Key content will be coming from amateurs soon
One of the elements that may come out of the current media debate undamaged could be content. Several companies are refocussing on content. IAC/InterActiveCorp, which runs Match.com, Ask.com and numerous other websites is planning to invest more in the production of content. In another industry, Simon Fuller, the man behind Pop Idols and the Spice [...]
When 140 characters is just not enough, Twitter competition
While Twitter continues to grow, has just secured another round of investment of $100 million and is thinking about how it can generate revenue, competitors are out to steal it’s crown. One of them is mobjet, which has just launched in Singapore. It’s part of a growing number of challengers to the Twitter business model. Mobjet launched [...]
After Bing and Google, Yahoo goes real time
Microsoft’s Bing and Google launched their search innovations over the past weeks, through social search and integrating with Twitter and Facebook. Now Yahoo is doing tests to see if they will go the same route. Search engines are integrating these new tools in search results as they show more current, almost real time returns rather than [...]
Follow up on Demand Media article
After publishing the article: ” Are you ready for huge changes in media content creation” I posted it on Microstockgroup as I felt that it would be an interesting development for microstock photographers. While some in the forum see the production of vast amount of content as a threat others mention that in fact there are [...]
Microstock service offering free trials
When we first published about Lookstat they had just relaunched their service for Microstock Photographers. A few months later here’s a short update on this Seattle based company that has quickly found a loyal following and support from the microstock community. Lookstat are launching a free 25 day trial for their microstock keywording and uploading service. [...]
Conde Nast reorganises, cuts continue elsewhere
After a number of rounds of redundancies and magazine closures ( here, here and here) Conde Nast has now announced that it’s refocussing its sales force by creating five separate brand categories. Here’s a small excerpt from the press release: Each of Condé Nast Digital’s 26 online brands will now fall into one of the [...]
Google to launch Social search
Shortly after Bing, Microsoft’s search engine, announced it would integrate Twitter and Facebook in their search results Google is following this up with social search. Google describes it as follows: “Google Social Search is an experimental feature that enables you to find relevant public web content from people in your social circle, when you’re signed [...]
Newspapers with record online users while lay-offs continue
In a further sign of readers switching from paper to websites to read their daily news the latest ABC report shows that three invividual newspapers attracted over 30 million unique users to their websites. Internet success: ABCe: Guardian.co.uk, Telegraph.co.uk and Mail Online top 30 million users | Media | guardian.co.uk Guardian | October 22, 2009 [...]
Find contacts by mapping your connections
7 Degrees has launched a product that creates maps of your connections to people and companies. It shows a graphical representation that looks a bit like a mindmap. One of the applications could be for a sales team that wants to find out who they know at a prospect client. It’s the first product of 7 [...]
Online advertising stabilizing, offline still weak.
Here’s our regular update about the advertising industry. Similar to past updates the big advertising groups are still struggling but online advertising is stabilizing pointing to a possible early recovery for this category. Yahoo: Online Advertising Has Stabilized – BusinessWeek Business Week | October 21, 2009 Quote: Yahoo, in the midst of a sweeping reorganization [...]
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