February 2009
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PHP UK Conference 2009 Recap →
The conference was very similar to previous years. The only difference was the venue and the weather, they were both great. I went there to see Andrei Zmievski, Stefan Koopmanschap and …
Overwhelemed With Work? We Have 5 Big Ideas →
Are you struggling with more work, a small budget and a tiny staff? I know I am — it’s a challenge to get things done under those circumstances. I’ve had to become good at figuring out how to…
Rightmove Delivers Great Results As the Business... →
The Rightmove full year 2008 results show a year on year increase in revenues of 30.6% from £56.7m to £74m. In addition, they also increased profit by 36.8% from £18.6m to £25.5m. The…
Adrian Monck: Message to dying newspapers:... →
Refocusing on local news is meant to save newspapers from the problem of the oversupply of commoditised news online. But Adrian Monck isn’t convinced: “news content suffers from a demand-side problem…
Kindle and iPhone: Competing models for the future... →
The iPhone and Kindle have made the long-mythical portable electronic newspaper device a reality for a significant number of mainstream consumers.
Many news organisations have created applications…
Made an awesome soup (if I say so myself) to use up root veg glut from our able&cole boxes. Spiced parsnip, carrot and potato soup. Yummy.
Three ducks attempting to gang rape another duck in the middle of the road in Farringdon. Not something you see every day…
Reuters: Newsday plans to charge for online news →
“Cablevision Systems Corp plans to charge online readers of its Newsday newspaper, a move that would make it one of the first large U.S. papers to reverse a trend toward free Web readership.”
Sears Launches ServiceLive.com: Bid For... →
US retailer Sears today announced the beta launch of ServiceLive.com, an online marketplace specifically for home improvements and repairs. The goal of ServiceLive.com is to connect Sears…
AOL Ad Head Greg Coleman Reorgs Too! (It’s... →
Another Web company, another management restructuring!
Yahoo (YHOO) reorg fever struck AOL today too, as its advertising head, Greg Coleman (pictured here), moved the exec chairs around…
More cost cutting at Trinity Mirror as profits... →
Trinity Mirror plc, the publisher of several North West regional titles has announced further cost-cutting as it reports a 22% drop in like-for-like full year profits.
I really do love my iPhone. @natts doesn’t know what he’s talking about :)
Mashery: APIs the Key to a Thriving Cloud →
Editor’s note: this is a “Sponsor Post” by one of our long-term sponsors. These posts are clearly labeled as such, but we also want them to be useful and interesting to our readers. We…
Fear the Kindle [Voices] →
It’s hard not to love Amazon’s new e-book reader. For starters, it’s gorgeous. Unlike its bulky predecessor, the redesigned $359 Kindle, which came out this week, is light, thin, and disappears in…
Regional ABCs: 'Ultra-local' London weekly bucks... →
The editor of the fastest-growing paid-for weekly paper in Great Britain has said a back-to-basics approach has helped the title thrive.
Natmag plans to make 15% of staff redundant →
The National Magazine Company has announced it is looking to make about 15 per cent of its staff redundant in response to ‘unprecedented economic challenges’.
Only a Cable Guy Could Come Up With Newsday's... →
Pundits will say Newsday’s desperate plan to charge for the Long Island newspaper’s website is some kind of bellwether for the industry. What it really means: Newsday and its owner,…
Facebook Pages Redesign Coming →
Facebook launched Facebook Ads in November 2007 to give brands and businesses a way to create a presence on Facebook and interact with users. Starting next week, says a source with knowledge…
President Obama Abandons Twitter [Voices] →
Barack Obama’s online presence drove his campaign’s early fund-raising and his primary victory over Hillary Rodham Clinton. His campaign’s use of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube proved that he was…
Rocky Mountain News: Rocky Mountain News to close,... →
“Scripps said it will now offer for sale the masthead, archives and Web site of the Rocky, separate from its interest in the newspaper agency.”
Ning Launches Rich, Persistent Chat Feature →
Tonight Ning will introduce new chat functionality, giving Ning network administrators the oft-requested ability to integrate a rich chat environment similar to the one launched on Facebook…
Manchester Evening News on top in ABCs →
The latest ABC and ABCe (internet) circulation figures have come out and show most of the region’s titles have seen a drop in readership.
Adwords in the News, Literally →
Google is now placing paid search ads in the news results. Whether it’s a response to the economy of just the next step it probably is considered to be a long time coming. As the search…
One Last Yahoo Reorg Missive: Bartz Tells... →
Goodness gracious, make it stop!
You must know by now how much BoomTown loves internal Yahoo (YHOO) memos. But this is getting ridiculous.
