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Julio Alonso, director general WeblogsSL (James Breiner photo) BURGOS, Spain — In 2004, management consultant Julio Alonso got the itch to write about gadgets and technology. He started a blog and a year later that evolved into the website Xataka. Since then he and his partners have built WeblogsSL, a community of 36 websites in […]
Read More »Eduardo Galan, “Emperor” of Revista Mongolia BURGOS, Spain — Eduardo Galan is a bundle of contradictions. He has a Ph.D. in psychology, specifically the psychology of marketing. (Versión en español) He has a background in online business marketing. And he speaks very seriously about business models for marketing a media product. Yet he has the […]
Read More »Front page of La Vanguardia, in Catalan BARCELONA, Spain — Americans are used to traveling thousands of miles within their wide open spaces and hearing only English, with variations of accent and expression. But in France, Germany, Spain, and other parts of Western Europe, there are still regions of distinct languages and dialects preserved by […]
Read More »Ignacio Escolar, left, of El Diario and Pedro J. Ramirez of El Español (photo: James Breiner) HUESCA, Spain — Two of the leading figures of the digital media revolution took the stage together and chatted about what it is like to wear the hats of journalist, shareholder, owner, and chief salesman of their respective media […]
Read More »Arsenio Escolar, photo by 20minutos Versión en español HUESCA, Spain — At first, there was timid, nervous applause from the journalists, professors, and students who were listening to harsh criticism from a respected colleague, Arsenio Escolar, the editor of 20minutos, a free distribution daily that is one of Spain’s major digital outlets. Maybe they were recognizing […]
Read More »Versión en español. As traditional media organizations cut back on staff and coverage, thousands of new digital media are popping up all over the world to fill the gaps. I’ve compiled 14 lists of startups below. Some startups are included on more than one list. Can you think of any lists that I’ve left out? […]
Read More »Rosalia Lloret: por la avalancha informativa digital, usuarios prefieren consultar marcas creíbles English version here. EL ESCORIAL, España — El diario El País se está mejorando su posición como el medio de comunicación número 1 de España con 7,6 millones de usuarios únicos durante el pasado mes de junio (en comparación a los 74 millones de El New […]
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