Breaking Media relaunches former AOL b-to-b sites

Posted on: 06/04/13

AOL Defense, AOL Energy and AOL Government were sold in February 2013 for an undisclosed sum to Breaking Media, a b-to-b digital media company that publishes Above the Law for the legal profession, Dealbreaker for the financial industry and Fashionista, a news site for people working in the fashion ...

Content on the go: Supporting mobile delivery

Posted on: 05/21/13

To media companies grappling with the challenges of multiplatform content management, one thing is clear: The technology and processes they use must serve an increasingly mobile audience. To better reach these always-on-the-go readers, publishers are rolling out mobile-first strategies and...

Griffey sees content management as editorial education issue

Posted on: 05/21/13

Sean Griffey, CEO of Industry Dive, launched the digital-only publishing company last year. He recently spoke to Media Business about content management in a mobile-first environment.

Aaron Jones, CTO, IDG Communications

Posted on: 04/28/13

As CTO of IDG Consumer & SMB, Aaron Jones placed an early bet on responsive design. He led the development of a digital infrastructure that streamlines production and optimizes content for delivery to an evolving mobile market.

Amazon debuts 'Send to Kindle' button for publishers

Posted on: 03/20/13

Seattle—Amazon.com Inc. has introduced a “Send to Kindle” button that Web publishers can add to their articles, enabling users to aggregate various content on Kindle devices for later viewing.

IDG TechNetwork counts on Banks for digital production

Posted on: 03/12/13

After working for years in the finance sector, Vince Banks made the jump to the magazine business in 2006. He is now VP-digital media at IDG TechNetwork, an online advertising network for technology marketers and agencies. Banks' group recently launched a data-management platform that uses the...

Publishers see challenges with responsive design

Posted on: 10/05/12

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg aired his frustration with Web apps and responsive design last month at the TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2012 conference, saying that the social network's biggest mistake had been “betting too much on HTML5.”

Budgeting out of the doldrums

Posted on: 09/14/12

With the upcoming presidential and congressional elections clouding the forecast, b-to-b media CEOs are not expecting the economy to provide much lift in 2013. Nonetheless, these leaders are counting on targeted investments and the creativity of their teams as they budget for growth rates that will ...

HTML5 technology spurs 'write once, publish many' model

Posted on: 07/17/12

The publishing benefits of deploying HTML5 technology were discussed last month at MPA Digital: Technology, a one-day conference that focused on how media companies can use technology to manage magazine content on print and digital platforms. HTML5, a browser-based programming language that is able ...