digital media news stories on Newser

Journos Outraged as Slate Axes Jack Shafer

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:16:32 CDT

Slate co-founder Jack Shafer, who has been with the online magazine since before its official launch in 1996, is being laid off, it was announced yesterday. The media critic is one of four staff members being let go; Timothy Noah , June Thomas , and Juliet Lapidos are the others, reports the...

Google to Bite at Apple With Digital Newsstand?

Matt Cantor — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 09:16:39 CST

Google is considering launching a digital newsstand that would cater to users of smartphones and tablets that run Android, setting the stage for a competition with Apple for publishers’ support. Apple’s iTunes already sells a number of popular periodicals; Google has reportedly held talks with Time Inc., Condé Nast, and...

Digital Spew Edges Into Zettabyte Zone

Rob Quinn — Wed, 05 May 2010 03:59:51 CDT

The flood of digital information produced by the world is outgrowing even the language described it. "Zettabyte"—one million million gigabytes, or enough information to fill 75 billion iPads—has now entered the lexicon, and the world's digital output is expected to pass the 1 zettabyte mark for the first...

1 in 3 Fear Being 'One of Those iPhone People'

Caroline Miller — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:19:00 CST

It's “dangerously alluring,” but the iPhone makes most Stanford students so giddy that they don’t really care. About a third of respondents in a recent study said they worried about becoming addicted to the gadget. But the torrid affair is far from over—roughly three-quarters said that it makes them...

Pepsi Won't Field Super Bowl Ads

Harry Kimball — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:21:00 CST

Pepsi will end its 23-year advertising presence on the Super Bowl telecast to focus on a cross-platform marketing push with a strong digital component. The company was quick to spin the retreat, which will leave the broadcast wide open to archrival Coca-Cola. “The Super Bowl broadcast can be an amazing...

Publishers Forming 'Magazine iTunes'

Jane Yager — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:36:20 CST

The latest bid to save magazine publishing may soon have readers browsing the online racks of an iTunes-style newsstand. Major magazine publishers including Time Inc. and Conde Nast hope to exert some control over digital readership with a joint venture enabling readers to buy copies of the New Yorker, Sports...

Silverman Leaves NBC, Goes Digital

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:00:00 CDT

Ben Silverman is leaving NBC Entertainment and hitting the Internet, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The division's co-chair—who may have jumped and may have been pushed—will partner with Barry Diller and IAC to create “a next generation enterprise that bridges the gap between traditional television and the Internet,...

Young Media Doomsayer Rivets Industry

Jason Farago — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:31:08 CDT

A report on teen views of media written by a 15-year-old Morgan Stanley intern has become the talk of Wall Street and Sun Valley, with CEOs and fund managers old enough to be his grandparents jumping on its conclusions. Londoner Matthew Robson claims that his generation has no use for...

At Sun Valley, Media Moguls Will Obsess on Paid Content

Jason Farago — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:23:10 CDT

From Rupert Murdoch to Twitter founder Evan Williams, moguls old and young descend on Sun Valley, Idaho, this week for an annual summit on media and technology. This year, reports the Financial Times , the dominant question concerns paid content—a debate that has spread from the troubled newspaper industry to...