7 stories to read this weekend
Reality TV, Raymond Chandler, Miami cold case, a dead hedge fund manager and privacy in the age of Facebook, circa 1985 — here are some of the the stories on the menu for this weekend. Enjoy! Read more »
paidContent Live Re-Run: Blogging Elite with Andrew Sullivan, Maria Popova, Tim Ferris and Andrew Ross Sorkin
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What can you learn from today’s blogging elite? Check out this audio re-cast from our recent paidContent LIVE show to learn from some of the medium’s masters. Read more at paidContent »
5 startups changing the way the news business delivers content
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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. Read more at paidContent »
A lesson from the blogging elite: there are many ways to the top
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There’s more than one way to the top of the elite blogging ladder. Here’s lessons from four bloggerati that made it there. Read more at paidContent »
Publishing superstar Tim Ferriss joins us for paidContent Live in New York
Our panel on writers who have built independent businesses around themselves — and one who has chosen to remain inside a traditional media entity — gets a new addition: viral publishing phenomenon Tim Ferriss. Read more at paidContent »
Blogger and curator extraordinaire Maria Popova signs on for paidContent Live
Maria Popova, who writes and curates content at the Brain Pickings blog, will be speaking at our paidContent Live conference in New York on April 17 about alternative monetization models and the future of self-published content. Read more at paidContent »
Shuffler.fm releases iPhone app for its music discovery service
Growing number of music blogs makes it difficult to checkout all the music highlighted by the musical tastemakers. Enter Shuffler.fm, a smart blog aggregator that is making discovery of music more personal and simple. And now they have an iPhone app, that is worth checking out Read more »
What is Curation? [Video]
Curation has been a hot topic of discussion. Twitter, Tumblr and Pinterest are the engines of “curation” Today, Percolate, a startup put up a video about curation that is worth watching. It is an enjoyable video that explains curation in a simple yet articulate manner. Read more »
