Staci D. Kramer
Sep 9, 2009 7:31 PM
In June, the Newspaper Association of America went on a “paid content” info hunt, reminiscent of those fact-finding missions that Congress likes so much. In the end, 11 companies, among them Google (NSDQ: GOOG), Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and IBM, took part in the in-depth look at various ways to literally…
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Staci D. Kramer
Apr 7, 2009 7:45 PM
Newspaper publishers eager to have their results show up as more authoritative than others got a lesson in ranking results from Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt, who told them Google News already does that. Asked at the Newspaper Association of America conference in San Diego today if…
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Staci D. Kramer
Apr 7, 2009 12:25 PM
Someone called the appearance of *Google* Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt as the closing keynote for the annual meeting of newspaper publishers “a twist of fate.” Poppycock. It’s as orchestrated as a routine on Dancing with the Stars. The Associated Press board and executives certainly knew when they announced a…
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David Kaplan
Apr 14, 2008 2:06 PM
Newspaper sites attracted more than 66.4 million unique visitors on average in Q1, for a 12.3 percent rise over the same period last year, according to analysis conducted by Nielsen Online for the Newspaper Association of America. The Q1 numbers represent 40.7 percent of all internet users, says Nielsen Online,…
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David Kaplan
Jan 24, 2008 10:36 AM
Newspaper websites posted their largest traffic gains last year, hitting 62.8 million average monthly uniques in Q4—up 6 percent over the same period last year, according to a report by Nielsen Online for the Newspaper Association of America. This is the highest number since the NAA began tracking online use…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Dec 3, 2007 8:56 AM
With few exceptions, it’s been an ugly year for the newspaper industry, as digital growth hasn’t offset weakness in the core print business. Unfortunately, James Conaghan, VP-Newspaper Association of America, offered investors and analysts at the UBS Annual Global Media & Communications Conference little reason to think the trends will…
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David Kaplan
Nov 20, 2007 2:06 PM
Newspaper websites saw ad spending rise 21.1 percent to $773 million in Q3 versus the same period last year, according to estimates from the Newspaper Association of America. While online ad spending has been slowing down in general, newspaper website ad spend gains appear relatively stable. As the NAA noted…
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David Kaplan
Oct 31, 2007 8:57 AM
While the Q3 earnings of most newspaper publishers showed the usual “declining print/rising online dynamic” for revenues and readership, a study from the Newspaper Association of America attempts to offer an abstract of how these shifting readers relate to their daily papers and their related websites through their various purchases…
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