Blog Posts by The Newstex Team

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May 29, 2013
Upcoming Google Algorithm Changes Should Reward Authoritative Content

Google is gearing up for the release of Penguin 2.0, which will put link analysis in the spotlight and revive the almighty Google PageRank.

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May 24, 2013
Digital Publishing Leaders Weigh in on the Future of Media 2013

This week, I Want Media hosted its annual Future of Media panel discussion at New York University, which was held in conjunction with Internet Week New York.

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May 20, 2013
Top Women and Leadership Influencer is Newstex Marketing Consultant Susan Gunelius

Newstex marketing consultant and publisher Susan Gunelius is the #1 women and leadership influencer online according to a ranking report by social media influence moderation company Traackr.

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May 14, 2013
The Argument for Journalism

In recent years, journalism has been under attack as more media organizations abandon investigative journalism and reduce newsroom staffs to cut costs in an increasingly competitive environment.

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May 3, 2013
News Consumption in 2013 [Infographic]

Two out of three people used Facebook to read yesterday's news. That's just one of the statistics revealed in the "News Consumption in 2013" infographic shown below, which was released by Uberflip this week.

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April 30, 2013
BlackBerry CEO Predicts Tablets Will Be Obsolete by 2018

If BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins is correct, tablets will be obsolete in just five years. He made that bold statement at the Milken Institute Conference in Los Angeles yesterday, and as Bloomberg reports, he explained, “In five years, I don’t think there’ll be a reason to have a tablet anymore.

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April 23, 2013
Newspaper Reporter is Worst Job of 2013

In a new study released by CareerCast.com, 200 jobs were ranked to identify the best and worst jobs of 2013. If you're a newspaper reporter, you won't like the results.

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April 19, 2013
Publishers Will Double Online Communities by 2015

For trade and academic publishers, online communities have moved beyond the experimentation phase and now play an important role in their integrated marketing plans.

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April 4, 2013
The Publisher's Guide to Mobile and Tablet Development: Free eBook Is Now Available

Newstex has released a new free ebook, "The Publisher's Guide to Mobile and Tablet Development," which is available for download now.

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March 29, 2013
The Far-Reaching Effects of Branded Content on the Publishing Industry

Branded content, brand newsrooms, branded journalism, native advertising, brand publishing -- these are all terms that weren't part of common vernacular ten years ago, but with the growth of social media, the publishing industry has a new source of competition with very deep pockets -- brands.

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March 28, 2013
The Best Time of Day to Send Email Messages Revealed in New Infographic

Are you sending out your email messages at the best time to get the most opens and responses? Based on email volume between the fourth quarter of 2011 and the fourth quarter of 2012, it's doubtful.

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March 18, 2013
Erosion and Conversion Are Main Themes Found in State of the News Media 2013

The Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism has released its State of the News Media 2013 report, and two themes are clearly communicated in the findings.

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