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Edible Apple:
Gizmodo paid $10,000 for “lost” iPhone 4G — The Internet is abuzz today with Gizmodo's hands on preview of what appears to be Apple's next-gen iPhone. In case you missed the build-up to the story, someone found a cased iPhone on the floor of a bar in Redwood City.
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Choire / The Awl:
How Much Gizmodo Paid for the Next iPhone: $5K Plus Bonus — Engadget said that the “finder” (who some are referring to as a “stealer") was charging to see the “lost” new iPhone—pictures of which were published on Gizmodo this morning. Tech blogger John Gruber said the phone was a …
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Ken Auletta / New Yorker:
Will the iPad topple the Kindle? — On the morning of January 27th—an aeon ago, in tech time—Steve Jobs was to appear at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, in downtown San Francisco, to unveil Apple's new device, the iPad. Although speculation about the device had been intense …
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Steven Levy / Wired:
Steven Levy on Typos in the Kindle Age
Nat Ives / AdAge:
WSJ Plans to Pull No Punches in Turf War With New York Times — But Readership Numbers, Ad Dollars Suggest Fight for Crown Will Be Uphill Battle — Sources and notes: Circulation figures are according to Audit Bureau of Circulations audit reports covering 12 months ended Sept. 27, 2009.
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Wall Street Journal:
Is Internet Civility an Oxymoron? — Unmoderated, anonymous comments on Web sites create more noise than wisdom. — For those of us tempted to hope that new technology might improve human nature, the Web has proved a disappointment. The latest online reality: comment sections so uncivilized …
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John Temple / TEMPLE TALK:
Wall Street Journal column incorrect about Peer News in column …
Wall Street Journal column incorrect about Peer News in column …
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New York Times:
The F.C.C. and the Internet — With the Internet fast becoming the most important communications channel, it is untenable for the United States not to have a regulator to ensure nondiscriminatory access, guarantee interconnectivity among rival networks and protect consumers from potential abuse.
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Noam Cohen / New York Times:
Link by Link: What Would Ellsberg Do With Pentagon Papers Today?
Link by Link: What Would Ellsberg Do With Pentagon Papers Today?
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Jim Romenesko / Romenesko:
Finalists in media reporting competition announced — Finalists announced in fourth annual Mirror Awards competition — Twenty-six finalists in seven categories have been named in the fourth annual Mirror Awards competition for excellence in media industry reporting.
David Kaplan / paidContent:
AOL's Self-Serve ‘Ad Desk’ To Be Focal Point For Display Efforts — Two months after dropping hints about a new ad platform, AOL (NYSE: AOL) is now opening up beta testing for Advertising.com's “Ad Desk,” a self-serve display sales option aimed at agencies and marketers.
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Richard Wray / Guardian:
Media consumption on the increase — Survey finds increase in number of hours public spends watching TV, playing video games and using the internet — People are watching more television, reading more news, playing more video games, spending more time updating their social networking profiles …
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Doree Shafrir / New York Magazine:
Tweet Tweet Boom Boom — A new generation of tech entrepreneurs in the city is trying to overthrow old media and build a better New York—with the help of their iPhones. Are they dreaming? Definitely. But in a good way. — On any given day in New York City, there are usually close to a dozen …
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Jay Yarow / The Wire:
Bloomberg Redesigns Website As It Tries To Kill The Journal — Say good-bye to the black and amber look of Bloomberg.com. — The financial news and data company completely redesigned the site, scrapping its black background for a traditional black text on a white screen look.
Jeff Bercovici / DailyFinance:
Did ‘Wall Street Journal’ Editor Fudge His Role in Sulzberger Photo Prank? — Rupert Murdoch's minions may have thought they were engaging in a bit of harmless fun when they used the face of Arthur Sulzberger Jr., publisher of The New York Times, in a photo illustration for a story …
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Bill Carter / New York Times:
For TBS and O'Brien, a Match Driven by Demographics — How did a channel like TBS — a cable channel without the prestige or marketing power of a broadcast outlet — manage to land Conan O'Brien's show? — Money and promises? No doubt. In the deal he made to move his late-night show to TBS …
Alexandra Fenwick / CJR:
Robot Journalism and the Future of Digital Media — More on Columbia's new dual degree in journalism and computer science — Starting in 2011, Columbia University will be offering a new combined degree between the journalism school and engineering school, which will aim to blaze a trail …
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The Independent:
Stephen Glover: The future of the free press will rest on Murdoch making us pay — In a way, one can't blame Gordon Brown for saying that paywalls won't work. — In fact, to be precise, he seemed to be saying that they shouldn't work. In an interview last week with the Radio Times …
Stephanie Clifford / New York Times:
People StyleWatch Gains as It Blurs Ad Lines — It may be a dreary time in the magazine business, but you wouldn't know it inside the offices of People StyleWatch, a bright spot in the industry. Here, on the 29th floor of the Time & Life building, it is girlie heaven …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
ProPublica's nonprofit's news gathering pays off for partners — Sheri Fink had a medical degree, a doctorate and a nose for news, along with a tendency to rush off to disaster zones from Kosovo to Iraq. What she didn't have was a steady paycheck to support her journalism.
Miguel Helft / New York Times:
Facebook Seeps Onto Other Web Sites — SAN FRANCISCO — With about half of Facebook's 400 million users checking in daily, the social networking company has established itself as one of the Web's most popular destinations. — Now Facebook is intensifying its efforts to expand its empire beyond …
Dominic Jones / IR Web Report:
Reuters' conflicted reporting on Google's earnings release practices — REUTERS, the news division of information services giant Thomson Reuters, has published an ill-informed, inaccurate and one-sided article about Google Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) announcement that it will use its website rather …
Steve Myers / Poynter Online:
4 Questions for Nicholas Kristof about Technology and the Developing World — New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has feet in both the First and Third worlds. He's observed and written about poverty, crises and humans rights abuses around the world.