It’s been like a flash flood after a long…
Computer Shopper Is Going All Digital; April Is... →
You’re reading it here first … paidContent has learned that Computer Shopper will cease print publication with its April issue, due off the press next week, and become online only at…
Cablevision To Charge For Access To Newsday.com →
In laying out its goals for Long Island newspaper Newsday, Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) COO Tom Rutledge told investors that the company plans to end free access to the paper’s site. The line was…
Three things you need if you want more customers →
If you want to grow, you need new customers. And if you want new customers, you need three things:
1. A group of possible customers you can identify and reach. 2. A group with a problem they want…
Online Advertising Up or Down? You Make the Call →
If you just read the last post I did you would see a report that touted the continued growth of online marketing despite the economy as reported by CMO’s of 518 companies. That’s so yesterday…
Regional ABCs: Paid-for circulation falls at every... →
Paid-for circulation fell at every regional daily newspaper in Great Britain in the second half of 2008, according to today’s ABC figures.
Dan Blank: The ROI of Journalists and Magazines... →
Great discussion of how School Library Journal in the US uses Twitter and what benefits it gets from it. Uses: Live reporting, promoting site content, community building, engaging key audience…
Import Facebook Photos Into Your iPhone Contact... →
How much overlap is there between your Facebook “friends” and the real contacts in your mobile phone’s address book? If those two world’s align and you have an iPhone, you might want to check…
Google News Officially Adds Advertisements →
Although many people have been noticing ads on Google News for the past few months, Google News has rolled out ads on Google News search results to all US based searchers. Google began testing ads on…
A quote from Ryanair →
It is Ryanair policy not to waste time and energy corresponding with idiot bloggers and Ryanair can confirm that it won’t be happening again. Lunatic bloggers can have the blog sphere all to…
Google unveils App Status Dashboard to confirm... →
When Gmail had a massive worldwide failure a couple days ago, a lot of users were angry. And rightfully so — even though it was only for a few hours, some people are paying Google to use…
Google says hello to Twitter with a stream of 1s... →
“I’m 01100110 01100101 01100101 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101100 01110101 01100011 01101011 01111001 00001010″
That was the first official tweet from Google’s…
Online Advertising Up or Down? You Make the Call →
If you would just read the last post I did you would see a report that touted the continued growth of online marketing despite the economy as reported by CMO’s of 518 companies. That’s so…
Google News Blog: Ads in Google News search... →
Josh Cohen: “Today, we’re … introducing ads on Google News search-results pages in the US. What this means is that when you enter a query … into the Google News search box, you’ll see text ads…
Trinity Mirror increases cost-saving target as... →
Trinity Mirror has increased its 2009 target for cost savings after reporting a 22 per cent decline in like-for-like full-year profits.
Johnston Press signs Brightcove for web video... →
Johnston Press has signed a deal with online video firm Brightcove as part of a group-wide overhaul of its newspaper websites due to be completed this year.
Three things you need if you want more customers →
If you want to grow, you need new customers. And if you want new customers, you need three things:
1. A group of possible customers you can identify and reach. 2. A group with a problem they want to…
ITV proposals include taking ads off Channel 4 -... →
ITV’s suggestion to Government of a merger with Channel 4 and Five was accompanied by another proposal that would take C4 out of the TV advertising market.
Johnston Press adds video platform to its 323... →
Johnston Press is incorporating ad-supported video content across its 323 regional websites, as part of its wider strategy to expand its online video presence.
Trinity Mirror reports loss of £73m as revenues... →
Trinity Mirror, publisher of the Daily Mirror, has reported a pre-tax loss of £73.5m as revenues plunged by £100m over the past 12 months while ad revenues declined and continue to do so, falling 30%…
Random - Guy Garvey’s sister just called to bring to my attention a typo in an Elbow article on www.citylife.co.uk - she was very nice!
Watching Nathan Lee fluteboxing and Beardyman beatboxing at Google London HQ from last May: http://tinyurl.com/6qzh5w
Morning in the office then down to London for meetings, starting with @melkirk
Guardian launches new mobile website →
Guardian News and Media is relaunching its mobile website to offer “a faster, simplified service”.
The new website, m.guardian.co.uk, will work on all major handheld web browsers.
Adam Freeman, GNM…
5 Ways to Grow a Local Blog →
This is a guest post by Koka Sexton, a hyperlocal blogger in Concord, California. Koka recently launched the Mayor of Concord, a local blog focusing on his city
Skills training is not enough for the digital... →
Announcing Digital Sunlight: Publish2’s Platform... →
Today, with the signing of the largest government stimulus program in history, Publish2 is announcing a new initiative to help newsrooms faced with declining resources continue to play the watchdog…