Barnes and Noble added hundreds of college and university newspapers to their NOOK line of e-Readers and tablets today. Major newspapers from leading colleges like Harvard, Columbia, Louisiana State University, Northwestern University, University of Michigan and University of Texas at Austin can now be purchased for as little as $0.99 cents per month. Most of these newspapers … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Announces College and University Newspapers Program
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News Corp Announces New Digital Newspaper Advertising Exchange
News Corp is developing a new advertising exchange network for their big digital newspaper and web properties. This will allow the company to cut out the middle man and do away with their various affiliates and third party advertisers. The intention is to have more control and be able to deal with advertisers directly. The Sun and Times in the UK and the Wall Street Journal … [Read more...] about News Corp Announces New Digital Newspaper Advertising Exchange
Piracy a Major Threat to Digital Publishing in China
As has been the case anywhere else in the world, publishers in China are waking up to the impact that digital publishing is expected to have in the domestic publishing industry in future. However, publishers fear that the rampant piracy prevalent in the country could cast a pall over the segment. China has already grown to emerge as the second largest ebook market in the … [Read more...] about Piracy a Major Threat to Digital Publishing in China
National Library of Australia Digitizing Old Newspaper Articles
The National Library of Australia has embarked on an ambitious project of digitizing decades old newspapers to be added in a new database which they have named "Trove." It will be a treasure trove indeed, as it’s not only newspapers that are being provided with a digital makeover, but books and journals as well. Past photographs, too, are being included in ‘Trove," which means … [Read more...] about National Library of Australia Digitizing Old Newspaper Articles
20% of All US Newspapers Are Digital
Newspapers in the US are on the decline right now and the entire industry is seeing explosive growth via the digital offerings. The New York Times is the current poster child of implementing a solid paywall strategy and seeing the largest gains. Currently, 20% of all newspaper circulation in the US is now digital. The entire newspaper industry a slight decline by 0.7%, … [Read more...] about 20% of All US Newspapers Are Digital
Digital Newspapers Growing in Popularity, Local Papers Need to Follow Suit
Industry experts have been predicting the death of newspapers ever since the birth of televised news. Those predictions only became louder with the explosion of online and tablet-based newspapers. But an article by Laura Hazard Owen for paidContent.com demonstrates that digital editions have seen exponential grown while print is far from gone, but that the small-town newspaper … [Read more...] about Digital Newspapers Growing in Popularity, Local Papers Need to Follow Suit
New Dilemma for Struggling Newspapers
Around the country, once vital newspapers are shutting their doors, some after several generations of providing news content to print subscribers. With the birth of digital, it seems that the only newspapers able to keep up are the ones who have embraced a digital edition and encouraged their readers to subscribe to the electronic versions. Along with the success of these … [Read more...] about New Dilemma for Struggling Newspapers