Quotes tagged ‘Digital Publishing’

(7 total)

“Dubuc appears to be moving Vice further away from the notion that it is a “digital” enterprise at all.”

“I think publishers are much more savvy now in general. We have seen the trend move toward engagement metrics and slightly smaller, but more targeted and engaged audiences. We are significantly smaller in owned and operated reach than are many of our competitors, but advertisers have responded very f…”

— Michael Wertheim, digiday.com

“As a standalone source of revenue, micropayments face several structural problems. Chief among them is Arrow’s information paradox, according to Tony Haile, CEO of Scroll, a forthcoming subscription service that will strip ads out of participating publishers’ sites. The paradox holds that a consumer…”

— Max Willens, digiday.com

“When ONTD was created, like other LiveJournal communities, it was operated exclusively by volunteer moderators. LiveJournal was not involved in the day-to-day operation of the site. ONTD, however, grew in popularity to 52 million page views per month in 2010 and attracted LiveJournal’s attention. By…”

— Harry Pregerson, Richard A. Paez, Morgan Christen, cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov

“Even if we’re full of despair over what the internet has become, it’s good to remind yourself that it’s an amazing thing. In the habits that we enjoy, there are the seeds for the future. That’s where the good internet will rise up again.”

— Nick Denton, fortune.com

“Publishers can also sell ads inside Instant Articles. Might this be a viable publishing model? Probably not, but even if it were, Facebook could change its terms at any time. It is not Facebook’s responsibility to provide a new business model for news organisations. If they don’t like the terms, the…”

— Tom Standage, pressgazette.co.uk

“But the tragedy of today’s filing is that Nick Denton has no real control over that outcome. He built Gawker Media, and has devoted the past 14 years of his life to it. Now, he’s probably going to see his company disappear into the hands of one of the media moguls that Gawker was created to skewer.…”

— Felix Salmon, fusion.net