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Subtraction.com:
My iPad Magazine Stand — Because I recently left a job at one of the most prominent publications in the world, people often ask me about my opinions on the cavalcade of publications rushing to the iPad — those apps designed and developed by newspapers and magazines principally to deliver …
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AdPulp, Charles Apple, Brooks in Beta, Poynter Online, Grids and Media Buyer Planner
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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Magazine Apps for the iPad: “Bloated and Unfriendly”
Magazine Apps for the iPad: “Bloated and Unfriendly”
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Subtraction.com
Dan Frommer / The Wire:
AOL News Has A New Boss: Ex-ABC News Exec Jon Dube — AOL has hired Jon Dube as its new GM of news, according to a tweet from Saul Hansell, the former New York Times reporter who now works as programming director of AOL's Seed.com efforts. — Dube was previously vice president of ABCNews.com.
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AOL Corp, FishbowlNY, New York Observer and Lost Remote
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Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
Updated: Ex-ABCNews.com Head Dube Joins AOL As SVP-GM AOL News & Info — AOL (NYSE: AOL) media chief David Eun said he was serious about AOL's journalism. Following a spate of editorial departures, Eun — Update: Dube is on a train to DC for the Online News Association's conference …
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MediaFile
Bill Carter / Vanity Fair:
The Unsocial Network — Plunging ratings. Tense negotiations. A bewildered, increasingly outraged Conan O'Brien and an anxiously pragmatic Jay Leno. In this excerpt from his new book, the author unfurls the behind-the-scenes story of late night's explosive 2010 showdown. — DESK JOBS
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Mediaite and The Corsair
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Brian Steinberg / AdAge:
To Hype ‘Conan’ on TV, Conan Takes to Web — Diet Coke to Sponsor Online ‘Triple Simulcast’ of Mr. O'Brien's Warm-Up — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Before Conan O'Brien takes to TBS to launch his new program on Nov. 8, he'll appear online to hype the new effort, in a brief video feature sponsored by Coca-Cola's Diet Coke.
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Multichannel and The Wrap
Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:
Condé Nast Moves One Executive Out, Another Up — Carol Smith, the former Elle brand chief who made waves in the publishing industry this spring when she jumped ship for Condé Nast, is leaving, saying her partnership with the company was not the right fit.
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David Carr / Media Decoder:
Condé Nast Futuregram: No Magazines, but Lots of ‘Consumer Centricity’
Condé Nast Futuregram: No Magazines, but Lots of ‘Consumer Centricity’
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WWD, NPR Topics, New York Observer and Romenesko
Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
Behind Gawker's Christine O'Donnell ‘One-Night Stand’ Story — Christine O'Donnell. Image by Getty Images North America via @daylife — Gawker has proven yet again that the journalist's pen is sometimes most effective when it's writing out a check. — The Nick Denton-owned gossip site scored …
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The Awl, Yahoo! News, New York Observer, Mediaite, The Huffington Post, Gawker, Jezebel, Salon, Romenesko, AmSpecBlog, New York Magazine, The Not-So Private Parts and The XX Factor
Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
Exclusive: Mike Lang, Post-News Corp., to Be Named Miramax CEO — Mike Lang, a leading business-development executive who recently left News Corp. and had a previous life at Disney, is set to be named CEO of the newly purchased Miramax, TheWrap has learned.
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Company Town, paidContent, mediabistro.com, Bloomberg, New York Observer and New York Magazine
Keach Hagey / The Politico:
A nonprofit journalism pioneer shifts strategy — The Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit news organization launched decades before the decline of traditional journalism outlets made such organizations the rage, is planning a strategic overhaul aimed at matching donations with earned income …
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Romenesko
Lois Beckett / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Engagement: Where does revenue fit in the equation? — Our post earlier this week about philly.com's seven-part equation to measure user engagement has sparked a lively debate in the comments. The central question: Should a news site's engagement equation factor in revenue? If so, how?
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James Temple / San Francisco Chronicle:
Google shifts TV effort to YouTube — (10-27) 21:34 PDT San Francisco — Google Inc. has shifted its Google TV initiative to its YouTube division, The Chronicle has learned. — Some industry observers speculated that the move was a response to recent negative reaction …
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NewTeeVee, The Wire, MediaPost, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, CrunchGear, Fast Company and Electronista, more at Techmeme »
Hollywood Reporter:
Cablevision Customers File $450 million Class Action Lawsuit — The impasse between Cablevision and Fox over retransmission consent was bound to produce a good class action lawsuit. — A group of New York customers have filed one in federal court in New York, arguing that the cable company …
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The Consumerist and Techdirt
Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
What's the Boston Globe Worth, Anyway? Try $120 Million — A group of investors, led by entrepreneur Aaron Kushner, wants to buy the Boston Globe. The New York Times Co. says it's not for sale — but then that's what the Bancroft family said when Rupert Murdoch offered them $5 billion …
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Romenesko
Leon Neyfakh / New York Observer:
David Karp Explains How Companies Can Win Points With Tumblr Users By Boosting Their Self Esteem — Speaking on a New Yorker-sponsored panel on social media at the Bryant Park Grill this morning, Tumblr founder David Karp explained how companies can use his blogging platform to promote themselves.
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Deputy Sunday biz editor at NYT leaving for Morgan Stanley — New York Times Sunday business editor Timothy O'Brien sent out the following message to the staff: … Kranz joined the Times from BusinessWeek in 2007. She has an undergraduate degree in European history and French …
Joe Mandese / MediaPost:
In A Madison Ave. First, Havas' Adnetik Begins Buying Video Ads Targeting Individuals — In a move that accelerates the development of an addressable video advertising marketplace, Havas' Adnetik unit this morning announced a deal with online video exchange Adap.tv that will enable marketers …
David Saleh Rauf / American Journalism Review:
Shield Law Showdown — It's do or die. That's how media groups describe the state of the long-stalled legislation to create a federal shield law for journalists. The bill passed the House and has emerged from the Senate Judiciary Committee. But it is on the verge of suffering a familiar fate: death in the Senate.
John Plunkett / Guardian:
Conrad Black hints he may return to media ownership — Former Telegraph owner says some newspaper titles are at ‘bargain’ prices and young people are still keen on print — Former Daily Telegraph owner Conrad Black has hinted at a return to media ownership, saying there were “bargains” …
Amanda Natividad / paidContent:
Chart: How Newspaper E-Editions Are Faring — One circulation metric that wasn't down year-over-year for U.S. newspapers during the first half of 2010: the total number of subscribers to their e-editions, a broad category that includes digital replicas, online-only subscriptions, Kindle subscriptions, and products like Times Reader.
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The Wire