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Mediatwits #37: Merger Mania: CIR-Bay Citizen; GigaOM-PaidContent; Twitter Censorship
Welcome to the 37th episode of "The Mediatwits," the weekly audio podcast from MediaShift. The co-hosts are MediaShift's Mark Glaser and Jillian York, who is filling in for Rafat Ali. It's been a crazy week in media + tech, with important mergers abounding! First up is the Center for Investigative Reporting announcing that it will try to merge with... more »
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GigaOm + PaidContent = Perfect Sense
When the U.K.-based Guardian Media Group bought PaidContent in 2008, it was portrayed as an attempt to expand into the U.S. market. The Guardian newspaper was a forerunner in its use of the web, and already got a large portion of its traffic from North America. But I had trouble seeing why a general interest news organization, even a forward-looking... more »
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Daily Must Reads, Feb. 10, 2012
The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung. 1. Rodale, Time and other publishers get hit with privacy lawsuits (Online Media Daily) 2. Penguin cuts ties with e-library distributor OverDrive (paidContent) 3. Nielsen: Number of TV 'cord cutters' increases (Lost Remote) 4. WSJ uses Pinterest, Instagram to cover Fashion Week (Nieman Lab) 5. Can...
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E-books and Self-Publishing Roundup, Feb. 9, 2012
The best stories of the week from across the web on e-books and self-publishing1. 2012 marks the rise of new e-book tools (Forbes) 2. Self-published crime writer is Kindle's most popular author (The Telegraph) 3. Rogue self-publishers adding XXX material to Nook and Kindle online stores (PC Magazine) 4. Would you buy digital books in bundles if it was cheaper?...
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Daily Must Reads, Feb. 9, 2012
The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung. 1. GigaOM CEO discusses acquisition of PaidContent (Wired) 2. BBC journalists told not to break news stories on Twitter (Guardian) 3. AOL has hired a new chief content officer to give Patch a boost (paidContent) 4. How Don Graham fumbled the Washington Post Co. (Forbes) 5....
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Bay Citizen, Center for Investigative Reporting Plan to Merge. Now What?
The Bay Citizen and the Center for Investigative Reporting, two non-profit organizations based in the Bay Area, announced formally Tuesday that they intend to merge. Under terms of the agreement, Berkeley, Calif.-based CIR, which also runs California Watch, would take over management of the Bay Citizen, an online publication with a publishing partnership with The New York Times. Phil Bronstein,...
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Are You Part of the 2% (of People Who Get Campaign News From Twitter)?
Many of you are, like me, among the proverbial "99%" when it comes to economics and income. But if you regularly learn about the 2012 campaign from those you follow on Twitter, as I do, you're in an elite class of a different sort. A new report out from the The Pew Research Center for The People and The Press...
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Daily Must Reads, Feb. 8, 2012
The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung. 1. Amazon and Viacom nearing web-video deal (Reuters) 2. Sky News clamps down on Twitter use (Guardian) 3. Le Huffington Post Québec launches (FishbowlNY) 4. Facebook partners with Bango, looks to mobile payments (The Next Web) 5. LinkedIn is acquiring Rapportive, a startup that focuses on...
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Spoiler Alert! Tech Is Changing the Way We Even Talk About TV
(Spoiler alert! The following post includes things that happened on "Downton Abbey," "The Sopranos" and "Dallas.") The post to Facebook on a late Monday morning was simple enough. A photo of actor Thomas Howes as his character William from "Downton Abbey," along with the status, "Oh, William. We will miss you." The post was meant to engage, and perhaps commiserate...
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Journalism and Digital Education Roundup, Feb. 7, 2012
The best stories across the web on journalism and digital education 1. Digital, print textbooks to compete for college audience (U.S. News & World Report) 2. Rice U. to offer free online physics textbook (Inside Higher Ed) 3. Is the iPad an educational tool or a lifestyle addiction? (Des Moines Register) 4. Why teachers should manage their digital identities (TeachHUB)...
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Daily Must Reads, Feb. 7, 2012
The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung. 1. AP beats Google for Nevada caucus results (Poynter) 2. Netflix competes with pay cable with its first original series (paidContent) 3. Disney's ABC, Univision in talks to create 24-hour cable-news channel (Wall Street Journal) 4. Publishers are flubbing the iPad, except one (Newsosaur) 5. Facebook...
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How Apps Are Making the 'Third Screen' a Primary Screen for Historical TV
On the last day of the History Makers International conference, a three-day event consisting of award presentations, panel discussions, and master classes for producers and broadcasters, a particular tweet caught my eye: "At third screen panel at history conference. I feel like a dinosaur." The faster-than-the-speed-of-light changes in the digital world may be making many people feel like dinosaurs, but...
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