Mediagazer: Nets Owner Mikhail Prokhorov Doesn't Need You To Read His Magazine (Hunter Walker/New York Observer)

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:

Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:

Hulu Plus Opens to All, No Invite Needed — Hulu Plus, the premium version of online video hub Hulu, has now opened its doors to all interested users, according to a post this morning on the company's corporate blog. — Says Rob Wong, Director of Product for Hulu, users no longer need an invitation to sign up for Hulu Plus.

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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo: Hulu Plus Opens Up, Doesn't Go on Sale

Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:

How Facebook and Twitter Are Replacing Blogging — It's hard to recall these days, now that most bloggers are corporate drones (*cough*), but blogging was originally the pursuit of hobbyists. And now a lot of those hobbyists appear to be giving it up, or at least cutting back …

Discussion: Technorati

Matt Kinsman / Folio:

New Surveys Say Publishers Expect Mobile To Pay Off Big Within Two Years — ABC: Just 19 percent of publishers are satisfied with Apple's model. — Two new publishing surveys predict rapid revenue growth for mobile apps in the next few years, although one shows most publishers rejecting the switch to an all-digital format.

Discussion: MediaPost

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Sam Grobart / Gadgetwise:

Long-Form Journalism Finds an Online Friend — Anyone who's spent time writing for the Web knows the basic rule: Keep it short. Attention spans, we are told, are collapsing faster than pig houses on Angry Birds. At this rate, municipalities won't just fluoridate their city water supply, they'll have to Ritalinize it as well.

Tom Krazit / Relevant Results:

How one company games Google News — Note the second cluster of stories produced by a Google News search for “iTunes” yesterday afternoon. All of those Red Label News stories were basically the same: spammy SEO-keywords alongside Web ads. — (Credit: Screenshot by Tom Krazit/CNET)

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Michael Learmonth / AdAge:

Nielsen Admits Undercounting Web Traffic — Computer Glitch Caused System to Under Count Time Spent By 22% — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The Nielsen Co. disclosed today it has been undercounting traffic to websites — for at least the last three months — due to a flaw in its system that failed …

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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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John Plunkett / Guardian:

BBC facing news blackout as journalists strike — Programmes including evening bulletins, Newsnight and Radio 4's Today will be affected during tomorrow's 48-hour walkout — The BBC faces a news blackout tomorrow across its main TV and radio news programmes, including Radio 4's Today …

Discussion: Jon Slattery and Virtual Economics

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Exclusive: Bloglines Will Be Resurrected By IAC-Funded MerchantCircle — The saga continues. After informing us in September that the IAC-owned Bloglines was to be shut down permanently, Ask.com (the IAC property that operates Bloglines) has resurrected the troubled RSS feeder, the company tells TechCrunch exclusively.

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Hunter Walker / New York Observer:

Nets Owner Mikhail Prokhorov Doesn't Need You To Read His Magazine — On Oct. 28, Mikhail Prokhorov, the billionaire owner of the New Jersey Nets, threw a lavish launch party in Chelsea to celebrate the arrival of Snob magazine in New York. The event was complete with foie gras and a performance by jazz songstress Cassandra Wilson.

Discussion: Forbes

Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:

Analyst: Howard Stern's Decision Doesn't Impact Sirius … With apologies to the Clash — a band heard frequently on Sirius XM's '80s channels — should he stay or should he go? — We're talking about Howard Stern, and Sirius XM may or may not update Wall Street during its earnings call Thursday …

Discussion: MediaPost

ap.org:

Associated Press Television News to undergo complete digital transformation — The digital upgrade allows the AP to enhance the compelling coverage delivered every day from around the world — NEW YORK - Associated Press Television News, the world's leading video news agency …

/ Andy Brett: Writing:

Reclaiming Fragmented Disk Space; Or, Thoughts Upon Leaving TechCrunch — As the title indicates, the following is an attempt to do a bit of reflection on the past 16 months that I've been working at TechCrunch as a developer. It started out as an exercise just for me to clear my head …

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 …

Pekka Pekkala / Online Journalism Review:

The top 10 key lessons for hyperlocal journalism startups from ONA10 — By Pekka Pekkala: If you are dreaming about your own news site, you are not alone: hyperlocal sites are popping up everywhere. At ONA10 last week in Washington, D.C., veterans of the hyperlocal scene shared they experiences, both successes and failures.

Choire Sicha / The Awl:

The Last Female Staff Reporter Quits the ‘New York Observer’ — As of five weeks ago, there were two women staff reporters at the New York Observer. Three weeks ago, one of those women quit; today, Irina Aleksander, the last woman staff reporter, has given notice.

Discussion: Runnin' Scared, Romenesko and Gawker