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Wall Street Journal:
AOL Shifts Emphasis, Bit by Bit — AOL Inc. went on a shopping binge Tuesday, announcing three acquisitions, as it tries to redefine itself as a hub for Internet videos and articles on various trendy topics. — Back when it was called America Online, AOL was the first introduction to the Internet for many Americans.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Why We Sold TechCrunch To AOL, And Where We Go From Here
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Jim Romenesko / Romenesko:
WSJ memo touts ad, circulation revenue gains — From: Krafinski, Marianne On Behalf Of Hinton, Les — Subject: FW: to be sent from Les's inbox - HOLD FOR MY CALL — This Saturday we launched WSJ Weekend to positive reviews and great enthusiasm from a broad set of readers and advertisers.
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MediaFile, Gawker, paidContent and WebNewser
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Being Glenn Beck — Glenn Beck was sprawled out on his office couch a couple of weeks ago, taking — as self-helpers like to say — an inventory. “I think what the country is going through right now is, in a way, what I went through with my alcoholism,” he told me. “You can either live or die.
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Mediaite, BAGnewsNotes, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, Think Progress, TVNewser, Inside Cable News, The Huffington Post, Strupp, Ben Smith's Blog and The Wire
CNN:
Fake pimp from ACORN videos tries to ‘punk’ CNN correspondent — Editor's note: CNN takes an unprecedented look inside the young conservative activist movement in the documentary “Right On The Edge,” which airs Oct. 2 and 3 at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. EST. — Lusby, Maryland (CNN) …
Frederic Lardinois / ReadWriteWeb:
The Short Lifespan of a Tweet: Retweets Only Happen Within the First Hour — For some, Twitter is a social network and for others it is just a broadcast medium. Judging from the latest data from social media analytics and monitoring service Sysomos, for the majority of users, Twitter is indeed mostly a broadcast medium.
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Mashable! and broadstuff, more at Techmeme »
Lymari Morales / Gallup:
Distrust in U.S. Media Edges Up to Record High — Perceptions of liberal bias still far outnumber perceptions of conservative bias — WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the fourth straight year, the majority of Americans say they have little or no trust in the mass media to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly.
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The Atlantic Online, Top of the Ticket, Top Digital Journal News and BrauBlog
Jim Romenesko / Romenesko:
Boston.com's Beard named National Journal Group online editor — David Beard Joins National Journal Group as Deputy Editor-in-Chief and Online Editor — Washington, D.C. (September 29, 2010) — National Journal Group announced today that online news specialist David Beard is joining …
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Nieman Journalism Lab and The Wrap
Joe Pompeo / Silicon Alley Insider:
Mediaite's Dan Abrams: “I'm Doing This Because We're Making A Profit” — Abrams Media, which publishes Mediaite and a handful of other news aggregation websites, will launch three additional sites and turn a profit at the beginning of next year, said the company's founder, Dan Abrams …
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AT Internet Institute:
News websites: Facebook ahead of Twitter in terms of traffic source — Social networks are at the heart of breaking news, playing an increasingly essential role in this field. What level of traffic do social networks such as Facebook and Twitter generate for websites?
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paidContent, eMedia Vitals and Shaping the Future …
Ben Kuchera / Ars Technica:
Scared to open the package: adventures in game writer bribery — One of the best perks of my job is the ability to play games before they come out, and of course I get copies sent to my door. It's not a bad deal. Most of the time the games come in nondescript boxes containing nothing more than the game …
Robinsloan / Twitter Blog:
Tweets in your media, media in your Tweets — On a sunny September Sunday inside a non-descript trailer in downtown Los Angeles, media evolved. — There—in the shadow of the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, next to an outdoor stage where Justin Bieber would soon perform …
David Kaplan / paidContent:
Pandora's Ad Network Jumps From PC, Phone To TV, BluRay Players — After launching its own ad platform for the iPad this past summer, streaming radio player Pandora is making its ad system more at home. Later this morning, the company will announce that it's expanding its audio ad network …
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Melissa Maerz / Show Tracker:
An FCC complaint takes aim at TV news ‘experts’ paid to promote products — Earlier today, the nonprofit watchdog group Free Press filed a complaint with Federal Communications Commission based on Los Angeles Times columnist James Rainey's complaints about hidden advertising embedded in newscasts.
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Save the News Blog
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Margaret Atwood on Twitter-as-performance, and why you should keep your Kindle in a lead-lined box — Continuing our impromptu series Literary Figures Talk About Twitter: The terrific Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood did an interview with Big Think about (among other things) her usage of and thoughts about Twitter.
Foster Kamer / Runnin' Scared:
New York Post, Rupert Murdoch Media Empire Fooled by the Old “UN Ambassador to Aliens” Hoax — If you're anything like the many New Yorkers who pick up the New York Post on Sunday mornings, you might have noticed a pretty fun story in those first few pages: in the event we're ever contacted …
Don Jeffrey / Bloomberg:
Disney, CBS, Fox Sue Online Subscription Service Ivi for Streaming Shows — Walt Disney Co.'s ABC, CBS Corp. and other broadcasters sued Ivi, an online subscription service, for streaming television programs over the Web without authorization. — The companies, also including News Corp.'s Fox …
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MediaPost, PC World, NewTeeVee, Mashable!, Online Video News, Fast Company and VentureBeat, more at Techmeme »
Nicholas Carlson / The Wire:
Ex-AOL Media Boss Bill Wilson Takes On $144.9 Billion Local Ad Market As Chief Digital Officer At Townsquare — Bill Wilson, the former AOL EVP who stared formulating that company's turnaround as a twenty-first century Time Inc. even before Tim Armstrong joined, has a new gig: He'll be EVP and chief digital officer at Townsquare Media.
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paidContent and WebNewser
The Official Google Blog:
What does the future of display advertising look like? — This afternoon, we gave a keynote address at the Interactive Advertising Bureau's MIXX Conference in New York, entitled “Display 2015: Smart and Sexy.” — As you know by now, we're investing significantly to make display advertising better …
Jill Ambroz / Folio:
Putting the ‘Ad’ in iPad — What formats drive the best results? — Some have referred to the current marketplace as the ‘golden age’ of online advertising, with the advent of 3G technology and the iPad craze. But the publishing industry seems to be missing out on at least part of what could be a $50 billion ad spend.
Michelle Kessler / USA Today:
Ongo gets $12 million in financing — Silicon Valley start-up Ongo has announced an initial $12 million round of financing from USA TODAY parent Gannett, The New York Times Co. and The Washington Post Co. Ongo, founded by former eBay veteran Alex Kazim, plans to launch a consumer service …
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paidContent and Mashable!
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Russell Adams / Digits:
New York Times Backs News-Aggregation Software Company
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Associated Press, Romenesko, Washington Post, Lost Remote and New York Observer
Rob O'Regan / eMedia Vitals:
Consumer Reports, Sporting News tinker with paid content models — Reactions: — Publishers continue to experiment with paid content models - even paywall pioneer Consumer Reports, which has been charging for online content since 1997. — Consumer Reports, which has 3.3 million paid online subscribers …
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