Reuters Reports ‘Media Money Moving Into Mobile’
by Robin Caldwell
Journalist Alexei Oreskovic writes that while media are hurting from this sluggish economy companies have found another way to advertise by creating mobile content. In his article, Media Moving Into Mobile (9 July, Reuters), Oreskovic states,
Media conglomerates, hardware makers and telecommunications carriers are all eyeing the nascent wireless media market, spurred by smartphones like Apple Inc’s [...]
What Journalism Can Learn from Zimbabwe
by Jon Gos
There are a million and one reasons why micro-payments won’t save journalism, but ultimately the most obvious is that we are living in a time where there’s an over-abundance of news media. Think about it, where did you watch the Obama Inauguration? Did you watch it on CNN, BBC, SkyNews, Al-Jazeera, Fox News, MSNBC or [...]
Read MoreConserving Jet and Ebony in The Digital Era
by Nokware Knight
Like many media companies, Johnson Publishing Company, the publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines, is rumored to be dangerously close to wiping out under the waves of the crashing economy. And everybody seems to have an opinion as to why Johnson Publishing and the readers of both marquee brands should do whatever it takes to [...]
Read MoreWeekly Money Trail- 08/01/2008
by urbantech
Cisco Systems has agreed to acquire software company Pure Networks for $120 million in cash as the networking giant expands its consumer product portfolio.
This is Cisco’s first acquisition of a venture-backed company since it announced in November that it would acquire Securent, a provider of policy management software, for $100 million in cash. Cisco, which [...]
The Weekly Money Trail- July 13, 2008
by urbantech
Bellevue, Investors Brings Alerts.com Back To Life
A few years ago, investors poured more than $18 million into Alerts.com, a developer of software that alerted users when content changed on high-traffic Web sites.
http://www.alerts.com
