What Little I Know...

SNS Complains About the BBC’s Smart Phone App. Making Initiatives

Beverly Crandon — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:43:06 +0000

Michael Johnson and the SNC, have taken their complaints about the BBC to the media. It seems the SNC is upset that the BBC is going down the path of creating smart phone apps. Yes, you read right.

Facebook’s 500 Million Users as an Infograph

Beverly Crandon — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:31:40 +0000

Facebook's 500 Million Users as an Infograph

Facebook’s Guide to Small Business Marketing Gives Opportunity to Marketers as a Whole

Beverly Crandon — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:03:11 +0000

Wiley Publishing and Facebook are teaming up together to produce Facebook Guides. Now normally this type of news is not something we would blog about, we may tweet about it, but not blog about it. However, what sparked our interest is one of the book titles expected to be released later this year.

Online Advertising Receives Strong Forecast from Morgan Stanley

Beverly Crandon — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:16:10 +0000

Online Advertising Receives Strong Forecast from Morgan Stanley

National Newspapers to Report Revenue Gains for the First Time in Three Years

Beverly Crandon — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:44:41 +0000

Zenith Optimedia has raised it's 2010 advertising forecast, for the second time this year and newspapers will be happy to know that they are predicted to show growth - the first time in three years.

Gannett and Yahoo! Form Advertising Sales Relationship

Beverly Crandon — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:37:14 +0000

Gannett and Yahoo have just announced a local advertising partnership, which will combine Gannett's large sales force with Yahoo's Internet advertising components and know how.

The Sun Chronicle Charges Users for Commenting

Beverly Crandon — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:26:45 +0000

Publisher's at the Massachusetts local newspaper, The Sun Chronicle, have decided to start to charge users for leaving comments. Now although the fee is small, $0.99, the act of charging for comments goes against everything the new Web domicile has taught us.

USA Today Talks About their iPad and Que Deployments

Beverly Crandon — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:12:57 +0000

Chuck Rose of USA Today speaks to their product roll out on the Que and the iPad. It's a quick watch and a pretty interesting process for those looking to syndicate their content to eReaders.

Black Press Revives Community with the Addition of Rossland News

Beverly Crandon — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:41:48 +0000

When so many publishers are closing their doors or lessening the number of publications, we see Black Press in Canada add another!

Canadian Government Invests in Nova Scotia Community Newspapers

Beverly Crandon — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:31:07 +0000

We learned today that the government of Canada has committed to invest in Nova Scotia newspapers. The Government of Canada has provided this total funding in the amount of $222,635 under the Aid to Publishers component of the Canada Periodical Fund (CPF)