Is there a future for hyperlocal media? [memeburn]

Local is the new frontier. Local ads, deals, and services represent a
massive business opportunity for the Internet giants and media
companies. But local ads need local content and that local content
can’t be machine aggregated, it requires feet on the streets: selling
ads and collecting the news. And ‘Local’ is a tough nut to crack.

http://memeburn.com/2011/04/is-there-a-future-for-hyperlocal-media

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Hard economic lessons for news [BuzzMachine]

I’m working on a talk that I hope will become the canonical link to my
essential message about the business rules and realities of news. I
continue to be astonished at the economic naiveté I hear in
discussions of the business of news. Here is my answer, the basis of a
talk — to be delivered in tweets, in the model of John Paton — and a
lesson for my classes.

http://www.buzzmachine.com/2011/04/25/hard-economic-lessons-for-news/

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Filtering the Social Web to Present News Items [NYTimes]

News events as varied as the commercial jet landing in the Hudson
River and the uprisings in Egypt have demonstrated that people armed
with cellphones — not professional reporters — are often the first
source of breaking news, uploading Twitter posts, photos and video to
the Web. But the result can leave people drowning in too much
information. A Web start-up named Storify, which opens to the public
Monday, aims to help journalists and others collect and filter all
this information.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/25/technology/internet/25storify.html?_r=1

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The Half-life of a News Feed Post? About 80 Minutes, Study Says [AdAge]

How long does it take for a Facebook post to get stale? About 1 hour
and 20 minutes, according to a new study released by social analytics
firm Visibli. So for all those brands spending money to get a mention
in the News Feed, it's a very quick ride. Part of the takeaway,
Visibli CEO Saif Ajani said, is that marketers and brands can get some
comfort knowing that posts on Facebook are fresh for a longer period
of time than posts on Twitter, because everything on that microblog
happens so quickly and in real-time. "On Twitter, 95% of re-tweets
happen in an hour," he said.

http://adage.com/article/digital/facebook-s-news-feed-a-limited-engagement-ad...

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Tweet This: [US] Agencies Get 28% of Revenue From Digital [AdAge]

Digital services accounted for an estimated $8.5 billion (28%) of the
$30.4 billion in 2010 U.S. revenue generated by the 900-plus
advertising and marketing-services agencies that Ad Age analyzed for
Agency Report 2011.

http://adage.com/article/agency-news/tweet-agencies-28-revenue-digital/227164/

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Dan Abrams’ Media Empire Unveils Its Seventh Site, The Mogul-Focused Mogulite [TechCrunch]

Mogulite, the seventh site in Dan Abrams’ Media Metwork goes live
today at 6am EST. In the same family as Mediaite, Geekosystem and The
Mary Sue, Mogulite will focus on chronicling the lives of moguls of
all stripes, ranging from Mark Cuban to Oprah Winfrey, Arianna
Huffington and more!

http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/25/dan-abrams-media-empire-unveils-its-7th-site...

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NYTimes’ R&D Lab builds tool that explores the life stories take in the social space [niemanlab]

Some of the most exciting work taking place in The New York Times
building is being done on the 28th floor, in the paper’s Research and
Development Lab. The group serves essentially as a skunkworks project
for a news institution that stands to benefit, financially and
otherwise, from creative thinking; as Michael Zimbalist, the Times’
vice president of R&D, puts it, the team is “investigating the ideas
at the edges of today and thinking about how they’re going to impact
business decisions tomorrow.” For the past several months, the R&D Lab
has been working, quietly, on a time-based representation of how the
Times’ news content is being shared in Twitter’s social space.

http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/04/the-new-york-times-rd-lab-has-built-a-tool-t...

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Apple 2Q Profit Surges 95% On Record IPhone Sales [DowJones]

Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) fiscal second-quarter profit jumped 95% as the
company posted record iPhone sales, as well as strong sales of its
multimedia iPad device and Macintosh computers. A main driver of
growth for the quarter was the company's iPhone, which sold 18.7
million units, more than double a year ago.

http://www.smartmoney.com/news/ON/?story=ON-20110420-000611

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New York Times Pay Wall Gets Over 100,000 Takers in Early Weeks [AdAge]

More than 100,000 people have forked over credit card numbers to get
through the digital pay wall erected by The New York Times on March
28. Over 100,000 takers seems like a solid start for the new plan,
which many people called too expensive and confusing when it arrived
last month after a long development period.

http://adage.com/article/mediaworks/york-times-pay-wall-100-000-takers-early/...

