One of the older mainstream media titles will be helping Tumblr work toward its ten billionth post, the magazine has announced. Legacy magazine Time– which has created a decent presence for itself on the web after experiencing some standard print […]
International news agency Reuters is dipping its toe into the somewhat hot aggregator game with a new linkblog called Counterparties. Drawing more than one comparison to the Drudge Report, Counterparties will carry between 20 and 30 of the day’s more […]
Oh wow- if you were a dedicated Sassy Magazine fan when the mag was in production and didn’t get a bit teary-eyed perusing Tavi Gevinson’s hotly-anticipated site Rookie, your heart is totally black and not even in a cool, sort of […]
There is no getting around the fact that Carol Bartz’s tenure as the CEO of Yahoo was nothing short of tumultuous, but according to Kara Swisher at All Things D that time has come to an end as the Yahoo […]
Guardian News & Media on Monday announced that they have chosen to close three print supplements as they move forward with their “digital first” policy. The company closed G3 supplements for Media, Education and Society. The supplements will be pushed […]
There is a war going on right now and while it might not be bloody or leaving bodies strewn all over the place it is a nasty war and you my friend are the frontline troopers. It is a war […]
Right here would be the place for a cheap “don’t be evil” joke, but I’ll let you fill in the blank. Google, via YouTube, is teaming up with… newschannel… Fox News to host a presidential debate for GOP candidates later […]
Chicago’s Daily Herald is joining several other papers scattered across the country, following the lead of the New York Times and throwing up a paywall for non-subscribers who wish to access their content on the web. Although the newspaper paywall model […]
Undoubtedly, the seminal moment where new media became a mainstream source for breaking information was in the hours and days following the cataclysmic events of September 11th. The trove of news and media from the day itself (the 10th anniversary […]
CNN on Tuesday announced that they have purchased Zite, a personalized news reader iPad app that was created by a team of eight employees. In their press release CNN revealed that they would allow Zite to run as a “separate, […]
The New York Times has dropped their paywall this weekend but only for stories that cover Hurricane Irene and the devastation it’s bringing to the coast. Speaking about their decision the company tweeted: “As a public service, @nytimes will allow […]
The Writers Guild of America, West, has signed a contract- the first ever of its kind- covering a group of CBS web writers. The ratification was announced this week, but the contract between the trade organization and CBS writer-producers for […]
Politics and culture site Slate is laying off four writers in a round of layoffs that came after the site dropped 13% in ad revenues in the second quarter. Slate currently maintains a staff of about 50, and among the […]
Sports news site Bleacher Report has gotten a fresh infusion of cash, with an additional $22 million in funding from Oak Investment Partners made available to grow the site. The newest round of funding brings Bleacher Report’s total available cash […]
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