Mediagazer: Measuring the Nomads (Frédéric Filloux/Monday Note)

3:15 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.

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

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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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 …

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.

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).

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.

Lewis DVorkin / The Copy Box:

At Forbes, we believe in the “continuum” of media and content — When you've been in the media business as long I have, it's fascinating to watch how all of a sudden “old” becomes “new” again and “dead” springs back to “life.” — Barry Diller, who left the old (broadcast TV) for the new …

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 …

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 …

Eric Pfanner / New York Times:

British Newspaper Finds Readers Flocking Online — PARIS — For daily, or even hourly, updates on the life of Cheryl Cole, a British television talent-show judge and sometime pop singer who used to be married to a soccer star, there may be no better resource than the Web site of The Daily Mail.

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.

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