tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64065738186333206562012-02-29T07:18:44.983-08:00Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.comBlogger5401100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-7903107751364992292012-02-29T07:18:00.001-08:002012-02-29T07:18:44.993-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Twitter is expanding its ad program to iPhone and Android handsets, as <br />the company gets more aggressive about ramping up revenue. Twitter has <br />already been showing some limited advertising on its mobile apps. But <br />now it will start showing its “Promoted Tweets” — its primary ad <br />product, and its attempt to replicate Google’s AdWords program — on <br />phones, as well. <p /> <a href="http://allthingsd.com/20120228/twitter-ads-head-to-your-phone/">http://allthingsd.com/20120228/twitter-ads-head-to-your-phone/</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/twitter-ads-head-to-your-phone-allthingsd">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-790310775136499229?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-73848262116650650652012-02-29T07:17:00.001-08:002012-02-29T07:17:25.667-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Fifty-nine percent of execs believe businesses that do not routinely <br />leverage social media will not survive, according to a Forrester <br />Research survey. And 71 percent said companies taking social media <br />seriously gain a competitive business advantage, the survey found. <p /> <a href="http://www.clickz.com/clickz/news/2155900/execs-embrace-social-media-wither">http://www.clickz.com/clickz/news/2155900/execs-embrace-social-media-wither</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/execs-embrace-social-media-or-wither-clickz">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-7384826211665065065?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-46694132720159567462012-02-29T06:51:00.001-08:002012-02-29T06:51:39.787-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Facebook sold $3 billion worth of ads last year, but it’s still <br />feeling its way around the ad business. And the ad business still <br />isn’t sure what to make of Facebook: Grand new marketing paradigm, or <br />a collection of 800 million people who don’t seem very interested in <br />clicking on ads? <p /> <a href="http://allthingsd.com/20120229/facebook-sells-advertisers-on-a-new-ad-model/">http://allthingsd.com/20120229/facebook-sells-advertisers-on-a-new-ad-model/</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/facebook-pitches-advertisers-on-a-new-ad-mode">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-4669413272015956746?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-17900839330647356022012-02-29T06:50:00.001-08:002012-02-29T06:50:16.238-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Apple is expected to announce the iPad 3 at a "special event" in <br />California next week. Apple sent emails to journalists on Tuesday, <br />inviting them to the private event in San Francisco on March 7, at 10 <br />a.m. Pacific Time. The invitation included a photo of someone using an <br />iPad, with a single line: "We have something you really have to see. <br />And touch." <p /> <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/28/technology/apple_ipad_3/index.htm">http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/28/technology/apple_ipad_3/index.htm</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/apple-likely-to-unveil-ipad-3-on-march-7-cnn">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-1790083933064735602?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-20441145950049013202012-02-29T06:49:00.001-08:002012-02-29T06:49:01.232-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>News Corp. (NWSA), facing inquiries by authorities over hacking and <br />bribery at its U.K. newspapers, has discussed spinning off its <br />publishing business, according to Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey. <br />Carey had a number of talks with News Corp. executives about selling <br />or separating the publishing unit from the company, he said today at <br />the Deutsche Bank (DBK) media conference in Palm Beach, Florida. <p /> <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-28/news-corp-execs-weighed-spinoff-of-publishing.html">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-28/news-corp-execs-weighed-spinoff-of-p...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/news-corp-executives-weighed-spinoff-of-newsp">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-2044114595004901320?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-852161356238469272012-02-28T06:50:00.001-08:002012-02-28T06:50:06.239-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Social media was ranked top for news media investment in the next five <br />years by more than half of the respondents to the third annual World <br />Newsmedia Innovation study. According to the report for 2011, produced <br />by the World Newsmedia Network in the US and the University of Central <br />Lancashire in the UK, 57 per cent placed social media top of the list <br />for where their companies will be investing over the next five years. <p /> <a href="http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/study-finds-majority-of-news-outlets-rank-social-media-top-for-investment-in-next-5-years/s2/a548068/">http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/study-finds-majority-of-news-outlets-rank-so...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/report-social-media-top-for-future-news-outle">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-85216135623846927?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-91366688016508513782012-02-28T06:48:00.001-08:002012-02-28T06:48:07.794-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Social network users are becoming more active in pruning and managing <br />their accounts. Women and younger users tend to unfriend more than <br />others. About two-thirds of internet users use social networking sites <br />(SNS) and all the major metrics for profile management are up, <br />compared to 2009: 63% of them have deleted people from their “friends” <br />lists, up from 56% in 2009; 44% have deleted comments made by others <br />on their profile; and 37% have removed their names from photos that <br />were tagged to identify them. <p /> <a href="http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Privacy-management-on-social-media.aspx">http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Privacy-management-on-social-media.aspx</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/privacy-management-on-social-media-sites-pewi">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-9136668801650851378?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-45831181350054018872012-02-27T06:44:00.001-08:002012-02-27T06:44:10.533-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Pinterest hasn’t just become a significant source of referral traffic <br />for retailers; it’s also becoming a top traffic driver for women’s <br />lifestyle, home decor and cooking magazines, some of which are seeing <br />bigger referral numbers from the image-collecting service than from <br />major portals like Facebook and Yahoo. <p /> <a href="http://mashable.com/2012/02/26/pinterest-womens-magazines/">http://mashable.com/2012/02/26/pinterest-womens-magazines/</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/pinterest-becomes-top-traffic-driver-for-wome">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-4583118135005401887?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-16670163302358760412012-02-22T06:58:00.001-08:002012-02-22T06:58:44.070-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>According to leaked documents, Facebook plans to upgrade its premium <br />ads on February 29. The company expects the new ads to perform 40 to <br />8o percent better than its previous product. <p /> <a href="http://gigaom.com/2012/02/21/facebook-is-set-to-release-a-new-premium-ads-product/">http://gigaom.com/2012/02/21/facebook-is-set-to-release-a-new-premium-ads-pro...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/facebook-plans-to-release-a-new-premium-ads-p">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-1667016330235876041?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-58950475537698476012012-02-22T05:34:00.001-08:002012-02-22T05:34:15.223-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>People who constantly reach into a pocket to check a smartphone for <br />bits of information will soon have another option: a pair of <br />Google-made glasses that will be able to stream information to the <br />wearer’s eyeballs in real time. <p /> <a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/21/google-to-sell-terminator-style-glasses-by-years-end/">http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/21/google-to-sell-terminator-style-glas...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/google-to-sell-heads-up-display-glasses-by-ye">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-5895047553769847601?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-65119489654446428532012-02-21T07:47:00.001-08:002012-02-21T07:47:43.596-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Pinterest, the scrapbooking site that’s suddenly on everyone’s lips, <br />is like a gift from the social media gods for style-conscious <br />retailers. “I think for any company that has an e-commerce presence, <br />they absolutely have to be paying attention to Pinterest,” said Rachel <br />Tipograph, social media director at The Gap. <p /> <a href="http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/brands-pinning-it-pinterest-138405">http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/brands-pinning-it-pinterest-138405</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/brands-pinning-it-on-pinterest-marketers-will">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-6511948965444642853?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-5859535955576293022012-02-16T06:11:00.001-08:002012-02-16T06:11:14.100-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Facebook will bring its Timeline profile pages to brands this month in <br />the U.S., according to executives briefed on the company's plans. The <br />new pages for brands will start in beta with a handful of partners and <br />then be released to more marketers in stages, according to the <br />sources. Facebook declined to comment on the product or the timing. <p /> <a href="http://adage.com/article/digital/facebook-release-timeline-brands-month/232760/">http://adage.com/article/digital/facebook-release-timeline-brands-month/232760/</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/facebook-to-release-timeline-for-brands-this">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-585953595557629302?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-30540799719133263512012-02-14T08:18:00.001-08:002012-02-14T08:18:18.408-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Apple Inc. is working with component suppliers in Asia to test a new <br />tablet computer with a smaller screen, people familiar with the <br />situation said, as it looks to broaden its product pipeline amid <br />intensifying competition and maintain its dominant market share. <p /> <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204795304577222354104574994.html">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204795304577222354104574994.html</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/apple-suppliers-test-tablet-with-smaller-scre">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-3054079971913326351?