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Danny Sullivan / Daggle:
A Better Letter To New York Times Readers About Digital Subscriptions — Today, the New York Times is taking a major step forward as we introduce digital subscriptions in the United States and the rest of the world. Since we first announced the plan 11 days ago, we've heard from so many of you, our readers.
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New York Times and Internet News
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John Cook / GeekWire:
Kindle readers of The New York Times to get free access of the newspaper's Web site — Here's one way to get access to The New York Times on the Web. Buy a Kindle, and then shell out $19.99 per month for the newspaper on the electronic reading device. Amazon.com said today that Kindle customers …
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Business Wire, VentureBeat, Nieman Journalism Lab, Reflections of a Newsosaur and Poynter
Henry Blodget / SAI:
WHO'S FULL OF CRAP? GE, The New York Times, And The Hazards Of “Tweeting The Record Straight” — We spent much of this afternoon sparring with GE's public affairs division on Twitter over a New York Times report that GE paid no US taxes last year. — GE had taken to Twitter to blast …
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ThinkProgress, PE Hub Blog, The Atlantic Wire, Scocca, The Daily Beast and New York Magazine
Lauren Indvik / Mashable!:
How To Hack the New York Times Paywall ... With Your Delete Key
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Search Engine Land
Sarah Marshall / Journalism.co.uk:
New York Times announces $1 trial for new subscription service
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paidContent, Media News, Epicenter, Lifehacker, Tools, Mashable!, Poynter, @nytdigitalsubs, THE DRUM, Gearlog, Digital Trends, Geekosystem, Runnin' Scared and MediaMemo
Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The power of...listicles? Yahoo Research tackles distribution and longevity data for Twitter — Who says what to whom on Twitter? That's the subject — and the title — of a just-released report from Yahoo Research. (You can read the abstract, and download the report's pdf, here.)
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eMedia Vitals and The Wire
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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Twitter as Media: Yes, Celebrities and Brands Still Matter
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SAI, Media News, Mashable!, Digital Trends, thinq_, Future of Journalism and ReadWriteWeb
Marc Hustvedt / Tubefilter:
‘Know Your Meme’ Acquired By Cheezburger in Seven-Figure Deal — By now, it's pretty clear there's a real business in the hocking of internet culture. And when it comes to the business of documenting—and merchandising—the latest memes bubbling up from the internet's underbelly and straight …
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paidContent, Dembot, CNNMoney.com, SAI, GigaOM, PE Hub Blog, TechFlash, USA Today, CNET News, The Seattle Times, GeekWire, NetworkEffect, Geekosystem and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
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Ben Huh / Cheezburger Company Blog:
Know How To Pronounce “Meme” — Does “meme” rhyme with “Mimi”?
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VentureBeat, The Next Web and Know Your Meme Blog
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Dispute Over Time Warner Cable's Streaming to iPad Bursts Into the Open — Companies like Time Warner Cable and Cablevision buy the rights to beam channels to customers' television sets. But do those rights extend to iPads? — That question has divided the television industry in recent weeks …
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Lost Remote
Bill Carter / Media Decoder:
Before Libya, White House Must Negotiate With ABC — President Obama had a message for the American people Monday night, an explanation of the government's intentions in Libya, one that he believed was important enough to request air time from the broadcast networks as well as the cable news networks.
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The Wrap, Mediaite, The Wire, Free Press, The Huffington Post, Salon, Media Matters for America, The Daily Beast and Gawker
Ethan Smith / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon Planning Online Media ‘Locker’ — Amazon.com Inc. is planning to start a service that would let people store music and video online and access it from various digital devices, people familiar with the matter said. — The company could announce the effort as early as Tuesday, the people said.
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Amazon.com, All Things Digital, CNET News, Electronista, ReadWriteWeb, GeekWire, SAI, Digits and parislemon, more at Techmeme »
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Video Advertising Company Adap.tv Raises $20 Million — Video advertising company Adap.tv has raised $20 million in funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners with Gemini Israel Funds, Redpoint Ventures and Spark Capital also participating in the round. This brings Adap.tv's total funding to $43 million.
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AdExchanger.com, more at Techmeme »
Simon Dumenco / AdAge:
Let's Pray for the Safe Release of the BoingBoing Bloggers — Or, Why Knee-Jerk Hating on Pay Walls Is Profoundly Myopic — Given all the turmoil around the world, it's an incredibly harrowing time to be journalist. Case in point: Four bloggers from BoingBoing, as you've probably already heard …
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New York Magazine, Media Money …, SAY Media, Boing Boing, @dannysullivan, Tuned In, AdPulp, @poniewozik and THE OUTSIDER
Michael Shain / New York Post:
Couric offered ‘60 Min’ — Katie Couric may finally get the chance to become a regular on “60 Minutes,” now that she is apparently stepping down from the nightly news anchor job. — An offer to become a regular correspondent for the prestigious Sunday night TV magazine is part of the package …
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The Wrap, PopWatch, TVNewser, Wall Street Journal and TVWeek.com
Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
Survey Asks Huffpo Bloggers: Do You Feel Exploited? — Is she running a platform or a plantation? That's for her bloggers to say. Image by Getty Images for AOL via @daylife — The Newspaper Guild says the Huffington Post is taking advantage of its unpaid bloggers.
Washington Post:
In Japan, disaster coverage is measured, not breathless — TOKYO — For the past two weeks, NHK, Japan's public broadcaster, has covered a triple disaster, appraising the damage with the help of 14 helicopters, 67 broadcasting vans and virtually no adjectives.
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TVNewser
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Eminem Lawsuit May Raise Pay for Older Artists — The most closely watched lawsuit in the music industry asks this question: how much should a song on iTunes or another digital music service be worth to the performer? — The artist at the center of the suit is Eminem …
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Rolling Stone, paidContent and The Atlantic Wire
Amir Efrati / Digits:
Yahoo Executive Talks Acquisitions, Slams YouTube Buy — Yahoo is “gearing up for a very big year” of acquisitions, said a senior director of corporate development at the Internet company. … Speaking on a panel at the Global Technology Symposium in Menlo Park on Friday …
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Media Maverick and Venture Capital Dispatch
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