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New MediaAOL Still Hiring Journos As It Cuts Staff
But, as our sister blog WebNewser pointed out today, today's Wall Street Journal actually has some good news about AOL for journos: "AOL is still hiring for some positions that [CEO Tim Armstrong] has pinpointed as essential to its growth, such as journalists." All of those journalists losing their jobs from places like BusinessWeek and the Associated Press may have a new place to work. AOL Grapples With Harsh New Reality --Wall Street Journal Details of AOL's Voluntary Layoff Plan --WebNewser Earlier: AOL Looks One Third Of Staff Condé Nast Officially Announces Its Digital Magazine Initiative
But that's not the only thing S.I. Newhouse's team is working on: Condé Nast Digital has been busy reorganizing its sales sector into 5 different sectors, and hiring on its digital arm even as deep cuts are being made into its print divisions. Good strategy for looking ahead, or cutting off the nose to spite the face? You tell us. Press release after the jump. Read More: Condé Preparing E-Reader Version of Wired Preparing E-Reader Version of Wired --Wall Street Journal Previously: Condé Nast Digital's Schutte: We're Not A Late Bloomer DailyCandy Tries E-Commerce With Swirl
Following the model of sites like Gilt Groupe, Swirl has one unique feature: it's curated by DailyCandy's editors. Explained the company: "Since most sample sale sites replicate the same random experience a traditional outlet store or offline sample sale offers, DailyCandy's trusted editorial eye will lend much-needed credibility to the category." And the site, led by former DailyCandy editor in chief Eve Epstein, is offering special deals to DailyCandy subscribers. Not only do they get early access to the beta version before its official launch in January, subscribers will get other perks like special sales, one-time discounts or deals on shipping. Swirl will also be "editorially integrated" into DailyCandy's daily emails. With so many of these exclusive, members-only sample sale sites popping up, Swirl might just get lost in the mix. But we have a feeling loyal DailyCandy readers will be intrigued enough to check it out. Will you? Atlantic Media Scoops Up Reuters.com Editor For Digital Project
Today, the parent company of The Atlantic announced another new hire for the project, Adam Pasick, who will serve as managing editor. The new digital property is set to launch in early 2010 and we now know that whatever it is, it will target "global business executives." Previously, Pasick worked as an editor in the U.S. bureau of Reuters.com. Previously: Atlantic Shifts Tide With Hires, Atlantic Wire Launches With (Media) Star-Studded Fete British Times To Also Charge For Online Content
Women's Site Double X To Fold Into Slate
Founders Hanna Rosin and Emily Bazelon said they now hope "to create a more intimate version of the community we have built, with many of the same voices and passions." But WebNewser is quick to point out that, although this move is being touted as a good thing, its result is less content produced for Double X, meaning layoffs are probably not far behind. Said WebNewser's Chris Nerney: "Sorry, but 'a more intimate version of the community' reminds me of Spinal Tap's manager explaining that the smaller venues on the band's latest tour mean 'their appeal is becoming more selective.'" We see Double X as a cautionary tale of online launches. Even if you have a good idea and readers, it's not easy to make money to keep new launches alive -- even when they're backed by established brands like Slate and its owner The Washington Post Co. Slate's DoubleX Online Site For Women To Shut Down --WebNewser Earlier: Online Women's Mag Double X Launches Bonnie Fuller Launches New "Blogazine" HollywoodLife
We've been hearing for months now about how Bonnie Fuller, formerly of Star and Us Weekly, was planning a media comeback with her new gossip blog HollywoodLife.com, poaching Corrynne Steindler from Page Six and Laura Schreffler from New York Daily News along the way. Now the day has finally arrived: the launch of the "female-focused" blog HollywoodLife. Billed as a Web site that crosses traditional magazine coverage with "interactive conversation" for women -- as well as "feminine bling" from Fuller herself -- HollywoodLife has already drawn in huge advertisers (Sony, We television, Old Navy) for the big names it promises to deliver. Of course, their first (and largest) post up right now is about the New Moon premiere in L.A. last night with a streaming video of Taylor Lautner, Kristin Stewart and Robert Pattinson walking the red carpet. Full press release after the jump (It's a must-read, trust us) Read More: HollywoodLife.com Previously: Steindler Leaves Page Six To Join Bonnie Fuller, Bonnie Fuller to Announce New 'Media' Venture 'Shortly', HollywoodLife.com Snags Another NY Gossip Columnist Public Poll: No One Wants to Pay For Pay Walls
The poll received over 1,500 responses, and the results were in: 65 percent of readers believed that pay walls would just make readers flee to sites with free content, while another 20 percent allowed that some revenue could be made by charging for access to a site, but that the money wouldn't be enough to buoy the costs of traditional journalism. The people have spoken! Now let's just see if anyone can come up with a better idea for publishers to somehow make money off their content on the web. Is Flavorpill Practicing Age Discrimination?
