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Flipboard 1.5 Integrates LinkedIn, Adds A Content Guide For Curated News Browsing — An update to social news viewing app Flipboard goes live in the app store today, with a new souped up 1.5 version that optimizes the reader experience even further. Earlier this week we had the chance …
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Flipboard wants to be the newsstand of the future — Flipboard, one of the first iPad applications to really take advantage of the new device's touch interface to create a kind of digital magazine, released a series of updates and new features Thursday that turn the app into even more of a tablet newsstand.
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MacStories, Inside Flipboard and PR Newswire, Thanks:mathewi
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Roger Ailes' Secret Nixon-Era Blueprint for Fox News — Republican media strategist Roger Ailes launched Fox News Channel in 1996, ostensibly as a “fair and balanced” counterpoint to what he regarded as the liberal establishment media. But according to a remarkable document buried deep within …
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Mediaite, Poynter, MediaPost, New York Magazine, The Atlantic Wire and On Media's Blog
Jim Romenesko / Poynter:
E.W. Scripps Co. issues Social Media Policy — Romenesko Misc. — The publisher of the Commercial Appeal in Memphis, the Knoxville News Sentinel, and other newspapers (it owns TV stations, too) tells employees that “while the use of social media enhances the company's commitment to providing …
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B2B Memes
Tim Mak / The Politico:
Mark Halperin apologizes for Obama gaffe — Mark Halperin, editor-at-large for Time, called President Obama “a dick” on Thursday on a popular MSNBC morning show and then quickly apologized. — “I thought he was a dick yesterday,” Halperin, who also is a senior political analyst for MSNBC …
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A year after its big redesign, how Google News is thinking about the best ways to present news stories — It's been a year since Google News launched its big redesign, the first major update of the Google News interface since it launched in 2002. The revamp put a new emphasis on customized news content …
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Fox News to debut ‘The Five’ in Glenn Beck Timeslot — Fox News Channel will debut a new program called “The Five” airing in Glenn Beck's soon-to-be vacated timeslot beginning Monday, July 11 and running through the summer. — The show, a “The View"-like ensemble program …
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Tablet owners read print newspapers, magazines less often — People who use an iPad or other tablet device read printed newspapers, books and magazines less than they used to, according to a recent study by Forrester Research. — Almost one-third (32 percent) of tablet owners …
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Future of Journalism
D.M. Levine / Adweek:
Facebook Pitches Social TV Creating program guides based on what friends watch By D.M. Levine — Facebook has a message for the television world: social TV is coming. Andy Mitchell, SVP of Strategic Partner Development at Facebook, pitched a crowd of media and branding honchos …
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Lost Remote and All Facebook, more at Techmeme »
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A Year Behind The ‘Wall’, The Times Has 101,036 Digital Subscribers — One year after it introduced digital charges, News Corp.'s Times Newspapers in the UK says it has 101,036 digital subscribers across the web, tablets and e-readers. — Since the £2 weekly subscription subscription …
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Adweek and Press Gazette
Jennifer 8. Lee:
The Potential for Google+ Stream for News — I got invited to try Google+, which has been written about a lot. Short summary: Facebook should be scared. — The Stream (similar to Facebook) is pretty nice UI/UX. Intuitive icons, clean design. Sparks, the newsy thing …
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Future of Journalism, Rhymes with Reason and blogs.journalism.co.uk
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The newsonomics of the British invasion — 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. — With the United Kingdom one of the countries suffering the economic doldrums …
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With News Challenge funding, The Tiziano Project will expand training and tools for community journalism — We've reached a point where debates over citizen journalism have been washed over by a torrent of online video, blogs, and other media created by people who, while they may not identify themselves …
Dylan Byers / Adweek:
Forensic Art Expert Sues ‘New Yorker’ Author — Forensic art expert Peter Paul Biro brought a $2 million defamation suit Wednesday against The New Yorker staff writer David Grann and Advance Magazine Publishers (owners of Condé Nast, which publishes The New Yorker) …
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Newspaper Chain Fights for Copyright Troll's Survival — Stephens Media, the Las Vegas-based media chain, is fighting to keep its latest business model alive: copyright-trolling. — After standing on the sidelines while professional content-troll Righthaven fights in court …
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