Neowin News Feed for: Newspaper

Zenith: By 2020 more money will be spent on online ads than on radio or newspapers

Paul Hill — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 10:16:01 +0000

Zenith has published a new forecast which says that we can expect ad expenditure in social media to overtake the amount spent on ads in newspapers. By 2019, adspend in social media will hit $50bn. Read more...

Microsoft uses headlines to read the future

Paul Ferson — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:34:35 +0000

Microsoft Research, in cooperation with the Technion Institute of Technology in Israel, is working on a system to potentially divine the future from newspaper headlines and other sources. Read more...

Philadelphia newspapers to sell discounted Android tablets

John Callaham — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:34:27 +0000

The newspaper business is trying its best to stay relevant in a world where more and more people are getting their news via their PC, mobile phone or tablets. It's the latter device that is... Read more...

Financial Times app bypasses Apple and iTunes

Byron Hinson — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:31:04 +0000

Popular newspaper the Financial Times has admitted that the company is in what they like to call a “Mexican standoff” with Apple over their current digital strategy. According to The Guardian, the Financial Times has decided... Read more...

Report: Google preparing digital newsstand, will battle against Apple

Brenton Currie — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 08:53:19 +0000

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) today revealed Google is preparing to launch their own application for their Android OS which will allow users to buy digital copies of newspapers and magazines in a bid to... Read more...

Daily Mail cocks up and publishes picture of UK MP with dildo attached

Tom Warren — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 14:04:08 +0000

Here's something for your weekend and one of those "you couldn't make it up" stories. UK national newspaper the Daily Mail, commonly referred to as the Daily Fail for its mistakes, has messed up once again.... Read more...

2011 to spell the end of free New York Times online access

Kristan Kenney — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:42:32 +0000

The New York Times will begin charging readers to fully access to its web site starting in 2011, according to a report from the Associated Press. The controversial and risky move, aimed at drawing more... Read more...

Rupert Murdoch plans to charge for online news content

Sam Alderwick — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:30:22 +0000

If you're a reader of The Sun, The Times or the Wall Street Journal, or if you just do most of your news reading online, there's a strong possibility you've stumbled upon a news website... Read more...

Google scraps newspaper ad program

Andrew Lyle — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:29:51 +0000

Google posted in their blog on Tuesday that they will be putting an end to Google Newspaper-ads, which currently links more than 800 U.S. based newspaper, after a failed attempt to sell the business. ... Read more...

Google to reinvent UK newspaper biz?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:03:43 +0000

Google is bringing its new-age advertising know-how to the UK newspaper business. According to The Times, the world's largest search engine is chatting up "several" British newspaper publishers in the hopes of extending its Google... Read more...

Seattle newspaper to publish on e-paper

Fri, 18 May 2007 19:25:37 +0000

US newspaper publisher Hearst has announced that it will trial versions of the Seattle Post Intelligencer on flexible colour LCD displays from LG Philips within the next two years. Electronic paper will be used to... Read more...

Vista Feature Will Enhance Online Newspaper Reading

Thu, 04 May 2006 16:47:44 +0000

Even if you're reading All the News That's Fit to Print on an ultra-mobile computer, it may soon look and feel the same way it does spread out with your morning coffee — minus the... Read more...