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We are used to thinking of a “mass media” market made up of large newspapers and TV networks as the normal state of affairs in media, but what if that was just a historical anomaly?
The Economist is handing control of its website to its tablet magazines controller, in a bid to unite the previously competitive units.
The Economist has given HTML web apps another shot in the arm by packaging its U.S. presidential election material in to a new Flipboard-lik…
It may seem retrograde, but The Economist, like many publishers, is super-bullish about how digital tablets, more than websites, align perfe…
On the heels of the Economist claiming one million monthly mobile readers of its magazine across Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Android devices, ano…
The Economist said more than three million of its iOS and Android apps have been downloaded, as it reported six percent higher half-year ope…
The Economist will next week revoke premium digital subscriptions from some users after realising it had been accidentally servicing them fo…
The Economist is finally moving to an iPad strategy compliant with Apple’s new developer terms, after what it calls “iOS bugs” under the new…
On June 30th, the French consortium ePresse opened its digital kiosk. Six months of hard work for a very small team (the ePresse consortium…
As The Economist argues in a series of articles about the future of media and the rise of social media, what we are starting to see taking shape looks a lot like the coffeehouse-and-pamphlet era of the early 19th century. But is that a good thing?
Almost all British-based newspaper and magazine publishers are contemplating losses or declining profits. But the Economist group, as it doe…
*ABC* data is out today for UK autumn and winter magazine sales. The industry’s Periodical Publishers’ Association (PPA) optimistically sees…
The Economist today released an iOS edition of its magazine. The app is free, but in order to access actual issues you’ll need to either subscribe or purchase issues for $5.99 each. I ran the iPad app through its paces to see how it stacks up.
The Economist has got around to releasing an iPad (and iPhone) edition (expected Friday). Built by TigerSpike, which also built The Times’ E…
In a sign that online distribution to tablets can take printed publications in to territories that were previously unreachable, The Economis…
The Economist is once again extending the range of its paywall, Mediaweek reports. Last October, the magazine, which already commands one o…
On Monday morning, I helped Beet.tv executive producer Andy Plesser host his latest roundtable discussion on the future of online video, at…
Google’s chief economist Hal Varian told the Federal Trade Commission in a presentation on the future of journalism that newspapers have been in decline since before the Internet, and that one of the ways they can improve their web operations is to engage more with readers.
Economist.com is taking two steps to charge for more content…
— Already charging for articles older than 12 months, it’s extending the t…
It was in October, on stage at our Future Of Business Media conference, that The Economist publisher Paul Rossi first wondered about the res…
Mobile content, sorta: Add this to the list of paid content scenarios currently being tested by news publishers … The Economist has rolled…
— Newsquest re-launch: The Gannett-owned regional publisher has given a facelift to 150 of its newspaper websites, including Telegraphandar…
Economist Group is to make 13 jobs redundant — two in commercial services and two editorial staff on its paid-for analysis service Economis…
Economist.com took a pass on the free-content phenomenon first time around – now, just as flares and yo-yos came back in to fashion, the pub…
Economist Group’s £100,000 project to think up a social web platform may have flatlined last year – but the publisher now has another long…
The Economist is bringing the traditional Oxford-style debate online and shining a light on energy, asking the question “Conservation or innovation?” The…
At three million, Economist.com got 39 percent more unique users in a year that saw eight percent higher revenue. Results for the year to Ma…
The Economist Group CEO Helen Alexander is leaving the publisher after 23 years to become an adviser to private equity house Bain Capital. H…
File under “You Couldn’t Make It Up”. The Economist magazine, which is online at economist.com, has failed in its bid to win control of the…
Despite a brave R&D project that ended without any concrete output, The Economist may yet start a “social network” for its readers. The maga…
Economist Group’s online advertising revenue grew 15 percent year-on-year, interim results for the year to September 30 show. That’s not as…
Economist Group’s online advertising revenue grew 15 percent year-on-year, interim results for the year to September 30 show. That’s not as…
The Economist’s 10-month web R&D project may have ended without having brought any output to market, but the publisher is now sifting throug…
The Economist’s editor-in-chief John Micklethwaite has given an interview to Mediabistro (via Innovations In Newspapers) documenting his con…
It doesn’t look like The Economist is going to join the growing pack and switch its website further from subscription access to an ad-suppor…
The Economist is the latest publication to try to monetise the ass off its long tail – it’s launched The Economist Historical Archive online…
In an interview with today’s Observer, The Economist editor John Micklethwaite suggests his news magazine has weathered the internet storm s…
The Economist has published the first edition of its high-end Intelligent Life magazine on its new quarterly schedule. The re-designed publi…
Niall stopped by Earthlink’s SF store last night and snapped these photos. He says the store opended up on Thursday and has…
I still keep wanting to call these things "Jar-Jar"s, but I’m sure Lucas Entertainment would sue i-mate for millions. So what do…
