EContent articles from June 2009

EContent archives from June 2009

Journalism's most wanted.(edit this)
June 1, 2009... the problem facing American journalism is not fundamentally an audience problem or a credibility problem. It is a revenue problem--the decoupling... of advertising from news." This quote is taken from the sixth edition of Pew Research Center's...

Change in work performance and productivity due to work internet access according to U.S. internet users, 2000-2007 (% of respondents).(metrics)
June 1, 2009... Change in Work Performance and Productivity Due to Work Internet Access According to U.S. Internet Users, 2000-2007 (% of respondents) 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 Improved a lot 22% 29%...

'Success is typically measured in small forward steps.'.(faces of econtent...: interviews from the econtent trenches)
June 1, 2009... Name With The Face: Brian Case Job Title: Senior Software Engineer Organization: Arxan Technologies, Inc. URL: www.arxan.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Job Function: As a senior software engineer at Arxan Technologies,...

Pay to play 3.0: same old tune?(follow the money)
June 1, 2009... i am now living through the third wave of arguments for fee-based digital content models in the decade and a half I have covered the internet publishing world. The inevitable response to the dual forces of recessionary ad decline and the more...

All a-Twitter about the social web.(agile minds)(Conference notes)
June 1, 2009... When I was invited to speak on mobile search, advertising, and SEO at ThinkMobile, a new mobile industry conference in New York this March, expected it (like the majority of mobile events I have attended over the last months) to focus on...

FTC revamps endorsement regulations and puts bloggers on thin ice.(content news)
June 1, 2009... Some internet scams are easy to spot--pop-ups boasting miracle weight loss or emails claiming you've won the lottery--but other, more subtle scams aren't as easy to identify. With the rise of Web 2.0 tools, advertisers have a plethora of new...

Oracle buys Sun for $7.4 billion.(news & product briefs)
June 1, 2009... Oracle Corp. and Sun Microsystems announced they have entered into an agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun common stock for $9.50 per share in cash. The transaction is valued at approximately $7.4 billion, or $5.6 billion net of Sun's...

Jadu adds Twitter to CMS.(news & product briefs)
June 1, 2009... Jadu, a web content management provider, announced an integrated Twitter module within its CMS software. Available as a free upgrade, the Jadu CMS Client for Twitter is aimed at local authorities, universities, and businesses using the Jadu...

Ask.com brings back Jeeves.(news & product briefs)
June 1, 2009... Ask.com, formerly known as Ask Jeeves before being bought by InterActive Corp., announced it is reverting to its original name and has commissioned The Tale of Despereaux maker Framestore to re-imagine the original butler character that...

Survey says the recession: has IT professionals thinking positive in the long term.(content news)
June 1, 2009... despite bad news piling up for businesses worldwide, only 7% of IT professionals are losing sleep at night, according to a recent survey conducted by U.K. service management company Sunrise Software, Inc. While some smaller projects might be...

Microsoft.(peopleware)
June 1, 2009... Microsoft has appointed Jan Pedersen as chief scientist of Live Search. Most recently, Pedersen was chief scientist for the search and advertising technology group at Yahoo!.

News Corp.(peopleware)
June 1, 2009... News Corp. has named former AOL CEO Jonathan Miller chairman and CEO of its digital media group and chief digital officer for News Corp. In this newly created role, Miller will direct News Corp.'s digital businesses.

Associated Content, Inc.(peopleware)
June 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Associated Content, Inc., an online publishing platform, has appointed Patrick Keane as CEO. Most recently, Keane served as CMO of CBS Interactive.

Ektron, Inc.(peopleware)
June 1, 2009... Ektron, Inc., a provider of web content management software, announced that Mark Willson has joined the company as VP of enterprise solutions. Most recently, Willson served as the VP of technology for iCrossing, Inc. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...

OverDrive expands ebook, audiobook distribution.(news & product briefs)
June 1, 2009... OverDrive, a global distributor of ebooks, audiobooks, and more, recently signed an agreement with BBC Audiobooks to make digital audiobook titles available to libraries in the U.K. and other territories. Publishers offering EPUB format ebooks...

Socialtext closes new round of financing, announces layoffs.(news & product briefs)
June 1, 2009... Enterprise wiki vendor Socialtext has closed a new round of financing, totaling approximately $4.5 million, from existing investors, including Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Omidyar Networks, and University Venture Fund. Since the end of September...