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-80715069185270406582012-02-14T08:16:00.001-08:002012-02-14T08:16:05.544-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>When Liz Heron, social media editor of the New York Times delivered <br />the keynote speech at Journalism.co.uk's news:rewired conference, she <br />explained how 2010 was the year her team were playing the role of <br />"evangeliser", 2011 was "a watershed year for social media in our <br />newsrooms" due to the Arab spring and other major news events, and <br />that 2012 is the year when the New York Times is trying to make its <br />"social media projects deeper and more meaningful'' with users. <p /> <a href="http://www.journalism.co.uk/news-features/seven-ways-the-new-york-times-is-using-social-media-for-deeper-engagement/s5/a547827/">http://www.journalism.co.uk/news-features/seven-ways-the-new-york-times-is-us...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/seven-ways-the-new-york-times-is-using-social">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-8071506918527040658?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-65224773955410328212012-02-06T00:22:00.001-08:002012-02-06T00:22:43.017-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>"You could say, I am buying into the hype. But is there any other way <br />to buy an IPO stock? Amazing IPOs are not driven by numbers. They are <br />driven by stories and Facebook has a compelling story. People find <br />themselves reunited with friends they thought they'd never hear from <br />again. Revolutionaries organize revolts from the Arab Spring to Occupy <br />Wall Street. But, for me, the most remarkable thing about Facebook is <br />how it raises the dead. My dead Facebook friends still get happy <br />birthday wishes and cheerful photos posted on their walls." <p /> <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203889904577199481841403756.html">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203889904577199481841403756.html</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/facebook-how-many-other-companies-offer-life">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-6522477395541032821?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-75362864370902032352012-02-05T23:28:00.001-08:002012-02-05T23:28:16.424-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Most Facebook users receive more from their Facebook friends than they <br />give, according to a new study that for the first time combines server <br />logs of Facebook activity with survey data to explore the structure of <br />Facebook friendship networks and measures of social well-being. <p /> These data were then matched with survey responses. And the new <br />findings show that over a one-month period: <p /> • 40% of Facebook users in our sample made a friend request, but 63% <br />received at least one request <br />• Users in our sample pressed the like button next to friends’ content <br />an average of 14 times, but had their content “liked” an average of 20 <br />times <br />• Users sent 9 personal messages, but received 12 <br />• 12% of users tagged a friend in a photo, but 35% were themselves <br />tagged in a photo <p /> <a href="http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Facebook-users.aspx">http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Facebook-users.aspx</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/why-most-facebook-users-get-more-than-they-gi">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-7536286437090203235?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-83806188244490733272012-02-02T08:55:00.001-08:002012-02-02T08:55:06.570-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Newspaper Web sites attracted an average of 111 million unique <br />visitors per month in the fourth quarter of 2011, up 5.7% from 105 <br />million in the same period of 2010, according to comScore figures <br />cited by the Newspaper Association of America. <p /> <a href="http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/166951/newspaper-web-sites-boast-extensive-net-reach.html">http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/166951/newspaper-web-sites-boas...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/us-newspaper-web-sites-boast-extensive-net-re">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-8380618824449073327?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-67097604522308681142012-02-02T08:52:00.001-08:002012-02-02T08:52:22.325-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Andrew Miller, chief executive of the Guardian Media Group, has ruled <br />out erecting a paywall as he tries to stem £40m in annual losses with <br />an ongoing restructure and redundancy programme, although he admitted <br />"things may change". <p /> <a href="http://mediaweek.co.uk/channel/NationalPress/article/1114889/Guardians-chief-rules-closing-having-paywall/">http://mediaweek.co.uk/channel/NationalPress/article/1114889/Guardians-chief-...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/guardians-chief-rules-out-closing-in-and-havi">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-6709760452230868114?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-3059996212555599332012-01-31T08:29:00.001-08:002012-01-31T08:29:11.007-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>With all the commotion about Facebook’s (FB) planned IPO filing <br />tomorrow, you might have missed another study that came out yesterday <br />from some outfit called eMarketer saying that Twitter’s revenues were <br />going to “hit” $540 million in 2014. That’s great but that’s 3 years <br />from now. What did they do in 2011 — when Facebook is reported to <br />have done $4 billion? According to eMarketer, Twitter did $139.5 <br />million in 2011. With all due respect to Dick Costolo, Twitter’s CEO, <br />that sucks. <p /> <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2012/01/31/why-are-twitters-revenues-so-puny-time-to-grow-up/">http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2012/01/31/why-are-twitters-revenues-...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/why-are-twitters-revenues-so-puny-time-to-gro">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-305999621255559933?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-35895108185234700682012-01-31T08:26:00.001-08:002012-01-31T08:26:59.565-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Twitter Inc.’s international expansion may help fuel a threefold gain <br />in revenue, even as it raises censorship challenges for the <br />microblogging service. Ad revenue at Twitter is set to rise to $540 <br />million in 2014 from $139.5 million in 2011, according to New <br />York-based research firm EMarketer Inc. Increasing popularity overseas <br />will decrease the site’s reliance on U.S. advertisers. The percentage <br />of dollars coming from the U.S. will fall to 83 percent in 2014 from <br />about 90 percent this year, EMarketer said. <p /> <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-31/twitter-ad-sales-to-rise-to-540-million-in-2014-emarketer-says.html">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-31/twitter-ad-sales-to-rise-to-540-mill...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/twitters-global-expansion-boosts-revenue-as-i">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-3589510818523470068?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-10959553822460163902012-01-31T08:20:00.001-08:002012-01-31T08:20:24.635-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Blogging is on the decline while use of Facebook and Twitter is more <br />common among the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. A study <br />by the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth found that among <br />companies that made the Inc. 500 list of rapid growth businesses <br />blogging declined to 37 percent in 2011 from 50 percent the year <br />before. <p /> <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2012/01/30/most-inc-500s-prefer-facebook.html">http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2012/01/30/most-inc-500s-prefer-faceb...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/most-on-inc-500-prefer-facebook-linkedin-twit">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-1095955382246016390?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-22308621873635889552012-01-30T22:10:00.001-08:002012-01-30T22:10:54.858-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Twitter is serious business. And CEO Dick Costolo wants you to know <br />it. “We’re in the media business. We’re a distributor of content, and <br />we’re … one of the largest distributors of traffic,” Costolo said on <br />stage at the AllThingsD media conference on Monday evening, a forceful <br />proclamation of company identity, right from the top. “We’re trying to <br />build a decades-long lasting business.” <p /> <a href="http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/01/twitter-costolo-allthingsd/">http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/01/twitter-costolo-allthingsd/</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/under-ceo-dick-costolo-twitter-is-growing-up">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-2230862187363588955?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-78456916393530985272012-01-30T06:24:00.001-08:002012-01-30T06:24:55.430-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>More than half of adult cell phone owners used their cell phones while <br />they were in a store during the 2011 holiday season to seek help with <br />purchasing decisions. During a 30 day period before and after <br />Christmas: <p /> 38% of cell owners used their phone to call a friend while they were <br />in a store for advice about a purchase they were considering making <br />24% of cell owners used their phone to look up reviews of a product <br />online while they were in a store <br />25% of adult cell owners used their phones to look up the price of a <br />product online while they were in a store, to see if they could get a <br />better price somewhere else <p /> <a href="http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/In-store-mobile-commerce.aspx?utm_source=Mailing+List&utm_campaign=50a6cbe245-Mobile_Commerce_Alert01_30_2012&utm_medium=email">http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/In-store-mobile-commerce.aspx?utm_source=...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/the-rise-of-in-store-mobile-commerce-33-in-us">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-7845691639353098527?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-50457705810679460152012-01-30T06:21:00.001-08:002012-01-30T06:21:46.485-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>On 1st February, NI launches its Fabulous for Facebook app, which will <br />distribute original fashion and beauty content on the social <br />networking site every day. The content will appear in users' timelines <br />and can be shared with their friends on the social network and <br />Twitter. The app, created by Jam, includes Fabulous Radio, which <br />enables users to create and share Spotify playlists and a weather app, <br />which recommends clothing and accessories, based on weather <br />conditions. <p /> <a href="http://mediaweek.co.uk/channel/NationalPress/article/1114537/News-International-turns-Facebook-Fabulous-social-media-magazine/">http://mediaweek.co.uk/channel/NationalPress/article/1114537/News-Internation...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/news-international-turns-to-facebook-for-fabu">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-5045770581067946015?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-5357915503819619682012-01-30T06:20:00.001-08:002012-01-30T06:20:38.243-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>The Daily Mail online is the most-read news site in the Western world. <br />The website is the subject of a piece in Esquire. The headline comes <br />from Dacre’s comment at the Daily Mail summer party at Hampton Court. <br />Helen Lewis has been picking out the best bits. <p /> <a href="http://www.anorak.co.uk/304035/news/bullshit-com-how-the-dail-mail-won-the-web.html/">http://www.anorak.co.uk/304035/news/bullshit-com-how-the-dail-mail-won-the-we...