This showed up in our inbox today, oddly enough labeled "contest," although if you're honest with yourself, isn't every job a contest between you and the thousands of other applicants? Either way: Flavorpill, the daily newsletter of fun things to do in your hometown, is opening up a branch in Melbourne, Australia and looking for a managing editor to oversee their content. Unfortunately, you don't just have to be hip and cool to apply for this job, you also have to fit into a predetermined age range of 18-30, which would seem to go against the Age Discrimination in Employment act of 1967, but Australia's passing of a similar bill only happened 5 years ago, and is a little more lax about pigeonholing their employees. Unfortunately, Flavorpill's HQ is based in New York, meaning if someone wanted to take the the company to court over not getting the Melbourne position, they might have a fair shot at the case. Unless by calling it a contest, instead of a job opening, the daily listings guide has found a way to bypass that tiny little hiccup. Any HR gurus or employment attorneys out there want to weigh in? UPDATE: Flavorpill co-founder and CEO Mark Mangan clarifies the age requirement: "The age range is related to visa requirements by the Australian government. And the work is part-time, ideal for a freelancer who wants to be Australia-based for a period of time. Flavorpill doesn't ever discriminate based on age, or anything else." GawkerTV Launches With Intern Workforce, Optimistic About Ad Sales
Today's launch of Gawker.TV is the product of Richard Blakeley's three years as Nick Denton's video editor. Now the This Is Why You're Fat co-author is manning his own satellite site, which will be posting videos throughout the day, with the help of the 16 or so interns currently working under Blakeley. The fact that so much (unpaid) manpower is going into this spin-off site isn't exactly a surprise. Gawker's largest-generating posts have almost always been candid videos: Tom Cruise ranting about Scientology, the Eric Dane/Rebecca Gayheart/Kari Ann Peniche sex tape, and the video shot by Blakeley of Heath Ledger's body being wheeled out of the apartment he was staying in Soho when he died in 2008. Denton has also admitted that it will be easier to sell ads on a site that is not as specifically themed as some of his other off-shoots like Jezebel (for women) or Fleshbot (Gawker's sex Web site). Sales of Gawker's other sites -- Wonkette, Idolator, and Gridskipper -- were similarly explained to be the result of poor ad revenue. Gawker.TV currently has a tip box at the top of the site for users to submit videos. We have yet to hear back from Gawker Media if the tip box will automatically filter into the new open forums, as they do on Gawker's main site. PreviouslyWSJ's Hook'em and Sink'em Mobile Plan 4 Questions For Texas Tribune's Evan Smith FCC Appoints WSJ Contributor Waldman New Media Advisor Money Starts To (Hopefully) Flow Towards Online Magazines A Thin Line Between Marketing And Journalism Daily Beast Launches Socially Conscious Site Giving Beast Gawker, The Business Insider Join Forces Huffington On HuffPost's "Impact" Vertical: "This Has Been A Passion Of Mine For Many Years" NPR Launches Online Local Journalism Project With $3M In Grants Food Blog Eater To Launch Redesign, Expansion New Fashion Season Means Some Alterations For WWD.com Opinion Aggregator Atlantic Wire Launches HuffPo Launches Denver Local Site Food52's Founders Reveal The Ingredients For A Crowd-sourced Cookbook Daily Beast Launches Entertainment & Fashion