Tuesday, 9 April 2013

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Digital First Media’s John Paton on newspapers and paywalls

Digital First Media chief executive officer John Paton says that paywalls aren't the answer for newspapers, and that print is eventually going to go away -- which is why the company needs to take more risks.

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Why BuzzFeed’s attempt to reinvent online advertising is a lot harder than it looks

BuzzFeed has become the poster child for what some call sponsored content or "native advertising," but despite the skills of founder Jonah Peretti, the secret to making ads go viral is not quite as simple as it appears to be.

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Study sees takeoff in automated ad buying for video — but will prices hold up?

Programmatic buying for online video ads -- which let brands by select audiences in real time -- is growing rapidly. The spread of this buying technique may be coincide with a drop in prices but the two phenomena are not necessarily connected.

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No, Scott Turow, copyright is not killing American authors

In "The Slow Death of the American Author," Scott Turow decries the state of the country's copyright system. He gets it wrong and hurts the Authors Guild's standing among potential allies.

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What next for The Week? The content curator’s plans for the digital domain

The Week surprised the publishing industry by carving out a profitable place in the competitive world of magazine news. Now, it is building up its operations for the digital long term.

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Thin Reads, an online guide to e-singles, launches

Thin Reads, a website devoted to e-singles, offers reviews of titles and statistics about the format.

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Flipboard is a giant iceberg lurking in the path of the media

Flipboard's recent update lets users create custom "magazines" and share them. For a large swath of the publishing industry, this provides a glimpse of what (for them) could be a grim future.

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Takeaways from The Raven, and other online shorts that went Hollywood

Short films released online have become an increasingly common way for filmmakers to break into the studio system -- the latest example being an upcoming action film produced by Mark Wahlberg.

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