What Do You Think of Demand Media?
Demand Media has come under fire as Exhibit A in content farming: a large, burgeoning startup that creates massive amounts of content cheaply and tries to capitalize on popular search terms in Google. Though it had a successful IPO, the co...
This Week in Review: The Flipboard dilemma, Trove and News.me arrive, and a paywall number for the NYT
Every Friday, Mark Coddington sums up the week’s top stories about the future of news. This week: Debates over Flipboard's role in the publishing world; some old-line news orgs get into the social aggregation business; early numbers on The New York Times' paywall; the Google hammer falls on Demand Media; an online-only Pulitzer; and this...
This Week in Review: The Flipboard dilemma, Trove and News.me arrive, and a paywall number for the NYT
Every Friday, Mark Coddington sums up the week’s top stories about the future of news. This week: Debates over Flipboard's role in the publishing world; some old-line news orgs get into the social aggregation business; early numbers on The New York Times' paywall; the Google hammer falls on Demand Media; an online-only Pulitzer; and this...
Can eHow Get More Respect with Push for Quality Content?
Business content on MediaShift is sponsored by the weekend MA in Public Communication at American University. Designed for working professionals, the program is suited to career changers and public relations or social marketing professi...
This Week in Review: Google’s content farm crackdown, Facebook’s new comments, more TBD lessons
Every Friday, Mark Coddington sums up the week’s top stories about the future of news. This week: Google's new attempt to weed content farms out of its search results; Facebook extends its reach into news sites through comments; more lessons and recriminations in the wake of TBD; a new iPad that promises to be a...
Google Attacks! And Demand Media Investors Yawn
Google is going to crush Demand Media!So why aren't investors running for the exits?
Demand Media Says It’s Getting Along Just Fine With Google, Thank You Very Much
A quick Q&A with Demand's Richard Rosenblatt, who says Google's blog post about going after "content farms" has nothing to do with his company. Also! He really doesn't like it when people call his company a "content farm."
This Week in Review: NPR at a crossroads, hyperlocal’s personal issue, and keeping comments real