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ResearchNext-Generation CDNs: Building a Dynamic Content Infrastructure
In the days of Web 1.0, pushing content to the edge caches was enough. This is still a valid strategy for a companies distributing large static files, but for the majority… Read more »
GigaomNo, writing for free isn’t slavery, and other misconceptions about the economics of online media
In an op-ed piece in the New York Times, an author complained about repeatedly being asked to write for free, but what he finds so insulting is something many others see… Read more »
GigaomAre Flipboard and Currents marketing partners or scams that take advantage of publishers?
Josh Marshall of the political blog network Talking Points Memo says that he has pulled his site’s feeds from both Google Currents and Flipboard because he says he sees these services… Read more »
GigaomFlipboard is reportedly raising new funding that values the company at $800M
According to a report at All Things Digital that quotes sources “close to the situation,” Flipboard is raising a new $50-million round of financing from both new and existing backers that… Read more »
GigaomIs Flipboard a partner or a competitor for publishers and content creators? Yes
With the launch of a web version, Flipboard highlights how far it has evolved from its early days as a standalone app, and how it is both a partner and a… Read more »
GigaomThe real villain in the ebooks case isn’t Apple or Amazon — it’s publishers’ addiction to DRM
The major publishers say they needed to cut an ebook deal with Apple in order to blunt the force of Amazon’s monopoly — but they themselves helped construct that monopoly by… Read more »
GigaomThink micropayments for media can’t work? Greg Golebiewski says you are wrong
There is a conventional wisdom in the media industry that micropayments for online content don’t work, but Greg Golebiewski of Znak It says that this isn’t true, and that media companies… Read more »
GigaomHere’s how smartphones, tablets and huge databases will upend market research
The confluence of better location data and audio-recognition could mean big changes to seemingly static industries such as retail and radio as they learn more about what customers really want. Read more »