The Media Minute 3.29.2016 – The Media Minute

New Platform Improves Content Discovery For Publisher Catalogues
The digital world is overloaded with information. The challenge for publishers is to focus their efforts on content discovery rather than distribution.
Hearst Looks For Global Scale To Native Ads
Magazine giant Hearst is rolling out its native digital ad product to all 84 of its markets, buoyed by the success it has had in the U.S.
Johnston Press Profits Rise By More Than A Fifth But Further Cuts Loom
Scotsman and Yorkshire Post publisher – which is to complete take over of i next month – says ongoing slide in revenues means it may sell off more titles.
Credentials Come First For Alison Overholt, The First Female Editor Of A Major U.S. Sports Magazine
When Overholt was named editor of ESPN The Magazine in February, research revealed that she is the first woman to be editor of a national, general-interest sports magazine.
Facebook Introduces Daily Video Metrics For Publishers
Facebook today announced that it’s adding daily measurements of how much people watch videos posted on the social network.
Testing Its Pay-Per-Article Model In English, Blendle Launches In The United States With 20 Publishers
The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Time, and more are now publishing on the Netherlands-based micropayment platform.
Medium Spins Off Online Magazine Matter
Matter, the National Magazine Award-winning online magazine unit of Medium, will be spun out as a nonfiction storytelling incubator under the name Matter Studios.
Penguin Random House Posts Record Profit For 2015
Integration yields improved margins at the world’s largest trade publisher
Facebook Instant Articles And Other Off-Site Experiments Boost Engagement For Three Publishers
The Guardian, The Washington Post and Cosmopolitan have found new, engaged audiences on social media through publishing native stories

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