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  • Daily Deals: Local media companies are turning to white-label platform providers so that they can build their own brand in the marketplace and potentially make more money.
  • State of the Industry 2010: Everybody wants Local Online Advertising these days, but the leading analysts don't see eye to eye on how big the market is.
  • Local Mobile Ads 2010: Traditional media of all stripes call mobile a "must" for their future, and are trying a wide range of strategies to move there
  • Marketplaces 2010: Finding strategies for local mobile, search and deals.

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February 2012
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27-29
SNPA, Inland Press Association, Local Media Association, and Texas Press Association.
Key Executives Mega-Conference
San Antonio, TX
March 2012
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13-15
American Cable Association
ACA’s 19th Annual Summit
Washington, D.C., DC
April 2012
Fr
13
National Association of Broadcasters
NABShow
Las Vegas, NV

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PubMatic Nabs Ex-Time Digital Exec Kirk McDonald
PaidContent, Oct 3, 2011, 2:44 PM EDT
Foursquare Sets Revenue Enhancement Plan
New York Post, Aug 1, 2011, 8:30 AM EDT
The social media service is developing a new set of user analytics for its client-merchants that it eventually hopes to charge for and generate additional revenue. Link | Add comment
Facebook Launches Video Chat With Skype
PaidContent, Jul 6, 2011, 8:12 AM EDT
The service will allow Skype users to see Facebook updates within the Skype application, and Facebook users will be able to video chat with each other. Link | Add comment
Microsoft Puts Office On Web To Fight Google
Bloomberg, Jun 28, 2011, 2:32 PM EDT
Kapost Helps Manage Digital Newsrooms
10,000 Words, Jun 24, 2011, 7:38 AM EDT
New digital newsroom service Kapost helps streamline the editorial process and allows "writers and editors [to] focus on content, not administrative tasks." Link | Add comment
Mobile
RIM Could Be On Sales Block
Bloomberg, Jun 21, 2011, 2:06 PM EDT
YouTube Tries To Reduce Vid's Mobile Impact
Bloomberg, Jun 10, 2011, 7:54 AM EDT
YouTube said it is in talks with all major mobile operators on an agreement to pool efforts to reduce the impact of video content on telecommunications networks. Link | Add comment
Daily Deals Special Report, Part II
White Labels Help Generate Daily Deal Green
NetNewsCheck, May 25, 2011, 7:21 AM EDT
While local legacy media companies are eager to jump on the daily deals bandwagon, many don’t have the resources (or the expertise) to set up and manage such programs. So they turn to “white label” companies that can provide the necessary software and back-office support. Most white labels also help sell or “source” the deal — that is, find local businesses willing to discount their products or services for a quick jolt to the top line. Here’s a sourcebook of some white labels that have made inroads with prominent legacy media companies. Full Story | Comments (1)
Daily Deals Special Report, Part I
Local Legacy Media Say ‘Let’s Make A Deal’
NetNewsCheck, May 24, 2011, 6:08 AM EDT
Local broadcasters, newspapers and others are among a rapidly growing number of Groupon imitators battling for a piece of the multibillion dollar daily deal market. For the most part, the local media companies are turning to white-label platform providers so that they can build their own brand in the marketplace and potentially make more money. In Part II of this special report tomorrow, NetNewsCheck will provide a listing of the leading white-label platforms now working with local media companies. Full Story | Add comment
HP's YouTube Product Demos Echo Early TV
The New York Times, Jan 18, 2011, 2:11 PM EST
Nielsen: Apple Barely Leads Smartphone Market
ReadWriteWeb, Jan 3, 2011, 3:10 PM EST
Mozilla Publishes User IDs And Passwords
Naked Security, Dec 28, 2010, 2:41 PM EST
Firefox and Thunderbird developer Mozilla Monday announced on its blog  that a database containing usernames and password hashes belonging to users of addons.mozilla.org had been posted publicly by accident, but the company says that the slip was caught before real damage could be done. Link | Add comment
Apple Sued Over Apps Transmitting User Data
BusinessWeek, Dec 28, 2010, 8:33 AM EST
AT&T Expands Wi-Fi Zones In NY, San Fran
Yahoo News, Dec 28, 2010, 7:28 AM EST
TV’s Largest Social Network, Xbox Sales Soar
Lost Remote, Dec 10, 2010, 3:08 PM EST
Studios Push Commerce For Crackdown On Pirates
Broadcasting Cable, Dec 10, 2010, 3:00 PM EST
Online Ads Trending To Be More Interactive
Beet.tv, Dec 10, 2010, 8:05 AM EST
While the 30 second pre-roll remains the dominant form of online video advertising, the medium is inexorably becoming more interactive, says Steve Robinson, CEO of Panache, the Los Angeles-based software company that is creating new forms of video ad units for major publishers. Link | Add comment
Attachmate Buys Novell for $2.2 Billion
Reuters, Nov 22, 2010, 12:14 PM EST
Adobe Reader X Lets Users Play In 'Sandbox'
ComputerWorld, Nov 19, 2010, 7:35 AM EST
Adobe this week released Reader X, the next version of its popular software that includes a "sandbox" designed to protect users from PDF attacks. The Windows version of the software features "Protected Mode," a technology that isolates system processes, preventing or at least hindering malware from escaping the application to wreak havoc on the computer. Reader X is also available for Mac OS X and Android, but those editions lack the sandbox. Link | Add comment
Report: Dell Hybrid Tablet Due Next Week
Mashable, Nov 16, 2010, 7:49 AM EST
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  • For Future Of News, Killer App Is Credibility

