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Skiff To Help Save The Publishers
18 hours ago ago from Amazon Kindle, Kindle 2 And Kindle DX Blog
Skiff To Help Save The Publishers Skiff, owned by Hearst Corporation, specializes in delivering digital content like newspapers and magazines. Come 2010, they are going to launch a new service that will rival with Amazon and the Kindle in some ways. Skiff intends to start delivering digital content directly to consumers who want this content. The aim is to distribute it to all available channels and that includes dedicated ...
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19 hours ago ago from excapite
Earlier this week the consortium of Time Inc., Conde Nast, the Hearst Corporation, Meredith and the News Corporation announced plans to build a much anticipated industry-standard platform to present their work on the Web, phones and e-readers. (See NY Times Five Magazine and Newspaper Publishers Introduce Their Digital News Stand and Peter Kafka's MediaMemo Now’s the Time, Finally: Publishers Announce Their “Hulu for Magazines.” Next Up: ...
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7 hours ago ago from AEJMC Newspaper Division Blog
This one's not a surprise, but still, it's disconcerting . I remember scanning its job ads eagerly in the early 1990s. Now everyone I know looks at journalismjobs.com and mediabistro.com. I guess that says it all: Editor & Publisher, the bible of the newspaper industry and a journalism institution that traces its origins back to 1884, is ceasing publication. An announcement, made by parent company The Nielsen Co., was made Thursday ...
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20 hours ago ago from sponge-ist
This is probably the best economically-literate account I've yet read of the historic problems facing newspaper publishers. It's from a blogger called Robert Heath and I'd encourage you to read the full post here . To quote, with important bits in bold: Historically, the market structure of the newspaper business enjoyed a virtuous circle as depicted above. Once the sunk cost of the editorial staff is incurred, the printing press ...
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11 hours ago ago from Industry in Progress
Five major publishers announced Tuesday (yeah, I know, I'm late!) that they will be starting their own joint digital newsstand and distribution model. Condé Nast, Hearst, Meredith, News Corporation, and Time Inc. have begun plans on a joint venture to open and operate a digital newsstand that would provide content for multiple digital platforms and take digital distribution out of the hands of companies like Zinio and place it back in their ...
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Editor & Publisher and Kirkus Reviews Close
5 hours ago ago from The New York Times
Abandoning some of the best known names in trade publishing, the Nielsen Company said Thursday that it would shut down Editor Publisher and Kirkus Reviews, and sell a stable of other publications, including Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter, to a newly formed media company. Nielsen's plans to sell had been reported for months, but the news that E P and Kirkus would close at the end of the year was a surprise. The company declined to ...
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5 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
I found my first newspaper job 40 years ago through a classified ad in Editor&Publisher that was lying around our college daily's office. That's where everyone in the newspaper business looked for work - and where we usually found it - all these years. If you ever needed proof that the newspaper business is in deep trouble, yesterday's sad announcement that "E&P" will cease publication after 125 years, certainly provided it. The newspaper ...
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