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Huffington Post Doubles Down on Social Media [GigaOm]

If there’s one thing that The Huffington Post has consistently done
better than just about any other traditional or new-media entity, it
is to take advantage of social media tools in order to boost its reach
and engage with readers in new ways, and the site has just rolled out
some new features that take that effort to a new level.

http://gigaom.com/2011/04/19/huffington-post-doubles-down-on-social-media/

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Media M&A Hits $13.8 B in Q1 2011; "outpacing 2010 considerably" [minonline]

The pace of media deal making in early 2011 is outpacing 2010
considerably, according to the latest tracking from Berkery Noyes.
Transaction volume and value were stronger in Q1 this year than they
had been in any quarter of 2010. Total deal value reached $13.8
billion for the quarter, which is almost half the total transactions
for 2010 ($28.6 billion).

http://www.minonline.com/news/Media-M-and-A-Hits-$13-8-B-in-Q1-2011_16921.html

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The Washington Post Launches Trove, A Personalized Social News Site [TechCrunch]

The Washington Post Company this morning debuted its free,
personalized, social news site and aggregator Trove in public beta.
First reported to be in the works and nearing launch by The Wall
Street Journal in February 2011, Trove aggregates news across subjects
of interest and important headlines of the day, from more than 10,000
sources.

http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/20/the-washington-post-launches-trove-a-persona...

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U.K. Young Adults Favor Internet, Mobile Phones Over TV Sets [WorldScreen]

New research from Ofcom reports that many Britons aged between 12 and
24 would prefer to live without a television set than without a mobile
phone or Internet access.

http://www.worldscreen.com/articles/display/29488

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Google: One Pass to work with publishers [NewsAndTech]

Google said it expects its One Pass subscription management service to
help publishers monetize content as the search engine seeks ways to
work more closely with the newspaper industry. Madhav Chinnappa,
Google's strategic partner development manager for news and books,
told attendees at last week's Digital Media '11 conference that the
idea behind One Pass "was to have publishers work with Google to
determine how and what news to protect in order to help monetize their
valuable content."

http://www.newsandtech.com/whats_new/article_5d2bea16-69e4-11e0-ae0d-001cc4c0...

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MailOnline overtakes Huffington Post to become world's no 2 [BrandRepublic]

comScore data for March today (19 April) highlights how the disruptive
news and aggregation site founded by Arianna Huffington six years ago
was usurped by MailOnline in the same month it was sold to AOL for
$315m. According to the global market researcher, MailOnline achieved
a 27% rise in unique visitors between February and last month, to
39,635,000, while a 20% lift at the Huffington Post took it to
38,429,000.

http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/1066247/mailonline-overtakes-huffington-pos...

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Do I hear $50m? The bidding war is on for Tweetdeck’s top-end users [TechCrunch]

Talk about swings and roundabouts. In this case, Silicon Roundabouts.
For Tweetdeck holds a special place in the growing galaxy of London
tech startups and the news today that it is still ‘in play‘ as an
acquisition target is fascinating. Last night the WSJ reported that
Twitter is offering around $50 million for Tweetdeck. This is after
UberMedia had supposedly acquired Tweetdeck for $25-$30 million.
UberMedia has $21 million in funding to Twitter’s $360 million.
TweetDeck has raised a little over $5 million in funding.

http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/04/19/do-i-hear-50m-the-bidding-war-is-on-for-t...

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Most Marketers Set To Increase Social Media Spend This Year [STUDY] [Mashable]

An overwhelming number of marketers consider social media to be
integral to their strategies this year, and 70% plan to increase their
social media budget by more than 10% this year, according to a poll
from Effie Worldwide and Mashable. The poll, given to a group of ad
agency executives and marketers from firms such as Bank of America,
Colgate-Palmolive and Mini USA, among others in February, also found
that the primary social media goal is to increase Facebook “Likes.”

http://mashable.com/2011/04/19/marketers-social-media-spend/

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Executives prefer edited content, according to survey [BtoBonline]

Senior-level business executives prefer professionally edited content
to user-generated content 53% to 19%, according to the “Decision
Dynamics” survey conducted by Doremus and the Financial Times. The
global survey was conducted online in October and drew more than 500
respondents.

http://www.btobonline.com/article/20110415/MEDIABUSINESS10/304159998/executiv...

