Digg, which has been in tumult since the departure of long-time CEO Jay Adelson in April, is turning to an Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) executive to turn it around. The news aggregator has hired Matt Williams, the general manager of consumer payments at the e-commerce company, as its CEO. Williams has…

We’re not tracking every site that adds log ins using Facebook or Twitter but when the site is a few months away from putting up a paywall—and it’s one of the top news sites— it’s worth a little attention. New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) execs have insisted for months…

BreakingNewsOnline is discontinuing its iPhone app as it looks to concentrate more on B2B services, the company announced. The iPhone app was launched over a year ago as an adjunct to its “@BreakingNews” Twitter account that BNO News managed until December 2009, when it handed over management to MSNBC.

Young adults are the heaviest social media users but older adults are fueling the growth. Wired adults 50 and older nearly doubled use of social networking in the past year, according to the latest Pew Internet & American Life report, something I’ve seen anecdotally as my friends and family members…

Over the last year, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has talked repeatedly about the importance of both local content and local advertising. But, while the company has announced local ad partnerships with Gannett (NYSE: GCI) and direct marketer Valassis, it’s been mostly quiet about bringing new local content to its sites. That…

After nine years with the company, AOL (NYSE: AOL) content exec Marty Moe is getting ready to leave the company, AllThingsD reports, citing unidentified sources. PaidContent has confirmed with sources that the report is correct. Neither Moe nor AOL PR has responded to queries so far. (AOL later said it…

Greg Clayman is leaving his post as MTV’s EVP, digital distribution & business development, and is jumping to News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). to manage its tablet-based news organization, MediaMemo reports. Other the past month, News Corp. has been working on creating a dedicated news unit that would provide content specifically…

Though still without a chief digital officer since May, Gannett (NYSE: GCI) is continuing to broaden its online strategy. The McLean, Va. company is bringing its HighSchoolSports.net to its Gannett Digital Network and will create 100 hyperlocal sites that will be co-branded with its community papers. Gannett hopes to reach…

Patch, which has already established itself as the biggest network of neighborhood blogs in the country since being acquired by AOL last summer, plans to accelerate its growth dramatically. Patch President Warren Webster tells us the company will add a staggering 400 hyperlocal sites over the next six months, bringing…

As expected, the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) Co.-owned Worcester Telegram & Gazette has begun to charge non-print subscribers for access some content on its site. The newspaper says that visitors will now only be able to access 10 Telegram & Gazette produced articles each month before being asked to…

PayPal is set to launch a new product specifically designed to facilitate micropayments—a move that could set it up as a more attractive option for publications looking to charge for content online. PayPal President Scott Thompson tells the Associated Press that the new product will likely launch by the end…

Jeff Moriarty is leaving the NYTCo’s About Group after little more than a year to take on the new role of VP, digital content development at the Boston Globe. His first priority at the NYTCo-owned paper will be to reshaping its digital strategies, with a particular emphasis on mobile. There…

Softbank CEO Mike Perlis has agreed to serve as chairman of Spanfeller Media Group as the online content startup prepares to launch its first site, a food vertical early next month. The site’s name and editorial director have been chosen, but the company, which was started by former Forbes.com CEO…

Robert Allbritton may only want zip codes, as he told paidContent in an interview, but the staff at newly launched TBD.com wants a lot more… In order to get personalization, users are required to provide full names, zip code, year of birth and even gender. (They also need to provide…

Freelance aggregator Demand Media (DM) has filed for an IPO, according to an SEC filing late Friday afternoon. The company lists a “maximum offering price” of stock up to $125 million without saying how much of a stake is actually up for sale. The S-1 filing is also missing some…

After nearly a year, Allbritton Communications’ “Politico for local news” site, TBD.com, is ready to fully launch in the next few days. In a conference call, executives discussed the creation of a blogger network, where TBD has already linked up 127 local blogs. Robert Allbritton also spoke with our own…

Just over half-a-year since they left Advertising Age, Jonah Bloom and Matt Creamer have left their posts at B2B blog network Breaking Media, ClickZ reported. In December, Bloom resigned as AdAge’s executive editor to become CEO and editor-in-chief of BM, while Matt Creamer quit as senior editor to join him…

A large part of success is making the right connections early on. That lesson isn’t lost on the start-up Capital New York, a literary and cultural online-only news mag that is solely focused on the Big *Apple*. Just two months into its beta launch and still fairly unknown outside of…

After less than two months on the block, Forbes Media has sold financial education site Investopedia to lead gen provider ValueClick (NSDQ: VCLK) for $42 million. In June, Forbes retained the Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. three years after it bought the Canadian site.