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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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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
On a Dramatic Afternoon for Dow, A Scramble to Cover the Story — Cable news anchors and financial Web sites struggled to keep up as the Dow fell nearly 1,000 points and then mostly rebounded in a matter of minutes Thursday afternoon. — As my colleague David Carr put it just now …
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Joe Weisenthal / The Wire:
THE MOST EXCITING MOMENT IN CNBC HISTORY: Jim Cramer Saves The Market — If you missed it, here's the instant-classic video of Erin Burnett and Jim Cramer going nuts together as the Dow collapsed and then rebounds — And don't miss: Jim Cramer's 10 greatest moments > — Join the conversation about this story »
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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Alexei Oreskovic / MediaFile:
Actually, Yahoo is not spending another $85 million on ads — The news that Yahoo is spending $75 million to $85 million on an ad blitz has provoked a wave of disparagement in the blogosphere, with many critics slamming Yahoo for throwing more money away on an ineffective marketing strategy.
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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.
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.
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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David Kaplan / paidContent:
Updated: 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 …
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 …
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 …
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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Zeke Turner / New York Observer:
Newsweek's Tumblr Guy Not Afraid to Punch Back at Crtitics … Earlier this afternoon, Slate's Big Money (owned by WashingtonPost.Newsweek Interactive Co. LLC, by the way) posted a column titled “It's Not the Economist, Stupid: Newsweek has lost its role globally and its voice locally.”
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.
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