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Eric Wilson / New York Times:
Conde Nast Creates New Job for Anna Wintour — Anna Wintour, who will mark her 25th anniversary as the editor of Vogue magazine this summer and who for the last year has been the subject of persistent rumors about a possible ambassadorship in the Obama administration, is taking on the additional role …
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Jasper Jackson / TheMediaBriefing:
Print-on-demand: A way to turn digital products into print revenue without the risk? — Could turning digital-only content into print be a viable extra revenue stream? — Digital publishing used to be an adjunct to print - the icing on the cake of print circulation and advertising that was the foundation of a publisher's business.
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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
NPR Wants to Click With Those Who Tweet — AUSTIN, Tex. — NPR might not seem like the most obvious host of a party at the sprawling South by Southwest Interactive conference. But it, like so many other old-line media companies, wants and needs what the conference, part of the South by Southwest festivals, has: youthful energy.
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Bloomberg:
Netflix Adds Social Options, Facebook Ties for U.S. Users — Netflix Inc. (NFLX), the online video service, began offering U.S. subscribers the ability to peer into each others' digital movie libraries in a long-awaited partnership with Facebook Inc. (FB) — The software, updating features offered …
Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
Big publishers sign on to New York Times sticky ad tool — The New York Times Company last year unveiled an ad tool called Ricochet that allows brands to staple their online ads to stories as they move across the internet and social media. Now, other prominent publications like The New Yorker …
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Amy Coopes / Agence France Presse:
Australia defends media reforms amid ‘Stalinism’ claims — SYDNEY — Australia defended proposed media reforms arising from Britain's phone-hacking scandal Wednesday after a heated backlash from Rupert Murdoch's local operations, which labelled them dictatorial.
Donna Tam / CNET:
AMC Networks launches ‘Yeah’ movie-streaming network — The cable TV network decides to focus on cult classics with established fan bases, and to set its service apart by offering bonus features such as exclusive interviews with filmmakers. — For those who like watching their favorite flicks …
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Variety, NetNewsCheck Latest, /Film and The Verge
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
‘Snow Fall,’ Denver Post's Aurora coverage win ASNE awards — ASNE — ASNE announced its awards Wednesday for the best journalism of 2012. They honored The New York Times' “Snow Fall” project, which ASNE said “sets a new standard for online storytelling.”
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Susan Decker / Bloomberg:
Digital Ads Need to Be Clear on All Platforms, FTC Says — Advertising delivered through social media or on mobile phones needs to provide clear disclosures and abide by the same requirements that apply to newspaper and television messages, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said.
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Federal Trade Commission, paidContent, USA Today and Hillicon Valley
TheMediaBriefing:
Alternative funding models and a lot more innovation necessary to keep journalism alive — Before the German Bundestag passed the new copyright law protecting publishers - dubbed “Lex Google” - Stephan Weichert, professor at Hamburg Media School, gave a statement to the German Parliament explaining …
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Nieman Journalism Lab:
New York Times expands TimesTalks north to Canada ➚ — Hallae Khosravi at the Toronto Standard: … We've written a number of times about the Times' expanding global strategy, which has mostly taken the form of country-targeted content (like India Ink) and foreign-language editions (in China and Brazil).
Emma Bazilian / Adweek:
N.Y. Daily News Releases City Guide App With MyCityWay — Since launching in December 2009, city guide app developer MyCityWay has been providing users with tools to help them navigate their space, from mass transit reports and news to weather and event listings.
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