Recently added articles from EContent:
News unfit for print.(edit this)(Column)
May 01, 2009; ... By the end of the year, I wonder if anyone will still be putting the words "news" and "paper" together. I just read a report on The New York Times site that the San Francisco Chronicle may be shutting down. I've been following the disheartening wave of newspaper downsizings and closures, ...
Media used by U.S. internet users, 2006-2008 (% of respondents).(metrics)(Statistical table)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... <Pre> Media Used by U.S. Internet Users, 2006-2008 (% of respondents) 2006 2007 2008 Major network TV news 71%65%65% Local newspapers 69%62%63% Local TV news 74%61%62% ...
Daily online activities of U.S. internet users, April-May 2008 (% of respondents).(metrics)(Statistical table)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... <Pre> Daily Online Activities of U.S. Internet Users, April-May 2008 (% of respondents) Email 60% Online search 49% Check news 39% Check weather 30% Research ...
U.S. user-generated content consumers, 2008-2013 (millions and % of internet users).(metrics)
May 01, 2009 ... <Pre> U.S. User-Generated Content Consumers, 2008-2013 (millions and % of internet users) 2008 115.7 (60%) 2009 123.5 (62%) 2010 ...
Faces of econtent ... interviews from the econtent trenches.(Interview)
May 01, 2009; ... Job Function: As half of the two-person content division of the SIIA, the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry, Jenny Hansen wears a number of hats to keep the division running smoothly. "Internally, I frequently work with the marketing, ...
Getting mobile's signal.(follow the money)
May 01, 2009; ... No, this is not another column instructing publishers to extend their brands to mobile. I think that case has been made already to almost all parties on the consumer side and to an increasing number of business information providers. At this early stage, everyone's degree of commitment ...
All the news that's fit to download: the print media must evolve or face extinction.(content news)
May 01, 2009; ... Amid wall-to-wall news coverage about banks, insurance companies, auto manufacturers, and other pillars of the American economy that are buckling under the oppressive weight of the global financial crisis, the fact that the print media outlets reporting that news are themselves on the ...
Hulu launches social network.(news & product briefs)
May 01, 2009 ... The NBC Universal/News Corp. video site is adding a social network, called Hulu Friends. With Hulu Friends, users will be able to create their own profiles and share videos with each ...
eZ systems announces eZ publish 4.1.(news & product briefs)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... eZ Systems has announced the release of eZ Publish 4.1, which is designed to power web properties working with rich and various content assets. This eZ Publish 4.1 release focuses on user experience, scalability, and performances. eZ Publish 4.1 comes with a new ...
U.S. public access policy made permanent.(news & product briefs)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... President Obama signed into law the 2009 Consolidated Appropriations Act, which includes a provision making the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy permanent. The NIH Revised Policy on Enhancing Public Access requires eligible NIH-funded researchers to deposit ...
zAgile releases Wikidsmart, enterprise wiki.(news & product briefs)
May 01, 2009 ... zAgile, Inc. announced the availability of Wikidsmart, an application that leverages zAgile's semantic web infrastructure. Wikidsmart's semantic wiki features for Atlassian's Confluence enterprise wiki enable users to enter content in a consistent and contextually organized fashion; ...
Competing for stimulus money: puts new demands on researchers.(content news)
May 01, 2009; ... Most of the country has been looking at President Obama's stimulus package and wondering just what's in it for them. Among the millions of people wondering what economic relief might come their way are researchers--people whose success, and sometimes their jobs, rely on government funding ....
ADAM 4.4 released.(News & Product Briefs)
May 01, 2009 ... ADAM Software, a global software vendor of marketing platform technologies, released ADAM 4.4, the latest version of its enterprise digital asset management platform. ADAM offers search options, improved logging, rich metadata, data source controls, and the introduction of automatically ...
Getty images and Flickr launch imagery collection.(News & Product Briefs)
May 01, 2009 ... Getty Images, a creator and distributor of visual content and other digital media, and Flickr, a Yahoo!, Inc. service and photo sharing community, announced the launch of the Flickr Collection, a creative imagery collection available exclusively on GettyImages.com for commercial licensing ....
Ebooks rewrite the rules of education.(content news)
May 01, 2009; ... Between spending huge amounts of money on books--only to have them bought back for a fraction of the price--and lugging behemoth texts all over campus, the relationship between coeds and their textbooks is strained at best. So it makes sense that with another school year coming to a close, ...
Copyright Clearance Center.(peopleware)
May 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), a provider of copyright licensing solutions, has named Miles McNamee as VP of licensing and business ...
Dow Jones & Co.(peopleware)
May 01, 2009 ... Dow Jones & Co. announced that it has made four new hires, including Ian Rosen, global director of strategy solutions management for Dow Jones investment banking solutions; Christopher Young, global director of strategy solutions management for Dow Jones wealth management solutions; ...
Oxford University.(peopleware)
May 01, 2009 ... Oxford University has appointed Nigel Portwood as the new chief executive of Oxford University ...
CBS Interactive.(peopleware)
May 01, 2009 ... CBS Interactive announced that Sarah Cain has been promoted to VP, communications for CBS Interactive ....
eZ Systems.(peopleware)
May 01, 2009 ... eZ Systems AS announced that Todd McElroy has joined the company as managing director North America. McElroy ...