Mediagazer: Book Publishers Need to Wake Up and Smell the Disruption (Mathew Ingram/GigaOM)

3:20 PM ET, March 2, 2011

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Christian Lorentzen / New York Observer:

Open City, Closed: Acclaimed Literary Journal Says Goodbye — After 20 years and 30 issues, Open City is ceasing publication, co-editor Joanna Yas told The Observer. — “These things are not institutions,” said founder and co-editor Thomas Beller. “They're always razor's edge things.”

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Lauren Indvik / Mashable!:

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Joe Pompeo / Yahoo! News:

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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Book Publishers Need to Wake Up and Smell the Disruption — The writing has been on the wall for some time in the book publishing business: platforms like Amazon's Kindle and the iPad have caused an explosion of e-book publishing that's continuing to disrupt the industry on a whole series …

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Greg Masters / American Journalism Review:

Fading Away — Despite occasional flurries of interest in the concept over the years, the roster of U.S. news councils hearing complaints against the media has dwindled to one. Posted: Wed, March 2, 2011 — Greg Masters (gmasters@ajr.umd.edu) is an AJR editorial assistant.

David Cohen / WebNewser:

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