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Wired’s Newest iPad Issue Boasts Its Best Feature Yet: Free [AllThingsD]

Remember when iPad magazine apps–and Wired’s app in particular–were
big news? That was a year ago. Now Wired would like to remind you that
it’s still publishing on the iPad, and the Conde Nast title is
offering a pretty good incentive to give it another look: Its newest
issue, which should go online today, will be free. The one-time
promotion comes via a sponsorship from Adobe.

http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20110415/wireds-newest-ipad-issue-boasts-its-...

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Twitter to open UK office to serve commercial needs [BrandRepublic]

Recruitment advertising for posts in the UK office, understood to be
considered for an East London location, has already started, with
vacancies for a sales account manager, sales executive, business
development mobile/electronics and communications manager, all posted
on the Twitter recruitment feed.

http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletin/digitalambulletin/article/1066031/twitt...

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Why every company needs a 'Twitter Tsar' [Telegraph]

Last week the Government began its search for a digital chief, or more
precisely its ‘Executive Director of Digital’. The reason for my
pedantry over the title of this newly created role is that the job has
been jovially referred to across the media as a ‘Twitter Tsar’.
Eye-catching headlines aside, it’s important to properly understand
the Government’s need for a digital leader and also the immense value
a great one can bring an organization - which if selected correctly –
will more than justify the £142,000 advertised salary, despite it
being only £500 less than the Prime Minister’s wage.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/8453993/Why-every-company-needs-a-Twitt...

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Facebook looks to cash in on user data [LATimes]

Profiles, status updates and messages all include a mother lode of
voluntarily provided information. The social media site is using it to
help advertisers find exactly who they want to reach. Privacy
watchdogs are aghast.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-facebook-ads-20110417,0,1887797.story

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Watergate's Bob Woodward: Blame Google for news decline [DailyHerald]

One of the men behind the most famous investigative journalism in U.S.
history said Tuesday that he blames now-former Google CEO Eric Schmidt
for the decline of the American news industry. Washington Post
Assistant Managing Editor Bob Woodward said he told Schmidt that some
day his tombstone will read, “I killed newspapers.” However, Woodward
— speaking at Benedictine University in Lisle — also said he believes
in the future of newspapers, but that it may take an
almost-catastrophic decline in the business before people realize how
important they remain.

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110412/news/704129677/

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Trouble @ Twitter [Fortune]

Boardroom power plays, disgruntled founders, and CEO switcheroos are
clipping the wings of this tech high flier.

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/04/14/troubletwitter/

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Web Advertising Rose 15% In 2010 To $26 Billion, IAB Says [DowJones]

Web advertising in the U.S. resumed double-digit growth in 2010,
outpacing traditional media and surpassing newspaper ad revenue for
the first time, according to the Internet Advertising Bureau. In an
annual report prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the industry
group said total web ad revenue in the U.S. rose 15% to $26 billion
last year, rebounding from a 3% decline in 2009 caused by an economic
recession. However, last year's growth rate is roughly half the growth
the web was posting before the global financial crisis of 2008.

http://www.smartmoney.com/news/ON/?story=ON-20110413-000559

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AOL’s Huffington to Add News Staff in Local Site Revamp [Bloomberg]

AOL Inc. (AOL), seeking to revive sales growth after buying the
Huffington Post, is hiring as many as 800 full-time employees at
local-news operations across the country and reducing the use of
freelancers. Arianna Huffington, the Huffington Post co-founder who
became the editor-in-chief of AOL’s media operations, said she intends
to increase content at the company’s Patch websites covering about 800
local markets nationwide. AOL may hire as many as one full-time
journalist per Patch site, though the final number hasn’t been
decided.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-12/aol-to-add-800-news-employees-to-rev...

