Online Publishing News & Articles

Now that the iPad has become a respected media channel through which publishers design and publish online magazines, there’s more pressure for content systems to keep up with emerging technologies that influence how users interact and engage. WoodWing Software, known for its multi-platform tablet publishing platform, has announced a number of major new features for its reader apps for iOS and Android, as well as for its Content Delivery Service.

As long as the state of online news publishing still flickers and fades, there will be companies who aim to capture as much of its light as they can. Recently, LOUD3R, launched a newly redesigned version of its real-time content discovery, curation and publishing platform.

Magazines dominate this week in web publishing. From print preferences, 48 hour creations and self-publishing, there's never a dull moment.

When we talk about the digital media consumption of teens and young adults, from social media to the mobile web, we often wonder how the future of online media will evolve. Rarely, however, do we consider what it means for the future of education.

On Saturday, March 6, educators and technologists alike gathered for TEDxNYED, an all-day conference, examining the role of new media and technology in shaping the future of education.

As we watch the many drama's in the media, the drama of the media itself trying to survive and the many micro dramas of competition and collaboration in the content management space, it's fun to get points of view from different seats at the table.

Recently we had a chance to discuss the web publishing business, Drupal partnerships, new revenue models for publishers and the quality of modern journalism with Erik Schut, the President of WoodWing Software.

As a provider of Web Publishing technologies and a company that has integrated with the likes of Alfresco, Drupal and most recently eZ Publish, the company is in the thick of the modernizing efforts of publishers. Erik had some interesting ideas to share.

No one can accuse Johannes Bhakdi, CEO of Klatcher.com of standing idly by while the web publishing industry tries to fix itself. No, Mr. Bhakdi is taking matters into his own hands by putting the power to publish in the hands of his users.

Klatcher.com has launched v2.0 of their site, which allows authors to self-publish anything online from words to a rich media publication and start selling their best content.

The problem with having a niche, like content management, is that by the time news makes its way to the likes of CNN and Oprah, we've moved on. It can be frustrating that making headlines outside the CMS world garners more attention than all the articles, comments, blogs and tweets put together. When CNN reported the other day that "more authors turn to Web and print-on-demand publishing" we wanted to see for ourselves.

Back in January, we ran a similar story that indicated that "Companies that charge writers and photographers to publish are growing rapidly at a time when many mainstream publishers are losing ground." We relied on industry data from Bowker to tell us that more books were printed in 2008 than 2007 and it was attributed to an increase in the number of print-on-demand books.

It's been four months and we turned to some of those in the self-publishing industry to see what's going on.

Despite reporting an increase in revenues of 29% for Q4 2008, Nstein Technologies (news, site) -- a Canadian provider of online publishing solutions -- has warned the market to expect a more conservative growth trajectory in 2009.

Good news! More people are reading newspapers. Twelve percent more, to be exact.

According to a new report by Nielsen Online for the Newspaper Association of America, the average monthly unique audience figures for newspaper websites grew by nearly 7.3 million in 2008 to 67.3 million visitors, an increase of 12.1 percent over 2007.

Approximately two years ago, online newspapers tore down their walled gardens, exposing many years' worth of content, once available only to those who paid. Year 2007 was a simpler, gentler time.

Then the world exploded into economic crisis.

These days many in the publishing are just trying to stay afloat from one week to the next. This week is no exception.

Recently, we announced Quintura’s plans to launch their new site search tool in the US. Now, Quintura, provider of next-generation site search solutions for online content publishers, has announced the debut of several new features of Quintura Site. The updates are aimed at maximizing user experience and performance, as well as enhancing back-end analytics for publishing affiliates.

Though the changing US political landscape has instilled hope among the masses, there’s little to go around in the print industry as of late.

Lots of lay-offs are impending and merges between print and digital media are inevitable.

Recently, a Nielsen Online report revealed that newspaper websites attracted a record number of unique visitors in the third quarter of 2008 — a 15.8 percent increase over the same period a year ago.

Newspaper website visitors generated an average of just over 3.5 billion page views per month throughout the quarter, an increase of 25.2 percent over the same period a year ago (2.8 billion page views). These figures are the highest for any quarter since NAA began tracking the data in 2004.

Just out the door, eZ Systems announces the latest version of their flagship web content management product — eZ Publish v4.0. Can you hear the cheers from the Open Source community now? Or how about from the online publishers, who eZ Systems’ execs assert they are “200% focused on.”