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Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
Twitter Unveils Plans to Draw Money From Ads — Twitter will unveil on Tuesday a much-anticipated plan for making money from advertising, finally answering the question of how the company expects to turn its exponential growth into revenue. — The advertising program …
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Biz / Twitter Blog:
Hello World — Although our services extend beyond the Web, Twitter ranks as one of the most popular sites on the Internet. Over the years, we've resisted introducing a traditional Web advertising model because we wanted to optimize for value before profit.
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David Kaplan / paidContent:
Twitter's Costolo: Promoted Tweets And The Importance Of ‘Resonance’ — With Twitter's big announcement of how it plans to make money with Promoted Tweets out of the way, the micro-blogging service's COO Dick Costolo took the stage at the Ad Age Digital Conference to sell the idea.
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Twitter to Rival Ad Players: Tread Carefully — Twitter has started showing ads to its users. But it's not the only one doing that — there are a host of startups trying to insert ads into the Twitter stream, and more on the way. — So here's a question: Will Twitter force publishers …
Michael Learmonth / AdAge:
Twitter Has a Business Model: ‘Promoted Tweets’
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Stuart Elliott / Media Decoder:
CNN Fights Back With ‘Objectivity’ Arguments — In a presentation to advertisers and agencies on Tuesday morning, executives of CNN indicated how they plan to counter the growing ratings of — and buzz about — the rival Fox News Channel: play up their channel's identity as an objective source of news.
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Tough love: Gawker finds making it harder for comments to be seen leads to more (and better) comments — That chart is, for news organizations seeking to tame their commenters, perhaps the best evidence yet that adding a few obstacles for those seeking the leave their mark on a web page can actually lead to more comments.
Paul Krugman:
Andrew Ross Sorkin Owes Several People an Apology … I certainly never said anything like that, and I don't think Nouriel did either. First of all, I never called for “nationalizing the entire banking system” — I wanted the government to take temporary full ownership of a few weak banks …
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Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
YouTube CEO Chad Hurley Defends Net Neutrality — In an exclusive interview with TheWrap, YouTube CEO and co-founder Chad Hurley defended the need for net neutrality as a means for preserving the democratization of video on the internet. — “The telecom industry pretends like it's not getting paid …
Felix Salmon:
Questions answered on business blogging — I got an email this morning from a journalism student with a few questions; I thought if I was answering them I might as well do so on the blog, for anybody else interested. — 1) How and why were business bloggers able to gain so much respect …
Mark S. Luckie / 10,000 Words:
Online and multimedia storytelling from the 2010 Pulitzer Prize winners — In today's digital media environment, it's not enough to produce a lengthy print piece — you've got to have some sort of web element that adds to and enhances it. The following Pulitzer Prize-winning stories show …
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Tricia Duryee / paidContent:
A Dozen National Broadcasters Align To Create One Mobile TV Network — After working together for years through a trade association, a dozen broadcasters are now forming a financially-backed joint venture to develop a national mobile service, including live and on-demand video …
Nat Ives / AdAge:
Alpha Media Names Joseph Mangione Its Latest CEO — Maxim Publisher, Alpha's Fifth CEO Since 2007, Plans Growth in Marketing, Promotions and Events — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Maxim publisher Alpha Media named Joeseph Mangione its latest CEO today, making him the fifth person to hold …
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
Do Journalists ‘Grieve’ the Decline of Journalism? — Spinning off a speech by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumpka at Harvard about why working people are angry, Ezra Klein makes this point comparing the reaction to job losses in manufacturing to job losses in journalism: … Grief from whom?
Damon Kiesow / Poynter Online:
WSJ.com emerging tech editor: iPad app ‘gives me hope’ — As one of the two major newspapers known to have early access to an iPad for app development, The Wall Street Journal drew more than its fair share of gossip and speculation over the past month. Since launch, the app has drawn rave reviews …
Alissa Krinsky / TVNewser:
Ted Koppel On the State of the News Industry: 'I Think It's a Disaster' — On BBC World News America last night, contributing analyst Ted Koppel had a few choice words about the state of the news industry these days. — In response to a question from anchor Katty Kay about a new Pew Research survey …
Dan Martin / Guardian:
Songwriters slam Spotify royalties — A songwriters' association has criticised the Spotify streaming service over ‘tiny’ payments to musicians — An association of songwriters has hit out at Spotify, casting fresh doubt on the streaming service's capacity to generate income for musicians.
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Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:
Bantam Dell Merged with Ballantine, Taublib Departs — At one time Bantam, Dell, and Ballantine were the major players in mass market paperback, and now those imprints are being united into one division under the Random House Publishing Group. The Ballantine Bantam Dell unit will be overseen …
Adrian Chen / Gawker:
Stephen Colbert Grills Wikileaks Founder on Helicopter Video — Tonight on the Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert interviewed Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. We were wondering how Colbert would handle a subject as serious as a video showing 12 people being killed. Well, he handled it pretty seriously.
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Can explainers be the basis for a revenue stream? Voice of San Diego's Scott Lewis thinks so — You may have seen Megan's post a couple weeks ago about how lauded news nonprofit Voice of San Diego is trying to hire an “engagement editor” to help push its stories into social media and public consciousness.
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Kristen Schweizer / Bloomberg:
YouTube to Air Elle, Women's Day Clips to Gain Ads — Google Inc's YouTube will air branded video clips from Elle, Car and Driver and Digital Spy under a deal with French publisher Lagardere SA to gain more users and boost revenue from premium content. — Under the three-year revenue-sharing contract …
Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing:
South Park's 200th, litigious celebs and Mohammed: Matt Stone and Trey Parker (BB Video) — Watch on YouTube. or Download MP4 — In this Boing Boing Video exclusive, South Park co-creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker speak with Boing Boing's Xeni Jardin on the eve of the 200th episode of the hit Comedy Central series.
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Cuomo Runs P.R. Machine Behind the Curtain — ALBANY — Press conferences called by Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo have a “Wizard of Oz” feel: They are routinely done by conference call, with Mr. Cuomo remaining invisible, a booming authoritative voice sticking carefully to his chosen subject.
Elizabeth Jensen / TVWeek.com:
In Depth — It's time again to name NewsPro's 10 Most Powerful in TV News. This year there's an unseen puppeteer pulling the strings behind the scenes. Call him (or her) Moneybags. Or Wall-E Street. Or Quarterly Profit Mistress. By any name, the economy rightfully belongs at the top …
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