Another Love Note From Facebook to Media Sites: A New Sign-Up Tool
More outreach from Facebook to media companies: A new registration tool, which is supposed to make it even easier for Web site visitors to sign on to the site using their Facebook account. Facebook says that once it's installed, the tool will "surface[s] activity from friends and incentivizes the person to stay on the site...
Forbes Gets a New Boss: Softbank’s Mike Perlis
After a very, very long search, Forbes Media has finally tapped a new leader: Softbank Capital's Mike Perlis, who will become president and CEO of the business magazine and Web site. Perlis fills holes left by former Forbes.com publisher Jim Spanfeller, who left in 2009, and Forbes magazine publisher Jim Berrien, who left in 2008....
Another (Not Great) Newspaper Pay Wall Strategy: Shortchange the Web
Outside of a few outliers (like The Wall Street Journal), newspaper pay walls are unexplored territory. Which is why experiments like the ones the New York Times is conducting at its flagship paper and other publications are so interesting. But here's one that probably won't work: Rhode Island's Providence Journal plans to run only excerpts...
News Corp. Vs. Cablevision = Another Installment of "How to Cut Your Cord"
If the two sides don't settle soon, Cablevision customers won't get tonight's great Phillies-Giants matchup via their cable box. But a credit card and a computer will let them watch a live stream, anyway.
The Pros and Cons of a TechCrunch/AOL Deal
Could AOL buy TechCrunch? Sure.Does that make sense? Good question.
Newsweek Isn’t Dead, Is Facing a Zombie Attack
Inscrutable weirdness at the magazine's Web site.
Wired’s Flash-Free App Lands on the iPad, After All
That Wired magazine app Condé Nast and Adobe have been trying so hard to get into Apple's App Store? It costs five bucks and is available at iTunes now. If you don't want to pay, click through for some pretty video.
Forbes Buys True/Slant
That was fast. And not that surprising: Forbes Media, which invested in digital news start-up True/Slant two years ago and brought on founder Lewis Dvorkin as a "consultant" this spring, has now bought the entire company. Dvorkin's new title is chief product officer.
News Corp. Shuts Off Hulu Access to Cablevision Customers–And Turns It Back On [UPDATED]