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Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
The Case Against Links — Links - are they a net negative for readers online? That's the idea being deliberately explored by a number of publishers, says writer Nicholas Carr today. — The iconoclastic author says that he has grown sympathetic to the thinking of Steve Gillmor …
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Nick / Rough Type:
Experiments in delinkification — A few years back, my friend Steve Gillmor, the long-time technology writer and blogger, went on a crusade against the hyperlink. He stopped putting links into his posts and other online writings. I could never quite understand his motivation, and the whole effort struck me as quixotic and silly.
Matea Gold / Los Angeles Times:
This isn't CNN's prime time — Campbell Brown's voluntary exit from the 8 p.m. slot illustrates the news network's struggles as it turns 30. — Campbell Brown says that she and her “colleagues here at CNN are still trying to do journalism.” (CNN / April 22, 2008) — Reporting from New York —
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Lisa Horowitz / The Wrap:
Ted Turner's Little 24-Hour Cable News Network Turns 30 (video) — On June 1, 1980, Ted Turner and his 25-person team launched Cable News Network, a 24-hour channel offering straightforward news on America's cable systems. — Turner, nicknamed “the Mouth of the South,” was his usual reticent self at the launch, declaring:
Wall Street Journal:
Publicis Aims for Digital Growth — After Buying Up Online-Ad Specialists, Publicis CEO Seeks to Make Them Grow — PARIS—Maurice Lévy has poured billions of dollars into making French ad company Publicis Groupe SA a leader in digital advertising.
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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Stanford Graduates Release Pulse, A Must-Have News App For The iPad — Akshay Kothari and Ankit Gupta, two Stanford grads who signed up for the Launch Pad class at the University's Institute of Design (aka d.school), could have hardly chosen a better path to try their hands at startup life.
Kipp Report:
‘This could be very interesting’ — With 36 million users, Guardian.co.uk is one of the giants of the Internet. Mark Finney, the Guardian's head of client sales, tells us what Murdoch's paywalls could mean for it. — Mark Finney, head of client sales at UK publishing house Guardian News and Media …
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Reporters Without Borders:
Israel - Communication severed with flotilla media — Reporters Without Borders urges the Israeli authorities to release a list of the journalists who were arrested during yesterday's raid on the humanitarian flotilla and to say where they are being held. — There were at least 15 foreign …
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Newsosaur / Reflections of a Newsosaur:
Yahoo signals major challenge to newspapers — Yahoo appears to be getting ready to produce local websites filled with original content that could compete with newspapers, posing a particular challenge to the hundreds of publishers who now sell advertising for the powerful portal.
Elihai Vidal / Haaretz:
Is being media savvy and having a camera enough to be a journalist? — At the ‘Democracy and its Challenges’ conference sponsored by the French Embassy in cooperation with Haaretz, journalists express opinions on news in the age of the internet. — Having a laptop and cell phone …
P. J. O'Rourke / Weekly Standard:
Not Dead Yet — Introducing the pre-obituary: a few choice words before you go. — I have an idea for a brand new type of newspaper feature. And gosh do newspapers need one. No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Apple Pulls the Plug on Lala, Replaces It With...Nada — Remember a month ago? When Apple announced that it would shutter Lala and everyone assumed that it was going to replace the streaming music service it bought in December with a streaming music service of its own? — Now Lala's gone.
Steve Busfield / Guardian:
Carla Bevan quits Marie Claire for AOL — The magazine's online editor is moving to become editor-in-chief of AOL's UK content sites — Marie Claire's online editor, Carla Bevan, is to join AOL as editor-in-chief of its UK content sites. — Bevan will run AOL's family of lifestyle sites such as Eleven …
Hollywood Reporter:
Kim Masters joins The Hollywood Reporter — Veteran journalist named editor-at-large — Kim Masters has been named editor-at-large for The Hollywood Reporter. The hire was unveiled today by Janice Min, editorial director of the 80-year-old brand, which is owned by e5 Global Media.
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