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PaidContent Names The Top Digital Media Companies

The Huffington Post   First Posted: 03/31/11 08:35 PM ET   Updated: 05/31/11 06:12 AM ET

Few can question the rise of digital media, but arguably just as few can tell you who's leading the pack.

But paidContent did just that, ranking the top 50 digital media companies in the U.S. based on a number of factors, namely digital sales. If the sales figures were publicly available, that's the number they used. Otherwise paidContent established a reasonable estimate based on a variety of reports.

Overall it's a pretty solid list, but check it out for yourself to decide if you think these companies are leading the way.

Perhaps most telling is how these companies generate their revenue. Of the 50 companies on the list only 13 made their money be selling subscriptions or services (notably Netflix). The other 37 generate most of their money the old-fashioned way, through ads.

Click here for the full paidContent 50, or check out the top 10 in the slideshow below.

10. Facebook
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U.S. 2010 Digital Revenue: $1.07 billion-plus

For more on why Facebook made the list, click here.
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denvercougars
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03:13 PM on 04/08/2011
These digital media sources are both popular and bringing in a lot of revenue. it will be interesting to see how they both shape and control our futures. If your interested in learning more about digital media and its spread you can watch Steve Katz at the National conference for media reform discuss how Mother Jones' focus on digitally oriented media has led to millions of new readers by clicking on the link below

http://www.livestream.com/freespeechtv/video?clipId=flv_78f7b4d1-f869-4bec-b9ad-55077212d7ae
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io media
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10:10 AM on 04/02/2011
It is also useful to know the top websites based on popularity ranking worldwide http://www.alexa.com/topsites . Most are free to users. They probably make money from ads and stock market shares.
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coppain
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10:47 AM on 04/01/2011
he did it again
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Coupons4Free1
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12:36 AM on 04/01/2011
On a smaller scale the one thing I have observed with alot of start ups is free services. Once they get enough traffic flowing thru the site they become Subscription based sites. Take a site like auctiva.com. I remember doing ebay several years ago, this site was absolutely free. Until their free subscriber base grew. Then they begin charging for their service. Thousands of sites do this. Its actually a smart approach to business. Many marketing and advertising sites will give you much better exposure than you local newspaper. Just my 2cents!!
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julieJgoldengay
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09:40 PM on 03/31/2011
As a Corporate Slave Girl Mailroom Guy...
How's their Mailrooms?????
Got Stamps?
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