Archive for category: MSM

Al Jazeera Enters ‘New Media Realm’ Announces Heavy Focus On Twitter Based News

Al Jazeera Enters ‘New Media Realm’ Announces Heavy Focus On Twitter Based News

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 Drops iPad App, Reportedly Rebooting

Maxim Drops iPad App, Reportedly Rebooting

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 […]

Patrick Kevin Day Named Deputy Editor Of ‘The Hollywood Reporter’

Patrick Kevin Day Named Deputy Editor Of ‘The Hollywood Reporter’

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 […]

LA Times Web Chief Cites Traffic Surges, Still Lags Behind NYT

LA Times Web Chief Cites Traffic Surges, Still Lags Behind NYT

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 […]

The Latest Magazine to Go Digital is… ‘Reader’s Digest?’ Seriously?

The Latest Magazine to Go Digital is… ‘Reader’s Digest?’ Seriously?

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 […]

NBC 10 Integrates Foursquare With Local Reporting

NBC 10 Integrates Foursquare With Local Reporting

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 Leaves New York Magazine, Takes Over Vanity Fair Web Operations

Chris Rovzar Leaves New York Magazine, Takes Over Vanity Fair Web Operations

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 […]

‘New York Times’ Leans on Twitter During 40-Minute Outage

‘New York Times’ Leans on Twitter During 40-Minute Outage

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 Sells Off Print Mags to Focus on Digital

BBC Worldwide Sells Off Print Mags to Focus on Digital

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 […]

MediaNews Group Puts Up Paywalls for 23 Newspapers

MediaNews Group Puts Up Paywalls for 23 Newspapers

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 […]

P&G Inks Deal With Bauer Media, Old Media Receives New Media Advertising

P&G Inks Deal With Bauer Media, Old Media Receives New Media Advertising

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 […]

Harrod’s Launching Digital Magazine to Grow Retail Ops

Harrod’s Launching Digital Magazine to Grow Retail Ops

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, […]

Google & Associated Press Team Up With Online News Association, Give Away Journalism Scholarships

Google & Associated Press Team Up With Online News Association, Give Away Journalism Scholarships

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, […]

New Media Is Good Says Guyana

New Media Is Good Says Guyana

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 […]