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A recent study from the Pew Research Center shows that Facebook has become a critical traffic source for online news. While Google, the Drudge Report and Yahoo remain the top referrers, Facebook now drives up to 8 percent of traffic to top news sites. The same study shows that Twitter is terrible at driving traffic. In other news, Conde Naste announced that digital versions of its popular publications would be available for the iPad. Starting with The New Yorker, users can subscribe for $5.99 a month or $59.99 for the year. Vanity Fair, Wired and GQ are among the publications being offered in the coming weeks. And finally, the National Endowment for the Arts announced that videogames would be considered art and can now receive funding. The Arts on Radio and Television category has been changed to The Arts in Media, and now includes webisodes and interactive games.
About Shelly Palmer
Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with AI strategy, implementation and governance, as well as technology, media and marketing. Named one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices in Technology, he is a bestselling author, covers tech and business for Fox 5’s Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN, and writes the popular daily business blog Think About This. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.