When I think of New Media and new media news organizations one of the very last organizations that comes to mind in news reporting service Al Jazeera, yet they have made a decidedly big move to focus more of their […]
Maxim fans that are also iPad users will have to get their fix of scantily clad women soaked in unknown substances and partially covered in sand from some other place for the time being, as the company is yanking their iPad […]
The Hollywood Reporter (THR.com) has announced that Patrick Kevin Day has been named as their new deputy reporter and will report directly to THR.com Editor Joseph Kapsch. Day and Kapsch previously worked together in relaunching the online section of the […]
Amid some rounds of layoffs, the head of the Los Angeles Times’ website insists that the paper’s online strategy is “solid” and “not a fluke.” ComScore indicates traffic to the broadsheet’s website is up 23% over last year, but it hasn’t […]
This has to be some kind of watershed moment in the current paradigm shift of how periodical content is distributed and consumed by its audience. Reader’s Digest is- and I will try to describe this as charitably as possible- kind of […]
Philadelphia newschannel NBC 10 has taken the step of adopting the geo-location app Foursquare in order to integrate with viewers more dynamically. The station has created an account that currently has a few hundred followers, and one reporter per day […]
Chris Rovzar has left his post as the senior online editor at New York Magazine after four years, he will now take over as editor of Vanity Fair’s Web operations. Rovzar has been a big presence at New York’s Daily Intel […]
America’s paper of record went down for an interminable 40-minutes Tuesday night, displaying a 404 error to readers who attempted to access the New York Times’ home page. The old media stalwart used a newer form of technology to address the […]
BBC Worldwide, the public broadcaster’s commercial wing, has agreed to sell its portfolio of magazines to private equity firm Exponent in a deal totaling about $200 million, or about £120 million. Radio Times, olive and Gardens Illustrated were included in the sale, as well […]
Even more newspapers are adopting the New York Times’ paywall structure in the US following the Gray Lady’s adoption of the free-to-paid content scale earlier this year and its moderate success. On Tuesday, 23 newspapers in 11 states began operating under […]
When we talk about old media on Medacity we typically talk about how publications are coming into the New Media age, launching websites, improving the reach of archaic websites they already own, and so on, however sometimes it’s new media […]
One of the larger signs of digital media growth is its adoption by firms outside its realm by companies perceived as more traditional or established. The latest company to aggressively ramp up their digital publishing strategy is British retailer Harrod’s, […]
The Associated Press and Google want digital journalism writers to improve their craft and to help with that goal they have launched a national scholarship program for digital journalism students. The program is being administered by The Online News Association, […]
In an environment where new media is often under attack, South American country Guyana has taken a stance in favor of new media, and it’s all good. Guyana President Bharrat Jagdeo said in an address to the local Impress Youth […]