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London, New York, China, and Australia all have cabbies equipped with in-taxi networks designed to leverage a captive audience and entertain fares in the process. Analysts expect that troubled newspapers will be dealt yet another blow as passengers turn to technology for news and entertainment on the move. Cabvision, a "broadcast style" In–Cab TV system using digital audio broadcasting (DAB)...

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PUBLISHERS, ADVERTISERS, and readers that at one time sustained news companies is now obsolete, according to Neil Budde, the founding editor of The Wall Street Journal Online, who was hired by Yahoo! as its news director in November. Budde spoke to OnlineMediaDaily Thursday about Yahoo!'s revamped news site, and the company's role in the evolving news business. "The days...

We've been having a spirited discussion in the journalism department at New York University. With newspapers hemorrhaging readers and people migrating to the web for their daily news fix, should we consider changing the way we teach journalism? For as far back as anyone can remember, New York University has used introductory courses to drill students on the basics: "ledes," "nut grafs," the...

As newspaper websites mark their 10th anniversary in Australia this year and online advertising surges, publishers are being forced to take stock of their place in the new media revolution. Nic Jones, the managing director of News Interactive, says the internet's cannibalising effect on newspaper circulation has been overstated. "I don't think the web is the magpie in the nest that maybe some...

A phenomenon that is becoming impossible to live without, Google has facilitated the rapid expansion of the Internet in ways no other digital entity could ever dream. It may even be safe to say that practically no one goes online without consulting the simply designed page, giggling at whatever witty costume the famous logo might be wearing depending on the day. With features such as AdWords and...

When I had the temerity to poke around Nick Denton's weblog business model in the pages of Business 2.0, the Gawker Media impresario responded with an entry on his personal weblog that dismissed my findings as a "blog fantasy." My contention that Denton, who had founded and flipped companies before, wasn't just indulging in a hobby and might someday sell Gawker to the highest bidder seemed to...

Human right groups are expressing concern over the killing of an Afghan woman accused of committing adultery. The 29-year-old was reportedly sentenced to death by local religious leaders after she was found in the house of a man other than her husband. As contradictory reports emerge as to the specific cause of death, many observers say the Afghan government must do more to protect women from...

The Associated Press is planting the seeds of its own demise. AP's most recent act of self-destruction was its April 18 announcement that it would start charging newspaper and broadcast clients an additional fee for using AP content on their web sites. This move -- sprung on its clients just as they are recognizing the urgent need to reinvent themselves in multi-media, web-driven modes -- ignores...

HT Media value may spurt to Rs 1,462 cr. HT Media Ltd has filed a draft red herring prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for a 100 per cent book-built public issue of 46,40,000 equity shares (fresh issue) of Rs 10 each by HT Media Ltd and an offer for sale of 23,55,000 equity shares of Rs 10 each from HPC (Mauritius) Ltd. The offer will also have a greenshoe option of...

Working at a major metropolitan newspaper these days can feel a bit like working for the East German Politburo, circa 1988. It's a good gig with great benefits, and people seek you out at cocktail parties, but you have this sense that your days are numbered. Newspapers, you may have read, though most likely not in a newspaper, are on the way out. In this Age of the Internet, we print journalists...