by Erik Sass on May 16, 3:57 PM
Anyone who has been to Britain or has British friends knows that tea is not just a drink enjoyed in the afternoon but a universe to itself. This expansive cultural penumbra around the world's oldest brewed drink has provided fodder for plenty of books - and now, a luxury lifestyle magazine.
by Erik Sass on May 13, 12:57 PM
'The Hollywood Reporter' courted controversy - and got it - with the publication of a scathing op-ed by Woody Allen's son Ronan Farrow, slamming entertainment journalists for essentially giving the legendary filmmaker a pass on charges of sexual abuse.
by Erik Sass on May 12, 10:59 AM
MSN, ESPN, and conservative news aggregator the Drudge Report together account for a remarkable 20% of all online news consumed by U.S. audiences, SimilarWeb found. Together, the three sites generated a total of over 4 billion page-views across desktop and mobile channels in April.
by Erik Sass on May 11, 8:51 AM
Another big metropolitan daily newspaper is going to the big green recycling bin in the sky, following last week's surprise announcement that the Tampa Tribune had been acquired, and subsequently closed, by its longtime rival, The Tampa Bay Times.
by Erik Sass on May 10, 10:49 AM
While newspaper industry layoffs have become sadly familiar over the last decade, following tens of thousands of jobs cut across newsrooms, as well as business, production, and distribution staff, less attention has been paid to attrition in the key area of information technology.
by Erik Sass on May 9, 10:15 AM
Did you ever think that maybe everything we know about media is wrong, that we should ditch digital distribution and bet the farm on print publishing? No? Apparently, the publishers of the UK's 'Daily Mirror' had to learn this the hard way.
by Erik Sass on May 6, 10:20 AM
Disruption, destruction, reinvention: Whatever you want to call what the Internet does to established industries, newspapers publishers were one of the first to be hit. And the painful process is still very much underway, judging by first-quarter results, which show that the business isn't out of the woods yet
by Erik Sass on May 5, 12:17 PM
For the first time in history, the number of employees involved in digital publishing has surpassed the number of employees in the legacy newspaper business, according to the latest figures from the government's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
by Erik Sass on May 4, 2:59 PM
Sure you've made programmatic ad buys, but have you ever done it... on weed? That's now a possibility, thanks to a new marijuana-focused advertising network created by AdCellerant and Voice Media Group, a Denver-based media company that publishes LA Weekly, the Phoenix New Times, the Dallas Observer, and Miami New Times, among other community newspapers.
by Erik Sass on May 3, 3:58 PM
Adblock announced a new partnership with Flattr, an online payments platform, that will enable consumers to send cash contributions to publishers and content creators. Customers will be able to set a monthly budget to "flattr" or automatically send money to providers of online content