Publisher Bonnier, Flingo partner to make smart TV apps

December 14, 2012 Subscribe | View as Web page. THEDAILYBUZZ A roundup of emedia news and views from around the web In this Issue Publisher Bonnier, Flingo partner to make smart TV apps Gigya rolls out privacy seal for sites with social log-ins How publishers can leverage LinkedIn How interactive should you make your tablet app? 16 essential design resources Social media tools you can use advertisement Eliminate Audience Information Silos! A comprehensive database can build known audience, reader relationships, and revenue. Click for information on IPro Audience Database Builder with direct interface to WordPress and Drupal Publisher Bonnier, Flingo partner to make smart TV apps Could Internet-enabled television apps be the next iteration of magazine publishing? It looks like Bonnier thinks so. The publisher of major consumer titles has partnered with Flingo to create a smart TV app for each of its magazines that will offer "videos, images and archival content." FULL ARTICLE - The Wrap advertisement Audience Data Got You Down? Download our Ebook! This eBook was designed to help eMedia professionals explore the hows and whys of audience development, database building, and utilization. The process takes effort, but it builds on investments you have already made in content development and audience outreach. Download your free copy. Gigya rolls out privacy seal for sites with social log-ins Social sign-in is convenient for audiences and beneficial for websites, but sometimes at the expense of user privacy. As a solution, Gigya is launching a SocialPrivacy Certification Seal for websites offering social sign-in options. So what does such a seal entail? "To obtain a seal, publishers must promise to refrain from selling user social data, posting to social feeds without permission, engage in social data-based email marketing campaigns without permission, and sending private messages to users' friends without permission." FULL ARTICLE - MediaPost How publishers can leverage LinkedIn What to do with LinkedIn? Publishers have been wondering for years if the social network, historically the playground of HR professionals, is worth their resources. But as LinkedIn creates more unique content, publishers may find more opportunities to leverage the network. Here, LinkedIn's CEO offers suggestions. FULL ARTICLE - Folio How interactive should you make your tablet app? How interactive do audiences really want their magazine tablet apps to be? Should apps resemble printed magazines, or should they offer more in terms of special elements? Here, 3 media professionals weigh in on how much is too much—and too little. FULL ARTICLE - The Media Briefing 16 essential design resources Designing web applications for publications can be streamlined using the right tools. Here, a web design professional offers 16 of his favored tools that cover everything from icons to inspiration. FULL ARTICLE - Speckyboy Design Magazine Social media tools you can use Managing multiple social media accounts, while maintaining and growing audience relationships, can be a daunting task. Here are 3 tools to help your team manage and leverage the power of social media in order to connect with other journalists and sources, and create a viable strategy to connect with your audience. FULL ARTICLE - Heath Wickline advertisement Advertise in the Daily Buzz If you are interested in advertising in The Daily Buzz, please contact Prescott Shibles at (917) 740-0026. You are receiving the Daily Buzz as a valuable member of the eMedia Vitals community. Please feel free to contact us at any time with feedback and comments. Click here to unsubscribe. Our mailing address is: Vital Business Media 122 West 27th Street New York, NY 10001 Copyright (C) 2012 Vital Business Media All rights reserved.

