Digital Media MBA » E-commerce http://www.digitalmediamba.com connecting the Digital Media MBA community with jobs, events, and news Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:53:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Penguin’s DK: Goodbye Books, Hello ‘Flat’ Content. Make Once, Use Anywhere http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/FtbIck9h6EQ/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/FtbIck9h6EQ/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:02:09 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=7be1e04dbf392a00c6ce3829b6111c28 Dorling Kindersley, the division of Penguin that publishes children, travel and reference titles, made a strong case for how it is moving to a “flat” content model, where a printed book is only one of many output options. The digital publisher of DK also said that companies like his need to do this to be ready for the next big thing in books—whatever it is—but as is so often the case for old media industries, the change is “massive” and not easy for everyone in publishing.

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Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2012/01/18/the-times-plans-social-sharing-upgrade-real-time-ipad-news/feed/ 0 Updated: In-App Purchases To Overtake Sales From Paid Apps By 2013 http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/tYOxEjZxSfY/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/tYOxEjZxSfY/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:07:17 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=1b060dcfe9e27fbcd4a4339da44ae3a7 The consumer draw of free apps over paid apps has been well-documented, and so has the rise of in-app payments as a route to making money from those free apps. New research out today predicts that in-app purchases will, in fact, become the most dominant way that app developers will make money in years ahead.

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Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2012/01/09/how-the-ft-and-nyt-aim-to-make-paywalls-pay/feed/ 0 Eight Slovenian Media To Start Charging For Some Online News http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/v6XWrfyiCwk/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/v6XWrfyiCwk/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:19:11 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=cfa83299bbc827739229e4bc0b59a65e Eight big Slovenian publishers are about to start charging for parts of their online content all at the same time, using a single payment kiosk that was pioneered in Slovakia and could soon be expanding elsewhere.

Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2012/01/09/eight-slovenian-media-to-start-charging-for-some-online-news/feed/ 0 Product Strategists Should See NFC As Much More Than Contactless Payments http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/MBdGHDquQJA/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/MBdGHDquQJA/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:17:22 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=afe38bc465db8704469074a6e087e3a9 A year ago, Forrester stated that 2011 would—finally—be the year that Near Field Communications (NFC) began to matter. We predicted that dozens of millions of NFC devices would ship and that the market would start moving away from being niche, although it would still be years away from becoming mainstream.

Now that 2011 is coming to an end and it is once again the time for predictions, let’s look back at NFC’s year before we publish our report on mobile trends in 2012 at the start of next year.

Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2011/12/18/product-strategists-should-see-nfc-as-much-more-than-contactless-payments/feed/ 0 Amazon Includes Circular In Weekend Newspapers http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/DN_V1Gvqu0U/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/DN_V1Gvqu0U/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:30:30 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=6d2e73541aa30adcd86d3a0208ff67c2 Among the Target, Best Buy and Radio Shack ads bundled with my Saturday New York Times this morning is a surprise: an 8-page circular from Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) advertising the company’s new free one-day shipping offer. Update: Some readers tell me they have seen Amazon circulars in their Sunday papers before.

Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2011/12/17/amazon-includes-circular-in-weekend-newspapers/feed/ 0 Lonely Planet’s Mobile Travel Startup Launches, With Content From Rivals http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/MFCT8iOmw-k/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/MFCT8iOmw-k/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:19:58 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=c7e3113ab202ca7c8c738207892c1694 Lonely Planet’s new San Francisco-based mobile startup has gone live with its flagship mobile travel guide app Wenzani, which paidContent first reported about in September.

Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2011/12/05/lonely-planets-mobile-travel-startup-launches-with-content-from-rivals/feed/ 0 The Latest Chinese Export: Tencent’s QQ Mobile Browser, Via GetJar http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/56bkvYwdC_Y/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/56bkvYwdC_Y/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:21:36 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=21d99ef0ebf06f6652b824d98b2c8c71 We’ve observed a lot of western companies looking to cash in on the explosive growth of China’s mobile population by taking their products into the country. Now here’s an example of a Chinese giant looking shop its own mobile services abroad: the internet portal Tencent is now distributing its QQ mobile browser in the GetJar app store.

Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2011/11/22/the-latest-chinese-export-tencents-qq-mobile-browser-via-getjar/feed/ 0 FT Digital Subscriptions Have Grown Through Apple Fall-Out http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/w85gRK2aRBY/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/w85gRK2aRBY/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:34:50 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=8f2d81d7c0a6d84b0d0e7727303fea4e The Financial Times’ digital subscriber base grew by eight percent in the period during which it pulled its iOS app off iTunes Store, as our chart shows…

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