Survey: People Go Online to Socialize, Not Shop More people are going online to socialize rather than conduct business or shop, according to a new survey from Ruder Finn. Eight out of 10 Internet users are hitting social networking places like Facebook and Twitter -- double the amount of people who turn to the Web to shop (31%) or to do business (39%). - June 30, 2009
Publishers Sign on for Online Publishers Association's Brand-Ad Push The Online Publishers Association has received commitments from more than a dozen new well-known online publishers, as well as a group of premium brands, as its moves forward with its new suite of high-impact ad units this week. - June 30, 2009
Outside.in Launches Tool for Hyperlocal News Outside.in has launched a free beta version of a self-service platform that allows publishers to create hyperlocal-focused pages with targeted advertising for their sites. - June 25, 2009
Madgex Offers CV Search & Match To help job seekers find the best jobs and recruiters find the best candidates, media companies, including News International and The Guardian, are working with Madgex to implement the new Madgex CV Search & Match product for their brands online. - June 25, 2009
'Dallas Morning News' Adopts Local Connect for Online Search The Dallas Morning News is powering local search on its news Web site with Local Connect from Local.com Corp. The free directory includes more than 250,000 Dallas/Fort Worth-area businesses in various categories, such as auto, professional and home services, entertainment and dining, and it will feature consumer reviews. - June 24, 2009
HuffPost New York Launches Today The Huffington Post has rolled out HuffPost New York, the latest localized version of its popular blogging/news aggregation Web recipe. - June 23, 2009
Nstein TME Powers FT Search's Newssift Newssift, a business insight tool launched by FT Search Inc., an independent unit within the Financial Times Group, has launched its beta service powered by TME, the text-mining engine from Montreal-based Nstein Technologies Inc. - June 22, 2009
Federal Trade Commission to Monitor Blogs for Claims, Payments Savvy consumers often go online for independent consumer reviews of products and services, scouring through comments from everyday Joes and Janes to help them find a gem or shun a lemon. - June 22, 2009
Online Video-Watching Up in May The amount of time people spend watching video online has grown dramatically in May according to new data from Nielsen Online. - June 18, 2009
'Baltimore Sun' Web Site Gets a New Look The Baltimore Sun has relaunched its Web site to be more user friendly. The site also has an improved video player. - June 17, 2009
'Press Enterprise' Adopts Local Connect for Online Search The Press Enterprise, Riverside, Calif., has selected Local Connect, Local.com's private-label local search solution, to power local search on www.pe.com. Local Connect allows qualified regional publishers to add a local search business directory to their Web sites within a few days and at no cost. - June 17, 2009
Digital Newspaper Archive Reaches One Million Pages The National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress on Tuesday expanded the program to seven more states for a total of 22. - June 16, 2009
Jim Brady Consulting for Guardian Online in U.S. Britain's Guardian reports that former washingtonpost.com Executive Editor Jim Brady is consulting on Guardian digital activity in the U.S. on a six-month contract. He reports to Guardian News and Media Editor in Chief Alan Rusbridger. - June 16, 2009
SNA Foundation Launches Online Newsroom Seminar The Suburban Newspapers of America Foundation is extending a program to community newspapers to help with multimedia publishing. - June 12, 2009
USAToday.com Rolls Out Economic Index USAToday.com has launched a new index to keep track of the economy's health. The Economic Outlook Index track the economy's recovery and growth prospects using 11 economic and financial indicators. The index, said USA Today, forecasts real gross domestic product growth. - June 12, 2009
Nstein Readies Fall Upgrade for Text-Mining Engine Nstein Technologies Inc. said it plans the fall release of TME 5, an upgrade to its Text Mining Engine with new features that include Web 3.0 compliance, linguistic enhancements and management tools to allow greater flexibility and control of semantic metadata -- designed to provide the most relevant content to enhance the user experience. - June 04, 2009
Digital Leaders Talk Turkey on Journalism's Future Key new media executives on Wednesday discussed one of the hottest topics of the year in digital media -- how traditional and digital journalism can live side-by-side. - June 04, 2009
Readers Want to Pay for News Online -- So Let Them If you've read my previous columns and blog posts on the topic of charging for non-niche news content on the Web, the above headline may seem odd. But there's a sizable number of readers of newspaper Web sites who WANT to pay for that news. - by Steve Outing - June 19, 2009
Getting Money from Readers Who Won't Pay for Online News Newspapers can probably make a few bucks charging directly for news on other platforms. The Web? Forget about it. Charging on the Web won't work for general-news publishers, and there are better alternatives. Here's one of them. - by Steve Outing - May 20, 2009
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