Top HeadlinesAnalyst 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 »Looking for a job in digital media? Each week we highlight some of the most interesting positions posted to paidContent's jobs board. Check out the latest gigs at media companies across the country. 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 »Aereo's careful plan to upend the TV industry was going fine -- until an LA company, with a streaming service of its own, got in the way. Here's an inside view of what happened. Read More » | |
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
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Tuesday, 4 June 2013
paidContent - Apple denies conspiracy in ebook pricing trial: “Publishers fought (us) tooth and nail”, and more for Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Top Headlines By Laura Hazard Owen Jun 3 2013, 6:15pm PDT 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 » By Mathew Ingram Jun 3 2013, 6:15pm PDT 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 » By Jeff John Roberts Jun 3 2013, 1:07pm PDT 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 » By Mathew Ingram Jun 3 2013, 11:04am PDT 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 » By Jeff John Roberts Jun 3 2013, 10:52am PDT 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 » By Jeff John Roberts Jun 3 2013, 10:07am PDT 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 » By Liz Shannon Miller Jun 3 2013, 3:00am PDT 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 » By Jeff John Roberts Jun 2 2013, 7:42pm PDT Aereo's careful plan to upend the TV industry was going fine -- until an LA company, with a streaming service of its own, got in the way. Here's an inside view of what happened. Read More » By Mathew Ingram Jun 1 2013, 10:47am PDT The Chicago Sun-Times' decision to lay off its entire staff of 28 photographers was widely criticized as a knee-jerk response by clueless managers, but the fact remains that newspaper cost structures are too high, and crowdsourcing works. Read More » | |
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Monday, 3 June 2013
paidContent - Why big media is buying YouTube stars — and who could be next, and more for Monday, June 3, 2013
Top Headlines By Liz Shannon Miller Jun 3 2013, 3:00am PDT What does Phil DeFranco's new deal with Revision3 say about the state of the industry, and are there other creators might be right for similar deals? Read More » By Jeff John Roberts Jun 2 2013, 7:42pm PDT Aereo's careful plan to upend the TV industry was going fine -- until an LA company, with a streaming service of its own, got in the way. Here's an inside view of what happened. Read More » By Mathew Ingram Jun 1 2013, 10:47am PDT The Chicago Sun-Times' decision to lay off its entire staff of 28 photographers was widely criticized as a knee-jerk response by clueless managers, but the fact remains that newspaper cost structures are too high, and crowdsourcing works. Read More » By Mathew Ingram May 31 2013, 2:03pm PDT The Wall Street Journal has said it is planning to launch a LinkedIn-style social network for readers, and Bloomberg appears to be launching (or relaunching) one as well -- but is this really what their readers or users want? Read More » By Laura Hazard Owen May 31 2013, 2:00pm PDT The winner of the Publishing Hackathon will be chosen at BookExpo America on Friday afternoon, and I'll be live blogging here starting at 3 PM ET. Read More » By Laura Hazard Owen May 31 2013, 12:47pm PDT Rap Genius started out as a website that lets fans annotate rap lyrics, but it's expanded to allow annotation of lots of different types of content. Cooking site Food52 has partnered with Rap Genius to let users annotate recipes, and Sheryl Sandberg annotated the first chapter of Lean In. Read More » By Mathew Ingram May 30 2013, 4:20pm PDT The departure of Thomson Reuters' social-media editor sparked a debate about whether the position as we know it is dead or dying -- but while those jobs may be evolving, the skills involved are more necessary than ever. Read More » By Janko Roettgers May 30 2013, 11:48am PDT Netflix wants to triple its original content spend within the next few years, according to its Chief Content Officer, Ted Sarandos. Read More » | |
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