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Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:
2 major lessons from the demise of The Daily — The publisher of News Corp.'s The Daily said earlier this year that the iPad-only publication might need a few more years to be profitable. Today the company announced it won't get that chance. — Although it has been one of the most-popular …
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News Corp Is Shutting Down iPad-Only Newspaper The Daily — The latest News Corp press release says that the Daily, its standalone daily iPad newspaper, will “cease standalone publication”. — The newspaper had a high profile launch in February 2011, but had apparently struggled to pay its way …
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John Biggs / TechCrunch:
The Daily's Final Day: About 100 Employees In The Newsroom, Little Inkling Of Layoffs — I spoke to a person inside The Daily who held a $40,000 reporter position for the now shuttered “daily iPad newspaper.” While not completely blindsided, they had little inkling of what was going on inside …
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Felix Salmon:
The impossibility of tablet-native journalism — The Daily has reached the end of its life: as News Corp splits in two, its losses, which might have been manageable within the current behemoth, would have loomed far too large in the smaller spinoff. — The news is not particularly surprising …
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Jim Romenesko:
Why The Daily Failed — Trevor Butterworth, who wrote about tech and other matters for The Daily iPad publication, writes on his Facebook wall: … * The Daily to cease publication Dec. 15 (wsj.com)
David Taintor / Talking Points Memo:
The Daily Staffers To Meet At 11 AM, 6 PM To Discuss Details Of Closure — The Daily's editor in chief Jesse Angelo and publisher Greg Clayman will meet with staff today at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. to discuss details of the iPad-only newspaper's closure later this month.
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Telegraph:
Tom Mockridge quit News Corp after major Murdoch shake-up left him with a role 'he didn't want' — Tom Mockridge resigned as chief executive of News International, publisher of The Times and the Sun, because a major management shake-up at Rupert Murdoch's media empire has left him with a role he does not want.
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Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Gerard Baker Named Wall Street Journal Editor; Robert Thomson CEO Of News Corp. Publishing Company
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George Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp.'s Entertainment Business to Be Called Fox Group After Company Split
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Guardian:
BSkyB's Mike Darcey appointed News International chief
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Katherine Rushton / Telegraph:
News Corp to split as top executive Tom Mockridge goes
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Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
30 More Buyouts Coming to the New York Times — The New York Times, like the rest of the newspaper industry, went through a painful series of buyouts after the 2008 financial collapse exacerbated the already ongoing collapse of the newspaper industry. In 2009, they cut 100 positions.
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Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
These Numbers Show Why The New York Times Is Firing More Journalists — The New York Times announced another round of newsroom cost cuts this morning, with editor Jill Abramson seeking voluntary resignations from 30 senior editors. — If 30 editors don't accept the buyouts, the NYT will proceed to involuntary firings.
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Ken Auletta / New Yorker:
The Heiress — On Saturday, July 2, 2011, a high-society traffic jam descended on the cobblestoned town square of Burford, a village sixty-eight miles northwest of London, not far from the market town of Chipping Norton. Hundreds of chauffeured cars approached a gated stone wall …
Amanda Holpuch / Guardian:
Tumblr hit by cyber worm from group engaged in ‘anti-blogging’ campaign — GNAA spokesman says infection of micro-blogging platform is a protest against ‘lowering journalistic standards’ — Tumblr, the micro-blogging platform which hosts more than 83 million blogs, has been hit by a cyber worm …
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Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Hackers claim 8,600 accounts infected in major Tumblr compromise
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
CNN set to launch syndicated Latino programming — The news network aims to woo bilingual speakers — and ad dollars — with its Spanish-language lifestyle block tailored to broadcast stations. It'll be competing directly with Univision and rivals.
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David Carr / New York Times:
A Stalwart of Time Inc. Packs Up — In the decade I've covered John Huey, I'd never once been to his magisterial office on the 34th floor of the Time & Life building. It is large and imposing in a way its occupant is not, an unlikely landing spot for an old newspaper hack.
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Buzz Media Swaps Out CEO, Looks for More Money — Buzz Media, a pop culture Web publisher with dozens of sites, has a new CEO: President Stephen Hansen has taken the top spot, replacing Tyler Goldman, who moves up to executive chairman after six years. — The Los Angeles-based company …
Anna Heim / The Next Web:
Pocket partners with Matter, brings deep journalism to its read-it-later platform — Read-it-later platform Pocket has closed its first publisher partnership with Kickstarter-funded media outlet Matter, the company announced today in a blog post. — Following the agreement …
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