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How much of your news site’s search traffic comes from Google News? Probably 5 to 25 percent

Joseph LichtermanDecember 1, 2014

In Sweden, traditional tabloid rivals are taking their battle to viral sites

Stockholm’s two major evening tabloids have started competing BuzzFeed imitators this year, and the same aggregator moves we’ve seen in the U.S. are playing out abroad.

Caroline O'DonovanNovember 21, 2014

What’s the right news experience on a phone? Stacy-Marie Ishmael and BuzzFeed are trying to figure it out

“Nobody has to read you. You have to earn that. You have to respect people’s attention.”

Joshua BentonNovember 20, 2014

Here’s some remarkable new data on the power of chat apps like WhatsApp for sharing news stories

At least in certain contexts, WhatsApp is a truly major traffic driver — bigger even than Facebook. Should there be a WhatsApp button on your news site?

The newsonomics of Talking Points Memo’s native advertising shift

The liberal political site is betting on something less commodified than banner advertising to find sustainable revenue — and to better take advantage of its unique audience. Ken Doctor

Ken DoctorOctober 28, 2014

The newsonomics of the Sun-Times national/local network play

The company behind Chicago’s No. 2 newspaper wants to go national on the cheap. Can it succeed where Patch and others have failed?

Justin EllisOctober 21, 2014

Where you get your news depends on where you stand on the issues

A new study by the Pew Research Center examines how Americans’ news consumption habits correlate with where they fall on the political spectrum.

BuzzFeed now has editorial and product people in place for its forthcoming news app

Stacy-Marie Ishmael, coming from the FT, will join Noah Chestnut on the new, newsroom-integrated team. Caroline O'Donovan

Ken DoctorOctober 8, 2014

The newsonomics of the millennial moment

The new wave of news startups is aiming at a younger audience. But do legacy media companies have a chance at earning their attention?

Like it or not, native advertising is squarely inside the big news tent

Maybe it’s just a new iteration on the advertorials newspapers and magazines have run for decades. Maybe it’s a scurrilous devaluation of journalism. Either way, it’s here, and at the highest levels of the business. Joshua Benton

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