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The Winners & Losers of Social Networking INFOGRAPHIC [Mashable]

The course of social media never did run smooth — not for long,
anyhow. And for some Web 2.0 companies, it’s running less smoothly
than ever. It goes without saying that Facebook is the network du
jour, but even though the reigning champion’s user stats keep soaring,
social networking as a whole might be leveling off. Nevertheless,
there are still scores of other highly competitive social sites that
are waxing and waning; and different networks and apps are more
popular in specific geographic areas, with certain genders or age
groups and even among various social classes.

http://mashable.com/2011/04/12/social-networks-infographic/

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Why Social Media Reinvigorates the Market for Quality Journalism [Mashable]

Social media has created a human filter for quality content. The
social web, like the old water cooler, favors conversations around
news and even in-depth journalism that may not otherwise receive the
exposure it deserves. Recent analysis of the most-tweeted stories from
The Daily iPad app revealed that users shared more hard news stories
over gossip and opinion pieces. This doesn’t necessarily mean these
are the stories most people are reading. The gossip articles (or
“fluff” pieces) often out-perform news items in pageviews, often
because that is what people are searching for. But the tide may be
changing.

http://mashable.com/2011/04/12/social-journalism-quality/

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How Paywalls Are Changing News Organizations’ Social Media Strategies [Mashable]

The recent launch of The New York Times paywall has prompted debates
about the viability and fairness of paying for news online. Are
publications unrealistic about subscription prices? Should the
community rally to support journalism? Is it worth paying for? But the
biggest question that lingers in an everyday web reader’s mind is much
simpler: “Will clicking on this link bring me to a story?” Accessing
news articles from social media, blogs and other sites has become
increasingly common, making an unexpected paywall an unpleasant reader
experience. Maintaining the happiness of subscribers and
non-subscribers alike has fallen on the shoulders of community
managers at these paywalled sites.

http://mashable.com/2011/04/12/paywalls-social-media-strategy/

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Google survey finds games trump all other uses for tablets [Guardian]

A survey of more than 1,400 tablet owners in the US by Google's AdMob
subsidiary has found that gaming is the most popular use for these
devices, considerably ahead of music, video and ebooks. According to
the survey, 84% of tablet owners play games, ahead of even searching
for information (78%), emailing (74%) and reading the news (61%).

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/appsblog/2011/apr/08/tablets-mainly-for-...

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More Media Time, on Various Screens [NYTimes]

Americans are spending about 20 percent more time consuming radio,
television and the Internet than they were a decade ago, according to
a survey by two media measurement firms. That jump reflects in part a
rise by 26 percentage points in the number of Americans with access to
the Internet. But it also speaks to the increasing ubiquity of
smartphones, which have brought media into what were once silent
spaces.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/11/business/media/11drill.html?_r=1

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Facebook to Set Up Standalone China Service With Baidu, Sohu.com Reports [Bloomberg]

Facebook Inc. has signed an agreement with Baidu Inc. to set up a
social-networking website in China, Sohu.com reported, citing
unidentified employees at the Chinese search-engine company. The
agreement followed several meetings between Facebook Chief Executive
Officer Mark Zuckerberg and Baidu CEO Robin Li, Sohu.com reported on
its website today. The China website won’t be integrated with
Facebook’s international service, and the start date is not confirmed,
according to the report.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-11/facebook-reaches-deal-for-china-site...

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Groupon giving itself time to draft, deliver best IPO plan [Bloomberg]

Timing is everything when it comes to the daily-deal model popularized
by Groupon Inc.: Grab the online discount before it expires. When it
comes to an initial public offering, however, the rapidly growing
Chicago-based startup may find it has the time to craft a strategy.
With new competitors launching regularly in the online deals space,
even amid chatter about group-buying fatigue, a debate is brewing
about the optimal time for Groupon to hold a public offering — and how
much an IPO would be valued.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-0410-groupon-ipo-20110409,0,165...

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Apple IOS will dominate the tablet market until 2015 [TheInquirer]

ANALYSTS at Gartner have forecast that Apple's IOS will dominate the
tablet market for the next four years with Android causing
considerable effect. Gartner predicted that when we reach the end of
2011, sales of tablets with Apple's IOS will reach 47.9 million, which
will equate to 68.7 per cent of the market. This will be a drop of
15.2 per cent, but it's an unsurprising statistic when you consider
that the Ipad 2 sold out within days of its launch in the UK.

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2042430/apple-ios-dominate-tablet-ma...

