Convergence

Newspaper publishers, including MediaNews Group Inc. and the Hearst Corp., are negotiating with Yahoo Inc. to share online content in such areas as local news and classified advertising, according to a published report on Friday. The article, in BusinessWeek magazine, said that the deal being discussed would give the news companies a greater presence on the Sunnyvale Web portal and help drive...

London, England (AHN) - In a new twist on the podcasting craze sweeping media companies, the International Herald Tribune (IHT) has launched a service that instantly generates an audio version of any article in the newspaper. Owned by the New York Times Co., The IHT, is the first English-language website to deliver the service, with Swedish technology company ReadSpeaker. The voice of a female...

Publisher Pearson PLC has announced that it will be merging the online and newspaper editing desks at Financial Times to create a "multimedia newsroom." "The FT has long been a pioneer in forging an integrated online and print newsroom, with web-first publishing and a unified editorial department," says Financial Times editor Lionel Barber. "Now we must take the next step." The restructuring could...

The survival of newspapers will depend on how quickly and effectively they adapt to the digital age and that too through new business models, two of the world's most revered newspaper specialists have predicted. NEWSPAPERS ARE NOT VANISHING YET: Philip Meyer addresses a gathering. Meyer says, "James Madison warned his fellow Americans about 'the men of factious temper' who would keep us distracted...

NEW YORK: A new report from EPS Market Inelligence and Advisory Service that examined national newspaper markets in the U.S. and U.K. says that in order to remain competitive, newspapers need "an appreciation of the capabilities and potential of an interactive medium, and an understanding of how news can fit into the broader trends sweeping the web." The executive summary of the report highlighted...

AFTER a decade of denial, big media and marketers have finally accepted that the way consumers absorb information and entertainment has changed. Their responses to how consumers perceive, retain and respond to brands are reshaping media. Companies that once relied on regulation or engineering smarts for their edge are learning the ways of integrated marketing across many platforms. From iPod to...

NEW YORK: The newspapers of the future cheap digital screens that can be rolled up and stuffed in a back pocket have been just around the corner for the last three decades. But by next year, the future may finally have arrived. Some of the world's top newspaper publishers are planning to introduce a form of electronic newspaper that will allow users to download entire editions from the Web onto...

NEW YORK, June 12 (Reuters) - The newspapers of the future - cheap digital screens that can be rolled up and stuffed into a back pocket - have been just around the corner for the last three decades. But as early as this year, the future may finally arrive. Some of the world's top newspapers publishers are planning to introduce a form of electronic newspaper that will allow users to download entire...

Can The Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News build a future on the back of their Web site, Philly.com? That is a critical question for the investors pondering bids for the two newspapers and Web site. Will there come a day when readers, advertisers and revenue fleeing the newspapers will be captured by the Web site - in numbers sufficient to sustain the expensive business of covering news, sports...

NEW YORK: International wire service Reuters has invested in Global Voices Online, a non-profit global citizens' media project, sponsored by and launched from the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. "Support from Reuters will also allow us to do more outreach and training in parts of the world where there are currently few bloggers. Reuters’ generosity allows us to...