors weren’t too bothered if she filed a story each day. Such was the number of journalists on the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-06-23 20:00:01 UTC ]
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Torrance, Calif.-based Bobit Business Media has sold its automotive aftermarket division, consisting of two controlled-circulation magazines as well as a paid membership program, to 10 Missions Media, a St. Paul, Minn.-based publisher of five B2B publications serving various segments of the... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-06-22 15:09:13 UTC ]
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A reader considers how social media has given libraries a new tool for community engagement, outreach, and promotion. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-06-22 10:32:03 UTC ]
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The author follows the lives of four high school students in his latest book, 'Show Them You're Good.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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President and CRO, Rich Routman, talks to Folio: about his company's ascent as a technology and media company and where publishing should go from here. The post Inside Minute Media’s Bold Ambitions as a Tech/Publishing Company appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-06-18 16:54:52 UTC ]
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Payment terms are stretching longer and late payments are becoming more prevalent in the digital media industry—trends that were already Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2020-06-18 16:48:48 UTC ]
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Twelve formerly incarcerated fellows will learn how to produce videos, podcasts, and other digital media in Second Chance Studio’s yearlong program. For someone who’s just gotten out of prison, it can often be nearly impossible to land a job, both because of the bias of hiring managers and... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2020-06-18 06:00:14 UTC ]
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The average payment terms in the digital media space is 59 days, up from 49 days last year. The post ‘The money is just not showing up’: Digital media companies are likely to wait even longer for payments appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2020-06-18 04:01:34 UTC ]
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Newspapers have endured tremendous change over the past few decades but perhaps no time stands out quite like what we’re Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2020-06-15 07:00:15 UTC ]
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