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7:45 AM ET, April 26, 2013

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Marco Arment / Marco.org:
The next generation of Instapaper  —  When I launched Instapaper in 2008, it was a very basic web app.  It quickly expanded to define the pillars of the read-later market: a one-click “read later” bookmarklet, a web sync service, an adjustable text view optimized for reading, and an iPhone app with offline saving.
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Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
Digg Owner Betaworks Buys Instapaper To Go Big On Social Reading And Discovery
Discussion: paidContent and FishbowlNY
Ryan Chittum / Columbia Journalism Review:
New York Times paywall growth slows  —  But it remains to be seen whether that's a one-quarter blip or the new normal  —  The torrid growth in digital-only subscribers to The New York Times slowed sharply in the first quarter.  Worse, advertising fell so sharply that the paper's overall revenue declined slightly.
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Reuters:
Amazon's success formula: move bits instead of boxes  —  (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc appears to have figured out the secret to being more profitable: sell less physical stuff.  —  The company reported slowing revenue growth and offered a disappointing outlook for this quarter on Thursday …
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Kindle TV: why does Amazon need a set-top box?  —  With competitors swarming the biggest screen in the house, Amazon makes a move of its own  —  News that Amazon is building a set-top box to rival offerings from Apple, Google, and Roku arrived yesterday as a surprise — but not a shock.
Rachel McAthy / Journalism.co.uk:
Why the New York Times has set up a newsroom analytics team  —  The team was set up by Aron Pilhofer, who already runs the interactive news team, social media team and communities team, to introduce editorial-focused analysis of data  —  Copyright: By DaveBleasdale on Flickr.  Some Rights Reserved.
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Chris Velazco / TechCrunch:
The New York Times Releases Its Headline-Reading Google Glass App
Jon Chesto / Boston Business Journal:
Boston Globe prepares to raise its seven-day delivery prices by nearly 8 percent  —  The Boston Globe may be on its way out of The New York Times Co.'s fold, but the Globe's strategy to stabilize circulation revenue is still borrowing from the parent company's playbook.
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Times Company sees sale of ‘Boston Globe’ in second half of 2013
Discussion: CNET
Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online:
Why Big Cities Make Media Liberal—and Why the Koch Brothers Can't Do Anything About It  —  On Sunday, the New York Times reported that the Koch brothers — yes, those Koch brothers, of dumping mad cash into elections fame — are considering buying the Tribune network of newspapers in a bid …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
White House Correspondents' Association dinner isn't costly, but the parties are  —  Figure on paying big time for a semi-glamorous locale; an embassy will do (but only one for a major country).  Then, add in food and booze — about $100 a head.  Plus entertainment, security, cleanup, insurance.
Matthew Flamm / Media & Entertainment:
Fast Company puts twist on advertiser's content  —  The fast-growing trend of content marketing—in which publishers turn over editorial space to marketers—is taking a new turn with a content partnership between a Fast Company website and the advertising and marketing agency Ogilvy & Mather.
Free Culture Foundation:
Don't let the myths fool you: the W3C's plan for DRM in HTML5 is a betrayal to all Web users.  —  A handful of myths have become common defenses of the W3C's plan for “Encrypted Media Extensions” (EME), a Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) scheme for HTML5, the next version of the markup language upon which the Web is built.
Jason Koebler / US News:
ACLU: CISPA Is Dead (For Now)  —  The Senate will not take up the controversial cybersecurity bill, is drafting separate legislation  —  Sen. Jay Rockefeller says CISPA's passage was “important,” but its “privacy protections are insufficient.”  —  CISPA is all but dead, again.
Alaa Abdel Fattah / Tahrir Squared:
Championing The Cause Of Narrative: An Obituary For A Newspaper That Cannot Be Allowed To Live  —  When English speaking friends ask me how to follow Egypt's news I used to recommend Egypt Independent for their solid journalism, their deep analysis, rich contextualization and because they prove …
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
SpinMedia Adds Vibe Magazine to Its Digital Portfolio, Minus the Magazine  —  Last year, Steve Hansen bought Spin magazine, killed the print edition, and kept the website.  —  Now he's singing the same song with a new title: Hansen's SpinMedia is buying Vibe, the 20-year-old hip-hop and R&B magazine …
 
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Associated Press:
Mexican Newspaper Photographer Found Dead
Matt Buchanan / New Yorker:
The Medium of the Moment  —  After the Boston Marathon bombings …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
iTunes Sales Are Huge! But Growth May Be Slowing.
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Newspapers' alternative regulation plans: the key differences
Discussion: Media Week and BBC
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
First, the good news: ‘Daily News’ promotes two in digital
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Michael Malone / Broadcasting & Cable:
Belo Revenue up 3% in First Quarter
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Startup BookShout raises $6M; no longer lets users import their Kindle and Nook books
Discussion: VentureBeat
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
New York Times Rumored To Be Courting Atlantic's Editor
Discussion: Politico and FishbowlDC
Dale Kasler / Sacramento Bee:
McClatchy Co. posts loss in first quarter
Discussion: PR Newswire and Poynter
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
WPP CEO Sorrell: Google Will Overtake News Corp As Our Largest Media Investment This Year Or Next
Discussion: AdExchanger and Guardian