Topic: New business models

On November 13th, India will celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, which marks the return of the Hindu God, Lord Rama, after his 14 years in exile and his victory over the demon-king Ravana. It’s a time of celebration and house-cleaning, ringing out the old and ringing in the new. To Hindu businessmen, it’s a [...]

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Tags: Apple, India, iPad, iPhone, iPhone5

Perhaps you’ve seen it before. You’re perusing the in-depth financial analysis of the Wall Street Journal and there it is: an offer to join WSJwine, the Journal‘s wine club. The ad is always slightly jarring. Why is a news publication also in the business of hawking a vintage Bordeaux? But dig a little deeper and [...]

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Tags: publishing, Wall Street Journal, wine, wsj

First, let’s admit why even at a paltry $42 billion valuation Facebook is still one of the most important companies on the planet. The company will eventually cross the one billion user account threshold, making it the largest voluntary association in the history of the world. Only China and India are larger social organizations and, [...]

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Tags: data, Facebook, publishing, social media

Our next digital disruptor once treated his Four Square mayorship of a New York restaurant as if it were a real political campaign. He once played the role of @The_Swine_Flu on Twitter, infecting his followers with messages such as “@The_Swine_Flu has followed you! Yes, you should be scared” and “I’m thinking of mutating. #swineflu.” He [...]

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Tags: comedy, digital, publishing, satire, the onion

In this clip from our digital disruptors video series, Shafqat Islam, chief executive of NewsCred, discusses why his mission is to help publishing thrive – not just survive – in the digital age.  

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Tags: digital, journalism, news, NewsCred, publishing

In the pre-digital days of not-so-long ago, news articles were bundled into nice, neat packages. Every day or week, a newspaper or magazine featuring a selection of articles would be delivered to a reader’s door. Now, with the increasing popularity of platforms like Flipboard and Twitter, articles have become “unbundled” from their publication. Instead of [...]

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Tags: digital, iTunes, magazines, music, newspapers