Who Is Making Money in the iPad App Store? [MINonline]

Apps from magazine brands may get lucky and show up in one of Apple’s
on-air spots, which is a surefire road to App Store stardom. But in
most cases even recognizable brands struggle to get noticed.

http://www.minonline.com/news/Who-Is-Making-Money-in-the-iPad-App-Store_16375...

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Industry observers: "NYTimes ignoring deep flaws in online business model" [MediaWeek]

Based on the details that have emerged, the Time’s meek metered
approach will result in just 15 percent of readers paying for content
access—a figure unlikely to start a revolution. And even though the
company announced its plans a year ago, few publishers have joined the
cause, outside of several U.K.-based papers and Long Island’s
Newsday—neither of which have generated meaningful numbers of paying
subscribers.

http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/magazines-newspapers/e3i680f...

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Agence France-Presse (AFP) to boost Internet presence [AFP]

Agence France-Presse (AFP) plans to build up its brand image by
boosting its Internet presence with a news website and on platforms
such as the iPad, its chief executive Emmanuel Hoog said. "Our brand
needs to develop using growth models such as the iPad, the iPhone or
the Internet" in order to be able to compete with AFP's two main
rivals, Associated Press and Thomson Reuters, he told reporters.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110128/tc_afp/francemediainternetafp

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Google Android Tablet-Computer Sales Soar, Narrowing Apple IPad's Lead [Bloomberg]

Google Inc.’s Android boosted its share of tablet computers almost
10-fold in the fourth quarter, narrowing the lead of Apple Inc.’s
iPad, market researcher Strategy Analytics said. Android devices
captured 22 percent of global tablet shipments in the three months to
Dec. 31, up from 2.3 percent in the preceding quarter, the
Boston-based researcher said in a statement today.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-31/android-tablets-gain-on-ipad-in-four...

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"2011 will be the year that [Twitter] have to prove they are a business." [LATimes]

Twitter tries to turn 140 characters into money. The social network
experiments with ways to wring sales from its surging popularity and
find the kind of business formula that shot up the fortunes of
Facebook and Google.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-twitter-20110130,0,4758635.story

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Google to make YouTube more social with http://fflick.com [BrandRepublic]

US-based Fflick, which was launched in August last year, analyses
social media data to discover content and the discussions around it.
It currently offers a movie-recommendation service on Twitter. Google
has not disclosed how much the deal is worth, but it is reported to
have paid $10m (£6.3m).

http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/1051875/google-youtube-social-latest-acquis...

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LinkedIn Seeks $175 Million in Initial Share Sale [Bloomberg]

LinkedIn Corp. plans to raise as much as $175 million in what’s likely
to be the first public offering for a major U.S. social-networking
site. LinkedIn, the largest professional-networking website, hired
Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to
lead the offering, according to a filing today with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-27/linkedin-seeks-to-raise-175-million-...

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Ents & media companies poised to go shopping for [digital] deals in 2011 [Variety]

"With the industry's fast-paced shift to digital -- and attractive
levels of corporate cash reserves and private equity dry powder, (we
believe) the catalysts are in place for more E&M deal activity" this
year, says a study on dealmaking from the consultancy firm
PricewaterhouseCoopers.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118031061

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Forbes' New Changes Mean More Blending of Ads, Editorial [AdWeek]

Forbes Media took a radical step last year when it started to put
advertisers and outside contributors on equal footing with its
editorial staffers, in print and online. Now, it’s going one step
further with a Web redesign that will give advertisers even greater
presence on the site. Under a three-month-old program called AdVoice,
advertisers could pay to have their labeled blogs appear alongside
those of editorial staffers. Now, their contributions can run anywhere
on the site that a staff writer or contributor can appear, not just
the blogs section.

http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3ic6be022f9b05f6cbb360...

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From Newsweek to Nomad: Media Banker Launches iPad ‘Weeklies’ Platform [Wired]

Former Newsweek president Mark Edmiston is launching a new digital
suite of publications designed for iPads and other mobile devices
called Nomad Editions. Edmiston, a veteran New York City magazine
executive, wants to create a digital-only subscription-based system
that equitably compensates reporters and editors, he told Wired.com in
an interview.

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/01/from-newsweek-to-nomad-media-banker-la...