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/bullshtcom-how-the-dail-mail-won-the-web-anor">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-535791550381961968?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-92212817105843556342012-01-30T06:17:00.001-08:002012-01-30T06:17:13.846-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>With Twitter's launch of new enhanced profile pages for brands <br />imminent, advertisers might be wondering how to take advantage of the <br />new tools the microblogger is offering. A Twitter document—stamped <br />"confidential"—featuring step by step instructions for advertisers who <br />want to enhance their tweets and utilize the new environment was <br />leaked yesterday. <p /> <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/read-twitters-confidential-memo-to-advertisers-on-new-enhanced-profile-pages-for-brands-2012-1">http://www.businessinsider.com/read-twitters-confidential-memo-to-advertisers...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/read-twitters-confidential-memo-to-advertiser">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-9221281710584355634?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-25056289384291335022012-01-30T06:15:00.001-08:002012-01-30T06:15:10.957-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>AFTER passing the milestone of his 100th tweet on the weekend, Rupert <br />Murdoch has raced to more than 160,000 followers on the social media <br />network Twitter since he created his account (@rupertmurdoch) at <br />6.30pm on New Year's Eve. Granted, it's still a modest audience <br />compared with the one million followers actor Charlie Sheen added in <br />just 25 hours and 17 minutes last year when he live-tweeted his mental <br />meltdown, setting a Guinness World Record. "But the people who follow <br />(Murdoch) include some of the other most influential people on <br />Twitter," points out Nick Holmes a Court, founder of social media <br />monitoring site Buzz Numbers. <p /> <a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/media/murdoch-twitter-feed-amplifies-his-influence/story-e6frg996-1226256687689">http://www.theaustralian.com.au/media/murdoch-twitter-feed-amplifies-his-infl...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/rupert-murdoch-twitter-feed-amplifies-his-inf">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-2505628938429133502?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-64183646042737989932012-01-30T03:09:00.001-08:002012-01-30T03:09:59.036-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Critics claim that the change could erode users' privacy but Facebook <br />insists that it will not make anything publicly available which is not <br />already viewable. A survey of 4,000 Facebook users by the security <br />form Sophos found that only eight per cent of those polled said that <br />they liked the change. By contrast 51 per cent of those who took part <br />said that they were “worried” by the new format while another eight <br />per cent said that they would “get used to it”. <p /> <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/9048034/Just-one-in-ten-Facebook-users-supports-timeline-feature.html">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/9048034/Just-one-in-ten-Facebo...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/just-one-in-ten-facebook-users-supports-timel">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-6418364604273798993?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-25904901380818413732012-01-30T03:08:00.001-08:002012-01-30T03:08:34.553-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>The Kindle Fire is crushing standard Android tablets in market share <br />after only three months, according to data collected by Flurry <br />Analytics. Measured in application sessions on Android from November <br />2011 to January 2012, the Kindle Fire went from a 3 percent market <br />share to 36 percent, while the Samsung Galaxy Tab, a brand that has <br />been on sale for over two years, dropped from 64 percent market share <br />to 36 percent. <p /> <a href="http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2012/01/kindle-fire-dwarfs-other-android-tablets-in-market-share.ars">http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2012/01/kindle-fire-dwarfs-other-android-...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/kindle-fire-dwarfs-other-android-tablets-in-m">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-2590490138081841373?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-54938496257888890402012-01-26T06:10:00.001-08:002012-01-26T06:10:57.697-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>The Daily Mail, an omniverous middle-market British tabloid, has <br />quietly unseated the New York Times to become the newspaper with the <br />biggest online reach in the world, according to figures from the <br />online tracking service comScore. The figures show Mail Online reached <br />45.3 million people last December, to the Times's 44.8 million. <br />Trailing them are USA Today at , the Tribune newspapers , and the <br />Guardian. The growth, the editor and publisher of the Mail's online <br />properties, Martin Clarke, said, has been driven by U.S. traffic. <p /> <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeedpolitics/the-biggest-newspaper-in-the-world-is-the-dail">http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeedpolitics/the-biggest-newspaper-in-the-world-i...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/the-biggest-newspaper-in-the-world-is-the-dai">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-5493849625788889040?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-89130036716692828932012-01-25T06:11:00.001-08:002012-01-25T06:11:34.231-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>The Washington Times has launched a new digital news site, <br /><a href="http://times247.com">http://times247.com</a>, which will provide a continuously updated blend <br />of news, opinion and analysis from The Times combined with <br />thoughtfully selected content from the nation’s top news sources to an <br />audience who shares conservative values. The news service will be <br />distributed digitally to millions of opted-in readers and available <br />over the Internet on a 24/7 basis. Users can choose the site’s richly <br />designed home page or “The Skinny” section featuring breaking news <br />headlines “without the filler.” <p /> <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/24/the-washington-times-launches-new-times247com-site/">http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/24/the-washington-times-launches...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/the-washington-times-launches-new-times247com">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-8913003671669282893?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-28405344293130655652012-01-21T04:57:00.001-08:002012-01-21T04:57:01.392-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>EMarketer forecasts online advertising will edge out print in total <br />spending this year. While it says online dollars have already <br />outstripped newspapers and magazines separately, today's announcement <br />by the New York-based researcher marks the first time digital is <br />projected to surpass the two combined. <p /> <a href="http://www.clickz.com/clickz/news/2140194/report-online-ads-beat-print-spend">http://www.clickz.com/clickz/news/2140194/report-online-ads-beat-print-spend</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/report-online-ads-to-beat-print-spend-for-fir">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-2840534429313065565?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-81240855050512839982012-01-19T06:17:00.001-08:002012-01-19T06:17:25.620-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>The new study, Connecting the Dots Between Consumers, Content and <br />Consumer Electronics in the Home, finds that those consumers have a <br />distinct preference for streaming verses downloaded content. More than <br />half, 51 percent, view streaming content and spend an average of two <br />hours per week watching, while only 15 percent download content and <br />spend an average of one hour watching. <p /> <a href="http://www.worldscreen.com/articles/display/2012-1-18-digital-content-study">http://www.worldscreen.com/articles/display/2012-1-18-digital-content-study</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/study-home-media-landscape-shifting-to-digita">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-8124085505051283998?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-29647543849880038232012-01-19T06:14:00.001-08:002012-01-19T06:14:49.275-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Digital is a very small but growing area for magazines, and buyers are <br />most excited about the new prospects this area offers as the new year <br />begins, most notably opportunities for magazines on e-readers. Sales <br />of tablets soared over the holidays, and Amazon's new low-priced <br />Kindle Fire has helped open the market up to a new group of <br />budget-conscious consumers. <p /> <a href="http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Magazines_22/What-2012-holds-for-consumer-magazines-.asp">http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Magazines_22/What-2012-holds...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/what-2012-holds-for-consumer-magazines-medial">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-2964754384988003823?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-31491626791857448272012-01-19T02:14:00.001-08:002012-01-19T02:14:16.713-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>The Daily Mail (LSE: DMGT) has expanded its international digital <br />presence with the introduction of Daily Mail online India - <br /><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/index.html">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/index.html</a>. At this early stage, <br />it contains just a sprinkling of Indian news with the Mail online’s <br />familiar British/US celebrity content. (The sports content is <br />British). <p /> <a href="http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-mail-online-introduces-indian-site/">http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-mail-online-introduces-indian-site/</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/mail-online-introduces-indian-site-paidconten">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-3149162679185744827?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-10174928896481546872012-01-17T01:01:00.001-08:002012-01-17T01:01:54.366-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Just as it appears Facebook could go public as early as May, according <br />to a story from AllThingsD’s Kara Swisher, a new report indicates its <br />advertising business remains on an upswing. According to the report <br />out today from Facebook marketing firm TBG Digital, Facebook saw <br />rising ad rates as well as better performance on those ads in the <br />fourth quarter of 2011. <p /> <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/01/16/ahead-of-may-ipo-facebooks-ad-business-shines-with-one-caveat/">http://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/01/16/ahead-of-may-ipo-facebooks-a...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/ahead-of-may-ipo-facebooks-ad-business-shines">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-1017492889648154687?