MediaWeek: Web Publishers Divided Over Value of Charging

Posted on 14 September, 2009 by Martin Stabe

Erm, it's not just the BBC that won't be charging for content you know: "Besides Yahoo, neither MSNBC.com, CBSNews.com, nor CNET are likely to implement any paid structure. CNN.com has made no moves in this direction. Even ESPN.com, which has long maintained a small paid subscription service with its ESPN Insider product, isn’t likely to change its online approach."

ReadWriteWeb: CNET Partners with Thomson Reuters on Linked Data Initiative

Posted on 29 May, 2009 by Martin Stabe

"CNET ... has signed up to use OpenCalais for semantic analysis of its tech product reviews, news, and blog posts. CNET has also joined Thomson Reuters as one of the first commercial media companies to publish its data to the Linked Data community on the Internet."

TechCrunch: Why CBS Bought CNET, And Not The Other Way Around

Posted on 16 May, 2008 by Martin Stabe

Michael Arrington: "CNET failed to disrupt the old guard, and will find itself to be a footnote in Internet history rather than the headline it should have been."

TechCrunch: More Bloggers Raising Money. Here Come The Politics. And Here Comes My Rant.

Posted on 20 March, 2008 by Martin Stabe

Michael Arrington: "Someone needs to pony up a big round of financing around an existing blog, or perhaps a new entity, and then start rolling them up into a big fat CNET crushing $200 million/year in revenue business."

TechCrunch: NYTimes Surges, CNet Slumps

Posted on 12 December, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"Ever since the NYTimes.com swept away the last remaining boulders of its subscription pay wall ... in mid-September, its traffic has been going through the roof. According to comScore, it gained 7.5 million readers worldwide ..."

CNET TV

Posted on 18 November, 2007 by Martin Stabe

CNET has launched its very impressive-looking UK video site...

Independent: Inside Story: Virtual visions

Posted on 29 August, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"The online alternative universe that is Second Life was supposed to offer myriad opportunities for media companies to showcase their wares. Chris Green takes a look at their differing fortunes "

CNET News.com: CNET reporters sue HP for invasion of privacy

Posted on 16 August, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"The fallout from Hewlett-Packard's boardroom leak scandal continued Wednesday as three CNET News.com reporters sued the computer maker, alleging that its investigation tactics amounted to an invasion of privacy and a violation of state rules on business

Forbes.com: Tech Boom, Media Bust

Posted on 17 July, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"Silicon Valley is booming again. But if you work in tech media, there's blood on the floor. ... Rather than running product listings in trade publications and newspapers, media insiders say tech companies prefer to buy keyword ads."

@NMK: Big media and interactivity

Posted on 13 June, 2007 by Martin Stabe

This morning’s panel at the New Media Knowledge Forum at St Luke’s on Old Street is looking at “how the MSM (Mainstream Media) facing up to the new wave of interest in social media?” Jem Stone: BBC New Media Tom Bureau: Managing Director, CNET Networks UK Meg Pickard: Head of Editorial development, Guardian Unlimited Adam Gee: New Media Commissioner, [...]

Journalism.co.uk: Video: CNET Network UK’s approach to web video

Posted on 18 May, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Oliver Luft takes his video camera around the new studios at CNET Networks UK and also looks at VNU's studios.

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