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Scott Karp / Publishing 2.0:
The Content Graph and the Future of Brands — Yesterday, two stories from Aol's DailyFinance appeared in the Sunday print edition of the Daily Telegram, a newspaper in southern Michigan. These stories appeared on a business page that would otherwise have been produced almost entirely with stories from the Associated Press.
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Matt Heist / paidContent:
What Yahoo Needs To Do With Associated Content — Matt Heist is CEO of High Gear Media, a vertical publishing company that focuses on automotive content from professional writers and enthusiasts. Prior to joining High Gear Media, Heist worked at Sidestep.com, and before that, at Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO).
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Apple's impact: What Steve Jobs' WWDC announcements mean for the news industry's mobile strategy — Apple CEO Steve Jobs just stepped off the stage in San Francisco at this year's Worldwide Developer Conference. His announcements focused squarely on the new iPhone 4, about which you'll find …
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Vladislav Savov / Engadget:
iPad corners 22 percent of ebook market, iBooks gets iPhone version and PDF reader
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Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
CNN Close to Dropping AP — CNN is close to dropping its subscription to the Associated Press, people familiar with the decision tell TVNewser. — A CNN spokesperson said that no decision has been made. — The move, if it happens, will mean that CNN no longer subscribes to either of the major wire services.
Steve Krakauer / Mediaite:
Breaking: Helen Thomas Retires, Effective Immediately (Video) — While it may not be totally unexpected, the story appears to have developed extremely quickly. — Hearst Corporation has announced Helen Thomas will be retiring, effective immediately. — Here's the full announcement from Hearst:
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Helen Thomas Dropped By Speaking Agency, Under Fire For Remarks On Middle East
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AdAge:
Does Who Creates Content Matter to Marketers in a ‘Pro-Am’ Media World? — Examiner Has 7.4 Million Readers, Local Ads and News — but Few Traditional Journalists — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — If you're trolling the web and hit upon an Examiner.com story, you might think you're reading the San Francisco Examiner.
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U.S. Intelligence Analyst Arrested in Wikileaks Video Probe — Federal officials have arrested an Army intelligence analyst who boasted of giving classified U.S. combat video and hundreds of thousands of classified State Department records to whistleblower site Wikileaks, Wired.com has learned.
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FishbowlNY, The Atlantic Online, Washington Post, The Lede, CJR, NY Daily News, Hillicon Valley, The New Yorker Blog, The Daily Dish, The First Post, msnbc.com and Gawker
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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
NBC News Hires Newsweek's Michael Isikoff — NBC News has hired Michael Isikoff away from Newsweek at a time when the newsweekly magazine is up for sale. — Mr. Isikoff will become the national investigative correspondent for NBC, a position similar to the one he has held at Newsweek since 1994, the network said.
Joseph Plambeck / New York Times:
SB Nation Expands for Fans, by Fans Sports Sites — Last Thursday, Kobe Bryant tallied 30 points in Game 1 of the N.B.A. Finals. That night, Silver Screen and Roll, a blog dedicated to the Los Angeles Lakers, racked up more than 3,500 comments. — The popular site is just one of more …
Matthew Flamm / Crain's New York Business:
Wired's iPad liftoff — Tech title sells 73,000 copies in nine days on Apple tablet; wave of future? — Two months after the iPad's much anticipated April 3 debut, one thing is clear about the impact of Apple's tablet computer on the magazine industry: It has been very good for Wired.
Jack Marshall / ClickZ:
Facebook Grows Video Presence — As traffic to Facebook continues to grow, the social network is beginning to emerge as an important stakeholder in the online video space. According to online measurement firm comScore, the number of users viewing video on the site has been growing consistently …
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Nat Ives / AdAge:
Wall Street Journal Expands Again With New Weekly Section — Former Domino Magazine Editor Consulting on New Leisure and Lifestyle Section — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The Wall Street Journal is expanding again, this time with an additional weekly section of leisure and lifestyle content …
Gavin O'Malley / MediaPost:
Tremor Bows Interactive Pre-Rolls — Video ad network Tremor Media on Monday is expected to announce a strategic partnership with Innovid to embed interactive elements into pre-roll video ads across Tremor's publisher network. — The joint product offering will be marketed under the name vChoice iRoll …
David Kaplan / paidContent:
Esquire Hits 100,000 iPhone App Downloads—But Don't Talk About Sales Yet — It took just six months, but Esquire magazine's iPhone app has crossed a big threshold: it's gotten 100,000 downloads of in Apple's iTunes Store. But that's only for the free “shell” that serves as a storefront to buy individual issues or subscriptions.
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FishbowlNY
Newsosaur / Reflections of a Newsosaur:
Journalists running start-ups face tall odds — Fed up with furloughs and down-sizing - or forced involuntarily out of their jobs - journalists across the land are taking matters into their own hands by starting their own news sites. — While I applaud these brave and commendable efforts …
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Romenesko
Jason Fry / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Maximizing the values of the link: Credibility, readability, connectivity — The humble, ubiquitous link found itself at the center of a firestorm last week, with the spark provided by Nicholas Carr, who wrote about hyperlinks as one element (among many) he thinks contribute to distracted, hurried thinking online.
Marc Reeves:
Speaking truth to power: my speech to the CBI — On Thursday this week (June 10), I've been invited to speak at the Senior Executive Lunch of the West Midlands CBI. I've been asked to talk about “Tomorrow's news today - changes to regional media and what the future holds for news journalism.”
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