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-89639717346156579992012-01-16T13:23:00.001-08:002012-01-16T13:23:24.294-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>According to multiple sources, the long-anticipated public offering of <br />Facebook is now likely to come in the third week of May. That means <br />that the company must file its IPO documents within the next month, <br />given that the review by the Securities and Exchange Commission <br />usually takes about three to four months. <p /> <a href="http://allthingsd.com/20120116/is-facebook-ipo-on-track-for-late-may/">http://allthingsd.com/20120116/is-facebook-ipo-on-track-for-late-may/</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/is-facebook-ipo-on-track-for-late-may-allthin">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-8963971734615657999?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-27652647689466529942012-01-11T06:18:00.001-08:002012-01-11T06:18:36.663-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Facebook began a slow rollout of ads to the news feed today, but the <br />units are not called Sponsored Stories - as some anticipated. Instead, <br />according to the Palo Alto, CA-based digital giant, they are labeled <br />"Featured" to distinguish them from earned media messaging that users <br />sometimes see. <p /> <a href="http://www.clickz.com/clickz/news/2136663/facebook-begins-news-feed-ads-rollout">http://www.clickz.com/clickz/news/2136663/facebook-begins-news-feed-ads-rollout</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/facebook-begins-news-feed-ads-rollout-clickz">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-2765264768946652994?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-65708672427891911432012-01-11T06:17:00.001-08:002012-01-11T06:17:42.285-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Twitter lashed out at changes Google Inc unveiled for its search <br />engine on Tuesday, describing the changes as "bad" for consumers and <br />for Web publishers. Twitter, a microblogging service that allows its <br />users to broadcast short, 140-character messages to groups of <br />"followers," said Google's changes would make it tougher for people to <br />find the breaking news often shared by users of its service. <p /> <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/11/us-google-idUSTRE80A03O20120111">http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/11/us-google-idUSTRE80A03O20120111</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/twitter-lashes-out-at-google-search-changes-r">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-6570867242789191143?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-22204663100294240732012-01-05T08:50:00.001-08:002012-01-05T08:50:26.928-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Eric Carvin, an AP Nerve Center news producer and former National Desk <br />editor, has been named the organization's social media editor, based <br />at headquarters in New York. Carvin will lead the AP's ongoing social <br />media efforts, coordinating with all national and international <br />regions, verticals and formats. He will work to ensure that social <br />media becomes an integral part of every AP journalist's skills. <p /> <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ap-names-eric-carvin-social-190755581.html">http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ap-names-eric-carvin-social-190755581.html</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/ap-names-eric-carvin-social-media-editor-apya">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-2220466310029424073?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-65661099774811044952012-01-05T08:48:00.001-08:002012-01-05T08:48:44.105-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>The Financial Times has purchased Assanka, a London-based Web and app <br />developer. The FT has already been working closely with the 12-person <br />shop on projects like the Web app it built to replace the one it <br />removed from Apple’s App store, as well as an Android app. <p /> <a href="http://allthingsd.com/20120105/financial-times-buys-app-developer-assanka/">http://allthingsd.com/20120105/financial-times-buys-app-developer-assanka/</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/financial-times-buys-app-developer-assanka-al">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-6566109977481104495?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-87985727158870738022011-12-06T06:41:00.001-08:002011-12-06T06:41:06.035-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>The Internet's share of global advertising revenue still trails <br />newspapers but that will change sometime in 2013, a new report <br />projects. ZenithOptimedia projects that newspaper ad revenue will <br />decline by about 6 percent to $88.8 billion between 2010 and 2013. <p /> <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2011/12/05/web-ad-spending-seen-passing.html">http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2011/12/05/web-ad-spending-seen-passi...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/web-ad-spending-seen-passing-newspapers-in-20">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-8798572715887073802?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-14510164059550582432011-11-30T00:27:00.001-08:002011-11-30T00:27:38.415-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Magazine industry struggles. The Economist grows each year. Somehow, <br />those two trends have been with us for much of the last decade. <br />Further evidence arrived on Monday as Economist Group reported <br />operating profit 6 percent higher at £26. 2 million, for the first six <br />months of the financial year, and revenue up 4 percent to £164. <p /> <a href="http://www.themediabriefing.com/article/2011-11-28/why-the-economist-prospers-intelligence-mobile-branding-and-a-simple-offer">http://www.themediabriefing.com/article/2011-11-28/why-the-economist-prospers...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/why-the-economist-prospers-intelligence-mobil">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-1451016405955058243?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-27804251743651111642011-11-29T06:05:00.001-08:002011-11-29T06:05:59.750-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Google will partner with the Global Editors Network to offer a new <br />data journalism contest aimed at both "established news organisations <br />and newcomers". Director of external relations for EMEA at Google <br />Peter Barron announced the awards at the first news summit held by the <br />Global Editors Network, which launched in March this year. <p /> <a href="http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/google-launches-data-journalism-awards-with-gen/s2/a546938/">http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/google-launches-data-journalism-awards-with-...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/google-launches-data-journalism-awards-with-g">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-2780425174365111164?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-41418260639859651762011-11-29T00:28:00.001-08:002011-11-29T00:28:58.368-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Are you pricing your content intelligently? Or is your pricing model <br />lacking a scientific approach? Jimmy Gasteen is the CEO and founder of <br />Precursive, a new media business consultancy firm and previously a <br />pricing analyst at Reed Elsevier. <p /> <a href="http://www.themediabriefing.com/article/2011-11-27/Former-Reed-Elsevier-analyst-on-the-science-of-media-pricing--Paywall-Strategies-2012-preview">http://www.themediabriefing.com/article/2011-11-27/Former-Reed-Elsevier-analy...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/video-former-reed-elsevier-analyst-on-the-sci">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-4141826063985965176?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-8388403217165246382011-11-29T00:24:00.001-08:002011-11-29T00:24:58.631-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Remember when people used to stand up at media industry conferences <br />and say “content is king”? Here’s some evidence to the contrary: <br />search is going to be worth more than news in information/professional <br />publishing in the next three years, according to analysts. <p /> <a href="http://www.themediabriefing.com/article/2011-11-24/search-and-aggregation-to-overtake-publishing-sector-revenue-by-2014">http://www.themediabriefing.com/article/2011-11-24/search-and-aggregation-to-...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/search-and-aggregation-to-overtake-b2b-publis">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-838840321716524638?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-63948117039091252082011-11-28T05:04:00.001-08:002011-11-28T05:04:45.510-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Newspaper publishers need to quickly solve a troublesome equation. As <br />carbon-based readership keeps dwindling, the growing legion of digital <br />readers is poorly accounted for. This benefits advertisers who pay <br />less for their presence. Putting aside websites audience measurement, <br />we'll focus instead on the currently ill-defined notion of digital <br />editions. A subject of importance since digital editions are poised to <br />play a key role in the future of online information. <p /> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/nov/28/tablet-computer-digital-media">http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/nov/28/tablet-computer-digital-media</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/publishers-need-advertisers-to-value-their-on">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-6394811703909125208?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-68065171688389497512011-11-23T04:33:00.001-08:002011-11-23T04:33:01.243-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Booz & Co and Buddy Media’s recent study on the state of social media <br />and marketing offer some interesting insights into what companies are <br />doing now, and where they plan to invest in the future. For instance, <br />social media is primarily the domain of marketing. Less than half (48 <br />percent) of companies have PR leading the social media efforts. <p /> <a href="http://www.ragan.com/Main/Articles/43992.aspx">http://www.ragan.com/Main/Articles/43992.aspx</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/study-88-percent-use-social-media-for-pr-alth">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-6806517168838949751?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-31392257776978507862011-11-23T04:31:00.001-08:002011-11-23T04:31:25.757-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Customer publishing – or content marketing, as it’s now called by some <br />– is big news. Although it’s worth less overall than consumer <br />magazines in total, bringing in about £880 million a year, ten of the <br />top 20 ABC audited titles by circulation are customer published and <br />new research out this week from the customer publishing trade body APA <br />and analysts at Mintel shows that the sector can expect modest but <br />dependable growth for the next few years, as it transitions to online. <p /> <a href="http://www.themediabriefing.com/article/2011-11-17/customer-publishing-sector-grows-with-apps-digital-editions-and-print">http://www.themediabriefing.com/article/2011-11-17/customer-publishing-sector...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/customer-publishing-sector-grows-with-apps-di">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-3139225777697850786?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-84015364393278197982011-11-23T04:30:00.001-08:002011-11-23T04:30:07.233-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Content publishers are losing ground to consumer brands that are <br />connecting directly with people through social media. That’s the <br />diagnosis from digital consultants L2 and a clinical professor of <br />marketing at the NYU Stem School of Business, who had some harsh home <br />truths for publishers at the American Magazine Conference – <br />particularly on brands’ reluctance to embrace social media. <p /> <a href="http://www.themediabriefing.com/article/2011-11-22/marketing-academic-tells-publishers-brands-are-winning-the-social-media-war">http://www.themediabriefing.com/article/2011-11-22/marketing-academic-tells-p...