Mediagazer: Chronicle is launching subscriptions for digital access (Alan English/The Augusta Chronicle)

2:51 AM ET, December 6, 2010

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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Like It or Not, WikiLeaks is a Media Entity — The past week has seen plenty of ink spilled — virtual and otherwise — about WikiLeaks and its mercurial front-man, Julian Assange, and the pressure they have come under from the U.S. government and companies such as Amazon and PayPal …

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Arthur S. Brisbane / New York Times:

What if the Secrets Stayed Secret? — I READ the Monday New York Times with what can only be described as a sinking feeling. — Here on display, based on yet another WikiLeaks release, was the breathtaking disclosure of American diplomats' highly sensitive internal communications about friends and enemies.

Discussion: Mediaite, CJR, CNBC and Gothamist

Misha Glenny / T Magazine: The Gift of Information — Julian Assange and WikiLeaks …

Nikki Usher / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Why WikiLeaks' latest document dump makes everyone in journalism …

Discussion: Search Engine Land and Guardian

Guardian:
WikiLeaks fights to stay online after US company withdraws domain name

Lauren Kirchner / CJR:
Why Amazon Caved, and What It Means for the Rest of Us

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Nadia Damouni / Reuters:

Exclusive: AOL mulls breakup, then merger with Yahoo — (Reuters) - AOL Inc, undergoing a radical transformation into the king of content on the Internet, is actively exploring a breakup involving a complicated series of transactions that may lead to a merger with Yahoo Inc, sources close to the plans told Reuters.

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Alan English / The Augusta Chronicle:

Chronicle is launching subscriptions for digital access — Free for a limited time. — Digital access to The Augusta Chronicle's news stories - also available in a nifty iPad format in the coming weeks - is moving from being completely free to a subscription-based model.

Discussion: yelvington.com, paidContent and WebNewser

Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
Times of London Paywall Paying Off Already!*

Discussion: Poynter, eMedia Vitals and Mashable!

Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:

Yahoo's Big Video Plans: New Business Show, Scripted Entertainment and News Verticals — NEW YORK — Yahoo will significantly increase its original video offering in 2011 with a new business show on Yahoo Finance, scripted entertainment programming and with news video in a number of vertical areas …

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Matt Rosoff / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider: Yahoo IS Focused: “We're A Content Company”

Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:

Viacom Set to Appeal in YouTube Case — Viacom Inc. says a new wave of digital piracy could threaten the U.S. media business unless federal courts overturn its defeat in a copyright-infringement lawsuit against Google Inc.'s YouTube video-sharing site. — The New York-based owner of MTV …

Discussion: The Next Web, VideoNuze, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim and Search Engine Land

Dylan Stableford / The Wrap:
Viacom Files Appeal in $1B Copyright Suit Against Google, YouTube

Discussion: Multichannel, paidContent, Company Town, MediaPost and NDTV News

Eric Pfanner / New York Times:

French Publishers Fight Back With a Communal Digital Newsstand — PARIS — With sales of newspapers and magazines flagging at the ornate kiosks that adorn the boulevards of Paris, French publishers hope that a planned “digital kiosk” can help revive their fortunes.

Foster Kamer / Runnin' Scared:

A Very Special Announcement: Changes at The Village Voice — Hello Runnin' Scared readers! We have a special programming announcement for you all! Are you ready? You look ready. Here we go: — Effective, like, the first week in January, Joe Coscarelli - our indomitable …

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Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times:

Sidney Harman: Man of all trades — The businessman who recently bought Newsweek and merged it with the Daily Beast founded an audio company, was a federal appointee and served as a college president. He's now putting the finishing touches on a new academy at USC.

James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:

On the Media: Is Perez Hilton's conversion for real? — Only time will tell if the snarky blogger, who built a career by being mean-spirited, is a changed man. — There he was on national television, the self-styled “Queen of Mean.” Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton sat bolt upright in an almost-conservative jacket and tie.

Discussion: The Big Picture

Ben Widdicombe / Financial Times: The business of blogging — If anyone, anywhere had an opinion …

Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:

Measuring the Nomads — The more diverse and ubiquitous the internet gets, the harder it becomes to measure. Especially with the mobile version's rapid growth. A few weeks ago, my friends from the International Newsmedia Marketing Association (INMA) asked for a presentation discussing …

Peter Preston / Guardian:

Richard Branson's Project app launched without a lifeboat — The Virgin boss says his iPad magazine will have to sink or swim on its own merits - at a time when some venerable web publications are sinking — Richard Branson is a master of publicity (including self-publicity).

Richard Rogers / Guardian:

Virgin claims to cross final frontier with TV that taps the internet — Richard Branson unveils set-top box that puts him a terabyte ahead in online television race — Every few years comes a development in the technology that brings moving pictures into our homes invariably accompanied …

Terry Heaton / Terry Heaton's PoMo Blog:

Warning to local TV: unbundled distribution is upon you — My friend Holly hasn't had a TV in years. She was also the first friend of mine to give up a land line telephone, and I can't even remember how long ago that was. So she's “one of those.” She's been without TV or cable for many years …

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

Apple, Publishers Still Miles Apart on iTunes Subscriptions — Magazine publishers used to salivate over the iPad. Now they're a lot more reserved. They make hopeful noises about Google's Android tablets instead. — That's because Apple and the publishing industry haven't been able …

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Bill Carter / Media Decoder:

Ben Sherwood Named President of ABC News — 7:34 p.m. | Updated ABC announced on Friday that it had appointed Ben Sherwood, a former executive producer of its “Good Morning America” program, as the next president of its news division. — He will succeed David Westin …

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Andy Serwer / Fortune:

Diller on leaving the top spot at IAC: “The company wasn't being managed correctly” — FORTUNE — Barry Diller it seems has been pondering the future lately. Today he took action. — Every summer Diller takes some time off to do a deep think. “I call it my summer project,” he says in an interview with Fortune.

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David Saleh Rauf / American Journalism Review:

Dispatches from the Last Frontier — An aggressive Web site covers Alaska and searches for profitability. — David Saleh Rauf (drauf@ajr.umd.edu) is an AJR editorial assistant — As the Deepwater Horizon rig began gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico in late April …

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