 | June 6, 2013 |
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Top Headlines Social media and tools like Twitter have come under fire during real-time news events because critics say they spread misinformation -- but in places like Istanbul they can be a lifeline when the traditional media is ineffective. Read More »Two out of five YouTube video views are coming from mobile devices in the U.S., and the video service is increasingly cashing in on these mobile views. Read More »A leading consulting firm just put out its annual report on the entertainment and media industry. Here's some highlights, including ones that show why it's a good time to be in the content business. Read More »Berlin-based e-reading startup Readmill has added a free books section to its iOS app, and also announced partnerships with The Atavist, The Guardian and Livrada. Read More »The Washington Post will start rolling out its paywall to a select group of readers next week. Read More »Digital magazine publishing platform Glossi rolled out new tools Wednesday, designed to let users create and distribute their magazines more easily. Read More »Analyst firm PwC thinks that the U.S. trade ebook market will surpass the size of the print book market by 2017. Read More »Sources of all kinds -- including politicians -- can become publishers and distribute their own information directly to an audience, without the need for a traditional media outlet. Is that a good thing or a bad thing for journalism? Read More »In a Q&A, Politco's executive editor talks about how to stay relevant as your media company gets older, how to grow in a saturated Washington market, and why he barely watches TV. Read More »As the antitrust trial against it gets underway, Apple continues to fight accusations that it engaged in collusion and price-fixing with the major e-book publishers -- despite the overwhelming evidence that it did exactly that. Read More »Amazon has signed a big streaming video deal with Viacom. The multi-year agreement includes Prime Instant Video access to kids' shows like Dora the Explorer and SpongeBob SquarePants, plus grownup shows like Tosh.0. Read More »As the time ticks down toward Google Reader's demise, Feedly -- which has emerged as a leading alternative -- announced that it's partnering with a bunch of other RSS clients, including Reeder and Press. Read More »Just as the Mad Men of the 50's and 60's tapped into consumer desires and emotions for a new school of advertising, modern companies like Instagram and Pinterest will need a similar revolution in how we think about ads if they want to make money. Read More »The Department of Justice's trial against Apple kicked off in New York Monday. The DOJ alleges that Apple conspired with publishers to set ebook prices, while Apple argues that there was no conspiracy and that Apple was operating the way it normally does with content providers. Read More »If the media is being disrupted in many of the same ways that the automotive manufacturing industry has been, who would qualify as the most innovative or disruptive force in the media business over the last decade? Read More »The federal government is pressing its legal and PR case against Apple in New York federal court today. It released some slides from the proceedings that are intended to highlight the intended conspiracy. Here's a look. Read More »Newspaper companies might not want to think of their business as being similar to industrial manufacturing like the car industry, but in many ways it is -- and they can learn from what other manufacturers have been through. Read More »Onwards and upwards -- advertisers, once again, spent more money than ever before on online ads. Here's the latest, and a nifty chart, by way of the Interactive Advertising Bureau. Read More »A new French court ruling raises questions about how far the country, which has robust support for artists and musicians, should go in imposing cultural taxes on connected devices. Read More »What does Phil DeFranco's new deal with Revision3 say about the state of the industry, and are there other creators who might be right for similar deals? Read More »Follow paidContent:   |    |
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