Robert Andrews
Oct 3, 2008 8:00 AM
At this week’s Association of Online Publishers conference in London, celebrated US interactive thinker Clay Shirky, who teaches new media at New York University and has written Here Comes Everybody, had words of wisdom for any media execs hoping to launch collaborative spaces…
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Robert Andrews
Oct 2, 2008 7:29 AM
Want to see dozens of online publishers celebrate, commiserate and almost certainly inebriate? Look no further than Wednesday night’s Association of Online Publishers award ceremony for each. See anyone familiar? Pictures from AOP; list of winners here. All our coverage in our AOP channel.
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Robert Andrews
Oct 2, 2008 7:00 AM
Annelies van den Belt, a flying Dutchwoman, quit as ITV’s (LSE: ITV) online head in April for upstart Moscow-based LiveJournal owner Sup. I caught up with her when she revisited London for Wednesday’s Association of Online Publishers conference. —ITV’s online target Twelve months ago, ITV set a goal of reaching…
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Robert Andrews
Oct 1, 2008 2:24 PM
Troubled ITV (LSE: ITV) will launch a new mobile site for its Friends Reunited network in the next few months - and plans to use football to popularise the medium. ITV mobile head Melissa Goodwin told a mobile content session at the Association of Online Publishers conference in London on…
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Robert Andrews
Oct 1, 2008 10:22 AM
Wired’s resurrection in the UK and Italy will also come with more new sites offered in several new languages. International president Stefano Maruzzi said the new operation, which was announced in June and will debut early next year, will also add Chinese, French and more, each produced in London. “We’re…
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Robert Andrews
Oct 1, 2008 4:26 AM
It’s not as if no-one anticipated what might occupy Sly Bailey’s keynote to the Association of Online Publishers conference in London this morning - the Trinity Mirror (LSE: TNI) CEO has been a vocal opponent of BBC Local’s online video plans and has tried valiantly to find the positives when…
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Robert Andrews
Oct 3, 2007 10:19 AM
A “reality dawn” is coming at the BBC that is likely to lead to job cuts, according to BBC News Interactive head Pete Clifton. Clifton told an Association of Online Publishers conference audience the corporation’s online news staff had already been winning better recognition amongst editorial peers, ahead of a…
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Robert Andrews
Oct 3, 2007 9:52 AM
- FT.com: FT.com is now getting 97 percent of its mobile traffic from off-portal sources, having almost entirely ditched relationships with network operators. “We’ve gone thoroughly commando,” FT’s mobile business development head Steven Pinches told an Association of Online Publishers conference audience. “We’re seeing massive growth on the mobile web,…
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Robert Andrews
Oct 3, 2007 6:44 AM
NatMags will this autumn undergo a structural shakeup designed finally to execute a large-scale online strategy. The Hearst subsidiary will focus on two units - one to run its five online-only publications (including Handbag.com and GetLippy.com) and another to jointly manage print-online brands. CEO Duncan Edwards conceded: “We’re real newcomers…
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Robert Andrews
Oct 3, 2007 5:37 AM
For those who wondered how ITV (LSE: ITV) will manage to to treble its online revenue to £150 million by 2010 (see previous post), some stats already show some improvements - the relaunch of ITV.com has almost doubled the site’s traffic. ITV consumer CEO Jeff Henry told the Association of…
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Robert Andrews
Oct 3, 2007 4:20 AM
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) News has defended its recent deal to host AP, AFP, PA and Canadian Press stories against charges it will hit publishers’ web traffic. At the Association of Online Publishers conference in London, Peter Bale, executive producer of rival MSN.co.uk, said the deal “is welcome news for the…
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Robert Andrews
Oct 3, 2007 3:22 AM
Washingtonpost.com plans to ramp up online operations in Europe. Kicking off today’s AOP Online Publishing conference at the London Hilton, WPNI CEO Caroline Little said: “We have advertising offices in the UK. In terms of content, we’re not looking at hyperlocal content outside of our home market, you’ve got to…
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Rafat Ali
Oct 3, 2007 2:06 AM
Both Robert and Ingrid are out today at two different conferences in London:—Our UK editor Robert Andrews is at “AOP Online Publishing Conference”, being held at the London Hilton, Park Lane. Speakers include Caroline Little, CEO and publisher, Washington Post (NYSE: WPO).Newsweek Interactive, Jeff Henry, director of ITV (LSE: ITV)…
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