Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Most millennials don’t seek out news on social media, but the vast majority of them get news from social networks once they see it there, according to a report released today by the Media Insight Project, a collaboration between the American Press Institute and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Only 47 percent…
Whisper shut down its news division after <em>The</em> <em>Guardian’s</em> misreported story, leaving four people unemployed. Photo: Shutterstock Back in October, The Guardian published a juicy multipart feature on Whisper, an anonymous secret-sharing app that the paper said was harvesting private data without users’ consent. The series of stories alleged that Whisper tracked “anonymous” users and that it…
BlendleThe Blendle iPad app. Blendle, an exciting Dutch startup that has attracted 200,000 users in the region to a platform that lets readers make micropayments for individual newspaper and magazine articles rather than having to sign up to monthly digital subscriptions, has just got even more exciting. The New York Times (which is also an…
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism to reduce enrollment, cut about six positions Steve Coll, dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, tells colleagues: “We believe it’s best for the school to return to a smaller student body size” after years of expansion, and “with regret, I’ve reached the conclusion that we must eliminate…
Traffic jam in SimCity (Photo credit: SimCity) After GigaOm, The Non-VC “SimCity” Approach To Growing A Media Business I can’t speak with any authority about why GigaOm suddenly ran out of money. But I’ve already seen the rumblings about what it may mean for other tech and vertical publications. Are they also likely in trouble?…
Tech media eulogized one of its own on Tuesday when GigaOm abruptly announced it had run out of money and was ceasing operations after eight years. GigaOm had a big-name founder, blogger Om Malik, and loads of money ($22 million) from VC backers, and was seemingly on the march, snapping up PaidContent in 2012. According to…
Eric Spitz, left, and Aaron Kushner, right. LEONARD ORTIZ, FILE PHOTO googleon: allSANTA ANA – Aaron Kushner and Eric Spitz, co-owners of Freedom Communications, resigned Tuesday from all executive duties at Freedom and the Orange County Register.Publisher Rich Mirman, the former casino marketing executive who has been running day-to-day operations since fall, assumed their executive…
Begin: WordPress Article Content GigaOm, a tech blog founded by journalist turned VC Om Malik, is shutting down after finding itself unable to repay creditors. The site has been serving up tech news (and has served as a direct competitor to TechCrunch) since 2006.Initially Twitter chatter backed up reports of the site’s demise. “Gigaom is…
TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington on stage with Gigaom founder Om Malik in February. Money troubles have forced the pioneering tech blog Gigaom to shutter. “Gigaom recently became unable to pay its creditors in full at this time,” the website said in a statement. “All operations have ceased.” The news site didn’t say when its financial…
GigaOm, the 9-year-old tech blog based in San Francisco, will shut down due to a lack of financial resources, a senior editor there confirmed Monday. The site, which was launched by tech blogger Om Malik in 2006, is one of several sites covering Silicon Valley and the tech industry. It also produces a number of…