Adobe’s framework is designed to let authors verify their content and help consumers feel more confident about the authenticity of news and information. Read more…
Category: Publishing
There is growing tension between newsroom employees and private-equity companies that are buying media properties and restructuring them to boost profits. But are private-equity firms any worse than any other kind of owner? Read more…
Declining print circulation and advertising sales have pushed embattled local newspapers to rely more heavily on reader revenue to support the operations. Read more…
Content, community and commerce are key elements in digital convergence. Publishers can develop digital-media strategies that emulate the best of social media and deliver audiences to advertisers. Read more…
California’s recently approved gig-work law aims to help contractors get full-time jobs, but seems awfully punitive for freelance writers. Gov. Gavin Newsom this month signed into law a controversial 6,700-word bill that restricts how companies use independent contractors. Read more…
Inc. last week broke new ground for a business magazine by putting a visibly pregnant CEO on its cover — a refreshing sight after Forbes magazine’s recent list of 100 “most innovative” American business leaders included only one woman. Read more…
Google’s effort to give original reporting a higher ranking on its news page may appease some publishers, but is less likely to quell criticism from politicians who say the search giant is biased or too powerful. Read more…
The newspaper undermined a bombshell report about Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s alleged sexual misconduct by burying the story on its op-ed page, omitting key information and highlighting the piece with a brazenly offensive tweet. Read more…
By creating a hybrid of paywall and free content, Hearst Connecticut aims to generate reader revenue, while also supporting “significant” web traffic that supports ad sales. Read more…
Some 71% of U.S. adults believe their local news media is in good financial health, but only 14% paid for a subscription, donated money or signed up for a membership. Read more…