May 15, 2012
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz has decided to join a growing number of publications worldwide that are charging for access to their websites and mobile apps.
Haaretz made its announcement with the upbeat proclamation of “the start of a new era,” adding that it “will enable us to provide you with accurate and comprehensive news coverage, analyses and commentary on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.”
The revamped site, which went...
May 9, 2012
Boston-based personalized used-car shopping startup Mojo.com, has expanded beyond its Mass., Rhode Island and Conn. roots, with help from $3 million in new VC money. Now Dallas / Fort Worth area car shoppers can get their Mojo on too. The site was founded last year by Paul Nadjarian, who has been Sr. manager for dealers solutions at Ford, and director of EBay Motors.
May 7, 2012
When Chinatown Fair closed in March of last year, Filmmaker Kurt Vincent went to work documenting...
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April 26, 2012
In its Q1 2012 earnings report, The McClatchy Company reported a loss of $2.1 million, with classified revenue down more than 8 percent year over year. While much of the classified losses were in print advertising, digital dollars suffered as well. The only classified vertical whose YOY ad revenue increased was automotive, showing a 12 percent jump. Real estate and employment dropped nearly 9 percent and more than 6 percent respectively. California and Florida newspapers drove the downward...
April 23, 2012
Traffic to U.S. websites that publish escort and body-rub ads hit a record in March, while five of those sites sold at least $3.2 million in online prostitution ads during the month.
March revenue from online prostitution ads increased 2 percent from the previous month and 8.6 percent from March 2011, according to estimates by the AIM Group, and it was just $60,000 short of the record set in January.
There were 6.1 million unique visits to 22 tracked sites, according to...
April 19, 2012
The labor conditions in Asia have long been a controversial topic, but they have recently come into the spotlight due to concerns over Apple’s working practices in China. Back in January, The New York Times exposed new details involving what takes place in the factories of Apple’s largest supplier...
April 14, 2012
The new online and mobile-enabled tool by rental-relationship-management innovator RentJuice can be described as a Facebook Connect for rental listings. With the new Common Application, a prospective renter can complete...
April 9, 2012
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April 6, 2012
- Intel is notorious for marking its territory on a wide array of consumer gear, but one piece of kit that's unlikely to sport that famous...
