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The world of news distribution has changed as Web 2.0 moves to maturity.  The news world, which was once dominated by print newspapers and professional jounalists has evolved to keep up with customer demand for access to free news online and the growth of citizen journalism via blogs, Twitter, and so on.  Today, the future [...]

Newstex President Larry Schwartz will speak at the upcoming Buying & Selling eContent Executive Conference (BSEC) to be held in Scottsdale, Arizona on April 5-7, 2009.
Earlier this month, Larry spoke with Michelle Manafy of BSEC about Newstex and the content industry.  Following is a great excerpt from that interview.

Larry describes his company, Newstex, in an [...]

In December 2008, Sawhorse Media launched the Shorty Awards to recognize the best microbloggers – that is, the best producers of short, 140 character or less, content.   The Twitter users of the world answered the call for nominations.  You see, in this contest, the Twitter community nominated producers and voted for the winners.
On February 11, 2009, [...]

Newstex is looking for a Weblog Feed Assistant to help grow the company’s pool of 2,000 blogs and video feeds.
The assistant will peruse RSS feeds and describe them to the Newstex computer system, so that the system may automatically obtain blog articles and videos and sell them to for-profit clients. The assistant will also take screenshots [...]

Time for a new edition of the monthly series called Blogger in the Spotlight where Newtex turns the spotlight on our publishers with in-depth interviews that give you a glimpse into the stories, tips and secrets of successful bloggers and content producers.
This month’s interview provides a glimpse into the world of political blogging. Newstex spoke with the founder [...]

The 2009 SIIA NetGain: The Convergence of Content & Technology conference will be held in San Francisco on May 4-5.  For the first time, SIIA Previews will be part of the SIIA NetGain conference giving SIIA member companies a unique opportunity to present their new products or services to an audience of industry leaders, corporate development [...]

Time for another round of the Publisher INsider series where we highlight some of the most INnovative, INteresting and INspriational content providers that are part of Newstex Blogs On Demand and Video On Demand.
This month, the Publisher INsider profiles Zacks Investment News from Zacks Investment Research.
Zacks Investment News is the original YouTube Channel of Zack’s Investment [...]

Today, Amazon launched the second generation of its popular Kindle product – Kindle 2.  At just over 1/3 of an inch (.36 inches – thinner than a pencil) and only 10.2 ounces, the new Kindle is smaller than its predecessor and comes with a $359 price tag.
The Kindle 2 also boasts 25% longer battery life and [...]

According to a recent report published on eMarketer, the U.S. online video audience is expected to grow to 190 million people by 2012.  That’s 88% of the entire online audience.  Furthermore, 80.9% of that audience is expected to be watching online ads by 2012.  Believe it or not, that number is not very far out [...]