pC LIVE Podcast: New media entities panel with Slate, Vox, reddit and LinkedIn
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Enjoy this re-broadcast of a star-studded panel from our recent paidContent LIVE show in New York. Read more at paidContent »
Are comments a wretched hive of scum and villainy or an underused resource for publishers?
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Although many traditional media outlets and journalists see reader comments as having little or no value, publishers like Gawker and The Verge see them as a potential source of revenue — and even potential hires. Read more at paidContent »
Game on! Vox launches long-awaited video game site, Polygon
Vox Media’s long awaited video game site, Polygon, finally launched on Wednesday. Will the company’s heavy investments in tech and staff pay off as well for gaming news as they did for sports and tech news? Read more at paidContent »
Curbed’s Lockhart Steele weighs in on advertising — and Nick Denton
Everyone likes the idea of a thriving website sustained by a community of local readers. But too often “local” has been the stuff of journalistic ideals rather than real-world business plans. Real estate blog, Curbed, appears to be bucking this trend. How? Read more at paidContent »
5 key takeaways from paidContent 2012
It’s all about the platform — except when it isn’t: Speakers at paidContent 2012 spoke about the opportunities, challenges and constraints of creating digital content. Read more at paidContent »
Digital story-telling and the rise of the new publishers
In order to tell the story of Star Wars, George Lucas had to create a new technology company that was powerful enough to tell that story. The same thing has to happen in digital news publishing, industry experts discussed at paidContent 2012. Read more at paidContent »
paidContent 2012: An agenda (& networking) you don’t want to miss
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paidContent 2012: At the Crossroads is only a day away — with a line up of Q&A, on-target sessions, new research and lots of time for networking with key decision makers. Read more at paidContent »
The disruption in media and real-time politics at paidContent 2012
As part of paidContent 2012: At The Crossroads on May 23 in New York, I’ll be talking with venture capitalist Fred Wilson about the future of media and with Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo and Vivian Schiller of NBC News about real-time politics. Read more »
paidContent 2012: Just a few days to go
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As much as things change, one goal remains the same: the creation and evolution of sustainable business models that will support quality media, entertainment and information across platforms — and paidContent 2012 is all about meeting that goal. Read more at paidContent »
SBNation & YouTube team up for sports channel
SBNation, the sports blog network is teaming up with YouTube and launching a sports channel that will have everything from baseball to trash talk. And while it won’t do much to ESPN viewership in the near term, it will surely put Yahoo Sports under pressure. Read more »
