Barnes & Noble’s Nook Spinoff, Google’s I/O Conference, Nat Geo’s Media Transformation, Women in Media: Hiring News, DPS Tip: Enabling Apple’s iTunes Newsstand, TFP’s Infographic Pick of the Week, June’s Pinterest Roundup
Welcome to TFP’s roundup of news and tips for media industry pros. This week, we have some new posts for you from the TFP blog, along with news from Barnes & Noble and Google.
- After revealing that Nook revenues were down 32% for the fiscal year, Barnes & Noble announced plans to spin off its Nook Media subsidiary. Its retail operations and Nook business are expected to become separate publicly traded companies by Q1 2015.
If you develop content and apps for tablets and smartphones (and you also can’t resist a good listicle), you should check out The Verge’s recap of the 17 most important things Google announced at this week’s I/O developers conference, including a new version of its Android OS, a new low-cost smartphone, and a design language called material design.- The Washington Post has a good read about the National Geographic Society’s “transformation into a 21st-century media organization” that includes an interview with new CEO Gary Knell. You might also want to check out our recent conversation with Susan Goldberg, the new Editor in Chief of National Geographic magazine.
- It’s been about a month since our last Women in Media news roundup, so there’s a lot to tell you about in this week’s post! Get caught up on a ton of promotions and other job moves at Yahoo, Wired, Redbook, and many more media companies.
- Our latest DPS Tip has advice to help you get your magazine apps into Apple’s iTunes Newsstand.
- Not only does this week’s Infographic Pick of the Week share some interesting stats on trends like mobile and social media, but it might also inspire you to think about different ways of creating non-static content that will engage your audience.
- Our June roundup of Pinterest-related news for publishers includes a new guided search feature, self-service ads, an API for third-party developers, and more. And did you know that TFP is on Pinterest? Connect with us there!
The This Week in Publishing blog will be on hiatus next week in observance of the July 4th holiday but will return on July 11. Happy Independence Day, everyone!
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Posted by: Gina Barrett