Rachelle Matherne
Below is a roundup of recent media news: *** AllVoices, a citizen journalism website that we’ve profiled on this blog, recently announced plans for expansion. The two-year-old start-up is launching news desks in 30 cities around the world, including Baghdad,...
Rachelle Matherne
The Miami Herald announced plans this weekend to discontinue a voluntary payment program for its online content. After evaluating response to the program, which started this past December, the newspaper had decided to end it. No monetary figures regarding the...
Rachelle Matherne
After erecting a pay wall to its site in October, Newsday has amassed only 35 paid subscribers. Fewer than three dozen people have signed up to pay $5 a week or $260 a year for unlimited access to the site. John Koblin at The New York Observer writes: Of course, there...
Tatyana Meshcheryakova
In his last week’s GigaOm article, Mathew Ingram argues the case for the “digital first” approach for traditional media outlets in order to weather the disruption brought on by the technology and the ongoing restructuring that has resulted in...
Tatyana Meshcheryakova
Reddit, an open-source online community where users can vote on content, landed an “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) session with President Obama on August 2. This propelled the company into household-name territory and had the media buzzing about what the company...
