Business
In the latest wave of the Local Commerce Monitor, BIA/Kelsey's ongoing tracking survey of small and medium-sized businesses conducted with research partner Ipsos, SMBs reported spending, on average, $1,190 during the previous 12 months on websites and other Web properties, such as social networks and mobile optimized sites, up from $876 in Wave 15 (conducted in Q4 2011).
News Corporation (Nasdaq:NWSA) is expected to report higher first-quarter fiscal year 2013 profits Tuesday.
Washington Post Co. reported a
rise in third-quarter profit on improved revenue from its
broadcast and cable television divisions.
Texas Community Media LLC on Thursday
announced the sale of 11 East Texas weekly newspapers.
The pay-for-access policies adopted by The New York Times and many other
media outlets will succeed only if consumers believe they're justified
by financial necessity, according to a new report.
The sale by Halifax Media Group includes the weekly Petaluma Argus-Courier and North Bay Business Journal in Santa Rosa and affiliated websites for The Press Democrat and the two weeklies.
New report lowered U.S. ad forecast.
If you want to charge readers for journalism, you have to prove its
value — and that means getting beyond he-said-she-said and the view from
nowhere.
Rise of tablet computers and smartphones could help paid-content market rise to over 12 billion (£8bn) a year by 2017, says report.
Consolidated shareholders approve $2.1 bln takeover.
Most publishers attending the Inland Press Association's 127th annual
conference anticipate revenue to be flat in 2012 and expect the same or
slight increases next year.
Toronto Star will launch a paid-subscription program in 2013 for full
access to all the stories and features on our website, thestar.com.
Press workers in Mexico face poor wages, job insecurity and a high risk work environment.