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/marketing-academic-tells-publishers-brands-ar">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-8401536439327819798?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-79618476184136082162011-11-14T06:11:00.001-08:002011-11-14T06:11:22.995-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Major news organizations are using Twitter to disseminate their <br />stories but still aren't tapping the full potential of the San <br />Francisco microblogging service to reach their audiences, according to <br />a study released today. <p /> <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=</a>/c/a/2011/11/13/BUUM1LTRP6.DTL <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/medias-twitter-use-is-mostly-one-way-study-sa">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-7961847618413608216?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-67354871156592183062011-11-14T05:55:00.001-08:002011-11-14T05:55:14.439-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Counterparties is a curated snapshot of the best finance news and <br />commentary. It’s also an experiment: what would a news website look <br />like if it didn’t need to promote its own content, and just linked to <br />the best stories and posts, regardless of source? We believe that the <br />best way to get people to come back is to send them away: click on a <br />headline, go straight to another site, and see for yourself. And if <br />you click instead on the “All Sources” link, you’ll see a list of <br />everybody else who’s linking to that story. <p /> <a href="http://counterparties.com/about/">http://counterparties.com/about/</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/what-is-counterparties-reuters">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-6735487115659218306?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-67653132444796529772011-11-14T05:53:00.001-08:002011-11-14T05:53:59.083-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>What began as a tidy little experiment has become perhaps the single <br />biggest bet in the whole newspaper business: The Journal Register and <br />MediaNews are now in 18 states, with over 800 print and digital <br />products, with revenue of over $1.4 billion and 10,000 employees. The <br />second-largest newspaper chain in America is now being run by someone <br />who thinks that print is, if not exactly dead, dying a lot faster than <br />anyone thought. <p /> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/14/business/media/paton-prepares-his-newspapers-for-a-world-without-print.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/14/business/media/paton-prepares-his-newspaper...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/newspapers-digital-apostle-nytimes">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-6765313244479652977?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-73311262798258826222011-11-10T01:41:00.001-08:002011-11-10T01:41:20.455-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>PRWeek can reveal that Britain's biggest bank is planning to set up a <br />new online platform catering for customers' non-financial needs. One <br />industry source said: 'They want to set up their own version of <br />Facebook.' The project is in the early stages and HSBC is looking for <br />an agency to help establish the new proposition and to develop a <br />social media strategy. A full pitch process is expected to take place <br />next month. <p /> <a href="http://www.prweek.com/news/bulletin/UKDaily/article/1103141">http://www.prweek.com/news/bulletin/UKDaily/article/1103141</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/hsbc-develops-secret-plan-for-own-version-of">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-7331126279825882622?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-20600499246198169992011-11-09T00:45:00.001-08:002011-11-09T00:45:45.336-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>It’s safe to say that Johnston Press has never before witnessed the <br />likes of Ashley Highfield. But he's just the latest technology sector <br />leader to take over at an old media company. So what impact are the <br />dotcom generation having at traditional publishers? <p /> <a href="http://www.themediabriefing.com/article/2011-11-07/peter-kirwans-long-view-the-new-wave-of-digital-media-ceos-taking-over-old-media-companies">http://www.themediabriefing.com/article/2011-11-07/peter-kirwans-long-view-th...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/peter-kirwans-long-view-the-new-wave-of-digit">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-2060049924619816999?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-74148774361419508382011-11-09T00:44:00.001-08:002011-11-09T00:44:53.943-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>The ABC is attempting to revamp its online reporting techniques with a <br />new system which offers a more detailed breakdown of publishers’ <br />stats. But do advertisers and media buyers actually want yet more <br />statistics that illustrate increased reach? <p /> <a href="http://www.themediabriefing.com/article/2011-11-07/abc-revamps-online-reporting-tools-but-do-quantity-over-quality-metrics-problems-remain">http://www.themediabriefing.com/article/2011-11-07/abc-revamps-online-reporti...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/abc-revamps-online-reporting-tools-but-do-qua">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-7414877436141950838?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-58036389200924002392011-11-03T06:47:00.001-07:002011-11-03T06:47:26.109-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>The Financial Times has had an interesting few months when it comes to <br />its digital strategy, but it appears to be paying off as the business <br />publication has announced 30% year-on-year growth in digital <br />subscriber numbers, taking it to a total of a quarter of a million. <p /> <a href="http://thenextweb.com/media/2011/11/03/despite-apple-spat-financial-times-digital-subscriptions-see-30-growth-in-the-last-year/">http://thenextweb.com/media/2011/11/03/despite-apple-spat-financial-times-dig...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/despite-apple-spat-financial-times-digital-su">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-5803638920092400239?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-9334865245313950032011-10-28T12:30:00.001-07:002011-10-28T12:30:50.510-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>There’s no longer any question that digital has a seat at the <br />advertising table, although the dollars spent there don’t yet compare <br />to the money spent on traditional media like television. According to <br />Q3 2011 research from media buying solutions provider STRATA, clients <br />are becoming just as focused on digital media as they are on spot TV. <p /> <a href="http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1008663">http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1008663</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/agencies-report-clients-still-increasing-focu">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-933486524531395003?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-51592744701092773212011-10-26T07:36:00.003-07:002011-10-26T07:36:59.048-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Stop the presses: Ziff Davis Enterprise plans to be the first major <br />b-to-b publisher to abandon print completely. The company, which <br />publishes Baseline, CIO Insight and eWeek, will go paperless in <br />January. The move is designed to eliminate paper, printing and postage <br />costs, but it is also part of a broad mobile and digital strategy that <br />the company is calling OmniDigital. Beginning in November, Ziff Davis <br />Enterprise will launch websites and native apps geared for a variety <br />of smartphones, such as the Android, BlackBerry, iPhone and Windows <br />Phone 7, as well as the iPad, Rim Playbook and Android-powered <br />tablets. <p /> <a href="http://www.btobonline.com/article/20111025/MEDIABUSINESS09/310259996/ziff-davis-enterprise-to-abandon-print-next-year">http://www.btobonline.com/article/20111025/MEDIABUSINESS09/310259996/ziff-dav...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/ziff-davis-enterprise-to-abandon-print-next-y">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-5159274470109277321?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-83392203096751083882011-10-26T07:36:00.001-07:002011-10-26T07:36:37.155-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>The Knight Foundation, a sponsor of journalism-innovation projects, <br />named Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes and digital experts from <br />Harvard and MIT to its board, where they’ll take a <br />venture-capital-like approach to media. In the Miami-based group’s <br />first-ever digital-related appointments, it also named Joichi Ito, <br />head of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab and John <br />Palfrey, who runs Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and <br />is also an adviser at venture firm Highland Capital Partners. <p /> <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-25/facebook-co-founder-aims-to-bring-venture-capital-model-to-media.html">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-25/facebook-co-founder-aims-to-bring-ve...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/facebook-co-founder-aims-to-bring-venture-cap">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-8339220309675108388?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-8958371603049426912011-10-26T07:33:00.001-07:002011-10-26T07:33:46.521-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Remarks by late co-founder Steve Jobs in a new biography have set off <br />a flurry of speculation that Apple will roll out a TV set that could <br />remake the industry. <p /> <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-apple-20111026,0,4693065.story">http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-apple-20111026,0,4693065.story</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/apple-may-be-getting-ready-to-reinvent-tv-lat">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-895837160304942691?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-23156057936507319482011-10-26T01:32:00.001-07:002011-10-26T01:32:21.910-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>The sales/subscription platform is a useful first step – but <br />publishers must also create more imaginative tablet products. <p /> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/oct/24/apple-newsstand">http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/oct/24/apple-newsstand</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/apple-newsstand-can-it-crack-the-news-market">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-2315605793650731948?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-588555386198132542011-10-26T01:31:00.001-07:002011-10-26T01:31:21.330-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>It’s just over a week old, but publishers are already daring to dream <br />that Apple’s Newsstand can drag digital magazines out of the doldrums <br />and into the mainstream. <p /> <a href="http://flippingpagesblog.com/2011/10/21/apple-newsstand-prayers/">http://flippingpagesblog.com/2011/10/21/apple-newsstand-prayers/</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/is-apples-newsstand-the-answer-to-our-prayers">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-58855538619813254?