Following the launch of Twitter’s Moments service, publishers should be more worried that ever about losing their connection with readers, TechCrunch suggests. “Publishers are in danger of becoming dumb content in the smart pipes of platforms like Facebook and Twitter,” it writes. “The platforms want to absorb the Internet, becoming the destination -- a sit-down restaurant, not a take-out counter.”  

'The Fader' is making digital editions of all 100 issues of its 16-year archive available to readers for free through a partnership with BitTorrent Bundle, the music publication announced this week.

Time Inc.'s 'Essence' magazine is expanding its high-profile Essence Festival franchise overseas, with this week's announcement that Durban, South Africa will host major events in 2016 and 2016.

Fashion and beauty site Refinery29 is jumping on the Snapchat Discover bandwagon. “Snapchat now features 15 publishers in the United States, although Refinery is also launching on Discover internationally,” Re/Code notes. “It’s the third time Snapchat has added or swapped publishers on the platform since mid-July, and it won’t be the last.”  

Trying to repair its reputation as the Web’s ugly underbelly, Reddit is launching a new standalone news site named Upvoted. “The site looks and feels much like any other news site out there,” Wired writes. “But, unlike other news sites, it will be a part of Reddit … And, very much unlike Reddit, it won’t allow comments on the site at all. (Nor, despite its name, will it have any kind of upvoting system.)”  

Veteran business journalist, editor, and publisher Larry Kramer is joining 'TheStreet' board of directors, the online business news publisher announced Monday.

This week brought more changes at Bloomberg Media, with the promotion of Gary Groenheim and the hiring of Hannah Musisi at Bloomberg's London office.

The New York Times put a number of mobile ad blockers to the test over the course of four days and measured how much the programs cut down on Web page data sizes and improved loading times, and how much they increased a smartphone’s battery life. The results were mixed.