Mediagazer: Can news publishers learn anything from Netflix? (Mathew Ingram/GigaOM)

10:45 PM ET, July 28, 2011

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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

Can news publishers learn anything from Netflix? — Users of Netflix's digital movie-rental service have been up in arms about a sudden change to the company's pricing plans, which appears to be aimed at reducing demand for its DVD-by-mail service by jacking up prices.

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Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:

The newsonomics of Netflix and the digital shift — 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. — Netflix CEO Reed Hastings says he is surprised that customers …

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Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

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Martin Bryant / The Next Web:

Anatomy of a Twitter rumor: When a story's too juicy not to retweet — The latest example of ‘think before you retweet’ emerged today when a false rumor spread like wildfire that British journalist and TV presenter Piers Morgan had been suspended from his position as a CNN talkshow host.

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D.M. Levine / Adweek:

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Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:

Newsbeat debuts as robust, real-time Web analytics tool for news publishers — The people behind the popular realtime analytics tool Chartbeat launched a new version today specifically designed for news publishers, called Newsbeat. It is a more powerful tool for understanding your Web traffic, but also comes at a higher cost.

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Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:

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Pruitt: ‘Feels like the 19th’ inning for McClatchy as it reports disappointing revenues again — With most newspaper companies now having reported results through the first half of the year, the basic story remains the same. Print advertising revenues just keep declining.

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Greg Sandoval / Media Maverick:

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
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Ben Fenton / Financial Times:

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Philip Bump / Mediaite:

The New Yorker Goes Digital - But Leaves Its Iconic Covers Behind — An issue of the New Yorker may be long and densely packed, but at least one only comes every seven days. It's possible that the incarcerated manage to read every issue. I am skeptical of anyone else who makes that claim.

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Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:

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