Brian Blum | April 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
Oprah has long been known to make or break best selling books. Now she’s applied the magic to social media. After a prominent segment on Twitter aired last...
Katja Riefler | April 22, 2009 | Real Estate
Can newspaper companies make money on real estate advertising? What an odd question, at least for Axel Konjack, CEO of Immonet GmbH, a German real estate portal...
Peter M. Zollman | April 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
Stung by reports of yet another "Craigslist killer," the free classifieds site is hinting at new steps to improve safety on the site and other Internet services....
ray marcano | April 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Wall Street Journal recently opined that the Kindle could change American reading habits. I buy that. Then, Information Week followed that with a headline that...
Brian Blum | April 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
Remember the uproar in February after Facebook quietly changed its terms of service (we reported on it here)? Following the backlash, Facebook decided to let...
Brian Blum | April 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
Watching YouTube in India? Facebook friending in the Philippines? Watch out. Unlimited access to your favorite social media service may be running out.All of the...
Peter M. Zollman | April 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
Another newspaper conference bites the dust....
Brian Blum | April 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
With the future of print newspapers anything but certain, new data from the Pew Research Center suggests that readers don’t really care that much. A recent...
ray marcano | April 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
Most of you know there’s a big debate regarding whether newspapers should charge for online content. (I don’t believe they should). But that’s an...
Peter M. Zollman | April 30, 2009 | Recruitment
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. — Networking sites and niche recruitment sites scored high marks with human resources executives for bringing in quality job...
Brian Blum | May 04, 2009 | Uncategorized
Is this the week that Amazon will launch its much anticipated newspaper and magazine sized Kindle? The New York Times is speculating yes. That would push up the...
AIM Group | May 04, 2009 | Real Estate
The Netherlands' largest newspaper group, Telegraaf Media Nederland, is merging its Brixter.nl property portal with Jaap.nl, the No. 2 Dutch realty Web...
ray marcano | May 04, 2009 | Uncategorized
We all know that media companies are turning over every rock they can to find new digital revenue, everything from ill-conceived micro-payments to erecting pay...
Brian Blum | May 05, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Atlanta Journal Constitution has come up with a novel approach to increasing print circulation revenue. Tell your digital readers to take a break. The paper...
Katja Riefler | May 05, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Scandinavian media group Schibsted just released its 2008 financial report -- and it's recommended reading for everyone in the classifieds industry --...
Peter M. Zollman | May 05, 2009 | Marketplaces
A flurry of media interest in Craigslist, and a meeting today between several state attorneys general and representatives of Craigslist, prompts me to restate some...
Brian Blum | May 07, 2009 | Uncategorized
On Wednesday, Amazon unveiled the Kindle DX, a larger version of its popular Kindle eBook reader. The DX’s 9.7-inch screen is two and a half times the size...
AIM Group | May 07, 2009 | Real Estate
Move Inc.'s new President & CEO Steven Berkowitz said he's charting a new course for the company, shifting its focus "from an organization built around...
Peter M. Zollman | May 07, 2009 | Marketplaces
At the Village Voice site, there’s a pretty thoughtful and realistic review of the...
ray marcano | May 07, 2009 | Uncategorized
My goodness. That was my first reaction when I started reading the stories and blogs after Amazon announced its new Kindle DX. Several said there’s no way...
ray marcano | May 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
Ruppert Murdoch says the Wall Street Journal will soon start charging for all of its content. Good for them. I hope the rest of the industry doesn’t rush...
Peter M. Zollman | May 13, 2009 | Marketplaces
At first glance it looked like a brilliant move: “EBay to encourage casual sales by...
Brian Blum | May 13, 2009 | Uncategorized
Updated 2:45 pm EST, May 13. Craigslist made it official: It's no longer accepting postings to its "Erotic" services category in the U.S., and in seven days, the...
Brian Blum | May 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Matt Zimmerman has weighed in on yesterday’s decision by Craigslist to drop its Erotic category and replace it...
ray marcano | May 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
E-readers are supposed to be the devices that save newspaper companies from sure ruin. Users will flock to these new tablet-sized readers, allowing media companies...
Brian Blum | May 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
In a memo leaked last week to the Romenesko column on PoynterOnline, MediaNews Group head Dean Singleton outlined the results from a late April executive...
ray marcano | May 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
Last week, I noted how the Wall Street Journal and New York Times were the only two media companies that can make money with their digital offerings. So what do...
AIM Group | May 20, 2009 | Marketplaces
Craigslist on Wednesday filed federal suit against South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster, seeking to block a threatened criminal probe over adult-oriented...
Brian Blum | May 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
Google will not be buying a newspaper, though the search engine giant has considered it. That’s from Google CEO Eric Schmidt in an interview with the...
Peter M. Zollman | May 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
Although classifieds in print are tanking --- and we've said for 11 years that print classified...
