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 [...]
Wall Street Journal to charge for mobile access from October 24
Wall Street Journal has announced that their mobile services would go paid from next month.
The company would start charging for access to their services from mobile devices from October 24.
WSJ has apps for Blackberry and Apple iPhones. These apps would now require users [...]
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 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 [...]
