Online News

Goodbye Printed Newspapers, Hello Streaming Mobile

Jeremy Harris Lipschultz | Posted 05.25.2012

Jeremy Harris Lipschultz

The shift to online media in the past two decades comes with two important realities: (1) online revenue increases are smaller than print media decreases; and (2) mainstream media are being challenged by crowdsourcing behavior.

Pure Players Often Can't Cope

Garrett Goodman | Posted 04.20.2012

Garrett Goodman

The research of authors Nicola Bruno and Dr. Rasmus Kleis Nielsen suggests that being successful in the online news world is as challenging for the smaller, and often more agile, start-ups as it is for the major media incumbents.

Responsible Headlines

David Johnson | Posted 04.11.2012

David Johnson

As news media grapples with shifting audiences and new competition for attention, headlines need to grab attention to draw page views. But they must also be clear, truthful and accurate.

BBC Global News Chief: "Video is Becoming the Mainstay of our Digital Platforms" (video)

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.05.2012

Andy Plesser

LONDON --  As the cost of bandwidth decreases, video is becoming the "mainstay" of the BBC's global news offering via its digital platforms, says...

Reuters Launches Internet TV Channel On YouTube

TechCrunch | Posted 03.18.2012

The move to bring original programming to the web continues to heat up this week, with today's announcement of Reuters TV, a new YouTube channel featu...

How Will We Read: Newspapers?

C. M. Rubin | Posted 03.05.2012

C. M. Rubin

What does this mean for the future of those printed newspapers that keep piling up on the kitchen table or being thrown out often unopened?

Could Federal Government Privacy Policy Kill Online News?

J.H. Snider | Posted 12.17.2011

J.H. Snider

Last week I attended the 25th anniversary celebration of the Kennedy School of Government's Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Polic...

Big Banks Lose Battle Against Small Stock Research Site

Posted 08.20.2011

NEW YORK (Jonathan Stempel) - A federal appeals court handed a major defeat to Wall Street banks by ruling that an online news service did not mis...

Washington Post Launches New Aggregation Site

AP | Posted 06.21.2011

WASHINGTON — The Washington Post Co. is launching a news aggregation website called Trove that allows users to create their own news sites based...

More People Get Their News Online Than In Print For First Time

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — The rapid growth of smart phones and electronic tablets is making the Internet the destination of choice for consumers looking for ne...

HUGE Layoffs At TBD.com

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 05.25.2011

TBD.com, the high-profile Washington, D.C. news site that launched in August, is embarking on a massive round of layoffs, it was reported Wednesday. T...

Big UK Paper To Start Web Charges In September

guardian.co.uk | Mark Sweney | Posted 05.25.2011

Telegraph Media Group is understood to be planning to introduce charging for some of its digital content from September. The Daily Telegraph and Te...

Demand Media Share Price Surges After IPO

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — Shares of Demand Media Inc. are surging after the online content publisher priced its initial public offering at a higher-than-expect...

RISKY BUSINESS: Startup Will Charge For Access To Information Available For Free

AP | ANDREW VANACORE | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — A new website called Ongo wants to charge people $7 per month to look at news that is for the most part free elsewhere. Yet the peop...

NYT Paywall Won't Hit Vast Majority Of Readers

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 05.25.2011

The New York Times will introduce multiple subscription packages for its website when it unveils its paywall in early February, the Wall Street Journa...

New Apps Will Expand Bloomberg's Online Dominance (VIDEO)

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.25.2011

Andy Plesser

Bloomberg News is the only news organization to provide a free, live version of its linear television programming in the U.S. online. And it will soon expand its live streaming to Apps too.

The Huffington Post Hits Record 26 Million Unique Visitors in November, Now Ranked Number Two "Newspaper," comScore

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.25.2011

Andy Plesser

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CBS News Bests ABC and Fox in Latest comScore Online Traffic Numbers

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.25.2011

Andy Plesser

CBSNews.com has registered over 19 million unique visitors in November, besting ABC News, Fox News and the BBC in traffic in the United States, according to the latest numbers from comScore. See numbers below.

WATCH: Arianna Talks Journalism's Future, Fox News 'Fantasy' World

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

Huff TV

In an interview at Business Insider's IGNITION: The Future of Media conference last week, Arianna denounced Fox News as a legitimate source of journal...

VIDEO: BBC Developing "Richer" Content Verticals

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.25.2011

Andy Plesser

MONACO -- The digital properties of the BBC Worldwide have been quickly growing, up 18 percent over the past twelve months to 65 million unique visit...

Video: BBC Launches U.S. News Site With Video Lifestyle Shows Rolling Out Shortly

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.25.2011

Andy Plesser

In an effort to maximize advertising dollars around the big U.S. market for online news, the BBC has launched a U.S. destination. The site will be more U.S.-centric, surfacing up more U.S. based coverage.

Video: Techmeme Hits 3 Million Monthly Views, The New York Times Reports

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.25.2011

Andy Plesser

Techmeme, the part automated, part human-driven technology news aggregator has reached 3 million monthly views, according to a report in the The New...

Exclusive: Online Video News Consumption Doubles in 12 Months, comScore...The AP Nearing Half a Billion Views on YouTube

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.25.2011

Andy Plesser

The consumption of online video news and information clips has doubled over the past 12 months, to 565 million video views in May, up from 277 millio...

How a Young Kara Swisher Got Her Big Break at the Washington Post (Video)

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.25.2011

Andy Plesser

Over 25 years ago, a incensed Georgetown undergraduate "railed" on the phone about the sloppy coverage of her college to Assistant Managing Editor La...

A Victory for Online Journalism

Rory O'Connor | Posted 05.25.2011

Rory O'Connor

The City of New York announces a new press credentialing system that, for the first time, will include online media.