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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
The Times Announces Digital Subscription Plan — The New York Times rolled out a plan on Thursday to begin charging the most frequent users of its Web site $15 a month in a bet that readers would pay for news they have grown accustomed to getting free. — Beginning March 28 …
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Dave Winer / Scripting News:
Comments on NYT paywall announcement — I had a pretty good idea the paywall announcement was coming soon when I wrote the piece about the Times paywall yesterday. Just a good guess, a feeling it was the time. — Now that I've had a chance to read the actual announcement, here's the main problem.
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The newsonomics of The New York Times' pay fence — Editor's Note: Each week, Ken Doctor — author of Newsonomics and longtime watcher of the business side of digital news — writes about the economics of news for the Lab. — It's official — and the world still turns.
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
All You Need To Know About The NYTimes.com Paywall — The New York Times has just put up more information about its much awaited paywall. The digital subscription model was initially announced in January 2010 as an effort to create a second revenue stream while still preserving the newspaper's advertising business.
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Washington Post:
Editor's Note: An apology — Two articles published by The Post online and in its print editions earlier this month contained substantial material that was borrowed and duplicated, without attribution, from The Arizona Republic newspaper. — The articles described an indictment …
Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:
Four New York Times Journalists Are Missing in Libya — 6:19 p.m. | Updated The New York Times said Wednesday that four of its journalists reporting on the conflict in Libya were missing. — Editors said they were last in contact with the journalists, who were reporting from the northern port city …
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Julie Moos / Poynter:
2 of 4 missing New York Times journalists were kidnapped previously
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Chicago Sun Times:
Sun-Times Media, Mesirow Financial chief Jim Tyree dies at 53 — James C. Tyree, chairman and CEO of Mesirow Financial and the chairman of Sun-Times Media, died Wednesday afternoon after battling cancer for several months. He was 53. — “With a heavy heart, I am saddened to tell …
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Ray Wert / Jalopnik:
How The Detroit News Sold Its Soul — Scott Burgess resigned today as The Detroit News auto critic after his editors bowed to a request by an advertiser to water down his negative review of the Chrysler 200. This is why we can't have nice reviews anymore. UPDATE More »
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Tanzina Vega / New York Times:
Viral Videos Catch On That Only Hint at a Sponsor's Purpose — Can a man with a tiny electronic device hack into the multitude of jumbo screens in Times Square and play videos from his iPhone? Maybe, if you believe a YouTube video that has been watched by more than half a million viewers in the last four days.
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Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
Is AOL Skirting Worker-Protection Law With Mass Layoff? — Last week, as you might already know, AOL laid off over 200 U.S.-based employees, the vast majority of them from its Manhattan-based media operation. But that's not the full tally of those who will lose their jobs as a result …
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Stuart Elliott / Media Decoder:
Last Year Was a Good Year for Ad Spending, Report Finds — The recovery in advertising spending continued in the fourth quarter last year, according to a report that is to be released on Thursday morning, resulting in a solid full-year gain compared with the results of 2009.
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Dan Sabbagh / paidContent:
The Daily Set For Europe Availability; 5,000 Subs? — Rupert Murdoch's iPad newspaper The Daily will be available in the UK within months, depending on when Apple's new online subscription model becomes available in this country. — The chief digital officer of Murdoch's News Corporation …
Felix Salmon:
How blogs have changed journalism — Benzinga's Laura Hlebasko sent me some questions about blogs and online media for a feature she's writing. Here they are, along with my answers: … I find pretty big differences in how I write, depending on whether it's for a traditional media outlet or for the blog.
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Sophia Pearson / Bloomberg:
Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. Sued by Amalgamated Over Shine Group Purchase — Rupert Murdoch and his News Corp. (NWSA) were sued over claims he is causing the company to pay about $675 million for “nepotism” in its purchase of his daughter's U.K.-based television production company Shine Group Ltd.
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Exclusive: Yahoo News Head Moves to Disney.com, Which Will Get Big Redo — Yesterday, BoomTown reported that Mark Walker, the head of the powerful Yahoo News site, was leaving the Internet giant for another company. — That company, sources said, will be Disney, where Walker will be leading …
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