MyHeritage announced today that it’s launching OldNews.com, a new website that offers access to thousands of historical newspapers, mainly from the 1800s and 1900s. The website includes articles
It’s not true that everyone gets their news from Facebook and Twitter. But it is now true that more U.S. adults get their news from social media than from print newspapers. According to a new re
Google’s ongoing effort to fix its reputation in the world of publishing in Europe took another step forward today. The Digital News Initiative, a group formed by the search giant to explore,
Well, great news for all those media publishers investing in video in hopes of better catering to young adults: a new study released this week from the Pew Research Center found that younger people
The New York Times is today launching a new initiative aimed at converting those who occasionally buy a printed newspaper into digital customers: it's offering, for the first time ever, a digital "day
As traditional publishers continue to look for the best way forward in a rapidly changing media landscape dominated by web giants like Google and Facebook and newer platforms like mobile, Scandinavia&
Reports of the death of print have been greatly accelerated, judging by research from UK telecoms watchdog Ofcom. The research has found that in the UK digital news, consumed via apps or the Internet,
Israel Mirsky likes to give the following analogy about the role of journalism in a democracy: a free society can only function if it has a strong immune system. Investigative journalists serve as the
Another exit for a new media startup into the arms of the old media industry: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.scripps.com/">E.W. Scripps</a>, the storied owner of 19 local television stations and
A milestone reached as the world of old media continues its push in a digital direction: the storied, pink-sheeted daily newspaper the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ft.com">Financial Times</a>,
It’s been said before, but it needs saying again (and again and again): PRINT IS DEAD. Across the publishing industry, year-over-year declines in revenue, subscriptions and circulation, are well doc
The Philadelphia Media Network has had an ambitious summer: in July, the company announced their intention to sell subsidized Android tablets with subscriptions to the digital editions of Philly's two
Remember film? Remember when "cut and paste" actually involved scissors and glue? Remember when typewriters didn't have a <i>1</i> key? Probably not, right? I'm old and I barely even remember that stu
How is the New York Times doing with the new digital <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/03/17/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-nytimes-com-paywall/">paywall</a> it put up last March? We found out a f
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How much pricing power exactly does Apple have over publishers desperate to figure out a digital strategy that results in
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When Rupert Murdoch's <em>The Daily</em> launched last week, Apple's VP Eddy Cue got on stage to announce <a href="https://techc
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If newspapers came with warning labels, they might look something like the ones <a href="http://www.tomscott.com/warnings
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Sometimes it is obvious where the world is headed, but some people and industries become frozen in place and time. The
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/pressdisplay.jpg" />Another day, another electronic book reader not called the <a HREF="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/nook/">nook</a>or <
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Earlier today, Google chief economist <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/hal-varian">Hal Vari
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