Hoover's integrates LinkedIn contacts.(news & product briefs)
June 1, 2009... Hoover's, Inc. has added LinkedIn contact data to its subscriber site. This new addition provides integration between Hoover's information on companies and people with LinkedIn's professional network of business contacts. When viewing a...

The e-reader market of the future.(content news)
June 1, 2009... the buzz about the e-reader market can make it easy to forget that these "new" devices have been in the works for decades. When the guy from Omaha sitting next to you on the plane raves about his Kindle, it's clear the e-reader movement is upon...

Mark Logic.(peopleware)
June 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mark Logic announced that Simon Atkinson has been appointed managing director of Mark Logic (UK), Ltd. Prior to Mark Logic, Atkinson was international sales director for Elite, a Thomson Reuters business, and a...

ProQuest, LLC.(peopleware)
June 1, 2009... Annie Callanan has been named COO of ProQuest, LLC. In her new role, Callanan will manage operations for ProQuest's publishing, marketing, customer care, and content operations. ProQuest also announced that Peter Tribble, senior UNIX systems...

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.(peopleware)
June 1, 2009... John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has appointed Stephen M. Smith as EVP and COO. Prior to joining Wiley, Smith was president of Simon & Schuster, Inc.'s U.K. Academic & Professional Group.

Innodata Isogen, Inc.(peopleware)
June 1, 2009... Innodata Isogen, Inc. announced the addition of Stephen Ryden-Lloyd, Michael Abell, and Stephen Casbeer. Ryden-Lloyd is a senior business and technology strategist, Abell is a technology services specialist, and Casbeer is a senior business...

Widen Enterprises, Inc.(peopleware)
June 1, 2009... Widen Enterprises, Inc., a premedia and software services provider, has named Matthew Gonnering as the company's new CEO. Gonnering replaces Reed Widen, who will be retaining the president and chairman of the board roles. [ILLUSTRATION...

Extensis.(peopleware)
June 1, 2009... Extensis, a division of Celartem, Inc., has appointed Thomas Phinney to the position of senior product manager for font solutions. Phinney worked with fonts at Adobe from 1997 to 2008 as product manager for fonts and global typography. ...

Gilbane Group, Inc.(peopleware)
June 1, 2009... Gilbane Group, Inc. announced the addition of three new analysts: Barry Schaeffer, senior analyst, XML strategies and content management; Larry Hawes, lead analyst, collaboration and enterprise social media; and Neal Hannon, senior consultant,...

EOS International.(peopleware)
June 1, 2009... EOS International appointed Gregory Leiser to fill the newly created position of VP of finance. Leiser will have the primary responsibilities of strategic planning, finance, and accounting. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Newser, LLC.(peopleware)
June 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Newser, LLC, an online news aggregator, has named four members to its new advisory board: Gordon Crovitz, the former publisher of The Wall Street Journal; Ned Desmond, the former president of Time, Inc. Interactive;...

The FeedRoom.(peopleware)
June 1, 2009... The FeedRoom, a provider of live streaming video and digital asset management, announced that David Pearce has been appointed VP of product management and Lisa Clark has joined as VP of marketing.

Creating safe, collaborative cultures in a Web 2.0 World.
June 1, 2009... Social networking sites and online collaboration tools make it easier for employees to collaborate and share their knowledge. Add email and instant messaging (IM) to the mix and the result is a knowledge-sharing system that can bolster...

Working out social for .gov.(technology watch)
June 1, 2009... in a January memorandum titled "Transparency and Open Government" (http://tinyurl.com/openg), President Barack Obama called for greater transparency in making information available online as well as more citizen participation in federal...

Should business embrace social networking?(Cover story)
June 1, 2009... Social networking for the enterprise is booming. The sector is unquestionably adding revenues for new providers, adding jobs at old companies, and adding profits throughout the industry. In a wave that seemed to begin in earnest just 18 months...

Marketing execution--strategies for a stronger business emerging from the recession.(EMC)(Company overview)
June 1, 2009... Google, YouTube, Facebook, Blogger, and others have reshaped our thinking about the brand experience. Customer engagement has emerged as the the most effective model - we need to listen and learn, not shout at our customers. At the same time,...

A case of legal (email) Wrangling.(case study)(Company overview)
June 1, 2009... Company: WHITELAW TWINING Founded in 1979, Whitelaw Twining is a Vancouver, Canada-based boutique law corporation. The firm is highly specialized, with about 25 lawyers focused on litigating for customers in the insurance and construction...