acquisitions
Nobody wants to buy Twitter. It made it obvious it was up for sale – but one by one the buys dropped out. The reasons seem numerous – the trolling problem for one [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-17/disney-said-to-have-dropped-twitter-pursuit-partly-over-image] . But, at its core, the reluctance seems to be based around
business models
Richard Horgan [http://www.adweek.com/fishbowlny/toronto-star-headline-coffee/385236]: > From north of the border, a rather interesting new revenue experiment. Canada’s largest newspaper, the Toronto Star, this week announced the launch of a new monthly in-house subscription service: Headline Coffee. Yup, a coffee subscription service from a newspaper
antony mayfield
Interesting observation from Antony Mayfield [https://brilliantnoise.com/blog/indies-agencies-and-the-battle-for-branded-content/?utm_source=blog_adam_tinworth] (who is finally blogging again): > [The audience’s] antipathy to advertising in general (witness ad-blockers and the rise of ad-free streaming) may present indies with their biggest opportunities in the branded content market: they
business models
Frederic Filloux [https://mondaynote.com/want-to-boost-your-news-app-hire-a-gamer-4a7cd104eafa]: > I’ve been in the industry for a long time and have heard over and over eloquent statements about “focusing on our most loyal readers”; I spend more than a thousand dollars per year in various digital subscriptions — which should qualify me as
business models
Talking of publishing platforms, Bill Simmons’ new venture, post-Grantland and ESPN [http://espnmediazone.com/us/espn-statement-regarding-grantland/], is heading to Medium [https://medium.com/@el/medium-home-of-the-ringer-829dd263f955#.d9g8rm3ik]: > We first talked to Bill in December. Over the ensuing weeks, it became clear that we have a shared passion for raising the
2016
It’s gonna be a tough year for magazines, says a McKinsey report [http://qz.com/584744/books-and-newspapers-will-do-just-fine-in-2016-magazines-not-so-much/] Magazine’s failure to build complementary digital products is hurting them badly… > In fact, according to a new report from global consulting firm McKinsey, every category of media—from cinema to
ad blockers
Incisive Media plans on blocking ad-blockers in the New Year [http://digiday.com/publishers/incisive-media-become-second-u-k-publisher-ban-ad-blocker-users/] > The publisher, which has a mix of subscription-based and ad-funded magazines, is seeing 40 percent of its traffic affected by visitors with ad blockers enabled, across the titles with more technology-savvy audiences, with other
branding
> Some reputable publishing sites have these trash content modules on the bottom. Makes pennies, destroys brands. pic.twitter.com/nFEm7mNA5P [https://t.co/nFEm7mNA5P] — Jason Hirschhorn (@JasonHirschhorn) December 12, 2015 [https://twitter.com/JasonHirschhorn/status/675768830484873216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] There are good and bad varieties of these “news
business models
A day at work watching YouTube videos [http://www.wired.com/2015/08/jukin-media/]: > A guy in a hamster suit falling over at a children’s birthday party also gets the nod. It reminds him of a video his company approved a few weeks ago—Bugs Bunny and Daffy
ad blockers
MG Seigler makes a good point about the content blocker panic [https://500ish.com/your-right-to-write-8ac06bedc945]: > Having downloaded and installed one myself (Peace), I can say with a good amount of certainty that the likelihood of “regular” users picking these apps up en masse is nearly nil. Not only is
adblocking
Uh-oh [http://thenextweb.com/apple/2015/09/17/ios-9s-main-attraction-adblocking/]: > Less than 24 hours after the release of iOS 9, it’s interesting to see that adblockers are shooting to the top of the charts in the App Store worldwide. Content blockers, which allow users to block advertising, trackers and
business models
Old media is buying its way into new media, again, with NBCUniversal throwing cash at Buzzfeed and Vox Media [http://recode.net/2015/08/12/nbcuniversal-buys-big-chunks-of-vox-media-and-buzzfeed/] : > BuzzFeed, meanwhile, is expected to be worth $1.5 billion after its NBCU investment, which multiple sources say is also $200 million — not