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10:50 PM ET, March 28, 2011

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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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Philg / Philip Greenspun's Weblog:
How did the New York Times manage to spend $40 million on its pay wall?  —  Aside from wondering who will pay more than the cost of a Wall Street Journal subscription in order to subscribe to the New York Times, my biggest question right now is how the NY Times spent a reported $40-50 million writing the code …
New York Times:
A Letter to Our 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 our plan 11 days ago, we have heard from so many of you, our readers.
Steve Myers / Poynter:
Nisenholtz: Paywall part of New York Times strategy to ‘manage the link economy’  —  The New York Times plans to implement its much-anticipated, much-debated paywall Monday at 2 p.m. ET.  —  Hours before, Martin Nisenholtz, the Times' senior vice president for digital operations …
Sarah Marshall / Journalism.co.uk:
New York Times announces $1 trial for new subscription service  —  The New York Times, which is due to begin charging for online content later today, is offering a heavily discounted subscription rate of $0.99 on all of digital packages for the first four weeks.
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
The NYT Pay Plan's Most Dangerous Foe: Perception
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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THE OUTSIDER:
Journalism needs pollinators
Thanks:martinsfp
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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Matt Wells / Guardian:
How live blogging has transformed journalism  —  The benefits and the drawbacks of the open-to-all digital format  —  10.57 GMT: Hello and welcome to an article about live blogging, a discussion of a format that has been derided as murdering traditional reporting but is almost certainly …
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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Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Hollywood makeover for YouTube
Discussion: Noted
New York Magazine:
62 Minutes With Pat Kiernan  —  Battling ennui with the beloved NY1 anchor, who not-so-secretly has his eye on Regis's job.  —  At a party at the Canadian consulate general's residence, Pat Kiernan, NY1 morning anchor and pride of Alberta, is confessing to some un-Canadian ambition.
Discussion: Gothamist
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 …
Jillian C. York / Global Voices in English:
An Interview with Andy Carvin  —  With 40,000 Twitter followers and a dedicated stream of local sources, Andy Carvin has become a first stop on Twitter for news throughout the Middle East and North Africa.  An NPR strategist, Carvin has approached social media-and Twitter in particular-as a platform for real-time reporting.
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Huffington Post Co-Founder Ken Lerer Wants You to Watch His Next Company  —  What do you do once you sell your digital media business for $315 million?  —  Start another digital media business!  —  Huffington Post co-founder Ken Lerer, who sold his company to AOL earlier his month …
Discussion: Betabeat and SAI
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Bloomberg launching Capital Intelligence this spring  —  Bloomberg Government, the new service from Bloomberg covering the intersection between business and politics, will bolster its coverage of Capitol Hill this spring with the introduction of Capitol Intelligence, a feature that will deliver news …
Discussion: On Media's Blog
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Twitter as Media: Yes, Celebrities and Brands Still Matter  —  One of the most disruptive aspects of Twitter as a communications medium is that it allows anyone to instantly publish and distribute information to potentially thousands or even millions of people — something that seems inherently democratic …
Joe Pompeo / Yahoo! News:
The Guardian embarking on significant U.S. expansion  —  The U.K. Guardian is on the verge of expanding its U.S. footprint.  —  “We will be announcing an American editor shortly,” Alan Rusbridger, The Guardian's editor-in-chief, told The Cutline in an interview last week.
Discussion: FishbowlNY
 
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Rip Empson / TechCrunch:
Newsy Raises $1.5 Million in Series B Funding For Mobile News
Discussion: paidContent
Gautham Nagesh / The Hill:
NPR suspends search for senior news exec
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Thanks:stiffjab
Damon Kiesow / Poynter:
In Kansas, Twitter puts court reporter in touch with the community
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Flixster Update: Warner Bros. Very Interested, as Yahoo Drops Out of Bidding for Social Movie Site
Mark Walsh / MediaPost:
Gannett Upgrades Local Sites, Eyes National Buys
Journal Register Company:
TheStreet and Journal Register Company Enter Strategic Content-Distribution Agreement
Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
Warner Brothers Expands Facebook Rentals to “Harry Potter,” “Inception”
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Hearst set to snap up big brand mag titles
Discussion: FishbowlNY and The Wire
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