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-78454113650445560482011-10-26T01:30:00.001-07:002011-10-26T01:30:30.240-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Early indications are that Apple’s new iOS features for publishers <br />have had an immediate beneficial impact. <p /> <a href="http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-apples-newsstand-is-already-booming-for-magazine-publishers/">http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-apples-newsstand-is-already-booming-for-...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/apples-newsstand-is-already-booming-for-some">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-7845411365044556048?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-85328322360360422022011-10-24T23:53:00.001-07:002011-10-24T23:53:59.512-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>More than half of owners read news on their devices, a survey shows, <br />though there's not much willingness to pay for content. But there may <br />be a way. <p /> <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-tablet-20111025,0,2767513.story">http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-tablet-20111025,0,2767513.story</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/news-outlets-look-to-tablet-computer-users-fo">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-8532832236036042202?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-50898964056615047842011-10-24T23:13:00.001-07:002011-10-24T23:13:20.585-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>When Rupert Murdoch declared in April 2010 that Apple’s iPad “may well <br />be the saving of the newspaper industry,” some commentators scoffed at <br />him. How could one device reverse the freight train of web publishing <br />and the irreversible structural shift of advertisers and readers away <br />from dead trees? <p /> <a href="http://www.themediabriefing.com/article/2011-10-18/rupert-murdoch-thinks-tablet-devices-will-save-newspapers-what-if-hes-right">http://www.themediabriefing.com/article/2011-10-18/rupert-murdoch-thinks-tabl...</a>? <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/rupert-murdoch-thinks-tablet-devices-will-sav">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-5089896405661504784?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-42178868135558030072011-10-21T09:34:00.001-07:002011-10-21T09:34:59.243-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Newspaper websites posted a 20% in visitors among adults in September, <br />according to the latest data from comScore. The Newspaper Association <br />of America said Thursday that average daily visits rose 21% over the <br />same month in 2010, while unique visitors increased by 9%. Total pages <br />viewed were up by 10%, and total minutes spent at the sites rose by <br />11%. <p /> <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/newspaper-websites-post-20-increase-in-visitors-2011-10-20">http://www.marketwatch.com/story/newspaper-websites-post-20-increase-in-visit...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/newspaper-websites-post-20-increase-in-visito">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-4217886813555803007?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-1403671123844611572011-10-21T09:32:00.001-07:002011-10-21T09:32:47.551-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>“For us, we believe at the moment it doesn’t make sense,” Post <br />Publisher Katharine Weymouth told POLITICO. “We are making a bet for <br />the long term. We want to be around as The Washington Post for a long <br />time and many generations to come, and at the moment, we think that <br />the best way to do that is to have a free website that is open to <br />everybody and attract as many people as we can to spend as much time <br />as they can with our journalism, and assume that that will bring them <br />back for more.” <p /> <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/66429.html">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/66429.html</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/a-washington-post-paywall-no-time-soon-politi">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-140367112384461157?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-84157633279524997452011-10-20T06:43:00.001-07:002011-10-20T06:43:40.317-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>The New York Times Company continued to attract paying subscribers to <br />its flagship Web site in the third quarter, bolstering a new revenue <br />stream that has helped offset a decline in advertising revenue. <p /> Print advertising revenue declined 10.4 percent over all. <p /> The Times Company derived 28.6 percent of its advertising revenue from <br />digital business in the third quarter. <p /> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/business/media/the-new-york-times-company-reports-a-profit.html?_r=1">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/business/media/the-new-york-times-company-r...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/times-company-reports-a-profit-digital-plays">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-8415763327952499745?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-48239348042977948402011-10-19T07:37:00.001-07:002011-10-19T07:37:29.311-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Despite last week's ominous-sounding buyouts and in anticipation of <br />Thursday's announcement of third-quarter earnings, the New York Times <br />has announced that it's expanding its Opinion Pages online according <br />to a company press release, which will include a lot more from the <br />page's editor. "The Opinion Pages are a cornerstone of our offerings <br />to readers," said Arthur Sulzberger Jr., the Times's publisher. <p /> <a href="http://www.theatlanticwire.com/business/2011/10/new-york-times-ready-give-you-more-opinion/43818/">http://www.theatlanticwire.com/business/2011/10/new-york-times-ready-give-you...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/the-new-york-times-is-ready-to-give-you-more">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-4823934804297794840?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-10589323279359024222011-10-19T07:35:00.001-07:002011-10-19T07:35:47.986-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>As regards the iPad, when Cook was asked about the potential market <br />size of the “tablet market” by Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster, he <br />remarked, “I still believe it will be larger than the PC market.” <p /> "We thought, Gene, from the beginning of this, that it would be a huge <br />market, and it has been even greater than we thought and we’ve now <br />sold 40 million on a cumulative basis, and it’s pretty clear to me <br />that if you forecast out in time that the tablet market, I still <br />believe it will be larger than the PC market. That’s not a guidance <br />number. That’s just something that I very much believe." <p /> <a href="http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2011/10/18/apple-fyq4-call-cook-sees-record-iphone-shipments-this-qtr/">http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2011/10/18/apple-fyq4-call-cook-sees...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/apple-fyq4-call-tablets-will-be-bigger-than-p">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-1058932327935902422?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-68385586863259970992011-10-17T07:37:00.001-07:002011-10-17T07:37:07.123-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Internet search engine Google insisted on Friday it was not stealing <br />business from the print media even if it has become an increasingly <br />important source of news on the Web. "We are not making money on the <br />back of newspapers," Stefan Tweraser, head of Google Germany, told a <br />media industry conference in Vienna. <p /> <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-insists-newspapers-not-losing-internet-004831757.html">http://news.yahoo.com/google-insists-newspapers-not-losing-internet-004831757...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/google-insists-newspapers-not-losing-out-to-i">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-6838558686325997099?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-7966241013929967642011-10-12T23:18:00.001-07:002011-10-12T23:18:01.317-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>It might have one billion monthly page views but The Huffington Post <br />isn’t going after your traffic, it wants to work with you. At least <br />that’s the message from the editor of the blogging network’s UK <br />outpost Carla Busazi (formerly Bevan) who was speaking at the <br />News:Rewired conference in London last week. She has a few interesting <br />things to say and later in a Q&A session revealed that HuffPo UK <br />attracted 4.8 million unique users in August, its first full month. <p /> <a href="http://www.themediabriefing.com/article/2011-10-10/huffington-post-uk-editor-were-not-in-competition-with-newspaper-websites">http://www.themediabriefing.com/article/2011-10-10/huffington-post-uk-editor-...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/huffington-post-uk-editor-were-not-in-competi">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-796624101392996764?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-61692469501120696362011-10-11T07:59:00.001-07:002011-10-11T07:59:17.246-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>The Apple iPad is by far the most popular tablet device used to browse <br />the Web, according to the latest figures from comScore. Android <br />tablets are nowhere to be seen, as the research found iPads deliver <br />more than 97 percent of all U.S. tablet traffic, totaling a higher <br />share of Internet use than iPhones. The flurry of inexpensive Android <br />tablets released in the past few month led ABI Research in August to <br />report that Android media tablets collectively swallowed some 20 <br />percent of the tablet market. <p /> <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/241641/ipad_rules_tablet_web_traffic.html">http://www.pcworld.com/article/241641/ipad_rules_tablet_web_traffic.html</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/ipad-rules-tablet-web-traffic-pcworld">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-6169246950112069636?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-1438207516664612762011-10-11T01:57:00.001-07:002011-10-11T01:57:54.313-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>"During the next five to 10 years, media tablets will instigate change <br />in computing form factors; modular designs will enable tablets to take <br />on new functions, becoming the cross-platform controller and brain for <br />hybrid consumer electronics and computers," said Angela McIntyre, <br />research director at Gartner. <p /> "Tablets will be substitutes for several of the consumer electronics <br />consumers often carry with them. Thin-and-light mobile PCs with <br />tablet-like features will become mainstream, pushing out some bulkier <br />PC styles that have been the norm." <p /> <a href="http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1819014">http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1819014</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/gartner-special-report-examines-how-the-ipad">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-143820751666461276?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-59479288799027822512011-10-11T01:56:00.001-07:002011-10-11T01:56:47.354-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Worldwide social media revenue is on track to reach $10.3 billion in <br />2011, a 41.4 percent increase from 2010 revenue of $7.3 billion, <br />according to Gartner, Inc. Worldwide social media revenue is forecast <br />for consistent growth with 2012 revenue totaling $14.9 billion, and <br />the market is projected to reach $29.1 billion in 2015. <p /> Advertising revenue is, and will remain, the largest contributor to <br />overall social media revenue. <p /> <a href="http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1820015">http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1820015</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/gartner-says-worldwide-social-media-revenue-o">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-5947928879902782251?