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Why Users Are More Engaged With Social Media on Fridays [Mashable]

Two separate pieces of research show that the end of the work week is
the best time to get traction on status updates and tweets. Analyzing
more than 200 of its clients’ Facebook pages over a 14-day period,
Buddy Media found that engagement on Thursdays and Fridays was 18%
higher than the rest of the week, and that engagement was actually
even better on Thursday than on Friday. Meanwhile, Twitter Chief
Revenue Officer Adam Bain — speaking at the Ad Age Digital conference
earlier this week — said that Twitter users are more engaged with
tweets on Fridays.

http://mashable.com/2011/04/08/social-media-engagement-friday

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23% of UK online consumers conducted a mobile transaction last year, but 83% experienced a problem [econsultancy]

63% have used their mobiles for shopping, 37% to conduct financial
transactions, 34% for travel bookings, and 23% for insurance payments
or purchases.

http://econsultancy.com/uk/blog/7393-10m-uk-consumers-use-mobile-commerce-report

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StumbleUpon Hits 1 Billion Stumbles Per Month [Mashable]

StumbleUpon is hot. The discovery and recommendation engine that makes
web browsing a lot like channel surfing just announced it’s now
handling 1 billion stumbles per month. On top of that impressive
number, StumbleUpon just closed a second round of funding in March,
wrapping up $17 million of series B financing. That 1 million
stumbles-per-month statistic represents explosive growth, especially
when you consider that since just a month ago, that number has grown
by 200 million, judging from the fact that StumbleUpon publicized 800
million stumbles just last month, according to Business Insider.

http://mashable.com/2011/04/09/stumbleupon-hits-1-billion-stumbles-per-month/

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Google Saves The News! [Forbes]

By keeping users happy and Facebook at bay, could the search giant
also fix the newspaper business?

http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2011/0425/features-facebook-huffington-matt-cutt...

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Remaking AOL in Huffington's Image [WSJ]

The Huffington Post made a name for itself through a formula of buzzy
political commentary splashed with celebrity gossip and
traffic-grabbing tricks. Now its co-founder, Arianna Huffington, is
plunging into a campaign to rescue AOL Inc. As the new editor in chief
of AOL's 56 content sites, a job she began after AOL's $315 million
acquisition of the Huffington Post closed last month, Ms. Huffington
is installing her employees, pushing coverage of her pet topics and
gutting aspects of AOL's existing system to do so.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704587004576244862022056664.html

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Jobs a mad man; Apple courting advertising firms with iAd information

Apple CEO Steve Jobs is drawing on a treasure trove of data about
consumers' media habits to court Madison Avenue and build up his own
mobile-ad business. The tech giant is making a new push for its
ad-sales business that includes pitching advertisers on new ways of
targeting users. Thanks to the success of its iTunes and App stores,
Apple is getting a wealth of information about users' interests,
ranging from movies and music to hobbies such as fitness and fishing.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/jobs_mad_man_eiOwZijIA2cJxijWH9OHSI

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Journalists on Facebook Page Launched [WebProNews]

Facebook is getting more and more serious about news. Today, the
company announced the launch of some new journalist resources,
including a Page called “Journalists on Facebook” and a new journalist
workshop program that it says will span the globe. A Facebook
spokesperson tells WebProNews, “The new Page will serve as a resource
for the growing number of reporters using Facebook to find sources,
interact with readers, and advance stories. Content will be added
regularly, and feedback from the journalism community will be
incorporated.”

http://www.webpronews.com/journalists-on-facebook-2011-04

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Twitter to offer brands Facebook-style pages [Marketing]

Branded pages, through which advertisers could deliver tailored
messages, are under consideration, along with other plans to increase
the long-term revenue potential of the social network, according to
sources familiar with the subject. It is understood that Twitter chief
executive Dick Costolo, and Adam Bain, president of revenue, are
leading the push to create fresh revenue streams.

http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/news/1063812/Twitter-offer-brands-Facebook...

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Marketers, Agencies Increase Digital Video Ad Spend [MediaPost]

Sharp increases in digital video advertising dollars will continue
over the next 12 months. The now $1 billion+ market is pegged to rise
22%, according to a new Interactive Advertising Bureau survey. The IAB
notes that 69% of marketers and 55% of agency executives say digital
video advertising will rise in the next 12 months.

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=147994

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In Race With Groupon, LivingSocial Raises $400 Million [now worth $3bn] [NYTimes]

Today, LivingSocial — the No. 2 player in the rapidly expanding market
for online discounts — is still David battling Goliath. But the great
chasm between the companies is narrowing, as the upstart gains more
subscribers and collects more cash. Less than four months after
landing a $175 million investment from the e-commerce giant Amazon,
LivingSocial last week raised an additional $400 million from existing
investors like Amazon and Lightspeed Venture Partners, and several new
ones including T. Rowe Price and Institutional Venture Partners,
according to two people close to the company who spoke on the
condition of anonymity. The deal values LivingSocial at more than $3
billion.

