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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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Journalism and Digital Education Roundup, Jan. 31, 2012
The best stories across the web on journalism and digital education 1. Stanford, Columbia share $30 million digital-media gift (Chronicle of Philanthropy) 2. Apple's new iBooks won't school college bookstores any time soon (Wired) 3. Knight Center course teaches journalists in digital world how to cover disasters, crises (Knight Center) 4. The forgotten role of journalists in journalism research (The...
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Daily Must Reads, Jan. 31, 2012
The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung. 1. Former Cosmo editor gives $30M to start media innovation center at Stanford, Columbia (Poynter) 2. Three founders leave Demand Media, operator of eHow (paidContent) 3. NBC to stream Super Bowl on web (All Things D) 4. Obama shines in Google Plus hangout (Lost Remote) 5....
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10 Types of Foundation-Led Projects Changing the Local Media Landscape
Local foundations are becoming key players in the emerging local news ecosystem by funding news and information projects or creating their own. Knowing that, the Knight Foundation has distributed more than $16 million to 85 challenge winners to develop projects that inform and engage local communities. The Community Information Challenge focuses on community or place-based foundations because Knight believes these...
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Localore Winners Gear Up to Transform Public Media
The following post is from Jessica Clark, who is the media strategist for the Association of Independents in Radio (AIR), which produced the Localore competition. From Fargo to Austin, and Boston to the Bay Area, 10 public stations across the country are now poised to ramp up their innovation capacity. They'll be incubating projects led by winners of the Localore...
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Daily Must Reads, Jan. 30, 2012
The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung. 1. The Guardian expands open journalism experiment with new live blog (10,000 Words) 2. ProPublica will release its work in e-book form (The New York Times) 3. Kindle Fire takes over Android tablet market (Mediabytes) 4. Findings: Consumers use smartphones to browse, tablets to buy...
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Poll: What Do You Think About Apple's Success?
The numbers are staggering. Apple Inc. is now the most valuable company in the U.S. The company made more than $13 billion in profit last quarter, more than Google made in revenues. According to TUAW, the iPhone by itself, in three months, brought in more revenue than McDonald's made in all of 2010. So how does all that make you...
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Daily Must Reads, Jan. 27, 2012
he best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung. 1. Twitter to block tweets on case-by-case basis (CNET) 2. Twitter faces censorship backlash (paidContent) 3. Google spent almost $2 billion on acquisitions in 2011 (TechCrunch) 4. Facebook hires Bloomberg journalist to be managing editor (BusinessInsider) 5. Lee Enterprises leader named new AP board chairwoman (AP)...
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Mediatwits #35: Apple's Boffo Earnings; Get More Clicks Per Tweet; NYC vs. Silicon Valley
Welcome to the 35th episode of "The Mediatwits," the weekly audio podcast from MediaShift. The co-hosts are MediaShift's Mark Glaser and Dorian Benkoil, who is filling in for Rafat Ali. Once again, Apple dominates the headlines, this time for quarterly earnings that blew away Wall Street -- and everyone else. The company made $13.1 billion in profits in the quarter,...
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E-books and Self-Publishing Roundup, Jan. 26, 2012
The best stories of the week from across the web on e-books and self publishing 1. NBC News enters e-book business (Deadline New York) 2. How iBooks Author compares to the competition (Mashable) 3. Amazon: Early data shows Kindle Owners' Lending Library increases sales (paidContent) 4. Is Apple's iBooks Author the right e-book creation tool for journalists? (Online Journalism Review)...
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Daily Must Reads, Jan. 26, 2012
The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung. 1. Facebook: Average journalist has seen 320% uptick in subscribers since fall (10,000 Words) 2. New York Times disputes claim that Daily Mail is largest newspaper in the world (BuzzFeed) 3. Netflix: We do not want to facilitate cord cutting (AdAge) 4. BuzzFeed's future looks like...
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