Growing and profitable, Longform releases its first app for iPad
Over an ice coffee on an unseasonably warm January day, Longform co-founder Aaron Lammer took VentureBeat for a test drive through the startup’s new iPad app, which debuts today at noon. The company, which curates the best long form journalism from around the web, is taking a gamble on an expensive $4.99 app, hoping its passionate audience will pony up for a premium experience.
“Right now our users are spread across Twitter, our website, Instapaper, … Continue Reading
VentureBeat welcomes Chikodi Chima and Meghan Kelly
VentureBeat is proud to announce the two newest members of our writing staff: Meghan Kelly and Chikodi Chima.
Meghan joins our team after a stellar four-month internship in our San Francisco office, where she helped cover new funding announcements as well as write up news about Demo alumni. A new reporter, Meghan has absorbed VentureBeat’s ethic of aggressive, fact-driven reporting and speed. After doing the job of a reporter for several months, it was an … Continue Reading
Start-up’s gaffe raises questions about blogs in Silicon Valley
We’ve pulled this story down after talking further with the startup involved. We apologize to the startup and to TechCrunch.… Continue Reading
Tech news owes a lot to Arrington, conflicts and all
A lot has changed since I first made it to Silicon Valley a little more than a year ago.
But one thing has remained constant: the ruthless competition for discovering and reporting the best news stories. Among those competitors is TechCrunch, one of the most efficient and tenacious tech news publications in the valley.
Michael Arrington stands — or, stood, rather — at the center of that team. His personality and potential conflicts of interest … Continue Reading
Game journalist may cash in on the making of Portal 2
Geoff Keighley is a well-known game journalist who hosts the show Game Trailers TV with Geoff Keighley on Friday nights on Spike TV. He has written a 15,000-word story on The Final Hours of Portal 2, but he published it in a very non-traditional way.
Keighley’s story will be available to readers as a $1.99 app for the Apple iPad. It will be an interesting test for journalists who have a long story to tell … Continue Reading
Facebook ‘Likes’ journalists; seeks to build relationship with reporters
Facebook has hired former Mashable Community Manager Vadim Lavrusik for the new position of Journalist Program Manager that will be charged with building relationships with news organizations.
The new position is the latest step by the social media giant to improve the quality of professional news on its website by advocating the use of Facebook as a reporting and promotional tool for journalists.
Lavrusik will manage the new Facebook Journalists page created last week as … Continue Reading
Is AOL’s Huffington Post deal all about women?
Everyone is weighing in on AOL’s decision to acquire The Huffington Post for $315 million. Some argue that the deal makes sense, and plenty more predict that the online-media combination will be a disaster.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about the debate is how AOL and Huffington Post executives are describing the thinking behind the deal. The HuffPo, as it’s known, has its roots as a popular, controversial, and left-leaning political blog. But in AOL … Continue Reading
So you think you're a journalist? Sell your stories on eByline
eByline, an online service that brings together freelance journalists and publishers looking for stories, announced today it has raised $1.5 million in its first round of funding from The E.W. Scripps Company.
The site, eByline.com, serves as a marketplace for freelance journalists and reporters to showcase their work and offer it up for syndication. Reporters can set whatever price they want for their work. Publishers can then pick and choose from individual stories and pay … Continue Reading
As AOL rushes to local news, Examiner.com is already there
AOL has gotten a lot of ink about its new CEO Tim Armstrong and its attempt to revitalize its presence in media, particularly local media, through Patch.com, a startup Armstrong backed and AOL acquired. But as AOL rushes into local news, it will likely run smack into Examiner.com, which already has a big chunk of the market.
Few have heard of Clarity Digital Group, the owner of Examiner.com and a property of Denver-based The Anschutz … Continue Reading
New York Times appoints a "social media editor"
AOL has gotten a lot of ink about its new CEO Tim Armstrong and its attempt to revitalize its presence in media, particularly local media, through Patch.com, a startup Armstrong backed and AOL acquired. But as AOL rushes into local news, it will likely run smack into Examiner.com, which already has a big chunk of the market.
Few have heard of Clarity Digital Group, the owner of Examiner.com and a property of Denver-based The Anschutz … Continue Reading
