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The Future is Bright for Non-Profit Investigative Journalism
ProPublica President Dick Tofel[/caption]While the amount of true investigative journalism on network television today has dwindled to next to nothing, the future looks good for digital investigative journalism, particularly for non-profit publishers.
2014 SIIA Previews Winners Announced
Five innovative early stage content and content technology companies have been selected to present their businesses and offerings to 300 industry leaders (including Newstex President Larry Schwartz who is the event chairman and host) during the SIIA Previews at the Software and Information Industry Association's (SIIA) 2014 Information Industry Summit.
The Illusion of Authority and Influence Part 2
Buying and selling social media followers has become big business in recent months. In November 2013, I shared statistics from a number of studies as well as an infographic filled with information about fake followers and the illusion of authority and influence online.
Nearly 14 Million New Blogs Launched on WordPress.com in 2013
This week, the team at Automattic launched official statistics about the growth of WordPress.com during 2013, and the numbers are very impressive.
Words to Ban from Your Content in 2014
Each year, Lake Superior State University in Michigan compiles a list of words that have become so overused that they should be banned from the English language.
The Amazing Growth of Google - Infographic
How did Google become the powerhouse that it is today? Although it's hard to remember a time when Google wasn't the most popular search engine in the world or a time when Google wasn't the company behind many of the websites and tools that people use every day (like YouTube and Gmail), Google's enormous success didn't happen overnight
Push Notifications Drive Higher Mobile App Opens and Retention Rates
The 2013 Good Push Index from Urban Airship offers two important findings for content publishers, which clarify the need for making content mobile-friendly.
Search Traffic or Social Media Traffic - Which is More Important to Content Publishers?
Search engines drive the vast majority of traffic to most websites, but social media referrals are growing quickly while search traffic is slowly decreasing.
Newstex Named to EContent 100 Companies that Matter Most in 2013
For the eighth year in a row, Newstex has been named to the EContent 100 Companies that Matter Most in the Digital Content Industry list.
Social Journalism 2013 - How Content Publishers Use Social Media
How do journalists and content publishers use social media and how do they feel about social media as it relates to public relations?