Instead of a paywall around its existing content, Slate is trying to convince its biggest fans to become members of a community — membership that will bring them additional benefits, including… Read more »
Technology analyst Ben Thompson has quit his job and is trying to turn his blog into a business by launching a freemium membership model, which gives readers access to extra features… Read more »
App developers will have a new way to reach potential users on Twitter (s twtr): The company announced Thursday that it will support mobile-app install cards, meaning that users can install apps… Read more »
There are more ways than ever to measure traffic, readership, attention and engagement with our content. But all that means is there are even more things to distract us from the… Read more »
Brands and prominent users like comedian Rainn Wilson are complaining about Facebook’s algorithm changes and how that forces them to pay money to reach their fans and followers — but Facebook… Read more »
Cookies as a user tracking mechanism have come under fire recently — partly due to privacy concerns and partly because they simply aren’t very useful in a mobile world. Here are… Read more »
Amazon has been floating the idea of an ad-supported video offering, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. The service would be separate from its Prime Instant video service and… Read more »
Most of the new features that Twitter is either rolling out, experimenting with or rumored to be launching are aimed at one thing: trying to cram as much stuff as possible… Read more »
In its annual survey of the state of the U.S. media industry, the Pew Center says that there are signs of growth and investment in new digital entities, but the bulk… Read more »