May 18
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As it ramps up for its initial public stock offering, there’s been a lot of attention focused on Facebook’s lack of performance as an advertising...

May 15
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Now that Yahoo has managed to make its way through yet another CEO shuffle — its sixth in just five years — the former portal...

May 11
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When we spoke with Nick Denton recently, the Gawker Media CEO talked about how the new commenting system he launched last month would shape the...

May 10
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When you look around at the web and the state of the online economy, does it look like it has been colonized by large corporations...

followed by: @digiphile
May 9
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As various levels of government both in the U.S. and around the world have stepped up their attempts to track down dissidents through social networks,...

followed by: @digiphile
May 8
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There are plenty of warning signs about the ongoing disruption in the media industry, and everyone is looking for someone to blame.

May 5
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We’ve had plenty of examples over the past couple of years of how Twitter can be used to break news, especially news that official sources...

followed by: @digiphile
May 4
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What did the printed newspaper provide in its heyday as the information-delivery system of choice?

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Book publishers are trying hard to defend the pricing of e-books — perhaps in part because they’ve been accused by the Justice Department of rigging...

followed by: Mike Masnick
May 3
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When Google launched its Google+ social network, the company made it clear that it wasn’t just another Buzz-style experiment — director of product Bradley Horowitz...

followed by: Laura Hazard Owen
May 2
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Things couldn’t be better at Twitter, CEO Dick Costolo told attendees at a conference on Tuesday, saying the business is going “phenomenally well,” and the...

May 1
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One of the big areas of focus for technology companies over the past year has been “big data” — in other words, the idea that...

followed by: @digiphileLaura Hazard Owen, pbs.org
Apr 26
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There was some consternation in the media industry this week when the Chicago Tribune announced that it was letting more than 20 of its journalists...

Apr 25
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The New York Times recently ran an exclusive exposé about Walmart and bribery allegations in Mexico, a story that helped to shave about $16 billion...

Apr 24
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We’ve seen a rash of essays and articles in the mainstream press recently that take a somewhat scare-mongering tone towards social networks and digital communication...

Apr 21
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Over the past couple of months, Gawker Media founder Nick Denton has made it clear that he doesn’t like blog comments very much, and that...

Apr 17
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Launched three years ago as a way of giving publishers and media companies better real-time analytics related to their content, Chartbeat announced Monday that it...

followed by: @omKi Mae Heussner
Apr 12
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As expected, the Department of Justice launched an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and several of the major book publishers on Wednesday, alleging collusion and price-fixing...

followed by: @edbottAlan Patrick, technologyreview.com, Mark CoddingtonMathew Ingram
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The rise of social media has had a number of disruptive effects on the traditional media industry, but one of the most powerful aspects of...

followed by: @digiphile
Apr 4
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Much of the traditional media business has been in the doldrums for some time now, a victim of declining circulation and the free-fall of print...

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