Zuckerberg’s Law of Information Sharing
Via the New York Times By Saul Hansell On stage at the Web 2.0 Summit on Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, was cheerfully unruffled. Mr. Zuckerberg pinned his optimism on a change in behavior among Internet users: that they are ever more willing to tell others what they are doing, who their friends are, and [...]Will Print Survive the Next Five Years?
Shakeout Among Publications Looks Unavoidable After Another Dismal Week By Nat Ives Published: November 03, 2008 NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The print business was horrified enough last week when The Christian Science Monitor revealed plans to fold its 100-year-old daily print edition in favor of the web and a weekly print product. But by the end of one [...]Obama Promises Change; Is It Bad for Marketers?
Nov 9, 2008 -By Jim Edwards The election of President Barack Obama will bring with it a Democrat-controlled Congress and a revised set of priorities for the various federal agencies that regulate media and advertising. The finance crisis has brought an end to the idea that markets should regulate themselves. Lobbyists, fed-watchers and CEOs say that they are [...]115 Covers of the Campaign
An interesting look at the 2008 election in magazine covers, demonstrating the power of this medium in conveying a political message through rich design. To see them all, click here.In Era of Blog Sniping, Companies Shoot First
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER Published: November 4, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO — During past downturns, layoffs were mostly a private affair. Big companies tended to issue vague press releases filled with jargon about “downsizing,” and start-ups often gave people the pink slip without telling the world anything at all. To read the rest of this article, click here.Rodale Lays Off 111
The layoffs that have devastated the publishing industry in recent weeks continue to mount. Rodale, the Emmaus, Pennsylvania-based publisher of books and magazines including Men’s Health, Women’s Health and Runner’s World, today announced that it is eliminating 111 employees and consolidating positions across the company. For the rest of this story, click here.Forbes May Be Ready to Merge Print and Web Ops
Via MediaWeek One person said the company is expected to merge Web and print functions for marketing and database management in the coming weeks Oct 27, 2008 -By Lucia Moses Forbes Inc., which has famously kept its magazine and Web operations separate even as many of its publishing peers opted to integrate those functions, is expected to jump on [...]If No One Sees It, Is It an Invention?
Via The New York Times IN December, Johnny Chung Lee, then a Ph.D. candidate, posted a five-minute video on YouTube that became an Internet sensation. To share his innovation, Johnny Chung Lee posted a video on YouTube. In it, he uses a Wii remote controller and “head tracking” glasses to make a screen image come alive. The video [...]Recent Zinio News: MediaWeek Magazine and #1 Radio Stations Nationwide
Posted in Digital Publishing News, RSS Email, Zinio News
Zinio was featured in interviews on five major radio stations, as well as in MediaWeek magazine. To listen, click on the links below:
WTOP Radio, Washington, DC
KSL Radio, Salt Lake City
WOOD Radio, Northern Michigan
WIMA Radio, Lima, OH
WLW Radio, Cincinnati, OH
To read the MediaWeek story, click here.
Posted on October 27th, 2008 | leave a comment | trackback
Magazine Business Starts To Follow Newspapers Down The Tank
Posted in Digital Publishing News
via 24/7WallSt.
Magazine Business Starts To Follow Newspapers Down The Tank (NYT)(WPO)(GCI)(MHP)(TWX)
There are no Wall Street analysts who believe that newspapers will recover from the ongoing financial crisis. Publishers have argued that housing, employment, and car markets were the cause of their declining revenue. When those industries recovered, they reasoned, so would the newspaper industry. Based [...]
Posted on October 26th, 2008 | leave a comment | trackback