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Facebook to turn user 'likes' into ads [BizJournals]

If you "like" something of Facebook Inc.'s social network in the
future, it could be turned into an ad aimed at your friends. The Palo
Alto company announced a new ad program called "Sponsored Stories,"
which can turn "like" and other actions by its 600 million members
into ads. Facebook already has 13 sponsors signed up, including
Coca-Cola.

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2011/01/26/facebook-to-turn-user-like...

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Consumer tech invades Davos, wider corporate world [Reuters]

Those discussing the "Shared Norms for the New Reality" in Davos this
week need only look around them to see one such 'reality': low-cost
smart devices are sweeping away clunky old computers throughout the
political and business world. The 2,500 conference-goers hanging on
every word from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, European Central
Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet and others will be tapping away at
tablet computers and smartphones such as Apple Inc's iPads and iPhones
and devices made by Samsung and Motorola running Google's Android
software.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70P5NV20110126

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Fresh [US] news websites proliferated last year [CrainsNewYork]

For the media industry, 2010 was a big improvement over the disaster
that was 2009. A new report adds up exactly how much better last year
was, starting with how many newspapers folded. In 2010, 151 papers
shut down, compared with more than 300 in 2009, according to State of
the Media 2011, produced by the research arm of public relations
software company Vocus Inc., which will release the report on
Wednesday.

http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20110125/FREE/110129921#

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[US] Newspaper Site Traffic Rises [TheStreet]

U.S. newspaper Web sites drew an average monthly audience of 105.3
million unique visitors in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to
comScore and the Newspaper Association of America, and drew 62% of all
adult Internet users. In total, visitors generated an average of 4.1
billion page views per month and spent nearly 3.4 billion minutes, or
2.4 million days, browsing those pages.

http://www.thestreet.com/story/10984569/1/newspaper-site-traffic-gains-46.html

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AP Interview: WikiLeaks seeks more media partners [AP]

WikiLeaks hopes to enlist as many as 60 news organizations from around
the world in a bid to help speed the publication of its massive trove
of secret U.S. diplomatic memos, the site's founder said Tuesday.
Julian Assange told The Associated Press that he was making an effort
to reach beyond the major newspapers — such as The New York Times and
The Guardian — that worked with him on earlier releases, saying that
he already has about 20 media partners, and could triple that number
within the next three months.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110125/ap_on_re_us/wikileaks_media

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Google To Acquire http://fflick.com For $10 Million [TechCrunch]

The service is getting two big thumbs up from Google: the search giant
is in the process of acquiring the company for a price-tag of around
$10 million (we expect the deal to close later this week). At this
point it’s unclear if Google intends to keep fflick alive, or if this
is primarily about the startup’s talent and the sentiment analysis
engine that drives its recommendations.

http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/25/google-to-acquire-fflick-for-10-million/

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New York Times, Washington Post Join to Sell Content to Subscribers Online [Bloomberg]

Ongo Inc., a startup funded by New York Times Co., Washington Post Co.
and Gannett Co., began offering an Internet service that aggregates
news and information from multiple publications for a monthly fee. The
Web-based service starts at $6.99 per month for a basic subscription
and runs no advertising.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-25/new-york-times-washington-post-join-...

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WPP's Sorrell Calls For Pay Model For Content [MediaPost]

WPP Group CEO Martin Sorrell said Monday he believes it is imperative
that a pay model for content should dominate, since media companies
need more than ad dollars to afford continued production of top-tier
content. WPP, of course, needs those premium offerings to slot its ads
in and around. "Rupert Murdoch has to succeed," Sorrell said at the
annual NATPE event.

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=143520

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James Murdoch On The Daily, Paywalls, Google And Apple [TechCrunch]

James Murdoch, son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and currently
Chairman and CEO of News Corporation, Europe and Asia, was interviewed
on stage at the DLD Conference in Munich, Germany. Murdoch touched on
everything from its relationship with Google and Apple, to paywalls
for online newspapers, iPad applications and more.

http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/25/dld11-james-murdoch-on-the-daily-paywalls-go...