After 126 years, The Sporting News stops the presses

December 13, 2012 Subscribe | View as Web page. THEDAILYBUZZ A roundup of emedia news and views from around the web In this Issue After 126 years, The Sporting News stops the presses B2B publisher COLE takes on responsive revamp Users are cookied for hashtag ad retargeting Display predictions for 2013 4 hurdles to clear if you want engaging digital ads 9 ways to improve user experience in mobile design advertisement Integrated Ad Sales Insights Increase print and online ad sales today with MagazinesRadar's Integrated Ad Sales Intelligence.  Click here to learn more. After 126 years, The Sporting News stops the presses Even iconic titles go digital eventually. The Sporting News is the most iconic American sports news outlet, but after 126 years in print, it will now be a digital product online and in iPad and Android apps. The title is being smart about its assets, though, promising that "its yearbooks for baseball, NFL football, college football and fantasy leagues will still find their way to newsstands." FULL ARTICLE - NPR advertisement Audience Data Got You Down? Download our Ebook! This eBook was designed to help eMedia professionals explore the hows and whys of audience development, database building, and utilization. The process takes effort, but it builds on investments you have already made in content development and audience outreach. Download your free copy. B2B publisher COLE takes on responsive revamp Responsive design is gaining traction among B2B publishers looking for low-cost ways to optimize their web content for smartphones and tablets. COLE Publishing is rolling out responsive design across all eight of its B2B websites in January. FULL ARTICLE - eMedia Vitals Users are cookied for hashtag ad retargeting The potential for targeting ads just got more granular. If there was any question about what one puts on the Internet surviving in perpetuity, RadiumOne has found a way to cookie online users who have not only posted a particular hashtag, but viewed one, according to the subject matter. Here's how it works. FULL ARTICLE - TechCrunch Display predictions for 2013 Display advertising may seem old hat, but with retargeting and other technology, publishers may be able to offer their partners some good, old fashioned ROI. Here are 6 reasons why display advertising will probably be successful in 2013. FULL ARTICLE - Media Week 4 hurdles to clear if you want engaging digital ads What is the point of engaging in digital advertising if your audience is not engaging with your ads? The bells and whistles that digital advertisers typically employ to force their messaging in front of eyeballs are easily pushed aside by audiences that simply want to get at your content. So what is stopping your advertising from being interesting enough to look at and engage with? Here are 4 challenges to address, along with some solutions. FULL ARTICLE - ClickZ 9 ways to improve user experience in mobile design How solid is your mobile web strategy? Does it take into account what users actually like and look for in a mobile experience? Here are 9 tactics to improve your mobile offering so your audience will actually visit, and stay on, your mobile site. FULL ARTICLE - CSS Tricks advertisement Advertise in the Daily Buzz If you are interested in advertising in The Daily Buzz, please contact Prescott Shibles at (917) 740-0026. You are receiving the Daily Buzz as a valuable member of the eMedia Vitals community. Please feel free to contact us at any time with feedback and comments. Click here to unsubscribe. Our mailing address is: Vital Business Media 122 West 27th Street New York, NY 10001 Copyright (C) 2012 Vital Business Media All rights reserved.

FORA.tv launches conference and event video subscriptions

December 12, 2012 Subscribe | View as Web page. THEDAILYBUZZ A roundup of emedia news and views from around the web In this Issue FCC creates tech transition task force TopGear mag launches interactive iPad app FORA.tv launches conference and event video subscriptions Hands on with Twitter's new photo filters Making ebooks a news publishing revenue stream Tangled in punctuation advertisement Eliminate Audience Information Silos! A comprehensive database can build known audience, reader relationships, and revenue. Click for information on IPro Audience Database Builder with direct interface to WordPress and Drupal FCC creates tech transition task force The Federal Communications Commission is highly involved in how wireless broadband networks will operate in the 21st century, now that it has formed the Technology Transitions Policy Task Force. Goals include ensuring "that our nation's communications policies continue to drive a virtuous cycle of innovation and investment, promote competition, and protect consumers." FULL ARTICLE - The Hill advertisement Audience Data Got You Down? Download our Ebook! This eBook was designed to help eMedia professionals explore the hows and whys of audience development, database building, and utilization. The process takes effort, but it builds on investments you have already made in content development and audience outreach. Download your free copy. TopGear mag launches interactive iPad app Nineteen-year-old Top Gear magazine just launched an interactive iPad app that demonstrates the type of unique content for which users may be looking on that platform. Features include videos, statistics, and a comprehensive buyers' guide. FULL ARTICLE - Media Week FORA.tv launches conference and event video subscriptions If you feel that you cannot make it to enough industry conferences and other events in a given year, FORA.tv's subscription offering, Front Row, will stream videos of the events to you. Rates are monthly, or $99.99 for the year. FULL ARTICLE - paidContent Hands on with Twitter's new photo filters To tweet or to Instagram your digital images? For publishers, the decision will, of course, be based on where your readers are. Some say Twitter's brand-new photo filters are easier to use than Instagram's, but they are also limited to the Twitter platform. FULL ARTICLE - Mashable Making ebooks a news publishing revenue stream Are you leveraging your publication's archival content to create another revenue stream? UK pubs The Guardian and The Financial Times have been creating ebooks at little expense and gaining incremental revenue that has added up to significant earnings. FULL ARTICLE - The Media Briefing Tangled in punctuation Journos, we all get into bad writing habits, or fall victim to wonky editorial style guides. But, it is never too late to right the punctuation ship. The New York Times is here to give you a refresher on how not to use em dashes, and other punctuation advice. FULL ARTICLE - The New York Times advertisement Advertise in the Daily Buzz If you are interested in advertising in The Daily Buzz, please contact Prescott Shibles at (917) 740-0026. You are receiving the Daily Buzz as a valuable member of the eMedia Vitals community. Please feel free to contact us at any time with feedback and comments. Click here to unsubscribe. Our mailing address is: Vital Business Media 122 West 27th Street New York, NY 10001 Copyright (C) 2012 Vital Business Media All rights reserved.