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Spam Spreads; Bing Gets Twitter

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 6:48:48 EDT

Highest Spam Rate In Years Gannett Set for Big...

That’s Entertainment: Old vs. New Media

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 7:42:37 EDT

Entertain us…please! One of the true growth engines in Web traffic this year is entertainment news, which shot up 7% according to comScore data. More than 55 million Americans visited gossip, movie and celebrity news sites in May, but the most explosive growth is in the streaming media category where...

Cohn on Mags: 'I Think It Has Hit the Bottom'

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 8:27:50 EDT

Our own min editor-in-chief Steve Cohn joined MarketWatch columnist Jon Friedman yesterday for his Media Minute video. Asked to reflect on the state of the ad economy for magazines, Cohn said he felt that things had hit a...

Is TheWrap Challenging B2B Biggies?

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 9:15:26 EDT

Upstart Hollywood business site TheWrap is crowing that its traffic is starting to rival traditional print brands Variety.com and HollywoodReporter.com in online reach. Well, maybe. TheWrap was founded earlier this year by former NY Times entertainment journalist Sharon Waxman, and her inside connections...

Access Intelligence Gets Health Coverage – Acquires Contexo

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 9:24:20 EDT

Access Intelligence (parent company to min, min’s b2b and minonline) deepens a strategic plan to expand its portfolio of subscription-based information and service products with the acquisition of Contexo Media, the Salt Lake City, Utah firm that provides medical coding, software and reimbursement...

Wohrle: The Machines Keep Getting Online Advertising Wrong

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 9:51:52 EDT

The other day, I was at the paidContent EconAffinity conference fighting the urge to fiddle with my BlackBerry when an entertaining spat broke out among the panelists. The session was called “Online Advertising: Is Turning to Behavioral Targeting and Bigger Ads the Answer?” and was ably moderated...

OK!'s $500K Cover; Casey to Edit Oprah

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:59:47 EDT

OK! Pays $500K for Jackson Photo Susan Casey to Edit Oprah's...

What Martha’s Twitter Followers Want

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 7:33:59 EDT

It took two years for Martha Stewart Living magazine to amass 600,000 subscribers, but in only eleven weeks, Martha herself collected that many followers to her famously popular Twitter feed. “It’s pretty phenomenal, and I’m quite astonished at the ease with which you can get a following...

Joost Restructures: Goes White Label

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 8:12:30 EDT

One of the most over-hyped brands in the Web video explosion of recent years, Joost, admits defeat at the hands of major TV suppliers, YouTube and hulu. In a blog post from CEO Mike Volpe at the site yesterday, the company announced it was leaving the consumer space and focusing on selling its technology as...

Want a Raise? Try Custom Publishing

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 8:40:43 EDT

While layoffs, pay cuts and salary freezes are the norm this year within most media segments, one area of publishing offers a glimmer of positive news. According to a survey from the Custom Publishing Council and ContentWise, average salaries among custom publishing professionals increased 4.77% in 2009 to...