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Top HeadlinesIntroducing advertising to previously ad-free platforms is a tough sell for anyone, but Tumblr users might be even less accepting of the new dashboard ads considering how they use Tumblr for personal expression. Read More »The departure of Thomson Reuters' social-media editor sparked a debate about whether the position as we know it is dead or dying -- but while those jobs may be evolving, the skills involved are more necessary than ever. Read More »Ebook pricing strategies are changing fast as the market evolves and retailers and publishers amass more data. Here are some new tips. Read More »Netflix wants to triple its original content spend within the next few years, according to its Chief Content Officer, Ted Sarandos. Read More »The Guardian has gotten a fair amount of ribbing on Twitter for opening a coffee shop in London, but the venture is just another element in the newspaper's attempt to open up its journalism and engage more with its readers. Read More »The New York Times has disavowed the current trend towards "native advertising" but a report suggests it is close to embracing it. Read More »Facebook has admitted that it failed to apply its policies about offensive content to some disturbingly misogynistic pages. But is this a victory for the social network's critics, or just another stop on the slippery slope of censorship? Read More »Here's one reason why Yahoo and Hulu would be a good match: They're practically roommates already! But the deal would also make sense from a business perspective. Read More »What the Toronto Star, Chicago Tribune and other media companies have learned from publishing ebooksThe University of Pennsylvania, Frederator Studios, the Chicago Tribune and the Toronto Star all recently started publishing ebooks. Here are some of the lessons they've learned -- and how well they're doing. Read More »"The domino is going to fall," IAC chairman Barry Diller predicted. How fast and how hard, we don't exactly know, but the television market is ripe for change. Read More »"We're in a major battle right now for the future of the industry," former Macmillan CEO Brian Napack said at the Publishers Launch conference Wednesday. Here's why clashes between Amazon and book publishers are inevitable. Read More »A new initiative from HarperCollins allows authors to give away digital advance copies of their ebooks. The ebooks are protected by DRM and can only be read on devices that support Adobe Digital Editions (which does not include Kindle). Read More »The FT just launched a rapid-fire news service that consists of 100-250 word stories. The idea is to offer punchy news and analysis -- and ensure readers don't have to stray from the FT for their business news. Read More »With the proliferation of new publishing platforms -- and not just blogs or social networks, but also all-digital publishers like Medium, LinkedIn and the Huffington Post -- how does a writer decide where they should put their work? Read More »Guess who else likes Arrested Development? Pirates, that's who. The new season of the cult show has been downloaded by 100,000 file sharers within a single day. Read More »Netflix declined to renew its licensing deal with Viacom last week, leading to the loss of popular streaming kids' shows like Dora the Explorer and SpongeBob SquarePants. Toddlers nationwide had a terrible weekend. Read More »Gawker reached its goal of raising $200,000 to purchase a video of a big city mayor smoking crack. Editor John Cook explained on Tuesday the reasons for the controversial campaign in which the fate of the video is still unknown. Read More »Circa, the San Francisco-based startup that creates news summaries for mobile users, says it has hired Thomson Reuters social-media editor Anthony De Rosa as its new editor-in-chief to expand its journalistic reach. Read More »Follow paidContent:   |  |
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