How the slowest-loading news sites can speed up

March 22, 2013 Subscribe | View as Web page. THEDAILYBUZZ A roundup of emedia news and views from around the web In this Issue How the slowest-loading news sites can speed up GAFA's effect on publishers' ad revenue Who wins when advertising becomes content? Cloud computing: 4 ways to overcome IT resistance 9 signs of a great project manager Visual.ly tool to turn your Google Analytics stats into an infographic advertisement Job: Director of Product Marketing, Corporate Advertising The Chronicle of Higher Education is seeking a Director of Product Marketing, Corporate Advertising to help The Chronicle of Higher Education provide best-in-class products and services to our expanding client base. Learn more and apply. How the slowest-loading news sites can speed up How quickly does your publication's website load? With so many options online, audiences don't have the time (or patience) for a slow-loading news website. Here are the reported top offenders, along with 5 things they can do to speed things up, including deferring loading and parsing of JavaScript. FULL ARTICLE - MediaShift Idea Lab 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. GAFA's effect on publishers' ad revenue Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon (GAFA) have been thoroughly disruptive to publishers' ad revenue, among other things. Here is an examination of the shift of power in the media industry from the old guard to "new" platforms. FULL ARTICLE - Niemen Journalism Lab Who wins when advertising becomes content? It seems that the oldest debate in media is that of the separation of church and state—keeping content and advertising siloed so that there is no confusion between the two for the reader. But with sponsored content (a.k.a. native advertising) on the rise, the barrier between the two is crumbling. Here is a look at the question, "If it's useful, does it matter if it's sponsored?" FULL ARTICLE - paidContent Cloud computing: 4 ways to overcome IT resistance Nothing throws a wrench into the execution of a digital plan like resistance from your IT department. That's because their number one priority is digital security for your organization. This probably isn't news to you if you have been pitching a cloud solution. Don't give up, here are 4 strategies for overcoming IT resistance to cloud computing. FULL ARTICLE - ReadWrite 9 signs of a great project manager You have a great plan, you have a viable budget, but you still have a huge wild card in the mix for your current project: people. There are myriad frustrating reasons that members of the teams necessary for executing your project may slow things down. That's why a great project manager is vital. Here are 9 signs of that invaluable team member. FULL ARTICLE - Internet Week New York Visual.ly tool to turn your Google Analytics stats into an infographic Here is something to brighten up the prospect of your next leadership meeting: Visual.ly has launched a tool that will reportedly turn the numbers from your Google Analytics profile into an infographic that you can share in order to illustrate the state of your website's efforts. FULL ARTICLE - SocialTimes 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) 2013 Vital Business Media All rights reserved.