Frenemy mine: The pros and cons of social partnerships for online media companies — Gigaom Research
How should online media companies evaluate social media opportunities? Frenemy mine: The pros and cons of social partnerships for online media companies — Gigaom Research.
A Quick Tour Of The New York Times’ Twitter Graveyard
BuzzFeed’s Charlie Warzel’ very unscientific exploration of New York Times editorial staff’s twitter accounts.
Apple iBeacons: what are they and what do they mean for retail?
Apple iBeacons: what are they and what do they mean for retail?
Tshwane free Wi-Fi launches in 5 areas | News24
This is a pilot project worth watching.
Politicsweb – SA`s media: The old is dying, the new is struggling to be born – Top stories
Is South African print about to fall off the edge? You’ve got to wonder: who will survive the transition and how?
Politicsweb – SA`s media: The old is dying, the new is struggling to be born – Top stories.
8 Creative Ways to Connect With Customers on Facebook
If you’re going to use Facebook to build a community around your media products, get creative! These tips cover some of the basics!
The Benefits and Challenges of Data Analytics
Summary and link by Michael Moodie
Today, more information is created in two days than all the information created leading up to 2003. In order for businesses to succeed in such an environment they need to be able isolate and analyse the information that is relevant to them. Doing this successfully can have major benefits but the process is not without its challenges.
(Business Analytics – Turning Data into Insight)
(Making Data Analytics Work – Three Key Challenges)
The Problem with Web Analytics: Web Analysts
Summary and link by Nicole Swanepoel
Web Analysts are feeling “hard-done-by” as they believe that they aren’t given the recognition that they deserve.
Especially because they are “data-whizzes” and they extract “jaw-dropping” insights (and then package them in a way that is not only accessible but meaningful too).
But, is this enough?
This article accepts the complaints brought forward by Web Analysts, but the author turns the victim (Analysts) into the culprit. The questions is: Are Web Analysts doing enough?
Read more…
http://www.quirklondon.com/2012/10/the-main-problem-with-web-analytics-web-analysts/
Social Media and Data Analytics
Link and summary by Moroa Mopeli
Data analytics could be used to find out the latest trends in certain industries and demographics involved. This will help organisations to address particular aspects where necessary by using the right social media platforms to advertise or compete for better performance.
Pay TV companies try to retain subscribers by offering online and mobile content
Pay TV companies are offering content online and on smartphones to their subscribers in an attempt to prevent their business from being cannibalised. And they want to capture young people by reaching them on the devices the want to use. Can they succeed despite the flood of competitors?
Publishing in Brazil: Folding papers | The Economist
Print declines as half of households have Internet connections.
Moneyweb: Radio + internet offer more synergies than print + internet.
Although I agree, I’m keen to see more detailed analyses of why. Any pointers? And what about Radio + Mobile?
It’s a question of… Making capital out of Moneyweb | The Media Online.
Cyber currencies and money laundering
Liberty Reserve ‘criminals’ move on to other currencies to launder dirty money
10 Journalism Rules That Can Teach You Everything You Need to Know About Content Marketing
Basic lessons from journalism that will improve your SEO.
10 Journalism Rules That Can Teach You Everything You Need to Know About Content Marketing.
Social + mobile = the “dynamite” combo ITV News needed to build reputation and audience » Nieman Journalism Lab
ITV news is having great success with live-streaming news instead of waiting to compile news stories. The speed with which disinformation spreads means they have to make sure every line is accurate as it goes out.
Google Glass – friend or foe?
The next revolution in portable computing? Depends on your perspective. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21699307
Journalism.co.za – New Indy owner on changing media and what the country needs
Quality journalism and multimedia are what students need to learn at Journ School. http://www.journalism.co.za/index.php/news-and-insight/insight/170-backstory/5320-new-indy-owner-on-changing-media-and-what-the-country-needs.html
Twitter secures advertising deal
Twitter secures advertising deal http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22263984
Inside the mind of Eric Schmidt | Alan Rusbridger
Inside the mind of Eric Schmidt | Alan Rusbridger
From the mouth of a newspaper captain | The Media Online
The media has “willingly committed mass suicide, says Times Media Group’s Mike Robertson. “I mean, who goes and puts their valuable stories online for the world to see for free?”
Soon All Online Advertising Will be Video: via HuffPost
Soon All Online Advertising Will be Video: via HuffPost http://huff.to/14HGOuF
FT launches “second generation” web app, says online payments will soon be much easier — paidContent
The Orange County Register’s new owners want to reinvent newspapers from the ground up — paidContent
The FT has “crossed over” to become a digital business — but can anyone else replicate that feat? — paidContent
A new profile of the Financial Times is the latest piece to hold up the company as a model for traditional publishers that want to create a digital-era business. It sounds great, but it’s not very realistic.
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