The Media Minute-12 January 2016

What Twitter’s 10,000 Characters Mean for Publishers
Re/code reported this week that Twitter is building a new feature, to be released in Q1 of this year, which will expand the tweet limit to 10,000 characters.
Publishers Are About To Hit A Wall with Native Ads
The native ad gold rush peaked last year, with the likes of USA Today, Politico and The New Republic setting up units to develop ads that look like editorial articles and videos.
Metro Corp, Publisher of Boston and Philadelphia Magazines, Announces Cuts
Metro Corp, which publishes Philadelphia Magazine and Boston Magazine, is cutting staff in a corporate restructuring aimed at addressing “the changing media environment.”
The Big 5 Publishers Sat Out Deal-Making In 2015
The biggest deals in the publishing industry in 2015 occurred outside of the trade sector.
2016 Predictions For Niche Magazines: Are You Ready?
We’ve sifted through all the 2016 Prediction Lists to share what is most relevant to niche publishers.
Dow Jones Creates New Publishing Unit
Dow Jones, the financial news and information company within News Corp. responsible for The Wall Street Journal, has created a new publishing unit.
Built On Passion: How Vox Media Grew From Its Roots as an Oakland A’s Blog Into One of The Internet’s Biggest Publishers
Vox Media is now a vast digital publishing network with eight individual sites that averaged more than 160 million monthly unique visitors last year.
Publisher Haymarket Reports £5m Profit on £184m Turnover for 2014/2015
Magazine publisher Haymarket has reported an 8.7 per cent rise in operating profit to £5.03m for the financial year to the end of June 2015.
Trending Now: New Roles In Magazine Media
The rise of digital media has introduced new job functions to the magazine world—and triggered the demise of others.

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