The N.Y. Daily News has now released a City Guide application to help users customize their stories and listings. The Daily news has partnered with MyCityWay, an 2009 app that helps users navigate their city including mass transit reports, news,weather, and event listings. In addition to Daily News [Full Story…]
Analytics Help #Media Companies Generate Higher Page Traffic
December 10, 2012 at 11:03 am
Visual Revenue, a NY-based data analytics firm, provides real-time information management for news organizations including Forbes and the New York Daily News. According to Crain's New York Business, it offers a new generation of data analytics -- one that journalists fear might someday replace [Full Story…]
NY DailyNews.com to Expand as National News Site?
May 11, 2012 at 4:12 pm
According to Capital New York, it is believed that Daily News will soon be expanding its online presence into a site called Daily News America, geared towards national news. Similar to the print edition, the site will feature easily digestible content on national news and celebrities, as well as [Full Story…]
MTA Wants Tablets as “Virtual Agents” in NYC Subways
March 6, 2012 at 2:02 pm
The MTA wants phase out stand alone paper maps by adding tablets throughout NY’s subway system. According to a document released by the MTA, 47-inch interactive tablets would serve as “virtual agents” in every station, and be placed “where the station booth or phone bank has been removed [Full Story…]
NiteTables Makes New York Night Life Easier
August 7, 2011 at 1:33 pm
According to the New York Daily News, NiteTables.com prevents club hoppers from wasting time behind the velvet ropes. The site allows customers to book reservations at clubs and even request specific tables. Nearly 100 New York venues have already signed up with the site, which asks patrons for a 20 [Full Story…]
Daily News Columnist Seeks Subway Rat YouTube Videos
April 7, 2011 at 12:03 pm
The New York City Health Department has found that families of rats not only live in the subway stations but have dug themselves into the walls behind the tiles. The MTA has been targeting the rats with poison, but they then move to less toxic areas. Without enough food on the tracks and platforms [Full Story…]
Daily News Editor Convey Holds First Online Reader Chat
March 10, 2011 at 5:03 pm
Fishbowl NY gives highlights from an online chat with Kevin Convey, editor-in-chief at The New York Daily News conducted yesterday with the site. Convey shares how he believes newspapers will always exist in some shape or form and how most journalists, in genera,l are very much alike. Convey also [Full Story…]
The Lamp Helps Kids “Deconstruct” Media Messages
July 5, 2010 at 10:00 am
New York Daily News columnist Clem Richardson, profiled The Lamp, an organization that teaches young people to recognize the tools media groups use to sell their products. The next two week course, intended for middle school children, begins July 12 at the Mount Hope Housing Co. in the Bronx, as [Full Story…]
Quirky.com Offers a Collaborative Approach to Innovation
April 28, 2010 at 7:11 am
In a recent New York Daily News profile, 23-year-old entrepreneur Ben Kaufman explains how his NoHo-based startup Quirky is democratizing the introduction of new products to the marketplace.Anyone with a product idea can submit it for a fee of $99, and the site’s members vote on which ideas they [Full Story…]
Daily News Has No Plans To Charge for App
April 14, 2010 at 8:11 am
The New York Daily News, which upgraded its digital distribution network in late February and also launched a mobile app for its readers, delved into some additional details in an article in News & Tech. According to the article, the publisher has no plans to charge for the app, and [Full Story…]
ESPN.com to Launch New York Web Site
March 30, 2010 at 10:15 am
ESPN.com, which has recently launched city specific sites for Chicago and Boston sports fans, is now launching ESPNNewYork.com on April 2. The site will be led by executive editor Leon Carter, who was the sports editor at the New York Daily News. WebNewser [Full Story…]
Best Apps For New Yorkers
March 6, 2010 at 12:14 pm
The New York Daily News has put out a list outlining the top iPhone apps for New Yorkers. Some of the apps recommended in the article include: TYPE N WALK - Uses the iPhone's camera to stream a video feed of whats directly in front of you as your typing on the move, effectively avoiding a [Full Story…]
‘NY Daily News’ Takes Stake in Loud3r
January 8, 2010 at 12:45 pm
The New York Daily News has taken what paidContent is calling a "major" stake in content aggregator service Loud3r in exchange for a "multi-million" dollar round of investment. The news Web site also expects to roll out verticals utilizing the company's technology on [Full Story…]
Daily News Now a Top 5 Newspaper for Online Visitors
August 19, 2009 at 3:30 pm
According to a Nielsen list provided to Editor & Publisher, the top 5 most visited newspaper Web sites in the U.S. in July, included a New York surprise. While New York based papers such as NYTimes.com and Wall Street Journal.com usually appear in the top 5, it seems that the New York [Full Story…]
This Week’s Digital Media Tech News Wrap-Up
August 9, 2009 at 2:00 pm
NYConvergenceThis week, we stopped by the first NY Tech Meetup held in August, hearing about developments at blip.tv and Magma, and learning about a few other new NYC-based startups.In other digital-media technology news this week: Pingg's relationship with Martha Stewart is enabling it to [Full Story…]
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