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 [...]
CNET set to get a new look
CNet is going to launch its new look website in the coming days.
They have shown some screenshots of what is in store for us.
They have discarded the usual yellow and green color theme for a cleaner look.
They have also changed to logo.
One of the primary reasons behind this redesign [...]
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 [...]
Google News 2.0 coming up?
Google has posted on the Google News blog that they are now testing some new features and enhancements on their News service.
These new features would be visible to only few randomly selected users of the service.
There is no direct way to see these features so it would take some time before [...]
Yahoo announces more partners in their online ad consortium
Internet media giant Yahoo has revealed that they now have 94 more newspapers joining their online advertising consortium.
With this the company is now working with as many as 800 newspapers.
The latest deal includes high profile names including Chicago Sun-Times and others owned by Sun-Times News Group.
The group [...]
CBS acquiring CNet Networks
Media company CBS has announced that they are now acquiring online media giant CNet Networks.
The deal is worth around $1.8 billion and would be conducted in a cash only transaction.
CBS said that this acquisition would help them expand their presence online.
The deal puts the value of the share of CNet at [...]
Wall Street Journal: Yahoo all set to announce Google deal
News Media Company Wall Street Journal has said in a report that internet media giant Yahoo is soon going to announce a deal with Google over carrying their ads on their search result pages.
This deal could be crucial for Yahoo to prevent getting acquired by the [...]
Mobile News Network: Associated Press collaborating with Verve Wireless
Verve Wireless has announced that they are now collaborating with Associated Press to bring news to mobile devices.
The deal would see AP delivering their multimedia content to mobile devices. The service would generate revenues from advertising.
AP director of global product development Jeffrey Litvack spoke about this new [...]
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 [...]
Rolex now official sponsor of BBC.com
BBC News has announced that Rolex has signed on to become the official sponsor of their website.
The watch maker has now become the exclusive launch partner of the revamped edition of BBC.com.
BBC’s this news portal is primarily aimed at generating revenues through advertising as it is used by non-license fee [...]