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-22985558095784828962011-10-10T06:56:00.001-07:002011-10-10T06:56:57.491-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>“We think this is going to be a big business for us,” said Robert A. <br />Sauerberg Jr., the publisher’s president. “We see a very broad <br />approach. This is not necessarily about doing magazine shows. Dawn’s <br />mission is to unleash our intellectual property, our talent, our ideas <br />and find the right way to connect with audiences.” <p /> <a href="http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/tv-and-film-from-conde-nast/">http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/tv-and-film-from-conde-nast/</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/tv-and-film-from-conde-nast-nytimes">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-2298555809578482896?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-23099137736379343382011-10-06T05:19:00.001-07:002011-10-06T05:19:14.432-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Ad revenue from social networks worldwide is expected to reach $5.54 <br />billion this year, according to eMarketer estimates, and will double <br />by 2013. eMarketer is taking into account a number of popular social <br />networks, including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Half of this <br />year’s ad spend on social networks, $2.74 billion, is coming from the <br />US market. <p /> <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/05/global-ad-revenues-from-social-networks-to-reach-5-4b-in-2011-10b-in-2013">http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/05/global-ad-revenues-from-social-networks-to-r...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/global-ad-revenues-from-social-networks-to-re">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-2309913773637934338?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-685662450162948142011-10-03T07:32:00.001-07:002011-10-03T07:32:41.869-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Can you build a general-news publication exclusively for tablets and <br />gain an audience of paying subscribers? That was Rupert Murdoch's <br />gamble seven months ago when he launched The Daily, the first (and <br />still only) "iPad newspaper." Today The Daily has 120,000 active <br />weekly readers, 80,000 of whom are actually paying for the app, <br />according to Publisher Greg Clayman. But The Daily still has a long <br />way to go before it proves anything about paid media or the tablet. <p /> <a href="http://adage.com/article/digital/murdoch-s-tablet-newspaper-experiment-shows-promise/230161/">http://adage.com/article/digital/murdoch-s-tablet-newspaper-experiment-shows-...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/murdochs-tablet-newspaper-experiment-shows-so">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-68566245016294814?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-81150463552389435002011-10-03T07:31:00.001-07:002011-10-03T07:31:02.890-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Twitter is building a machine to convert 140 characters on Barack <br />Obama, Ashton Kutcher, narcissism, the struggle for human freedom, and <br />Starbucks into cash—and quick, before its moment passes. Is this <br />asking too much of even the world’s best technologists? <p /> <a href="http://nymag.com/news/media/twitter-2011-10/">http://nymag.com/news/media/twitter-2011-10/</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/will-twitter-become-profitable-is-it-asking-t">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-8115046355238943500?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-50212424962603493502011-09-29T09:25:00.001-07:002011-09-29T09:25:02.172-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Last week, Facebook rolled out several new features during its fourth <br />annual F8 Developer Conference that could change the way the magazine <br />industry interacts with the social media platform. <p /> <a href="http://www.foliomag.com/2011/how-publishers-are-reacting-facebook-s-new-features">http://www.foliomag.com/2011/how-publishers-are-reacting-facebook-s-new-features</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/how-publishers-are-reacting-to-facebooks-new">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-5021242496260349350?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-88615481321574123222011-09-29T07:31:00.001-07:002011-09-29T07:31:06.021-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Facebook will be the leading distributor of media by the year 2020, <br />according to Dharmash Mistry, partner at former Bebo investor <br />Balderton Capital. Speaking at Red Bee Media’s Tomorrow Calling event <br />on the 27th in London, Dharmash said Facebook is a “twin power” to <br />Google in terms of traffic and is fast becoming a core online content <br />destination. <p /> <a href="http://www.nma.co.uk/news/facebook-will-be-the-leading-distributor-of-media-by-2020-says-former-bebo-investor/3030538.article">http://www.nma.co.uk/news/facebook-will-be-the-leading-distributor-of-media-b...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/facebook-will-be-the-leading-distributor-of-m">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-8861548132157412322?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-58111822271588825462011-09-29T07:30:00.001-07:002011-09-29T07:30:12.518-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>The Internet Advertising Bureau just released its numbers of the first <br />half of 2011, and it looks like internet ad revenue reached record <br />highs during the time period. Internet ad revenues rose 23.2 percent — <br />to a record $14.9 billion — in the first half of 2011. The rate of <br />growth more than doubled year-over-year, as last year’s first-half ad <br />revenues were $12.1 billion (and represented an 11.3 percent increase <br />over 2009) <p /> <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/28/iab-internet-advertising-reaches-a-record-15b-in-first-half-of-2011-up-23-percent/">http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/28/iab-internet-advertising-reaches-a-record-15...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/iab-internet-advertising-reaches-a-record-15b">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-5811182227158882546?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-79823954583610647942011-09-26T06:16:00.001-07:002011-09-26T06:16:15.168-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>On Park & Bond, a new e-commerce site for designer men’s wear, Jim <br />Moore, the creative director for GQ, can be found describing a red <br />Calvin Klein turtleneck as “something that can take that gray flannel <br />suit and give it a little bon vivant.” The sweater, which costs $225, <br />is tagged as a GQ Pick, inside the GQ Store. In Esquire’s September <br />issue, David Granger, the magazine’s editor in chief, invites readers <br />to check out Cladmen.com, a site starting in October that will sell <br />items like a $228 pair of chukka boots from Cole Haan or a $795 suit <br />from Michael Kors, specifically selected by the magazine. Fashion <br />magazines are suddenly getting into the retailing business. <p /> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/business/media/magazines-begin-to-sell-the-fashion-they-review.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/business/media/magazines-begin-to-sell-the-...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/magazines-begin-to-sell-the-fashion-they-revi">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-7982395458361064794?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-20272003196547237192011-09-26T06:14:00.001-07:002011-09-26T06:14:50.938-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Nobody knows how big it will be, what it will look like or how much it <br />will cost. But the mere rumors that Amazon.com will bring out a color <br />tablet this fall have gotten magazine publishers more excited than <br />they've been since—well, since Apple was preparing to launch the iPad <br />last year. It's no secret why anticipation is running high. Growing <br />sales of digital editions on the iPad and Barnes & Noble's Nook Color <br />have provided the one bright spot in an industry beset by shrinking <br />newsstand sales and a wobbly advertising market. <p /> <a href="http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20110925/MEDIA_ENTERTAINMENT/309259971">http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20110925/MEDIA_ENTERTAINMENT/309259971</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/magazine-execs-psyched-over-color-kindle-crai">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-2027200319654723719?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-91334983691251685392011-09-20T05:52:00.001-07:002011-09-20T05:52:19.172-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Is Facebook a friend of news companies, or is it a rival? No matter <br />how much success publishers have piggybacking off its traffic, they <br />can’t escape the cruel math: The more of their time consumers spend on <br />Facebook and other social networking hubs, the less they have left <br />over for news sites. Now The Wall Street Journal has what it thinks is <br />an answer to this problem. Called WSJ Social, it filters Journal <br />content through the so-called social graph to yield a news product <br />that lives entirely within the walls of Facebook. It launches Tuesday. <p /> <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2011/09/19/wsj-social-for-a-world-where-facebook-is-the-new-internet/">http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2011/09/19/wsj-social-for-a-world-w...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/wsj-social-for-a-world-where-facebook-is-the">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-9133498369125168539?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-33444378041987837942011-09-19T06:42:00.001-07:002011-09-19T06:42:23.393-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>First announced in February this year, and chalked to launch by June, <br />Livestand is an HMTL 5 based product that hopes to attract publishers <br />of all sizes wanting to launch personalised media-rich content for <br />tablets and smart phones. Yahoo is hoping it will attract the <br />attention of magazine publishers in particular, with its <br />platform-agnostic solution to digitising content. <p /> <a href="http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/1093271/Yahoo-launch-game-changer-Livestand-mags/">http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/1093271/Yahoo-launch-game-changer-Livestand-m...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/embattled-yahoo-prepares-livestand-launch-wit">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-3344437804198783794?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-1784267428649286342011-09-19T06:33:00.001-07:002011-09-19T06:33:18.157-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>This week, according to numerous media and technology executives, <br />Facebook will unveil a media platform that will allow people to easily <br />share their favorite music, television shows and movies, effectively <br />making the basic profile page a primary entertainment hub. Facebook, <br />which has more than 750 million users, has not revealed its plans, but <br />the company is widely expected to announce the service at its F8 <br />developers’ conference in San Francisco on Thursday. <p /> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/business/media/facebook-is-expected-to-unveil-media-sharing-service.html?