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 [...]
News Corporation plans to sue BBC for copyright infringement?
More information is coming out from the recent statements made by News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch.
Murdoch has already stated that they might block Google from indexing their news sites.
The latest is that the company might even go ahead and sue news channels like BBC [...]
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 [...]
Google not sure about News Corporate new policy with online news
News Corporation has announced that they are going to start charging for all of their news services.
This would include access to their services through mobile applications offered on the Blackberry and Apple iPhone platforms.
The company is going to make these services paid from [...]
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 [...]
Hulu might not remain totally free in the future
News Corp’s Jonathan Miller has stated that the company is considering making some of the shows on the Hulu service paid.
He said that a subscription model is a big possibility in the future.
Miller said: “I don’t see why over time that shouldn’t happen.”
It is [...]
Wall Street Journal now on Apple iPhone for free!
Wall Street Journal has released their own application for the Apple iPhone platform.
This application is now available for free on the Apple App Store.
It also works on the Apple iPod Touch platform.
This mobile app is supported with online advertising which features prominently on the mobile [...]
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 [...]
AFP Mobile Journal service launched
News media service Agence France-Presse has announced the launch of their new service for mobile users.
This new service is named AFP Mobile Journal.
The company said that AFP Mobile Journal is designed to deliver global news coverage and also comes with multimedia and messaging options.
The content is delivered in text, photos and [...]
Associated Press to support mobile platforms with ad supported service
News media group Associated Press has said that they are now going to reduce the fees paid to it by newspaper companies which are now struggling to compete against the online news sources.
The company further announced that they are going to provide a new ad-supported mobile [...]