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New York Times Readies Pay Wall [WSJ]

The New York Times is preparing to introduce multiple subscription
packages for access to the paper's website and other digital content.
Under the new system, expected to be rolled out next month, the Times
will sell an Internet-only subscription for unlimited access to the
Times site, as well as a broader digital package that bundles the
Times online with its application on the iPad, according to a person
familiar with the matter.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704213404576100033883758352.html

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AOL In Talks To Acquire Outside.In, Save It From Near Certain Death [BusinessInsider]

AOL is talking to local news aggregator Outside.in about a possible
acquisition, we've heard from multiple sources. One source close to
the deal told us that it would be "premature" to report that AOL has
acquired Outside.in, and that another party may be involved in the
negotiations. "These things take a long time," said the source.

http://www.businessinsider.com/aol-is-in-talks-to-acquire-outsidein-save-it-f...

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Twitter's Advertising Revenue May Triple to $150 Million, EMarketer Says [Bloomberg]

Twitter Inc. will probably more than triple its advertising revenue to
$150 million this year as more companies use it to spread marketing
messages, according to Internet researcher EMarketer Inc. Ad sales for
Twitter, which introduced its advertising program in April, may reach
$250 million in 2012, said Debra Aho Williamson, an analyst at
EMarketer.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-24/twitter-s-advertising-revenue-may-tr...

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CBS and Viacom expected to have highest returns on invested capital in 2011 [TheStreet]

CBS and Viacom are expected to have the highest returns on invested
capital among the major media and entertainment stocks in 2011,
analyst Laura Martin of Needham Insights said in a research report.

http://www.thestreet.com/story/10982022/1/cbs-viacom-media-content-winners.html

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Nobody Predicted The iPad’s Growth. Nobody. [TechCrunch]

Apple sold almost 15 million iPads last year. It is outselling Macs
in units, and closing in on revenues. By any measure, this is an
incredible ramp for an entirely new computing product. It is so
startling that nobody predicted it—not bullish Wall Street analysts,
or even wild-eyed bloggers.

http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/19/nobody-predicted-ipad-growth/

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Newspapers overtake broadcasters in video streaming [NMA]

Newspaper sites have overtaken broadcaster sites in the number of
videos uploaded, according to a report by Brightcove and TubeMogul.
Its quarterly report, which analysed a sample of US-based and global
Brightcove customers for Q3 2010, found that newspaper sites streamed
313m minutes of video in the quarter, compared with 290m minutes
uploaded by broadcasters.

http://www.nma.co.uk/news/newspapers-overtake-broadcasters-in-video-streaming...

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44.6 million tablet computers to ship in 2011 [SanFranChron]

That's how many tablet computers will be shipped worldwide this year -
more than 2.5 times as many as in 2010, according to estimates from
research firm IDC. While IDC predicts Google's Android operating
system will have a lot to do with future growth, Apple's iPad is
trouncing competitors right now, the firm says.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2011%2F01%2F18%2FBU4Q1...

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Under Pay Model, Little Effect Seen on Papers’ Web Traffic [NYTimes]

While newspapers around the world are anxiously asking themselves what
would happen if they started charging readers to view articles online,
a few answers have started to emerge. Steven Brill’s Journalism Online
experiment, which developed a system that allows newspapers to charge
their most regular online visitors, has analyzed its preliminary data
and found on average that advertising revenue and overall traffic did
not decline significantly despite predictions otherwise.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/18/business/media/18brill.html?_r=1

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Publishers push for iPad subscriptions [BizJournals]

Publishers are jealously eyeing a deal that Rupert Murdoch and News
Corp. have worked out with Apple Inc. to allow subscription sales of
its upcoming iPad Daily. A number of magazine publishers are unhappy
that they have been restricted to single-copy sales only of their
magazines for the popular tablet computing device.

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2011/01/17/publishers-push-for-ipad-s...

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Facebook Books $1.86B in Advertising; Muscles In on Google Turf [AdAge]

It turns out Facebook is a lot like Google after all. As the social
network steams past 650 million global users, its business is looking
more like Google's in that the majority of its ad sales now come from
small- and medium-size companies that make use of its self-serve ad
system, a model that turned Google into a $200 billion behemoth during
the past decade.

http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=148236

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“The Daily”: A Peek at the iPad-Only Newspaper’s Social Media Strategy [Mashable]

Ahead of the launch of Rupert Murdoch’s much-anticipated (and now
delayed) iPad newspaper, many of us at Mashable have wondered exactly
how the app-based publication will approach and utilize social media.
A source familiar with The Daily‘s social media plans has shared a few
key items about its strategy, which is being headed up by Abigail
Jones.

http://mashable.com/2011/01/14/the-daily-social-media-strategy/

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Sources: Apple Unveiling iPad Magazine Subscription Model [MediaWeek]

After months of talks with publishers, Apple is said to be close to
announcing a magazine subscription model for the iPad. Both sides have
been haggling over the issue for months, and rumors of an announcement
have been swirling the past several weeks. Still, one publishing exec
said that now, “People are pretty confident.”

http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/magazines-newspapers/e3i3ff8...

