Facebook's paying for live video and Snapchat's evolving the terms of its publisher compensation in 2016 were signs that the platform giants will pony up for content. But it's not out of altruism. What platforms care most about is scale. And only a select few media companies that have the scale and point of difference will benefit -- which means others will continue reconsidering investing in platform initiatives that have no clear payoff. The post Year in Preview: 2017 will be the year that platforms pay up appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at 'Digiday'
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Polar Mobile, a digital media platform provider that builds apps for some of the biggest media companies, today announced it has secured an additional $6 million in funding. The new round, led by growth equity firm Georgian Partners, joins more than ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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vjoon®, a leading provider of cross-media publishing platforms and a global Adobe Digital Publishing Suite (DPS) reseller, announces that vjoon customers such as Condé Nast, National Geographic, Reader’s Digest, Red Bull, ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital services and expansion into emerging economies are leading Pearson’s economic... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Daily Mirror is to run a We Love Reading campaign, backed by poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For the 20th time in our history, PW will award its annual honor celebrating the best in the retail book space. At this year’s BookExpo America in New York City, the magazine will be handing out its Bookstore of the Year and Sales Rep of the Year awards. The award winners will also be profiled... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twenty years after he founded the indie San Francisco press Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Steve Piersanti continues to stay focused on the company’s original mission of stewardship and socially responsible publishing practices. That commitment has led B-K to be profitable for nine years in a row,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Joanna Ellis, former marketing director at Faber, is to join The Literary Platform as associate... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TV presenter Stephen Fry is to judge an international competition, launched by literature and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mobile rich media ad platform Medialets is getting into the matchmaking business. In an announcement today, the New York-based company said it is launching Medialets Private Marketplace, an invitation-only buying platform to connect advertisers with the Web’s top mobile publishers. Unlike an ad... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2012-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers are discounting books and ebooks by up to 80% in post-Christmas promotions. Amazon... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy has won the Costa Poetry Award for The Bees (Picador), and debut... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three stores in PW’s informal coast-to-coast survey of bookstores—Porter Square Books in Cambridge, Mass.; Beaverdale Books in Des Moines, Iowa; and Skylight Books in Los Angeles—called this their best holiday season ever. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Journalist Caitlin Moran's take on modern feminism How to Be A Woman, published by Ebury, has... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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China's biggest online book retailer Dangdang has launched its ebook platform in China, with... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Friday Project's Confessions of a GP has been crowned the top-selling UK ebook of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Foyles has reported a third year of profitable trading, despite "deep concern" about... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Inc. magazine is one of the latest publishers to enter the booming e-commerce space through its partnership with RapidBuyr, a daily online deals service geared toward small and medium-sized businesses. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Since its launch last December in partnership with the American Booksellers Association, Google eBooks has yet to capture significant market share. According to the Codex Groups recent Showrooming study, while the number of people who read both print books and ebooks has grown from 25% in... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As the e-commerce craze gets hotter, publishers looking to get into the game are faced with many questions. Some of these include how the business model of the e-commerce operation will operate; how it integrates seamlessly into editorial while avoiding advertising influence; and perhaps most... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More than 10,000 librarians, publishers, authors, and vendors will gather in Dallas, January 2024, for the 2012 American Library Association Midwinter meeting. Among the meetings highlights: the announcement of the ALAs Youth Media Awards, including the coveted Newbery and Caldecott medals; a... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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