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Fast Chat: Ask.com CEO Discusses About.com Acquisition
Doug Leeds on the $300 million deal and what's next
The $300 million cash deal made Sunday by Barry Diller's IAC/InteractiveCorp to buy About.com will add some necessary content and authority to IAC's reinvented Ask.com property while making others in…
It's Hard Out There for a Freelancer
Studio One launches journalist certification program
For journalists, a freelancing career usually means a life of instability and, in the Internet age, can result in partnerships with less-than-reputable publishers and institutions. Just like the quality of…
Has Social Media Made Search-Driven Publishing Less Relevant?
Some wonder if quality, social-oriented publishers have bested content farms
The growing importance of social media, coupled with the powerful wrath of Google, have shaken the once-hot world of cheap search-driven publishing. About.com recently dumped its CEO. Yahoo’s $100 million acquisition…
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