BBC to optimize headlines for search engine juice
BBC has revealed that they are going to use headlines which are designed to generate more search engine juice.
Instead of shorter headlines they use today, writers would be asked to submit two headlines.
A short one would appear in the stories while the longer one would [...]
Time Magazine working on a Hulu like solution for magazines
AllThingsD has reported that Time Magazine has been working on a project that could become the Hulu of magazines.
The company is aiming to launch a digital store of media magazines to revive this struggling industry.
Time Magazine executive John Squires is said to be in [...]
Warner Music Group enters into content sharing deal with YouTube
Warner Music Group has signed a deal with Google owned video sharing service YouTube.
This deal would now see content from Warner stable appearing on the YouTube service.
Green Day, U2, Madonna are some of the artists who are signed up with Warner Music Group. [...]
Michael Jackson death: Twitter once again dominates MSM
Mainstream media once again lost out to social networking services like Twitter and Facebook to spread the news about the dead of Michael Jackson.
Michael Jackson is one of the most loved musicians in the world and it was pretty visible on Twitter streams.
As soon as [...]
Google to Newspaper companies: We are friends
Newspaper companies are struggling to survive in these tough times due to lack of advertising revenues.
A couple of news media giants have claimed that web services like Google makes money from their content which is simply not acceptable.
Google has now responded by saying that they are friends of [...]
Yahoo lose Neeraj Khemlani to Hearst
Hearst has announced that head of Yahoo’s news and information division Neeraj Khemlani is going to join their operations next month.
He would be the new vice president and special assistant to the CEO of the company Frank Bennack Jr.
Hearst said that his duties would be to [...]
YouTube to expand partnership with media companies over advertising
Google owned video sharing service YouTube has announced that they are now expanding partnerships with media companies.
The company would now let their partners to sell advertising for their video content that appears on YouTube.
This option is currently open to select Google partners including CBS.
The companies [...]
The Simpsons coming to Apple iTunes
Apple iTunes digital media store is all set to offer The Simpsons show to the web users.
This is exciting news for the fans of this show which has been running for 20 seasons now.
It is also somewhat surprising considering a recent episode on the show made fun of Steve Jobs [...]
Facebook too bans Project Playlist on their network
MySpace recently started disabling Project Playlist widgets on their network pages.
Now, Facebook is doing the same as they too are facing pressure from the media giants.
Facebook stated about this new development:
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) initially contacted Facebook last summer requesting the removal [...]
Google aims to bring archives of more newspapers online
Search engine giant Google aims to index world’s information to make it more accessible online.
The company has now said that they are going to work with smaller newspaper companies to bring their older editions online.
Google is already working with news media giants including The New York Times [...]
