News Corp launches gossip news site Daily Fill
News Corp’s web incubator Sligshot Labs has finally let its new gossip and entertainment news site, Daily Fill, out of the bag. And it’s hit the ground running, racking up 1.3 million unique visitors in January alone during its beta release. At this rate, the Santa Monica, Calif.-based company expects to catch up with competitors TMZ and Perez Hilton sooner rather than later.
For the most part, Daily Fill is no different from the gaggle of… Continue Reading
Gawker Media calls a “bleak” year coming in online advertising
It’s time for media and advertising to join other industries that are battening down for an oncoming recession, according to Gawker Media founder Nick Denton. He’s cutting almost 15 percent of his workforce, or 19 of 133 people.
Denton is worth paying attention to, because Gawker is one of the most successful new media companies around. Gossip rag Valleywag might be the best known of its properties in Silicon Valley, but the most successful of the… Continue Reading
GumGum reports strong usage, completes funding round
Tracking photos on the web isn’t easy. And getting paid a royalty each time a photo is viewed? Fuggedaboutit.
Well, GumGum says it can do just that. The Santa Monica, Calif.-based start-up has an analytics technology that tracks photos across the web and counts how many times they are viewed. It allows the copyright owner to get paid per view or to be paid a share of ads that go with the photos.
The company announced today… Continue Reading