    Robert Hernandez, an assistant professor of professional practice in journalism at USC Annenberg: "With technology empowering everyone with the ability to create and to distribute, I predict — and wish — that in 2012 the new dominating factor will be Credibility. Actually, earned Credibility."

  • Layoffs, Cutbacks Lead To News Deserts

    Tom Stites: "Desertification is on the march, claiming more and more communities as newspapers continue to wither and few Web efforts manage to replace more than a fraction of the original reporting that newspapers have abandoned."

  • Moneyball: Fixing Newspaper Web Sales

    Mel Taylor: "Today's Newspaper industry is like that once great, but now struggling baseball team playing on a new, hyper-competitive field called the Internet. The veteran print team is stuck in a rut using the same, tired strategy that did serve them well for years, but no longer. Today, they get trounced by those with more money and muscle."

  • You Should Only Work This Hard If You Own The Business

    Howard Owens, digital media pioneer and author of HowardOwens.com, writes on Patch editors: "But here’s the thing about the work load for Patch editors: They’re not owners. They are expected to do all of the things they would have to do if they owned their own web sites, but merely in service of building wealth for AOL shareholders. Sure, work hard and keep your job is a nice benefit, and as a former corporate employee I think employees have an ethical obligation to help build shareholder value. That’s what they’re paid to do. ... However, if what we’re hearing is true about the Patch workload, I can only ask: Why are you doing it?"

  • The Metric For Missed Expectations

    Matthew Shanahan: "Here’s the problem: [Click-through rates don't] take into account audience engagement, not to mention the fact that other advertisers are competing for the click-through on the same page."

  • Debate Over Naming Commenters Rages On

    Eric Pfanner on real-name commenting policies: "The complications are enormous. Even self-contained Internet services like Facebook have had difficulty enforcing 'real name' systems. To achieve this on the borderless Internet would be impossible."

  • Communities Lose Out When Papers Close

    Author Ken Doctor on MediaNews Group's decision to consolidate its Bay Area newspapers: "It isn’t simply the sad loss of middle-class journalism jobs, as lamentable as that is, just as so many other good jobs that have disappeared in recent years. It’s a community loss, and points to the wider impact of news cuts on the society in which we live. That’s often forgotten as we focus too narrow on industry loss."

  • Why AOL Should Double Down On Patch

    Maxwell Wessel, member of Harvard Business School think tank Forum for Growth, on AOL's Patch: "Patch is AOL's last, best chance to build a growth engine. Investors shouldn't be calling for AOL to back off the business. They should be calling for AOL to double down ... by increasing commitment."

  • News Orgs Should Use Innovation As A Tool

    Frédéric Filloux: "News organizations ... should view innovation as their main weapon against direct competitors and emerging players such as tech startups."

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