In a changing world, it is good to know that some certainties remain, such as when companies log their affairs and give…
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In a changing world, it is good to know that some certainties remain, such as when companies log their affairs and give…
Read MoreThe first e-commerce transaction—a music CD, pizza, or weed, depending on who you ask—took place around thirty years ago. That means that…
Read More2015 was the year when an unprecedented number of users took action against the ads that slowed web pages and turned the…
Read MoreIn Part One of our look at the gift card sector, we provided an overview of the accelerated activity characterizing the sector…
Read MoreI was sorting through some browser tabs that had been open for a couple of weeks on my laptop and rediscovered a…
Read MoreGreetings! As my colleague Stowe Boyd announced yesterday, I am part of a fabulous group of smart, well-respected people that have joined…
Read MoreThe New York Times is taking a small but important step towards its digital-first future by getting rid of the traditional "Page One" print meetings and emphasizing the web and other platforms instead…
Read MoreThe NYT is laying off more staff and shutting down one of its new mobile apps, saying it failed to gain enough of an audience -- but the paper needs to think differently about how it connects with its audience, not just launch more micro-paywalls…
Read MoreHere's the low-down on why Hearst is launching a San Francisco digital team.…
Read MoreA new report from the World Association of Newspapers shows that more people than ever are reading the news, both in print and online -- but paying for it is getting harder, as ad revenue continues to fall and digital fails to make up the difference…
Read MoreIt's no surprise that print-based media like newspapers are seeing their market share decline and their advertising revenues fall along with it -- but these two charts show the fall is not slowing, and if anything it is likely to pick up speed…
Read MoreThe departure of executive editor Jill Abramson has drawn a lot of attention, but the New York Times has a much larger challenge ahead of it, as the paper's own internal report details -- its culture is out of sync with reality…
Read MoreIn a manifesto for where he wants to take Bloomberg Media, new CEO Justin Smith talked about expanding the financial news giant's reach on the web -- including a rethinking of its Businessweek strategy -- as well as moving aggressively into mobile and video…
Read MoreIn one of the first tangible signs of new owner Jeff Bezos' influence on its strategic thinking, the Washington Post has launched an ambitious national partnership aimed at expanding its digital subscriber base at relatively low cost…
Read MoreFirst Look Media, the new venture from eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, has launched The Intercept from Glenn Greenwald -- the first of what it calls a family of "digital magazines." But the company's strategy is much smarter than that term makes it sound…
Read MoreDigital First Media CEO John Paton has just launched a company-wide effort called Project Unbolt that is aimed at detaching digital from the newspaper chain's dying legacy print operations -- but there is a long road between that and becoming truly digital…
Read MoreVirtual supermarkets? Consumer-designed products? The distinction between physical and digital is becoming a thing of the past, as digital-physical innovation becomes the key to enterprise success.…
Read MoreSeveral media industry executives argue that the disruption of the newspaper industry was inevitable, and that there was nothing much those in charge of the business could have done to prevent it or adapt to it. But is that true?…
Read MoreAs more sites focus on longform content, Fast Company disclosed some statistics on how its longer pieces have been doing -- but the data shows that the real secret isn't length but ongoing engagement with readers.…
Read MoreNew owner Jay Penske is shutting down Variety magazine's daily print edition and removing the paywall around the century-old tabloid's online content. But will these radical moves help the paper survive against more nimble rivals?…
Read MoreResearch by the Pew Center has turned up several examples of newspapers that seem to have reversed the declining revenue most of the industry is suffering from, although the methods they have chosen to do this are very different.…
Read MoreUntil now, the Atlantic has been the poster child for traditional media entities that have succeeded online, but the New Yorker looks to be planning some major moves of its own to boost its online presence.…
Read MoreHammered by declining print advertising revenue in much the same way newspapers have been, Time Inc. announced that it is laying off about 500 of its staff. But are the cuts the end, or just the beginning?…
Read MoreIn a recent "Ask Me Anything" interview with Reddit users, the Washington bureau chief for the New York Times had some refreshingly reasonable things to say about how the web has helped improve journalism, and how the practice of journalism will survive even if newspapers don't.…
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