Mediagazer: In the year of the e-book, 5 lessons from — and for — news organizations (Jeff Sonderman/Poynter)

9:45 AM ET, November 20, 2011

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John P. Mello Jr. / PC World:

Publisher Drops Copyright Claim, Favors Fair Use — Fair use online is recognized when a newspaper plaintiff drops its appeal in a case pushed by third-party copyright enforcer. — If you've ever copied an excerpt from an online publication and pasted it in a public place on the Internet …

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Dan Hirschhorn / AdAge:

Pandora Opens Box of Targeted Political Advertising — Targeting Congressional Districts With Audio Ad Breaks and Display Ads — The latest catchy “Foster the People” tune may soon have a different introduction on Pandora: vote for this guy. — The streaming music service announced Friday …

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Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:

In the year of the e-book, 5 lessons from — and for — news organizations — Mark 2011 as the year news organizations discovered e-books. — Sure, Time Magazine tried one back in 2010, but this year at least 10 other newspapers, magazines or news websites have published at least 17 electronic …

Dan Kennedy / Media Nation:

A rant for the ages against the corporate media — Following the most recent round of layoffs at GateHouse Media, one newly unemployed journalist decided he'd had enough. James Craven, who worked for GateHouse's Norwich Bulletin in Connecticut, wrote a blog post headlined “Goodbye Norwich” …

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New Scientist:

Occupy vs Tea Party: what their Twitter networks reveal — According to some political commentators, Occupy Wall Street is the left's answer to the Tea Party - driven by a similar anger towards elites. But the social networks of people tweeting about the two movements suggest that they have rather different dynamics.

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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

What happens when journalism is everywhere? — When the Arab Spring demonstrations were under way in Egypt's Tahrir Square and reports were streaming out through Twitter and Facebook and text messages and cellphone videos, it was easy to feel superior to the Egyptian government.

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Elizabeth Spiers / The New York Observer:
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Duncan Geere / Wired.com:

200+ Labels Withdraw Their Music From Spotify: Are Its Fortunes Unravelling? — Following a study that claims that streaming music is damaging to record sales, a distributor representing more than 200 labels has withdrawn its entire catalogue from Spotify, Napster, Simfy and Rdio.

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Wenner Media Digital Boss Michael Bloom Leaves After Six Months — Wenner Media's chief digital officer is out after six months. — Michael Bloom joined the publisher, which owns Rolling Stone, Us Weekly, and Men's Journal, in May. On Friday afternoon, he sent out a memo announcing his departure.

Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:

Murdoch Sells $62 Million in News Corp. Shares — News Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch sold nonvoting shares in News Corp worth $61.7 million this week, according to a securities filing late Friday. — The sale, of about 3.6 million shares, represents about 1.1% …

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Drew Olanoff / The Next Web:

Netflix to resurrect Arrested Development in 2013 as part of content play — In a serious content play, Netflix has announced that it is bringing the wildly popular show Arrested Development back exclusively on its platform. — The exclusivity is the key here, as it shows that Netflix …

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Steve Smith / MediaPost:

“FT” Web App Delivers 1 Million Users — ‘FT’ Web App Delivers 1 Million Users 2 hours ago — The Financial Times' big bet against Apple's in-app subscription model has paid off, to the tune of 1 million users served since its June launch. FT pulled its native iOS app from the Apple App Store shortly …

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Rob Davis / Voice of San Diego:

New U-T Boss: ‘You Change Now or You Die’ — Hotelier Doug Manchester's behavior in the board room is well-documented: He's brash, bold, confrontational. But across the region Thursday, one question hovered over the announcement that Manchester is the new owner of The San Diego Union-Tribune …

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