Section Sexy Beast Former Time Editor Jim Gaines: Did You Get the Memo? NYMag.com Launches Sports, TV Blogs Finke's New Site Awaits New York Writer What's Next In Multimedia: 4 Questions For Chris Cramer, Reuters' Global Editor Of Multimedia NYMag.com, "MediaBytes" Share Video Content With 1Cast Google Reveals What Happened To Gmail Hearst Capitalizes On Beauty Advertising Market With RealBeauty.com Will You Use HuffPo's New Social News Service? FLYP's James Gaines Offers Old Media A New Way Of Thinking About Online Content Time's Luscombe Weighs In On Murdoch's Pay Wall Plans Former Time Inc. Staffer To Launch "My Little O" NYT's Carr Dissects Murdochs Pay Wall Plans What's Next On The Web: 4 Questions For Dwell.com Associate Publisher Nancy Alonzo Attack On Former Gawker-Owned Site Crashes Server At Gawker, Traffic Graphs Only Tell Part Of The Story What's Next In Online Publications: 4 Questions For The Faster Times' Sam Apple Blip.tv Announces New Partnerships With NBC, YouTube, Vimeo Denton: Gawker Revenues Actually Up 45 Percent This Year Flavorpill Relaunches With "The Flavorpill 50" AP Creates Registry To Protect Content Online Team Behind DealBreaker Takes On Accounting Industry AP Settles "Hot News" Lawsuit With AHN Media With A 35 Percent Increase In Ad Revenues, Gawker Reinstates Pageview Bonuses NYPost.com Editor Calls Shenanigans On Daily News' Timestamping Fighting For Credit In The Outer Borough Mediaite Launches To Server-Crashing Traffic What's Next In Citizen Journalism: 4 Questions For ProPublica's Amanda Michel Get Your Resumes Ready, Nikki Finke's Looking To Hire NY-Based Reporter Observer Picks Up Majority Stake In Webby Winner Very Short List What's Next In Blogs: 4 Questions For "Bloggers On The Bus" Author Eric Boehlert New NYMag.com Feature Product Of New Media Deals Internet Advertising Numbers Not Promising Webutante Ball Coming To Internet Week New York Times Tops Technorati Attention Index Huffington Post Puts Internship Up For Sale Ask.com CEO Steps Down, Kiplinger.com Names Managing Editor The Stimulist Puts Another Nail In Snark's Coffin Online Women's Mag Double X Launches San Francisco, We've Got You Covered Personal WiFi Comes to a Pocket Near You DailyCandy's Levy: CEO's Exit Won't Stop Growth The Daily Beast Scoops the New York Post Curbed Publisher Crafton to Sports Enthusiast Media Ex-Star-Ledger Employees Start Local News Site Boston Police Search for 'Craigslist Killer' Online Laid-Off Newspaper Reporters Flock to Online Startups, Profits Still Elusive Choire Sicha Happily Unaware of TheAwl.com's Traffic Talking Social Media, Non-Profits, and New York Internet Week! Should The New York Times Go Online-Only? The Future of Newspapers Arrives Online in Seattle How Much Are Your Social Media Connections Worth? Remember That Time the Internet Broke? Fashionista.com Editor Departs Abrams: 'I Have Not Offered the Job to Anyone' Which Digital CEO Was Worth His/Her Salary? Twitter Smashes Fourth Wall... Again Technorati Now Ordering MSM, Too Traffic to Newspaper Web Sites Up 11 Percent Movieline Taps Defamer Writers For Spring Relaunch MPA Announces Digital Award Nominees CJR Seeks to Solve Magazines' Online Problem Wall Street Journal Expands Web Site into Europe and Asia The Onion Sports Network Now at Least as Pretty as ESPN TheWeek.com Bolsters its Columnist Roster Financial Times Comes to Your Mobile Phone Barrons.com Shows Editors the Money Google Search Not Killing the Environment Google Separates Further From Search Competitors |
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