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Global Intelligence for the Digital Transition
Global Intelligence for the Digital Transition
Hyperlocal sites are often billed as the next big thing in digital news, but have so far failed to deliver in terms of business performance. It might be possible to create niche local content but where are the advertisers? Hyperlocal…
//January 22 / 2013 //read moreNews website El Faro in El Salvador partnered with an ad agency to create a highly successful multi-platform campaign. Using the website, Twitter, radio, TV, billboards and print, they provided a way for local people to tell politicians…
//January 18 / 2013 //read moreIndonesia has the fourth highest number of Facebook users in the world. Indonesian radio network KBR68H is launching a news website to serve the rising digital audiences, especially the huge group of social networkers and Indonesians…
//January 2 / 2013 //read moreIn the first Digital Briefing Live video from MDLF’s Media Forum 2012, we interviewed Bambang Harymurti, the CEO of Tempo Media in Indonesia, who discusses how media leaders can successfully transition to digital media. The trick is not to…
//December 20 / 2012 //read moreMaking the transition to digital is like surfing, Bambang Harymurti, CEO of Tempo International Media in Indonesia, told his fellow independent media leaders at Media Development Loan Fund’s recent Media Forum. Just like surfing, timing is…
//December 10 / 2012 //read moreDigital returns might be lower than the revenues of traditional media businesses, but some news groups are starting to rebuild their income base by combining multiple digital revenue streams rather than chasing a single replacement source.…
//November 28 / 2012 //read moreWith limited opportunities to openly discuss issues that concern them, every Tuesday at 6pm Zimbabweans exchange views on Twitter on a subject ranging from bullying to gender. Though organised by a member of the public, it’s an idea that…
//November 14 / 2012 //read moreWith a cool one billion users, Facebook undoubtedly rules the social network roost. For many of its users it has become not just a place to chat with friends, but also a key source of news, so for many content companies it has also become…
//November 7 / 2012 //read moreIn our second edition of Digital Briefing Live, we talk to Sam Greene at the New Economic School in Moscow about the changes that rapid internet growth is bringing to Russian society, politics and media. For news organisations, he said…
//November 2 / 2012 //read moreThe recent elections in Ukraine gave an excellent example of how news organisations can and should monitor social media and crowdsourced reporting projects to cover major news events.
//October 29 / 2012 //read more