Media Industry (Print, Publishing, Digital etc.)

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10 Things About The U.S. News Media That They Do Not Want You To Know

By Michael Snyder

Source: The Economic Collapse Blog

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/arch ... ou-to-know

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Tech ETFs to Buy Now: Global X Social Media Index ETF (SOCL)

YTD Return: +15%
Expense Ratio: 0.65%

Let’s get this out of the way quickly: If you’re a card-carrying value investor, you’ll probably hate the SOCL ETF.

In fact, you’ll probably have your card revoked if you bought into SOCL. That’s because the fund contains a number of high-flying, hot stocks that trade at big ol’ premiums to the wider market.

That said, what do you expect from a basket of leaders in the still-nascent world of social media? Profits aren’t exactly the name of the game at this point. Facebook (FB) just decided to start monetizing Instagram last week, for cryin’ out loud — three years after buying it.

These companies are all about potential.

With low interest rates making fixed income investments wildly unattractive, potential alone is enough to get you by (at least for now) in the stock market.

I wouldn’t buy and hold the SOCL ETF for the long term, but if you’re looking for a speculative play on today’s social media leaders, SOCL is the fund for you.

Just be careful: With 62% of its assets locked up in its top-10 holdings, SOCL leans heavily on high-P/E stocks like FB, Tencent, and Linkedin (LNKD).

Stocks with far more tenuous futures like Pandora (P) and Yelp (YELP) also grace its top-10, so if you can embrace the idea that markets are sometimes irrational and all you want to do is take advantage of that, then the SOCL ETF is right up your alley.

Source: Investor Place

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China websites cash in on virtual love and friendship
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/07/c ... 35979.html

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Disruptive Technology That Could Wipe Out the Publishing Industry

Trend(s): Declining print subscriptions, pressure on digital ad rates, search engine reliance, Adblocker

Explanation: Print has been effectively dead or dying for many years now. But it’s also becoming more and more clear that digital media doesn’t have its stuff entirely together either. With paywalls easily subverted through some clever Google searching and the stubborn rise of ad blockers now responsible for $22 billion in lost ad revenues annually, the outlook is bleak.

As if that weren’t tough enough, content creators are increasingly taking to social media to publish their stuff. The Republican front-runner and real estate magnate himself, Donald Trump, sang the praises of social media giants Twitter (TWTR) and Facebook (FB), boasting that he had millions of followers between the two and that, “It’s great. It’s like owning a newspaper without the losses. It’s incredible!”

But looming larger than the loss of The Donald’s praise is the rise of third-party digital publishing directly to social media platforms themselves. Both Facebook and LinkedIn (LNKD) are increasingly pushing publishers to post their content to the social media hubs in an effort to keep engaged users on their sites.

Facebook even kindly offers to serve advertisements for you — for a mere 30% of revenues.

Major at-risk stocks: The New York Times Company (NYT), Gannett (GCI)

Source: Investor Place

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The mainstream media’s lies, and the liars behind them

Source: The Horn News

https://thehornnews.com/the-5-biggest-media-liars-2/

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Hillary caught coordinating with CNN to smear Rand Paul

by SM Gibson

Source: Anti-Media

http://theantimedia.org/exposed-hillary ... rand-paul/

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These 6 Corporations Control… Everything

By Michael Snyder

Source: The Economic Collapse Blog

http://www.thetradingreport.com/2016/05 ... verything/

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Profit From TV Stocks and the “Big Five Debate Channels”

by Samuel Taube

Source: Investment U

http://www.investmentu.com/article/deta ... A1FHeB96M8

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The corporate medias gulag of the mind

Source: Daily Crux

http://thecrux.com/the-corporate-medias ... -the-mind/

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Before You Buy Social Media Stocks, Understand This

by Matthew Carr

My three Cs of technology investing: Connectivity, Content and Community.

Facebook owns or accounts for four of the top 10 largest social networking sites.

Not only did Twitter’s fourth quarter revenue of $717 million miss Wall Street expectations... but it posted a sales increase of just 1% year over year.

To compare, Facebook’s fourth quarter revenue of $8.8 billion was up 51% year over year. And its monthly active users increased 17%, more than three times that of Twitter.

Advertising revenue was down for Twitter, falling 7% in the U.S. Meanwhile, advertising revenue for Facebook increased 53%.

Source: The Oxford Club

http://www.investmentu.com/article/deta ... Kov0vl96M8