_r=1">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/business/media/facebook-is-expected-to-unve...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/facebook-to-offer-path-to-media-nytimes">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-178426742864928634?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-48428461016899739432011-09-15T06:24:00.001-07:002011-09-15T06:24:04.107-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Guardian News & Media has launched its newhomepage, <br /><a href="http://www.guardiannews.com">http://www.guardiannews.com</a>, from its digital operation in New York. <br />Readers can switch between the UK and US versions of the Guardian <br />homepage by choosing from a dropdown menu at the top left-hand corner <br />of each edition's front page. Janine Gibson, editor of GNM's US <br />operation, said of Wednesday's launch: "It's just one page today, but <br />we hope that by presenting a targeted homepage, we'll be able to <br />better display the stories that are most relevant to our US readers." <p /> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/sep/15/guardian-new-us-homepage">http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/sep/15/guardian-new-us-homepage</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/guardian-launches-new-us-homepage-guardian">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-4842846101689973943?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-66672385088804141812011-09-14T07:18:00.001-07:002011-09-14T07:18:47.911-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Mashable, the popular Web site for information about technology and <br />social media, said Tuesday that it was expanding coverage to include <br />new sections for entertainment, United States news and world news, and <br />that it was hiring a veteran technology editor to oversee all <br />editorial content. Lance Ulanoff, 47, the former editor of pcmag.com <br />and senior vice president of content for Ziff Davis Web sites, will <br />run day to day coverage at Mashable. <p /> <a href="http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/mashable-expanding-its-coverage/">http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/mashable-expanding-its-cover...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/mashable-expanding-its-coverage-nytimes">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-6667238508880414181?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-69578911191159308392011-09-13T12:16:00.001-07:002011-09-13T12:16:22.068-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Today we’re announcing Twitter Web Analytics, a tool that helps <br />website owners understand how much traffic they receive from Twitter <br />and the effectiveness of Twitter integrations on their sites. Twitter <br />Web Analytics was driven by the acquisition of BackType, which we <br />announced in July. The product provides three key benefits: Understand <br />how much your website content is being shared across the Twitter <br />network; See the amount of traffic Twitter sends to your site; Measure <br />the effectiveness of your Tweet Button integration. <p /> <a href="https://dev.twitter.com/blog/introducing-twitter-web-analytics">https://dev.twitter.com/blog/introducing-twitter-web-analytics</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/introducing-twitter-web-analytics-twitter">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-6957891119115930839?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-91489879405239778612011-09-13T07:03:00.001-07:002011-09-13T07:03:07.156-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>The Financial Times has launched a free iPad app today (13 September) <br />for its How to Spend it luxury magazine. The app will offer consumers <br />daily postings and 60 back-editions of the lifestyle magazine. The app <br />is advertiser-funded and commercial opportunities for advertisers <br />include a brand hub where advertisers can showcase their brand and <br />products in detail. <p /> <a href="http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/1091060/ft-launches-advertiser-funded-app-luxury-title/">http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/1091060/ft-launches-advertiser-funded-app-...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/ft-launches-advertiser-funded-app-for-luxury">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-9148987940523977861?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-83570906760600713592011-09-13T06:58:00.001-07:002011-09-13T06:58:42.426-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>"The tablet, and principally the iPad, is creating a totally new kind <br />of consumption experience," Flipboard chief executive Mike McCue said <br />during an on-stage chat at a TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San <br />Francisco. "All these things people have dreamed about are finally <br />happening. Technology is finally at a point were it is possible to <br />hold what feels like a magazine in your hand and thumb through it." <p /> <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/flipboard-sees-magazine-future-tablet-computers-190636765.html">http://news.yahoo.com/flipboard-sees-magazine-future-tablet-computers-1906367...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/flipboard-sees-magazine-future-in-tablet-comp">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-8357090676060071359?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-61936012633323418372011-09-13T01:49:00.001-07:002011-09-13T01:49:12.595-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Social media not only connects consumers with each other, but also <br />with just about every place they go and everything they watch and buy. <br />Nielsen’s new Social Media Report looks at trends and consumption <br />patterns across social media platforms in the U.S. and other major <br />markets, exploring the rising influence of social media on consumer <br />behavior. <p /> <a href="http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/social-media-report-spending-time-money-and-going-mobile/">http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/social-media-report-spendin...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/social-media-report-spending-time-money-and-g">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-6193601263332341837?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-90936925798244653522011-09-12T09:35:00.001-07:002011-09-12T09:35:15.346-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Nielsen, which has long provided such information about the <br />traditional media, is seeking to become a go-to source of data for new <br />media, too. To help bolster that, Nielsen is to release on Monday <br />morning a report of a kind it says it has not published before, a <br />big-picture look at social media. <p /> <a href="http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/report-details-rise-of-social-media/">http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/report-details-rise-of-socia...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/report-details-rise-of-social-media-nytimes">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-9093692579824465352?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-54936606348897195642011-09-08T04:34:00.001-07:002011-09-08T04:34:30.947-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>The Huffington Post breaks into the e-book business today with “A <br />People’s History of the Great Recession,” based on reporter Arthur <br />Delaney’s blogging about economic hardship. With this, HuffPost joins <br />a surge of news organizations that are tapping into their staff <br />expertise and troves of published material for relatively quick and <br />inexpensive e-books. <p /> <a href="http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/media-lab/mobile-media/145231/huffington-post-publishes-its-first-e-book-with-plans-for-more/">http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/media-lab/mobile-media/145231/huffington-p...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/huffington-post-publishes-its-first-e-book-wi">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-5493660634889719564?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-38734794495623090392011-09-07T06:37:00.001-07:002011-09-07T06:37:14.144-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>At a time when the Business Insiders and Huffington Posts of the media <br />world are doing anything and everything to pump up page views for <br />advertising dollars, Reuters has created an aggregation site with <br />usability at the core. The financial news service has launched <br />Counterparties.com, a content-aggregation website that highlights 20 <br />to 30 of the day's most compelling financial news and opinion stories <br />and links directly out to each one from the homepage. In that way it <br />is more Drudge Report than Huffington Post. <p /> <a href="http://adage.com/article/digital/reuters-taps-percolate-news-aggregation-site/229631/">http://adage.com/article/digital/reuters-taps-percolate-news-aggregation-site...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/reuters-taps-percolate-to-create-news-aggrega">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-3873479449562309039?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-76186875329455308962011-09-02T08:05:00.001-07:002011-09-02T08:05:46.737-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Facebook is relying on a fast-growing network of independent partners <br />to build an advertising sector that some say may ultimately rival the <br />network of companies that grew up in the past decade around Google's <br />search revolution. <p /> <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_18805737">http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_18805737</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/facebook-spawning-network-of-ad-partners-merc">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-7618687532945530896?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-75516303189632291862011-08-24T10:37:00.001-07:002011-08-24T10:37:38.175-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Magazine publisher Conde Nast has launched an enterprise edition of <br />Idea Flight, its app for group presentations on the iPad, as well as <br />several notable upgrades to the original version. <p /> <a href="http://mashable.com/2011/08/23/ideaflight-ipad-app/">http://mashable.com/2011/08/23/ideaflight-ipad-app/</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/conde-nast-brings-ipad-presentation-app-to-th">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-7551630318963229186?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406573818633320656.post-91793140616506198332011-08-24T10:35:00.001-07:002011-08-24T10:35:13.629-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'>Even social-media companies need a dose of good old-fashioned PR. <br />Twitter is on the hunt for an agency to help it through its next stage <br />of growth, Ad Age has learned. Twitter is currently in talks with a <br />mix of large and small PR firms with offices in New York, where the <br />company has just opened a new office on Madison Avenue, executives <br />familiar with the matter say. <p /> <a href="http://adage.com/article/agency-news/twitter-seeks-public-relations-year-run/229428/">http://adage.com/article/agency-news/twitter-seeks-public-relations-year-run/...</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://newsnoted.posterous.com/five-years-in-twitter-seeks-pr-help-adage">News: Noted</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6406573818633320656-9179314061650619833?l=newsnoted.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15186298079727994309noreply@blogger.com0