Enjoyment: 18 Apr 2013

From PaidContent Live 2013, we brought you five different entrepreneurs who talked about ways in which they are changing up business models for media and the ways in which people consume content.

By Derrick Harris Apr 17 2013, 6:00pm PDT

Aereo CEO says free content might be on the way

Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia wants to disrupt TV pricing again, this time by rolling out movie and news packages at a fraction of the price of traditional ones. News, he said, might even be free.

By Katie Fehrenbacher Apr 17 2013, 5:40pm PDT

A lesson from the blogging elite: there are many ways to the top

There's more than one way to the top of the elite blogging ladder. Here's lessons from four bloggerati that made it there.

By Jeff John Roberts Apr 17 2013, 4:06pm PDT

Native advertising: winners, losers and a lot of hype

"Native advertising" is on the lips of everyone in publishing and advertising these days. Blogger and skeptic Felix Salmon asked executives from BuzzFeed and Forbes what it really means.

By Eliza Kern Apr 17 2013, 3:49pm PDT

Why digital book publishers are starting to embrace data

How are book publishers learning more about our evolving reading habits? Not surprisingly, ebook publishers are turning the industry toward thinking more about making data-driven decisions.

By Katie Fehrenbacher Apr 17 2013, 3:23pm PDT

How Betaworks is rolling out its new machine gun-style media play

New media incubator and venture firm Betaworks is increasingly morphing into an operating company and it's got a new rapid development launch approach that will deliver five social media products in five weeks. What'll stick?

By Kevin Fitchard Apr 17 2013, 1:55pm PDT

Can brands evolve from digital advertisers to mass communicators?

Brands claim they're taking to social media, but they're really inserting ads into other people social engagement streams -- not engaging themsleves, says the founder of the Dachis Group.

By Eliza Kern Apr 17 2013, 11:59am PDT

Tumblr CEO David Karp says at least 70 users have turned blogging into book deals

Looking to find the best blog posts on Tumblr? The company isn't interested in telling you which blogs are the best, but it does want to improve the overall discovery process -- and help the best bloggers find financial success.

By Laura Hazard Owen Apr 17 2013, 10:34am PDT

One-third of the Guardian’s readers are American, with US traffic up 37% last year

The Guardian's expansion into the U.S. is on track, editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger said Wednesday, with traffic up by 37 percent last year. For now, there are no plans for a paywall.

By Jeff John Roberts Apr 17 2013, 10:09am PDT

How the public is reshaping media at Reddit, Vox and LinkedIn

The media elite increasingly belongs to digital only entities. Look under the hood of some of these new power brokers, and you'll see an unprecedented amount of ordinary people shaping the news.

By Janko Roettgers Apr 17 2013, 10:00am PDT

The Young Turks is about to become the first news channel with a billion views on YouTube

If YouTube views were a currency, then The Young Turks' Cenk Uygur would be a billionaire. Here's how he got to one billion YouTube views with news.

By Laura Hazard Owen Apr 17 2013, 9:00am PDT

Evan Williams’ Medium acquires long-form journalism site Matter

Ev Williams' content creation platform Medium has made its first acquisition: Matter, the Kickstarter-backed science and technology journalism startup cofounded by former GigaOM reporter Bobbie Johnson last year.

By Tom Krazit Apr 17 2013, 5:00am PDT

paidContent Live 2013 coverage

You'll find our live coverage of paidContent Live 2013 here, as media veterans and entrepreneurs gather in New York to talk about the impact of all media becoming digital.

By Jeff John Roberts Apr 17 2013, 1:45am PDT

Broadcasters file Aereo appeal, warn of ‘havoc’ and ‘massive disruption’ to TV industry

Fox, PBS and other broadcasters filed for a New York appeals court to revisit a crucial ruling that permitted start-up Aereo to beam their signals. The appeal raises the stakes further in a battle for the future of TV.

By Janko Roettgers Apr 16 2013, 6:00pm PDT

Like an MTV you'd actually enjoy: Shuffler.fm launches curated music video channels

ShufflerTV relies on some of the web's leading voices in music to curate music video channels. The result looks as good as it sounds.

By Jeff John Roberts Apr 16 2013, 5:49pm PDT

What should Twitter do when people exploit an emergency?

News of the Boston bombings spread instantly on Twitter -- and do too did scammers and opportunists. Should the company do more to stop these people?

By Laura Hazard Owen Apr 16 2013, 2:45pm PDT

Study finds newspaper readers are engaged, but local papers need to do more on mobile

A new survey from the Newspaper Association of America and Nielsen finds that newspaper readers are highly engaged. But they have to do more on mobile, particularly as ad revenue plunges.

By Mathew Ingram Apr 16 2013, 7:30am PDT

Podcast: How Joey Coleman crowdfunded his work as a hyper-local reporter

In this podcast, we talk with Joey Coleman, a blogger and journalist who decided that there wasn't enough coverage of his home town in the traditional media -- so he crowdfunded his own hyper-local news operation.

By Mathew Ingram Apr 15 2013, 9:59pm PDT

Twitter shows how the news is made, and it’s not pretty — but it’s better that we see it

In the aftermath of events like the Boston Marathon bombings, Twitter is often criticized for the way it indiscriminately distributes lies as well as facts -- but as chaotic as that process is, we are better off for having it.

By Jeff John Roberts Apr 15 2013, 5:45pm PDT

More Bloomberg users turn to Apple devices for financial information

A new version of Bloomberg's iPad app reflects a shift to mobile and tablet usage among financial professionals. The pattern mirrors what's taking place in the consumer realm.