Adam Sherk

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29% of the Top 500 Google+ Pages are News and Content Sites

Adam Sherk

6 Travel Channel 26 3,335,575. Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement? PagesRank Reported followers. as of 12/3/13. 1 The Economist 8 4,632,772. 2 National Geographic 9 4,567,736. 3 TIME 10 4,097,452. 4 ESPN 12 4,001,707. 5 MTV 23 3,448,571. 7 BBC News 27 3,315,935. 8 Food Network 28 3,235,697. 13 IGN 56 2,524,114.

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Foursquare and The New York Times Archive Would Be a Great Match

Adam Sherk

Foursquare users in Vancouver will have access to reviews, tips and recommendations provided by NYT travel and entertainment writers. UPDATE: A few days after I posted this The New York Times and Foursquare launched partnership for the Winter Olympics. Check out The New York Times page on Foursquare to see it in action.

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Why the News Business Isn't Profitable

Adam Sherk

The company has remade itself into a new era media firm by eliminating a lot of the overhead associated with producing content — via Seed.com — and focusing on topics that are more commercial in nature — travel, finance, auto, etc — rather than news.

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