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Stephanie Clifford / New York Times:
Newsweek on Block as Era of the Newsweekly Fades — The Washington Post Company announced Wednesday it would try to sell Newsweek magazine, raising questions about the future of the iconic newsweekly — and whether a fragmented nation still looked to mass magazines to define the weekly conversation.
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Joe Pompeo / Silicon Alley Insider:
Newsweek's Jon Meacham On ‘The Daily Show’: It's Time To Flip The Switch From Print To Digital — On Wednesday night's episode of “The Daily Show,” Newsweek editor in chief Jon Meacham laid out what you'd think should be a no-brainer strategy for any news organization toggling between the print and digital worlds.
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Chris Rovzar / New York Magazine:
Can Jon Meacham Save Newsweek Now?
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Ian Shapira / Story Lab:
Should journalists out each other's sources? — On Wednesday morning, I read a piece on the Politico web site speculating about the identity of confidential sources who helped me break a story about negotiations to sell The Washington Times. Initially, the Politico headline …
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Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
Simon & Schuster's Digital Publishing Revenue Up Sharply — Today's standout standout but still small digital number from earnings reports: CBS (NYSE: CBS) Publishing aka Simon & Schuster reports a roughly 233 percent increase in digital publishing revenue for Q1, to $12 million from $3.6 million.
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Syoung / Berkman Center:
NEW HAMPSHIRE SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS FREE SPEECH RIGHTS FOR ONLINE NEWS SITES — The New Hampshire Supreme Court today issued an important decision upholding the First Amendment rights of online publishers. Harvard Law School's Cyberlaw Clinic submitted an amicus curiae brief last June …
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David Kaplan / paidContent:
Playboy Plans Free, Safe-For-Work Site — Playboy (NYSE: PLA) is planning a mix of new sites that it hopes will appeal to a variety of readers and advertisers, company execs said during its Q1 earnings call. In addition to expanding its mobile presence, Playboy is working on a “free …
Andrew Romano / Newsweek Blogs:
Why the Media Ignored the Nashville Flood — As you may have heard, torrential downpours in the southeast flooded the Tennessee capital of Nashville over the weekend, lifting the Cumberland River 13 feet above flood stage, causing an estimated $1 billion in damage, and killing more than 30 people.
Ryan Lawler / NewTeeVee:
Broadcasters See Big Boost In Web Video Viewership — Online video viewers are tuning in to more broadcast content, driving increases in the number of views and the amount of time spent watching traditional TV fare through the web, according to new data from Brightcove and TubeMogul.
Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
Yahoo Launches New Ad Blitz — Campaign Promoting Site as One-Stop Web Destination Makes a Jab at Google — On the heels of a disappointing ad campaign, Yahoo is hoping to increase traffic to its home page and win back share in the Internet-search market with a new ad blitz that takes a shot at larger rival Google.
Andy Alexander / Ombudsman Blog:
Hoax suspected in Obama-Malcolm X photo mix-up — The Post took a beating in the blogosphere last week for running an online photo of Malcolm X over a caption for President Obama. Predictably, it prompted a flurry of Can't-Tell-the-Leader-of-the-Free- World ridicule.
Gerry Storch / Forbes:
All The News That's Fit To Buy — Why papers should charge for online content. — The advent of the iPad means two things for medialand. It means failing newspapers can save themselves if they have the guts to do so, and it means the sudden and well-deserved demise of the once-dominant …
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Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
Cablevision's Cable Ad Revs Up 35 Percent, Newsday Down But Losses Narrow — Post-MSG Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) turned in another strong quarter, defining why analyst Craig Moffet calls it a “cash machine. Profit for Q1 more than tripled to $74.1 million, with a 5 percent increase in revenue …
Dina Temple-Raston / NPR:
How Media Coverage Crimped The Times Square Case — The virtually wall-to-wall coverage of the Times Square bombing investigation was a problem for investigators trying to solve the case. — It all began at dinnertime last Saturday night when a suspect drove an SUV rigged with a homemade bomb …
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Twitter Media:
Breaking news with the @statesman — This case study, which traces the Austin Stateman's use of Twitter to cover the plane crash in Austin last February, is the best practical exploration of breaking news on Twitter that I've yet seen. The post, by Steve Buttry, is detailed and accessible …
Marisa Guthrie / Broadcasting & Cable:
Upfronts 2010: A&E Plans Unscripted Projects With Danza, Hasselhoff and Saget — Coming off record ratings quarter, new originals to compliment 12 renewed series — A&E unveiled 2010-11 programming slate heavy on original non-scripted series including an Intervention spin-off …
Carol Fisher / Media Week:
I-level placed into administration — LONDON - I-level, the digital media agency led by co-founder Andrew Walmsley and group chief executive Stephen Rust, has fallen into administration today. — Walmsley: co-founded i-Level in 1999 — The 10-year-old agency lost the Government's multi …
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