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/04/04/livingsocial-chief-races-to-escape-sha...

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FT won't give up subscriber relationship to Apple; FT.com MD adamant about keeping own customer relations [Reuters]

The Financial Times wants to keep selling subscriptions for its
digital news directly to readers rather than surrender control of new
customers who sign up via Apple's iPad, the managing director of
FT.com said. The Pearson-owned (PSON.L) FT offers an option of access
to its digital products as part of a package with subscriptions to the
newspaper, but Apple (AAPL.O) has begun to insist that publishers go
through its proprietary App Store to sign up customers.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/04/idUSLDE73024320110404

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The New York Times launches its first Tumblr blog [Yahoo!]

More than eight months after media reporters first stumbled upon a URL
that the New York Times had quietly registered with Tumblr, the paper
of record has finally launched its inaugural editorial product on the
influential blogging platform. T on Tumblr, which went live Monday
morning, will function as a visual repository for T: The New York
Times Style Magazine, as well as a supplement to the magazine's online
home.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thecutline/20110404/bs_yblog_thecutline/the-new...

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Milk: Kevin Rose’s New Company Aims to Solve Big Problems on the Mobile Web [TechCrunch]

Just weeks after he quit Digg, Kevin Rose is announcing details of his
new startup. It’s called Milk, and it’s going to be a development lab
in San Francisco’s hipster Mission District for mobile Web ideas. Rose
and a team of just five other coders, designers and thinkers are going
to set out to solve a handful of big old-industry problems using the
mobile Internet. A year from now, he expects the company won’t have
launched 20 small, cool ideas, but it will have developed four-to-six
big, audacious ones.

http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/04/milk-kevin-roses-new-company-aims-to-solve-b...

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Amazon.com pushes into book publishing [Crain'sNewYork]

Amazon.com, the online bookselling behemoth that has sometimes rubbed
publishers the wrong way, has just put its big foot someplace new. In
its most aggressive move yet into territory traditionally occupied by
the major New York houses, the Seattle-based e-retailer took part last
week in a heated auction for four books by self-published bestselling
novelist Amanda Hocking. Executives at several houses said they knew
of no other instance in which the company had competed with major
publishers for a high profile commercial author.

http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20110401/FREE/110409990

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Apple makes bid to become gatekeeper for newspapers and magazines [MercuryNews]

Apple's (AAPL) bold foray into the world of digital publishing could
make it the online gatekeeper for newspaper and magazine content, just
as it is for music. But for a plan ostensibly designed to help ailing
print publishers sign up new readers and thrive in the digital jungle,
the Cupertino giant's new subscription model has met with push-back
from the industry, mixed reviews from analysts, and rants from
bloggers calling the company everything from monopolist to Mafioso.
"Apple envisions a world,'' Forrester Research analyst James McQuivey
told the BBC, "in which people don't consume any kind of digital media
without its help."

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_17743370

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Yahoo's big plans for tablet reading app Livestand [SanFranChron]

With new competitors surfacing in the market for reading applications,
Yahoo's still-unreleased Livestand will launch in a space much more
crowded than it was when it was announced. But the technology behind
the app will ensure it stands out, Yahoo's chief technical officer
said this week. "Over time, I think our ability to deliver the right
content to consumers will be unparalleled," Raymie Stata said
Thursday.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/04/02/BUT11IOFR3.DTL

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Trade mag group makes play for new audience with Style.com spinoff [AdWeek]

Six months after it took over Style.com, Condé Nast’s Fairchild
Fashion Group is prepping a print spinoff of the website for the
fashion-obsessed. The planned publication is Fairchild president and
CEO Gina Sanders’ first product aimed solely at the consumer side of
the market, in keeping with her goal of building out the consumer side
of Fairchild’s otherwise trade-focused business.

http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/media/e3iebceda83a843882d1406ca...

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Click to Buy That Handbag in Vogue as Fashion Magazines Become E-Tailers [Bloomberg]

Vogue and Elle have long influenced what clothes and handbags
image-conscious consumers buy. Now, in a bid to reverse flagging sales
and stay relevant, fashion magazines may sell the products they
feature in their articles. As Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPad and other
mobile devices change the way people stay informed and shop,
e-commerce is creeping onto editorial agendas.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-31/click-to-buy-that-handbag-in-vogue-a...

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