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Times of London:
Why the future of good news is not free — If we are asking politicians to be honest, it is important we practise what we preach. Nowhere is this more crucial than with journalism on the internet. At present we are in the absurd position of charging people £2 for our newspaper …
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The Sunday Times of London explains its paywall decision — Rupert Murdoch, the world's largest press baron, said some time ago that his operations could no longer continue to provide information freely online. — For years his Wall Street Journal has charged an online subscription fee …
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Guardian
David Carr / New York Times:
The Media Equation: Google's Not Creating Content, Just Protecting It — Should we be surprised that the biggest fight over freedom of expression in years involves Google, a company that produces algorithms rather than articles? — Probably not. — Google executives struck a blow …
Felix Salmon:
Blogonomics: Monetizing readers — At this point, even I'm bored of the Salmon vs Blodget wars. But Henry has decided to grossly misrepresent my views, so it's worth explaining in a bit more detail what I actually think about blog content and how it can and should be turned into money.
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The Independent:
Stephen Glover: This paper now has a chance to break even — The Guardian's coverage of last week's sale of the two Independent titles to Alexander Lebedev was characteristically charitable. By that I mean characteristically uncharitable. The paper highlighted Mr Lebedev's past as a former KGB agent …
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Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Lebedevs Try to Rescue The Independent of Britain — When Alexander Lebedev and his son, Evgeny, took over The Evening Standard of London 14 months ago, the media coverage focused on the father's status as a former K.G.B. agent and Russian oligarch, and on both men's taste in beautiful women.
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Fitz & Jen
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
What Does the Future Hold for Newspapers? — If you've been following the newspaper industry at all over the past year or so, you probably won't be surprised to learn that 2009 was the worst year in decades as far as advertising revenues are concerned. But the sheer scale of the declines over the past few years is staggering.
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Guardian
Joseph Plambeck / New York Times:
What if No One Went to the Office? Inc. Magazine Finds Out — Max Chafkin, a senior writer for Inc. magazine, couched the idea as a sort of joke: for his article on virtual offices, perhaps the entire magazine staff should work remotely while making the issue?
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
The Seven Needs of Real-Time Curators — I keep hearing people throw around the word “curation” at various conferences, most recently at SXSW. The thing is most of the time when I dig into what they are saying they usually have no clue about what curation really is or how it could be applied to the real-time world.
Stuart Kennedy / TheAustralian:
With an app at the ready, The Australian awaits the iPad — STEVE Jobs will be hoping conga lines of customers are snaking through the doors of Apple stores all over the US next Saturday, wanting to be among the first to own an iPad, his latest touch-screen gadget.
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mUmBRELLA
Editor and Publisher:
Guild Ratifies 5-Year-Plus Contract With ‘St. Louis Post-Dispatch’ — CHICAGO St. Louis Newspaper Guild members voted by a better than two-to-one margin this weekend to approve a new contract with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that cuts pay by 6% in the first two and a half years of the five and a half-year agreement.
Editor and Publisher:
‘Chicago Tribune’: Our Parent Co.'s Bankruptcy Typifies Huge Fees These Days — CHICAGO To report on the huge fees that lawyers and other professionals are making from bankruptcies these days, Chicago Tribune reporter Michael Oneal found the perfect example in his own building …
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Romenesko
Richard Wilner / New York Post:
Maria is no longer sweet on ‘Honey’ — CNBC's star personality Maria Bartiromo is so over her “Money Honey” moniker. — The 42-year-old host of the business cable station's “Closing Bell” show, who made off-the-air headlines three years ago when she moved to trademark the “Money Honey” …
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