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Who will blink first in Canadian community newspaper staredown?

Sherrilynne Starkie

But the backroom deal between competing newspaper publishing companies Postmedia and TorStar must surely up the ante. Canadians love their community newspapers; it’s where they turn for local news and information about sports, entertainment and events. Photo by Mike Ackerman on Unsplash. They even like to see the local advertisements.

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Survey: Pinterest a Great Source of Links for Publishers. What Types of Sites Get the Most Links?

Adam Sherk

As Pinterest continues to grow in popularity and usage it is becoming not only an important source of traffic and engagement for publishers but also a good source of links. For reasons of client confidentially I am not able to reveal the specific sites but they are all well-known brands from major publishers. Sports 6,687 1,500.

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The Most Popular NFL Teams on Twitter and Facebook

Adam Sherk

Sports Star Pro Mary July 16, 2010 at 10:07 pm I think, once the teams that are in the bottom list know about this, launching their official twitter pages will make a turn-around tide in favor of them. Thanks again–Mike Adam Sherk November 24, 2009 at 6:13 pm Thanks for catching that Mike, I accidently missed them.

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Hearst Skiff Reader Looks Cool

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Hearst Skiff Reader Looks Cool by Adam Sherk on January 7, 2010 Hearst’s Skiff Reader is being unveiled at CES this week. It’s an interesting project and it is good to see publishers trying new things, however slow to move they may have been to-date.

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Social Media Super Bowl: Which Team Has More Reach?

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Social Media Super Bowl: Which Team Has More Reach? NFL analysts and sports writers now have two weeks to dissect the matchup, talk about players and schemes and come up with good storylines.

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The Most Popular MLB Teams on Twitter and Facebook

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Most Popular MLB Teams on Twitter and Facebook by Adam Sherk on April 5, 2010 A new baseball season is underway and we are in that wonderfully brief period when fans all over the country still believe this could actually be the year for their team.

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Why the News Business Isn't Profitable

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Why the News Business Isn’t Profitable by Guest on September 10, 2010 This is a guest post from Aaron Goldman , author of Everything I Know about Marketing I Learned from Google. So, to all those publishers out there who built their businesses on news.

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