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May 22, 2013

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Top Headlines pC LIVE Podcast: How to monetize digital content: Advertising or paywall? Yahoo swears it isn’t going to screw up Tumblr — but how realistic is that promise? From Cronkite to Couric: Internet Archive gets $1 million to expand TV news collection Brow.si wants to make mobile websites behave like native apps Six finalists in the book discovery Publishing Hackathon; winner to be announced at BEA Why racist, nasty comments are better than none at all Flickr gets revamp — with 1 TB of photo storage free — and Yahoo gets new NYC office Buying Tumblr might make Yahoo cool — but buying Pinterest might have made more sense New York Times CEO calls digital pay model “most successful” decision in years By Chris Albrecht May 21 2013, 9:12pm PDT pC LIVE Podcast: How to monetize digital content: Advertising or paywall? From paidContent LIVE 2013, a re-broadcast of our panel featuring MLB Advanced Media, News Corp., Atlantic Media and ProPublica discussing digital monetization strategies. Read More » By Mathew Ingram May 21 2013, 2:47pm PDT Yahoo swears it isn’t going to screw up Tumblr — but how realistic is that promise? Fans of Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer say she shouldn't be blamed for the company's history of failed acquisitions -- but there are plenty of other reasons to be skeptical about Yahoo's $1.1-billion Tumblr deal. Read More » By Jeff John Roberts May 21 2013, 2:45pm PDT From Cronkite to Couric: Internet Archive gets $1 million to expand TV news collection The Internet Archive recently launched an ambitious project to collect and index all broadcasts since the start of television. This week it got a major boost. Read More » By David Meyer May 21 2013, 11:00am PDT Brow.si wants to make mobile websites behave like native apps The platform could give publishers a new tool in their quest to monetize online content. Not only does it let mobile websites issue push notifications, but it also introduces new real estate for ads. Read More » By Laura Hazard Owen May 21 2013, 9:21am PDT Six finalists in the book discovery Publishing Hackathon; winner to be announced at BEA The six finalists of the Publishing Hackathon held over the weekend in New York focus on discovering books in new ways -- whether it's by browsing book jackets or getting recommendations based on your web browser history. Read More » By Jeff John Roberts May 21 2013, 7:45am PDT Why racist, nasty comments are better than none at all Many publishers treat obnoxious comments as a problem to be solved -- Above the Law takes the opposite approach, and embraces readers as they are. Read More » By Laura Hazard Owen May 20 2013, 5:28pm PDT Flickr gets revamp — with 1 TB of photo storage free — and Yahoo gets new NYC office More news from Yahoo on Monday: The company is revamping photo-sharing service Flickr and is also opening a New York City office. Tumblr's employees, however, will remain at their current office. Read More » By Eliza Kern May 20 2013, 3:17pm PDT Buying Tumblr might make Yahoo cool — but buying Pinterest might have made more sense There are plenty of reasons why the announced Yahoo Tumblr deal makes sense for those companies. But Marissa Mayer might have seen a much greater payoff from acquiring Pinterest instead. Here's why. Read More » By Jeff John Roberts May 20 2013, 9:07am PDT New York Times CEO calls digital pay model “most successful” decision in years In a speech to Columbia business school graduates, the CEO of the New York Times described the company's role in media disruption. Read More » Follow paidContent:

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