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Illadore's House o Crack:
Copyright Infringement and Me — The tl;dr version of this post: My 2005 Ice Dragon entry, called “A Tale of Two Tarts” was apparently printed without my knowledge or permission in a magazine and I am apparently the victim of copyright infringement. — The story:
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Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
Magazine Editor Steals Article, Tells Writer ‘You Should Compensate Me!’
Magazine Editor Steals Article, Tells Writer ‘You Should Compensate Me!’
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Jessanne Collins / The Awl:
My Summer on the Content Farm — Remember that “I Love Lucy” episode where Lucy and Ethel take jobs in the chocolate factory and the conveyor belt starts pumping out candy faster than they can pack it in the wrappers so they start stuffing their faces and cleavage with the excess, cowering from the intimidating factory matron?
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Rob Wong / Hulu Blog:
More Content, More Devices — Since we kicked off our preview of Hulu Plus, it's been our mission to continually add more devices and content to the Hulu Plus service. Over the past few weeks, we've added several titles to the Hulu Plus service, including new fall shows like Raising Hope …
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Hulu Plus Opens Up, Doesn't Go on Sale
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
Guardian Flips iPhone App To Subscription Model, Except In U.S. — We had expected The Guardian to move its popular iPhone app, which has a one-off £2.39 ($3.99) download price, to a recurring payment. — Now the paper says it is introducing a new app, due in December …
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Guardian, Poynter Online, TechCrunch Europe, The Next Web, WebNewser and The Wall Blog
Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:
Dish Exec: Hulu Is Destroying the TV Industry — Hulu users would wait a lot longer to catch up on their favorite shows, if Dish Network VP of Online Content Development and Strategy Bruce Eisen had his way. “If I can watch Glee tomorrow morning and I don't have to pay a pay TV service …
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Techdirt, CrunchGear and Neowin.net
Nat Ives / AdAge:
Does Forbes' First Sponsored Blog Look Too Much Like Editorial? — As SAP Weighs in Under AdVoice Label, Some Object — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Forbes' website has started running the sponsored blogs it promised back in September, letting the business software marketer SAP weigh in on cyber security …
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Fox News On Christine O'Donnell: We Have ‘No Plans To Hire Her’ — The midterms are over, and while the GOP regained control of the House, the coronation of the Tea Party movement is still up for debate. Sure, a number of Tea Party candidates won their races, but perhaps the most visible …
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New York Observer, The Huffington Post and The Wire
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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
For Fox News, Most Viewers Ever for a Midterm Election
For Fox News, Most Viewers Ever for a Midterm Election
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TVWeek.com, Company Town, Broadcasting & Cable, Gawker, The Wrap and Fast Company
Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter Online:
Brokaw: 'There's Always a Reason to Turn Over a Rock & Find Out What's Under it — It's been six years since Tom Brokaw stepped down as anchor of “NBC Nightly News,” but he's just as committed to journalism as he ever was. — When I spoke with him by phone last week …
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Mediaite, St. Petersburg Times and New York Observer
Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The Newsonomics of Kindle Singles — [Each week, our friend Ken Doctor — author of Newsonomics and longtime watcher of the business side of digital news — writes about the economics of the news business for the Lab.] — Maybe the newspaper is like the old LP — you know, as in “Long Play.”
John Cook / Gawker:
The Final Insult to Arianna Huffington's Failed Journalism Experiment — The Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Arianna Huffington's failed attempt at nonprofit journalism, was taken over by the Center for Public Integrity. Now the Center for Public Integrity has been taken over by a right-wing hack.
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
For Sale: Inside.com, Barely Used — Psst. Wanna buy a cool Web address? — Guardian Media has one for sale. The British publisher is peddling the “Inside.com” domain name, people familiar with the company tell me. Asking price, I'm told, is something north of $100,000.
Chris Rovzar / New York Magazine:
New Times Magazine Editor Hugo Lindgren on His Plans: Big Subjects, More T, and the End of ‘The Way We Live Now’ — In late September, the months-long search for a replacement for Gerry Marzorati as editor of The New York Times Magazine ended in a surprise: Times brass tapped Hugo Lindgren …
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Gawker and New York Observer
Mike Vilensky / New York Magazine:
Graydon Carter: Editing Newsweek Would Be ‘A Completely Hopeless, Thankless Task’ — Graydon Carter was unusually chipper last night at the Landmarks Conservancy's Living Landmarks Celebration, at which he was honored. But the Vanity Fair editor, who was mingling with fellow honorees Jonathan M. Tisch …
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New York Observer
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Time Inc. Can't Wait For Google's Tablets — It's become standard issue for media executives to praise the iPad during public events. Today Time Warner's Jeff Bewkes added a twist, by taking time to talk up tablets made by people other than Apple. — Here are Bewkes's prepared remarks from Time Warner's earnings call this morning:
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paidContent, Poynter Online and MarketWatch
Brent Lang / The Wrap:
Exclusive: News Corp. EVP Rich Battista Exits — Exclusive: Rich Battista, a 20-year veteran of the cable and digital business is leaving News Corp., TheWrap has learned. — Battista is currently an executive vice president at the media company, but has struggled to find a new role …
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Exclusive: Andrew Breitbart Says ABC ‘Humiliated’ Him, ‘Damaged’ His Brand — Under pressure from groups like Media Matters and Color of Change, ABC News first scaled back, and then canceled, Andrew Breitbart's planned participation in its Election Day coverage.
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Jay Rosen / Pressthink:
“I'm committed to the destruction of the old media guard.”
“I'm committed to the destruction of the old media guard.”
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mediabistro.com, Big Journalism and ThinkProgress