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Steve Smith / MinOnline:
iPad App Store: Epi, GQ, Time, Nat Geo and Outside Ready at Launch — Now we know which print publications actually made the iPad App launch cut for this weekend's hotly anticipated rollout of the tablet device. The iTunes App Store added scores of iPad apps to its catalog yesterday.
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Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
Time Inc.'s Tablet Push Starts With Time Mag App At $4.99 An Issue — Sports Illustrated has been the Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) tablet poster child for months but Time is first to market with an app. Time for iPhone is free but iPad Time runs $4.99 an issue, same as the newsstand price and available on Fridays.
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David Kaplan / paidContent:
Disney Aims Premium iPhone Apps At Kids, Sports Fans — In addition to the ABC (NYSE: DIS) Player hitting the iPad App Store, its parent Disney has a number of special items for the iPad's release on Saturday. Aimed at affluent, first-adopters with kids, Disney Publishing Worldwide has built …
Howard Owens:
The why and how of a real names policy on comments — If you run a online news site, you should allow users to comment on posts. And if you allow comments, you should require users to register with their real names. — Why? — It starts with basic news ethics: Readers have a right to know who is saying what.
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Felix Gillette / New York Observer:
Inside the CNN Stockroom: Network Recently Shot Pilot Staring MSNBC's Shuster and NPR's Martin — Amid the recent news of CNN's rough first quarter, there's been much speculation about what CNN U.S. chief Jon Klein should do to revitalize the cable news network's line up.
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Google Acquires Online Video Hosting Platform Episodic — Google has acquired Episodic an online video hosting platform, according to a blog post on the startup's site. Google has confirmed the acquisition. We are told that Episodic's technology will be folded into YouTube …
Wall Street Journal:
For Amazon, Arrival of the iPad Opens Door to More e-Book Sales — Electronic books are expected to be a major selling point for Apple Inc.'s iPad, which goes on sale Saturday. But competitors, particularly Amazon.com Inc., could end up as major e-book providers for the new device.
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Marco.org:
One of the problems with pageview billing is that it incentivizes publishers to distract you while reading. — Every time they distract you and get you to click on something else, they make money. — But if you're simply reading their content, they make less.
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Where Have the Network Morning Show Viewers Gone? — The first quarter of 2010 has not been good to ABC's “Good Morning America” and CBS' “The Early Show,” while NBC's leading “Today” show is essentially flat from the first quarter of 2009. — “Good Morning America” with its new anchor team …
Pat Kiernan / Mediaite:
iPad Lacks Flash; iPad Reviews Lack Disclosure — Try going to Hulu.com with an iPhone. Instead of the video you're after, a big black box tells you that “Hulu requires Flash Player.” — Now try Viacom's nickJr site. When I go there with my iPhone I get a big empty white box at the top …
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Apple Screws Top Gadget Blogs: No Early iPad Review Units (AAPL, AOL)
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Maureen O'Connor / Gawker:
NYT Fooled Twice on April Fools' Day — The paper of record fell for two blogs' April Fools' jokes—or rather, they fell for one, and the other went so far over their heads, the Times sent a publicist to quell an “inaccurate” story. — The joke they fell for hook, line …
Eric Spitznagel / Vanity Fair:
CNBC's Erin Burnett Doesn't Think All Rich People Are Evil — Courtesy NBC. Erin Burnett has a face that's made for high-definition. The first time I saw her, she was filling in as a guest anchor on NBC's Today, and the sight of her in HD nearly gave me an aneurysm.
Judith Thurman / The New Yorker Blog:
More Counterfeit Interviews — Yesterday, I posted a followup to my Talk of the Town story in this week's issue about the literary hoaxes perpetrated by Tommaso Debenedetti, a freelance journalist based in Rome who fabricated interviews with Philip Roth and John Grisham.
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Yahoo Banking on Original Content — Again — It's back to the future time at Yahoo, it seems. The Internet portal/media giant has decided to invest in original content again, embarking on a hiring spree that's so far added almost a dozen journalists from both traditional print media outlets …
Dan Trombetto / Folio:
The 2010 FOLIO: 40 — Our annual list of magazine industry influencers and innovators. — Welcome to the 2010 FOLIO: 40, our list of some of the most distinguished magazine and media professionals from every corner of our industry. — Every FOLIO: 40 has its unique themes …
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Leah Betancourt / poynter.org:
Sites Reinvent Classified Ads with Social Media, New Features — As newspapers struggle with shrinking revenue from classified ads, new Web sites are reinventing classifieds by extending their reach with social networks, mobile presence and partnerships with other sites.
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Stan Schroeder / Mashable!:
Marvel Comics Arrive on the iPad — When people talk about content on the iPad, they mostly mention books, video, TV and games. But there are many other niche content types that fit the iPad's 9.7" screen perfectly, and one of the more important ones is comics.
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
NYT Raises E-Edition Rates By 33 Percent But, Hey, First iPad App Free — Subscribers to the New York Times E-Edition, an exact digital replica of the print version, got word today that rates are being hiked to $19.99 a month— a 33.4 percent increase from $14.99.
Harold Pollack / The New Republic:
The Best-Covered News Story, Ever — This week's On the Media laments the low quality of press coverage in health care reform. It's certainly easy to find examples of shoddy journalism and public ignorance to bolster this charge. Every night, one could watch cable TV screamers trafficking …
A. O. Scott / New York Times:
A Critic's Place, Thumb and All — TWO weeks ago I went to Atlanta to give a talk at a conference devoted, in part, to “The Future of Criticism.” The gist of my remarks was that there is one. This was a contrarian, and perhaps also somewhat self-serving, position to take.
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