Industry Keyword: Publishing

Building a community is always time consuming. As a user it is often difficult to cut through the noise, especially on social media. As a business, being recognised as a leader is even more difficult. Therefore, arranged alphabetically, below is a list of 25 social media and/or community properties that it is worth joining and investing the time to proactively participate on. I have for the most part ignored the founders communities and membership groups out there and concentrated on...

Digital marketing has taken several turns over the years as newer technology has become available. We've gone from relying on print ads and television commercials to using the internet to reach our target audiences. And as social media has become increasingly popular, we've shifted our focus to platforms like Instagram to connect with potential customers. If you're in the business of video marketing, then you know that it's essential to be where your audience is. And these days, that means being...

Australia's competition watchdog has said it issued draft proposals to authorise regional newspaper industry group, Country Press Australia, to negotiate with Google and Facebook for payments for news content on their platforms. Country Press Australia (CPA) is seeking authorisation to allow its members to hammer out a payments deal with the likes of Google and Facebook for use of news content on the tech platforms, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said. CPA represents 81 news publishers that publish about...

Apple has expanded its news offerings with audio versions of stories narrated by voice actors for subscribers, a morning newscast hosted by two journalists and more access to local newspaper stories. KEY POINTS: Apple now offering audio versions of stories narrated by voice actors for subscribers The company has said paying subscribers will gain access to audio versions of longer stories from magazines such as such as Esquire, Wall Street Journal  and Vanity Fair Apple has 125 million monthly users...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been denied bail with a British judge who said he would flee justice while the US attempts again to secure his extradition, a decade after he enraged Washington by releasing troves of confidential documents. Assange had asked to be freed on bail after the judge ruled on Monday that he shouldn't be extradited because he would be in danger of suicide. But Judge Vanessa Baraitser refused that request, citing the seven years that he spent holed...

A lawyer for Julian Assange told a London court Friday she was present when an ally of US President Trump offered to arrange a pardon for its WikiLeaks creator in return for information that could "benefit President Trump politically". Australian-born Assange, 49, is struggling to prevent being delivered to the US, where he's charged with conspiring to hack government computers and violating an espionage legislation within the release of confidential wires by WikiLeaks in 2010-2011. His attorney, Jennifer Robinson, stated in...

Australian lawmakers are expected to approve amendments to legislation to force Google and Facebook to pay media companies for news content, despite opposition from some minor political parties. The conservative government introduced amendments to the so-called Media Bargaining Code after Facebook last week escalated a dispute over the new laws by blocking Australian users from sharing and viewing news content on its popular social media platform. Australia's Senate began debating the amendments today. The ruling party does not have a...

The Australian government has urged Google to "focus on paying for original content, not blocking it" after the search giant said it had been conducting tests that restrict access to domestic news articles, deepening a rift between the tech giant and also the authorities. After the company said it was conducting experiments to determine the value of its service to Australian information outlets, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg accused it of "blocking" users as it should be paying for the content. "The digital...

The Australian government said the promised laws forcing tech giants to pay media outlets for content had already succeeded after reports that publisher and broadcaster Nine Entertainment agreed on a landmark licensing deal with search titan Google. The Alphabet Inc owned company agreed to pay Nine more than A$30 million (approximately $23.25 million) a year for its content, two of Nine's newspapers reported, citing unidentified industry sources. The deal would be formally signed in the next two weeks, the newspapers...