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Press+: Publishers are charging more for digital content and offering less free
RR Donnelley’s Press+, which helps more than 400 publishers offer metered paywalls and manage digital subscriptions, says its clients are charging more for monthly subscriptions while offering fewer...
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Digital learning startup Benchprep expands into video-based software training...
When Benchprep launched two years ago (and rebranded from its initial launch as Watermelon Express), it focused only on interactive test prep content. But over time, it spotted an opportunity in...
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Can publishing giant Wiley take on lynda.com and others with new digital...
If you want to learn how to create an infographic, build your own website, make heads or tails out of an Excel spreadsheet or accomplish any other software-related goal, you can head to lynda.com,...
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Podcast: Why the digital age needs an effective content licensing strategy
Historically publishers have lacked focus on licensing and syndicating digital content. The latest GigaOM Research podcast features Connected Consumer curator Paul Sweeting, who discusses how social...
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Clay Christensen takes closer look at how online learning will disrupt K-12...
When you first hear disruptive economics guru Clayton Christensen’s prediction that by 2019 half of all K-12 classes will be taught online, it’s easy to wonder if brick-and-mortar schools as we know...
View ArticlePodcast: Why the digital age needs an effective content licensing strategy
Historically publishers have lacked focus on licensing and syndicating digital content. The latest GigaOM Research podcast features Connected Consumer curator Paul Sweeting, who discusses how social...
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I’m at the paidContent 2012: At The Crossroads conference in New York today so posting will be light. You can follow the discussion at #pc2012. Here are a few early highlights: Forrester Research VP...
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Media store wars: iTunes vs Amazon vs Google Play
Updated. Google now activates one million Android devices per day and has 400 million devices in the wild, but its media store efforts have lagged. Compared to Apple’s iTunes(s aapl) and Amazon’s(s...
View ArticlePaywall startup Tinypass adds metered subscriptions for small publishers
New York-based startup Tinypass, which helps small publishers and content creators charge for content online through existing platforms like Google (s GOOG), is rolling out metered content options to...
View ArticlePearson exec: we need to be an “Electronic Arts for education”
What does publishing giant Pearson (s PSO) have in common with the giants of the video game industry? Not enough, apparently. In a conversation at the SIIA Ed Tech Business Forum, Luyen Chou, chief...
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