Blog Posts by The Newstex Team

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June 11, 2010
The Convergence of Twitter, Facebook, CBS News and Katie Couric

In an attempt to integrate CBSNews.com and the CBS News show hosted by Katie Couric, CBSNews.com and its on-air companion have launched a new segment where CBS News is answering viewer questions in a new way (as reported by MediaPost)

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June 4, 2010
Law Firms See Value in Twitter

This week, Joe Raczynski, an Applications Integrator for Thomson Reuters, Legal wrote a guest blog post on Legal Current, a blog from Thomson Reuters that offers information and commentary on the business and practice of law.

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June 2, 2010
Mobile Apps are Here to Stay

In the June 2010 issue of eContent Magazine, Newstex president Larry Schwartz and a number of content publishing and technology professionals discussed the current state of mobile apps and the future of mobile content for business growth.

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May 31, 2010
Social Media Marketing GPS - Free eBook Now Available

Toby Bloomberg, of the Diva Marketing Blog, launched a new free ebook this month called Social Media Marketing GPS.

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May 27, 2010
True/Slant Acquired by Forbes

The big publisher news out this week is about True/Slant, a Newstex publisher, which will be acquired by Forbes.

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May 18, 2010
Newsweek Joins the Club of Magazines in Need of Rescue

There is no doubt that the print magazine industry is in big trouble, and this month, Newsweek joined the list of big-name magazines that might not survive in printed form with the announcement that Newsweek is up for sale.

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May 10, 2010
David Donoghue Wins Kogan Award from Chicago Bar Association

Newstex Authoriative Blogger David Donoghue of the Chicago IP Litigation Blog and partner in Chicago's Holland & Knight law firm won the Kogan Award in the online category from the Chicago Bar Association's (CBA) annual Herman Kogan Media Awards Competition.

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May 5, 2010
Apple Sells 1 Million iPads in 28 Days

It took 74 days for Apple to sell 1 million iPhones in 2007, but that time was shattered by the iPad, when 1 million iPads sold in just 28 days.

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April 9, 2010
The Online Population is Changing

A new study from eMarketer predicts that by 2014, 77.8% of the U.S. population will use the Internet at least once per month.

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April 2, 2010
BlackBerry Feeling the Pressure from iPhone and Android

If there was any question whether RIM should be concerned about Apple and Google, recent survey results from a Crowd Science study provides a clear picture of the future of the smartphone market.

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April 2, 2010
More Than Half of Bloggers Believe They are Journalists

A new study by PR Week and PR Newswire (via TechCrunch) reports that 52% of bloggers included in the survey consider themselves to be journalists (up from one-third of surveyed bloggers in 2009).

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March 26, 2010
Consumers Weigh in on iPad and eReaders

In a new study of 2,176 Internet users, comScore reports, "that not only will a variety of markets be impacted by the introduction of these devices but also that there are substantial opportunities for those in the digital content ecosystem."

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