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Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, annoyed American print media at the Newspaper Association of America conference recently by saying: “Try to figure out what…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | May 21, 2009 10:44AM | 1 Comment »
In the Christian Science Monitor yesterday, media economics expert Robert G.Picard set out to explain “Why journalists deserve low pay”. While the po-faced, Socratic tone…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | May 20, 2009 2:50PM | 1 Comment »
When we were at the FIPP magazine conference a fortnight ago, there was the suggestion that publishers would have to get used to…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | May 18, 2009 2:23PM | 1 Comment »
E-readers are a medium that’s poised for serious monetisation – the audience hasn’t got used to material being free on them yet, so will be…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | May 8, 2009 11:45AM | No Comments »
One of the more heated sessions at FIPP 09 was “What Advertisers Want”, featuring the media directors of Gucci and Unilever. Nikolas Talonpoika of Gucci…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | May 7, 2009 10:58AM | 1 Comment »
Phorm, the targeted advertising company that’s the scourge of the privacy brigade, is actively fighting back against its detractors with a new website,
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | April 29, 2009 10:57AM | 3 Comments »
Print media is screwed – we all know that. But now Google CEO Eric Schmidt is telling newspapers to innovate, and the Associated Press is…
Posted by Jennifer Allan in Creative Economy | April 24, 2009 12:56PM | 1 Comment »
Although Bill Gates failed at his attempts to buy Yahoo in 2008 with a £21.3bn bid, the two could be putting the past behind them…
Posted by Trista Orchard in Sci-tech | April 14, 2009 3:43PM | No Comments »
Any hopes the media still have concerning advertising revenue can be safely dashed this morning, as ZenithOptimedia, an arm of big advertising group Publicis, has…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | April 14, 2009 11:32AM | 2 Comments »
Spotify, the revolutionary force providing our ears with free tuneage, is about to step up its potential reach. It’s creating an API – basically…
Posted by Trista Orchard in Sci-tech | April 8, 2009 2:14PM | No Comments »
The newspaper business in the US continues to flounder and gasp for revenue, with the news last week that the venerable Boston Globe…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | April 6, 2009 3:17PM | 3 Comments »
We reported a while back how video games have been enjoying increased sales despite (even because of) the recession. And with the upswing in sales now comes…
Posted by Ruth Stokes in Creative Economy | March 26, 2009 12:46PM | 3 Comments »
