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Long Island paper proves pay walls for local papers don’t work

by Shawn Ingram on Jan 27, 2010 at 08:31 AM

Newspapers aren’t faring too well.  We all know that.  The options lately seem to be close the paper, hope ebook readers and/or the Apple Tablet can save the industry, or establish a pay wall.  There are problems with all three, though now we have proof that pay walls don’t always… Continue Reading »

Hulu rumored to begin charging for your favorites

by Greg Billetdeaux on Jan 22, 2010 at 01:36 PM

Rumors are swirling around the web about Hulu’s possible two new business models. Both of them charging money for our shows. The first business model is a bit of a no-brainer. Hulu would begin charging for shows based on their popularity. So, if you love the show, and so does… Continue Reading »

New York Times announces pay wall

by Sue Walsh on Jan 22, 2010 at 08:51 AM

The New York Times has announced that a year from now they will begin charging for access to their website. The new pay model won’t apply to the entire site, but instead offer a specific number of articles for free each month. Once that number is reached the reader must… Continue Reading »

NYTimes.com To Be Pay-Walled

by Hunter Clarke on Jan 17, 2010 at 07:00 PM

Like all print media now-a-days business on the print side is suffering. This includes the juggernaut of all newspapers and print media alike, the New York Times. For the past months, NYTimes.com has been updated with all of the latest stories and up until now, has been open to everyone… Continue Reading »

Conan O’Brien puts Tonight Show up for sale on Craigslist

by Sue Walsh on Jan 15, 2010 at 09:21 PM

The ugly mess known as NBC late night has taken an interesting turn of events. Conan O’Brien, who has so far refused to agree to NBC’s request that he move to the 12:05 timeslot in order to accommodate Jay Leno, announced on Wednesday’s show that he has put the Tonight… Continue Reading »

December search: Google gains, Bing blows

by JG Mason on Jan 14, 2010 at 08:05 AM

In the never ending search engine wars, the December numbers are in thanks to Nielsen Reports. Nielsen tallies the total number of searches as a provider.  Decembers results?  Google jumped 1.9% over their November stat while Bing suffered a loss. As you can see from the spreadsheet, Google led all… Continue Reading »

Michael Jackson fan hacks Iranian leader’s website

by Sue Walsh on Jan 11, 2010 at 05:42 PM

An unknown hacker attacked Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s website last week. As a result the site was briefly redirecting to another domain that contained a plea to God from someone who appears to be a fan of Michael Jackson, Brittany Farrah Fawcett and several other celebrities who died in 2009:… Continue Reading »

CES: Picnik the fun and easy online photo imaging site

by JG Mason on Jan 10, 2010 at 11:48 AM

Picnik is an amazing story.  Working with only a 20 person team the site is localized in 16 languages and had almost 47 million site visits, and over 15 million unique visitors in December and is the #1 online photo image editor.  Every part of the site suggests the team… Continue Reading »

The year in review: Wave-style

by Greg Billetdeaux on Dec 22, 2009 at 10:20 AM

You always see year-in-review videos or articles or something similar. But this year, Whirled Interactive is stepping it up with a year in review wave. Well, it’s really a video of a wave but whats the difference. The video shows the highlights of the year inside of the wave with… Continue Reading »

Facebook continues its relentless assault on the world’s social networks

by Greg Billetdeaux on Dec 21, 2009 at 09:22 PM

Italian blogger Vincenzo Cosenza has put together a map of the most popular social networks in world for a second time now. These statistics are based on the most recent traffic data as taken by Alexa & Google Trends for Websites. Facebook is the obvious winner of English speaking countries… Continue Reading »

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