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Poynter. 13 ways to get your journalism project crowdfunded
by Laura Shin at Poynter While handwringing over financial support for journalism is nothing new, it’s been especially fraught recently. From the Nate Thayer/Atlantic dustup to the possibility that the Tribune papers may be sold to the Koch brothers, everyone in media seems worried about funding the Fourth Estate. One hopeful sign for such worriers: … Continue reading
Create only Once for all Android Devices on Mag+
Mobile Publishing Pioneer Drives Next Wave To Create Android Apps. 4.2 Also Includes Several New iOS, Monetization and Production Tool Workflow Features Mag+ continues its push to be the most innovative and flexible platform for digital publishing and mobile app development. To address the Android device proliferation, with its myriad of screen sizes, Mag+ … Continue reading
Mag+ Challenges Publishers to Re-Imagine the Issue
Three Years and 1,000 Apps Later, Touchscreen Publishing Pioneer Offers Four Key Factors for Success in Making Great Apps New York, New York, April 3, 2013—After three years and more than 1,000 touchscreen publication apps, Mag+ and its customers have learned how to unleash the power of this important medium. Contrary to the word of uninformed doomsayers, Mag+ … Continue reading
Don’t be “platform agnostic”
News publishers have to understand the contours of the shift or risk mobile becoming “digital hesitation 2.0.” The market research firm comScore recently released its annual major mobile report. A dive into the data distills lessons for journalism right now, some of them counterintuitive. Move aggressively to mobile immediately — don’t wait for revenue to … Continue reading
Earl Wilkinson: Media outlook for 2013
As executive director of the International News Media Association, Earl Wilkinson is constantly on the road, learning and sharing insights about our industry. This year’s annual outlook report is informed by INMA membership in 81 countries. Earl shared his observations as the keynote speaker for the Key Executives Mega-Conference produced by the Southern Newspaper Publishers Associaiton, Local Media Association … Continue reading
Engage younger readers in news through social gaming
Creating social games is one way news organizations can reach young people and engage them in reading news. A team at the University of Missouri created a social game last fall that featured challenges centered around the football team’s first season in the Southeastern Conference. A news feed with sports stories was posted on the … Continue reading
Pushing Automated Image Correction into the 21st Century
For the first time in history, the many thousands of publishers, photographers, creative studios and premedia operations prevented from taking advantage of professional quality, automated, image editing and correction — primarily because of price – are given a long overdue option in the easy-to-use, high throughput and economical desktop application: Organic Imaging, a new brand … Continue reading
Richard Branson’s Tip: Why you should treat your company like family
Many Chairman will say he looks at his company like a family and then acts in a way which makes you glad you’re not related! I have always pushed Virgin companies to walk the talk on that and ensure everybody feels part of the team. Colleagues should take care of each other, have fun, celebrate … Continue reading
Mag+ Reader Can Now Be Built into Any App
New SDK Allows Digital Publishers, Creative Agencies and App Makers to Build Completely Custom Apps Powered by Mag+ Mag+ introduced its new Mag+ App SDK (Software Development Kit), which opens the Mag+ engine to publishers, agencies and app developers, making it easier than ever to build and deliver fully immersive content and brand experiences to … Continue reading
Web/mobile design using Adobe’s CS6
New digital publishing platform: Step by step tutorials Jeff Goertzen, one of the industry’s top designers (USA Today, Denver Post, Orange County Register), has graciously agreed to share his tutorials on how to use the recently released Adobe publishing platform (CS6) to produce mobile content — without native apps or HTML5 Web apps. Jeff recently … Continue reading
