Mediagazer: David Walsh wants third interview after Lance Armstrong offers apology (Andrew Pugh/Press Gazette)

7:55 AM ET, January 21, 2013

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Christine Haughney / New York Times:

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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:

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Shalini Ramachandran / Digits:

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Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:

The newsonomics of the body shop — We can look at the first 15 years or so of newspapers on the web as a slow-motion car wreck: agonizing to live through, fascinating to watch. — As we pull the pieces apart, we find one key culprit: misalignment. Now, in the age of paywalls, membership …

Andrew Pugh / Press Gazette:

David Walsh wants third interview after Lance Armstrong offers apology — David Walsh, The Sunday Times reporter who led the way in exposing drugs cheat Lance Armstrong, wants a third meeting with the US cyclist to address unanswered questions over the doping scandal.

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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

Hail the independent directors of The Times for living up to their remit — I owe the independent national directors of The Times (INDs) a big apology. I called for their resignation 10 days ago, at the very moment when they were justifying their independent description.

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Josh Sternberg / Digiday:

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Mike Taylor / Guardian:

Hiding your research behind a paywall is immoral — As a scientist your job is to bring new knowledge into the world. Hiding it behind a journal's paywall is unacceptable — Publishing science behind paywalls is immoral. There, I said it. — I know, I know. It's an easy trap to fall into - I've done it myself.

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C.W. Anderson / Nieman Journalism Lab:

How journalists' self-concepts hindered their adaptation to a digital world — Editor's note: CUNY professor and long-time Nieman Lab contributor C.W. Anderson is out with a new book, Rebuilding the News: Metropolitan Journalism in the Digital Age. It's an exploration of the evolution …