Reddit is looking to monetize its community, but its somewhat anarchic approach makes it hard to cozy up to brands, so the site is focusing on the benefits of a real conversation with users…
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VICE, Mashable, Digg and others form a collective for breaking news about Ukraine, may expand into other areas
A group of six digital-media outlets, including VICE News and Mashable, have formed a loose collective aimed at collaborating on breaking news about Ukraine, an effort that started with a shared Twitter account and hashtag but could go further in the future…
Read MoreReddit is having the same problem as traditional media: Defining what the news is
Critics of Reddit point to a moderator's repeated removal of a Glenn Greenwald story as proof that the site can't be trusted to do journalism, but in reality the moderator's behavior is no worse -- and in some ways better -- than that of a newspaper editor…
Read MoreWhy audio rarely ever goes viral
http://digg.com/originals/why-audio-never-goes-viral It’s true: Digg is doing original content, and one of its first pieces is a great long-form read titled “Is this…
Read MoreWill the Digg Effect make a comeback?
Digg is trying to make a comeback of sorts - one that involves marrying social signals with high-quality and calm reading experience. And while it is still early days, the new Digg plan seems to be working. Up next - an Android app that can turbocharge its efforts.…
Read MoreLife after Google Reader: GigaOM’s guide to the best options
When Google Reader closes its doors for good on July 1, which news reader should you adopt? We broke down nine of the most interesting or useful apps to help you decide.…
Read MoreDigg’s RSS reader is arriving in beta next week on desktop and mobile
Want to see what Digg's RSS reader will look like when it comes in beta form next week? The company released a few more details and photos of the news reader for desktop and mobile.…
Read MoreWhy Facebook isn’t the right company to create a Google Reader replacement
With speculation that Facebook might be launching an RSS reader at its press event next week, it's important to think about why users loved the Google Reader experience. Hint: it wasn't because Google Reader was social.…
Read MoreWhat Digg’s Google Reader replacement can teach us about the future of social news
Digg isn't a newcomer to the social news scene -- in fact, it helped pioneer the concept. But the folks at Betaworks are re-imaginging social news for 2013, and the RSS reader they plan to launch in late June will play an integral role.…
Read MoreHow do RSS users want to share content? Digg and Feedly try to find out
This week, Digg and Feedly both surveyed RSS users on the types of social features they'd like to see integrated into a Google Reader replacement. Feedly says it will roll out an updated product in a couple weeks, while Digg's product launches in June and is likely to be paid.…
Read MoreHow 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?…
Read MoreMost Google Reader users check it “many” times a day, according to Digg survey
Digg is working on a Google Reader replacement. Its survey of about 8,000 current Google Reader users suggests that many of them are sticking with it until the bitter end; so far, among alternatives, Feedly is in the lead.…
Read MoreD.me: Is this the new Delicious?
AVOS, the company that now owns Delicious, is working on a mysterious site that takes data from Delicious to serve up news, videos and products.…
Read MoreWhy the death of Google Reader doesn’t bother me that much — social news has won
A lot of die-hard RSS users are upset that Google has decided to kill off its Google Reader service, but for me Twitter and other platforms based on social news are far superior to any RSS reader and have been for some time.…
Read MoreDigg: Don’t worry, Google Reader fans, we’re building an alternative
Mourning the demise of Google Reader? Digg announced Thursday that it's already planning a revamped reader, and will speed up production in light of Google's announced spring cleaning.…
Read MoreGoogle Reader, please don’t go — I need you to do my job
Google Reader is one of the top-three tools I use to do my job -- and Twitter and Flipboard aren't good substitutes.…
Read MoreReddit raising venture financing? It would be crazy not to
Reddit, the online community that gained fame last year for a Q&A with President Obama, is said to be raising venture funding that could value the company at $400 million -- and would give it ammunition to compete with other new-media players such as BuzzFeed and Tumblr.…
Read MoreSo the new Digg has relaunched — now comes the hard part
Digg, the social-news community that New York-based incubator Betaworks acquired part of last month, has been relaunched with a new look and new plumbing, but it doesn't have anything like the kind of community Digg had -- something that is hugely valuable and difficult to build.…
Read MoreUpdated: Digg this — Former social-sharing superstar reportedly sold for $500K
Not that long ago, Digg was seen as one of the kingpins of the social web -- BusinessWeek put founder Kevin Rose on the cover and said he was worth $60 million. Now, what's left of Digg has been acquired by Betaworks for a reported $500,000.…
Read MoreCareful, Twitter — remember what happened to MySpace and Digg
Twitter has made it clear it plans to crack down on third-party services by tightening the rules on use of the network, but this desire for control -- and the drive to monetize its user base -- could ruin what made Twitter special to begin with.…
Read MoreGoogle Enterprise chief Girouard heads to startup Upstart.com
David Girouard, who led Google's push into enterprise applications, is leaving the company for a startup called Upstart.com. An eight-year veteran with the search giant, Girouard led Google's push to take on Microsoft in desktop applications and email. Girouard posted the news to Google+ Friday.…
Read MoreDigg's Problems Are Much Deeper Than Traffic Numbers
You know things aren't going well for a website when it has to come out and deny rumors that it's traffic has fallen 50 percent over the las……
Read MoreEveryone wants to be a news filter now
Facebook has launched a new "personal newspaper"-style news feed, while both Digg and Klout are using their internal ranking systems to try and create topic pages. But will any of these solve the growing problem of information overload, or will they just add to the noise?…
Read MoreSlashdot and CmdrTaco — the end of another geek era
The technology world may be obsessed with the departure of Apple CEO Steve Jobs this week, but another geek icon has also stepped down: Rob Malda, creator of the pioneering online community Slashdot, which was the place to talk about tech before it became mainstream.…
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