Would You Pay to Read Entertainment News Online? Time Inc. Sure Hopes So

Since Time Inc. became an indepedent publicly traded company last June, executives at the nation's large magazine publisher have tried to convince Wall Street investors that it's quickly transforming into a digital-first media company. It's certainly made strides, introducing video series, increasing traffic to sites like Time and People and, just this week, acquiring sports blogging network FanSided.But the company remains heavily reliant on print. During the first quarter of 2015, print comprised roughly 80% of the company's advertising sales, which is responsible for well more than half its overall revenue.Now, to wring more money from digital, Time Inc. has implemented a paywall for Entertainment Weekly's website, the first in what will be a series of paywalls across the company's various sites. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google wants to help find your next book to read

It doesn't matter if you've got the biggest or best shop in the world if you can't connect people to the things that they want. It's an issue that Google is hoping to address in its electronic bookstore with the launch of Discover, a new way to show... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2016-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Print or Digital, It's Reading That Matters...

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc.'s Matt Bean Returns to Rodale as Editor in Chief of Men's Health

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[ AdWeek | 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How YouTube revolutionised children’s entertainment

Journalist and Apps Playground co-founder looks analyses the growth in children’s YouTube viewing. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Digiday | 2016-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Parnassus Books Launches Online Auction to Help One of Its Own—and Binc

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Crains New York | 2016-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Gove turns book reviewer for The Times

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[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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