Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos leads a $5 million round in Business Insider

April 08, 2013 Subscribe | View as Web page. THEDAILYBUZZ A roundup of emedia news and views from around the web In this Issue 'Glamour' monetizes 1.5 million Google+ followers using Hangouts Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is leading a $5 million round in Business Insider How to measure content engagement with analytics Digital Newfronts poised to rake in $1 billion in ad deals Flipboard is a giant iceberg lurking in the path of the media Pinterest's ever-growing influence on media Website design advertisement Job: E-Media Producer / Product Manager Access Intelligence has an exciting opportunity for an E-Media Producer/Product Manager to be based in Rockville, MD office. The E-Media Producer/Product Manager will work closely with our business leaders and with the Director of Digital Development. Learn more and apply. 'Glamour' monetizes 1.5 million Google+ followers using Hangouts Glamour magazine is launching a month-long series of Hangouts featuring staffers, online personalities — and products. Eight of the nine Hangouts are sponsored by a company, whose products are featured centrally in the content. FULL ARTICLE - Mashable advertisement Subscription App Publishers Reveal Sales Secrets SpeedDate founder Simon Tisminezky and Popular Science's Mike Haney joined Subscription Site Insider for an exclusive webinar in which revealed the secrets behind their profitable subscription apps on multiple platforms. Watch webinar: $247.00 for non-members, FREE for Members. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is leading a $5 million round in Business Insider In a stunning gesture of support for EXCLUSIVE airplane journalism, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is leading a $5 million round in Business Insider, the web property helmed by Henry Blodget. The news comes following a detailed New Yorker profile of Mr. Blodget, who launched Business Insider after being banned from the securities industry for civil securities fraud. FULL ARTICLE - Beta Beat How to measure content engagement with analytics Many in the industry believe a fast bounce from your page back to the search results is a negative in Google's eyes. If this is true, reducing bounce rate by investigating user behavior is a great way to increase your chances of growing your audience. Nice ranking plus amazing user-pleasing content equals goal achievement. FULL ARTICLE - Search Engine Land Digital Newfronts poised to rake in $1 billion in ad deals Does the internet need a TV-like upfront? Conventional wisdom was no, but agency execs and clients cast that thinking aside at the first Digital Content Newfronts last year. Last year's guiding principle was about having premium video at scale. This year's Newfronts, managed by the Interactive Advertising Bureau, include a host of new entrants -- many not known for video at all, such as troubled gaming giant Zynga and blog network SpinMedia. FULL ARTICLE - AdAge Flipboard is a giant iceberg lurking in the path of the media Flipboard's recent update lets users create custom "magazines" and share them. For a large swath of the publishing industry, this provides a glimpse of what could be a grim future. Editor's comment: Why does Paul Armstrong want to depress us on a Monday? FULL ARTICLE - paidContent Pinterest's ever-growing influence on media Website design Publishers across the digital media landscape are redesigning their sites to mimic the photo-friendly grid layout of social sites like Pinterest. Media companies from The New York Times to CNN to Mashable are falling in love with the less-is-more design approach, both as a way to create a better user experience and a route to integrate ads less awkwardly. FULL ARTICLE - Digiday 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 65 Broadway New York, NY 10006 Copyright (C) 2013 Vital Business Media All rights reserved.