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Ailing MySpace May Be Sold -- Perhaps To Google [NewsFactor]

"The News Corp. CFO had implied that it might sell MySpace a few
months ago. At the right price there would be buyers, including
Google, potentially," said Greg Sterling, principal analyst at
Sterling Market Intelligence. "Google was a potential buyer of MySpace
the first time, but balked at the price tag. But there might be a fire
sale now. The brand has been damaged and has lost much of its cool.
But strong management might be able to resuscitate it."

http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=1000096W28HG

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FT launches paid-for emerging markets site [PressGazette]

The Financial Times has today launched FT Tilt – an online news and
analysis service focused exclusively on the emerging world economies.
The new site features Populi - a community area where members share
commentary or research on markets topics - and Pro, for news, analysis
and insight. The new service is being offered on the same tiered
access basis on which the main FT.com website runs.

http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=46521

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Twitter is about ‘connecting people for a purpose’ says CEO [Telegraph]

Two months after telling The Telegraph he was still defining Twitter’s
long term vision, Dick Costolo, the company’s chief executive, has
revealed that the site is focused on connecting people for a purpose.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/8252422/Twitter-is-about-connec...

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Klout Lands $8.5 Million From Kleiner Perkins And Greycroft To Measure Social Influence [TechCrunch]

Klout, a startup that measures influence on Twitter, LinkedIn and
Facebook, has raised $8.5 million in new funding led by the Kleiner
Perkins Caufield & Byer recently launched sFund with participation
from Greycroft Partners. Klout, which markets itself as a “standard
for influence” on the web, evaluates Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook
users’ behavior with complex ranking algorithms and semantic analysis
of content to measure the influence of individuals and topics around
the web.

http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/10/klout-lands-8-5-million-from-kleiner-perkins...

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Twitter CEO Dick Costolo on Platforms, Reliability and Independence [AllThingsD]

Twitter has crossed the threshold from Web novelty into something
substantial. Now Dick Costolo’s job is to turn it into a business–one
big enough to justify the sky-high valuation investors have given the
messaging company.

http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20110107/live-twitter-ceo-dick-costolo-at-dces/

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A sea of tablets at CES, but no iPad-killer [Reuters]

Rivals determined to prevent Apple Inc from dominating the tablet
market the way it did with digital music players unleashed a tidal
wave of touchscreen devices at the Consumer Electronics Show. This
year may well produce a viable competitor to Apple's iPad. But CES
only served to underscore the challenge they face.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7064AF20110107

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Apple: iPad May Dominate Just Like iPod, Says Barclays [Barron's]

Barclays Capital analyst Ben Reitzes writes in a note to clients today
that he expects the tablet wars to play out similar to Apple’s (AAPL)
iPod market, meaning, he’s expecting just about everyone to have a
hard time pushing Apple’s iPad aside. “Outside of Apple, we believe
many tablets will not meet bullish sales expectations,” writes
Reitzes. “Like MP3 players, we believe some investors may learn the
hard way that Apple’s ability to marry content, software, hardware
design and style is unmatched in the tech sector.”

http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2011/01/04/apple-ipad-may-dominate-j...

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Report: Internet Gains on TV as [US] People's Main News Source [CBS]

A report released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center shows that the
internet is closing in on TV as the main source of national and
international news for Americans. Forty-one percent of Americans say
they get their news from the internet.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20027283-501465.html

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Tablet sales expected to explode through 2015 [CNet]

Forrester Research has more than doubled its long-term sales forecast
for tablets to reflect consumer demand. About 10.3 million tablets
were sold in the U.S. last year, the market researcherestimates. It
expects sales to more than double this year to 24.1 million units.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20027153-17.html

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