Top HeadlinesInstead of trying to fit everything into a traditional story, Circa looks at facts as "objects" which can then be stacked together in whatever order is necessary -- creating a much more efficient way of delivering the news. Read More »Yahoo's VP of Sales explained how the site's new focus on customized news and content will eventually lead to more dollars from native advertising. Read More »Twitter may not want to be seen as a media entity, but when news breaks and traditional media outlets are not around -- as in Texas and Turkey -- it quickly becomes the only media source that matters Read More »Amazon's Kindle Worlds, which lets authors sell fan fiction based on properties like "Gossip Girl" and "Vampire Diaries," launched Thursday. Read More »A new version of BuzzFeed's app lets readers create a personalized story feed. The tool may be a model for publishers trying to navigate the mobile ad market. Read More »This spring, beloved soap operas "One Life to Live" and "All My Children" found new life as online-only shows. Now they'll air on cable, too, via a limited-time engagement on Oprah's OWN Network. Read More »ProPublica, which just hit its fundraising goal for a Kickstarter project aimed at investigating the rise in internships in the U.S., says there are a few key strategies for producing a successful crowdfunding campaign. Read More »Discovery Communications is working on a paid service that would let cable subscribers access new-ish episodes of shows from channels like TLC and Animal Planet. By the time the service launches, though, its model may not be appealing. Read More »There is no magic bullet that is going to "save newspapers," and that includes using native advertising and other forms of sponsored content in the print version, despite what one publishing executive would like to think. Read More »The Huffington Post is launching a French-language edition, Al Huffington Post Maghreb, in the Maghreb region of Africa -- Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria. The site was inspired by events of the Arab Spring. Read More »Barnes & Noble said in its earnings report Tuesday that it will stop manufacturing Nook tablets in-house. Big losses in the Nook segment dragged down the company's revenues for the quarter and the full fiscal year. Read More » |