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Craig Mod / paidContent:
The deal Goodreads should've struck (hint: it wasn't with Amazon) — In my dream team, fantasy publishing startup league, I would have had Goodreads buy Readmill. Here are two startups with similarly overlapping problems. I understand why Amazon bought Goodreads, and why Goodreads sold itself to Amazon.
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Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
Authors Guild warns of monopoly in Amazon's purchase of Goodreads
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The Authors Guild, GalleyCat, Forbes, The Huffington Post and WebProNews
Tim Carmody / The Verge:
Goodreads is no Instagram: Amazon paid about $150 million
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Digits and AllThingsD
Kim Christensen / Los Angeles Times:
O.C. Register's university ad deals pose credibility questions — UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton and Chapman University each agreed to pay $275,000 for ads in weekly sections packed with positive news about their schools. — Some Register staffers have expressed concerns …
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@jeffjarvis, @dannysullivan and FishbowlLA
Ted Johnson / Variety:
It's Big TV vs. Big Telecom Over Broadcast Spectrum … The government's plan to auction off broadcast spectrum to expand wireless services has pitted Big TV against Big Telecom at the FCC and in the halls of Congress. Some say the nation is facing an apocalyptic capacity crunch due …
Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Texas Tribune expands its niche email business with In the Flow — The Texas Tribune is getting into the niche newsletter business. The Tribune's new twice-a-month newsletter, In the Flow, takes a look at water issues and related topics like droughts and fracking.
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The Texas Tribune
Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:
At The Wall Street Journal, a smartphone app has reporters on board for shooting video — The text-based web is dead, says Michael Downing. When AOL CEO Tim Armstrong announced his intention this month to transform the company into a platform for video, Downing heard a death knell — one he's been expecting for some time.
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Warner Bros. Embraced Digital Future With Choice of Kevin Tsujihara as CEO … Editor-in-chief: TV — @Variety_Cynthia — Kevin Tsujihara is feeling the weight of his triumph. Eleven days into his tenure as CEO of Warner Bros., his inbox is still inundated with well wishers.
Tom Perry / Reuters:
Egyptian satirist questioned for insulting Mursi, freed on bail — (Reuters) - Egyptian prosecutors questioned Egypt's most prominent television satirist on Sunday over allegations that he insulted President Mohamed Mursi, a case regarded by his critics as new proof of a crackdown on dissent.
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New York Times, NPR, Bloomberg, BBC, @drbassemyoussef and Bangkok Post
Associated Press:
AP opens full news bureau in Myanmar — YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The Associated Press on Saturday became the first international news agency to open a bureau in Myanmar since a reformist government took power two years ago and began relaxing restrictions on the media for the first time in decades.
Monica Almeida / Al Jazeera English:
New challenges for investigative journalism — Investigative reporting is the preferred scapegoat of the powerful when they have something to hide, writes Almeida. — Monica Almeida is the Quito editor of daily newspaper El Universo. She has worked for AFP in Paris and was a 2009 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.
Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
Content for cord cutters is going to get harder to find, industry executive predicts — While millions of cord cutters are eagerly awaiting their chance to subscribe to HBOGo, the CEO of the company that helps ensure that HBO's over the top content looks good is skeptical about when that might happen.
Rebecca Shapiro / The Huffington Post:
NY Times Changes Yvonne Brill Obituary After Criticism — The New York Times responded to a chorus of critics on Saturday after it published an obituary about a famed female rocket scientist that led with her accomplishments as a wife and mother. — Yvonne Brill died on Wednesday at the age of 88.
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New York Times, BuzzFeed, The Wrap and Pressing Issues
Emma Bazilian / Adweek:
New York Magazine Launches Enhanced iPad App — New York magazine is finally scrapping its digital replica app and launching a new interactive version of its weekly print magazine that was created with digital design agency The Wonderfactory and uses the Mag+ platform.
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Mobile Marketer Media
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