Clay Shirky
Shirky.com
Jan 4, 2012 3:11 PM
This may be the year where newspapers finally drop the idea of treating all news as a product, and all readers as customers. One early sign of this shift was the 2010 launch of paywalls for the London Times and Sunday Times. These involved no new strategy; however, the newspaper…
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David Kaplan
Nov 23, 2011 8:27 AM
Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:» Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Siemens to Cut 17,000 Jobs (WSJ; Press release) » James Murdoch quits the boards of Sun and Times (London Evening Standard) » Why Might A Publisher Pull Its E-Books From Libraries? (paidContent) » Lovefilm Gets Its Defence…
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Jeff Roberts
Nov 21, 2011 6:59 PM
The Hartford Courant, which provoked a lawsuit over an ill-fated aggregation experiment, quietly settled the case last week. The settlement is a vindication for the small newspaper that sued, but the outcome also means that media outlets will not get a further chance to test-drive the controversial “hot news” doctrine…
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David Kaplan
Nov 1, 2011 8:56 AM
Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:» With Launch Of The Verge, SB Nation Parent Rebrands As Vox Media (paidContent) » Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE), Looking To Grab Rising Online Video Ad Dollars, Buys Auditude (paidContent) » DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) and News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS) reach new deal…
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David Kaplan
Oct 24, 2011 8:34 AM
Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:» Does Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook Also Want To Destroy Android? (paidContent) » Steve Jobs To Biographer: ‘I’m Going To Destroy Android’ (paidContent) » WikiLeaks suspends publishing to fight financial blockade (The Guardian) » We Now Return You to…
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David Kaplan
Sep 18, 2011 11:01 PM
With newspapers having suffered through 20 straight quarters of decline—and no end in sight—a collaborative effort on the part of the Associated Press and 40 newspapers is designed to play on two of the industry’s last advertising strengths: digital and pre-print circulars.
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David Kaplan
Sep 1, 2011 8:18 AM
Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:» Hulu Japan Launches WIth Movies, TV From CBS (NYSE: CBS), Sony (NYSE: SNE), Fox (NSDQ: NWS) & More But No Ads (paidContent) » Streaming Or Not, Apple’s iTunes Match Seems To Offer Advantages Of Both (paidContent) » What The Justice…
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Jeff Jarvis
BuzzMachine
Aug 25, 2011 1:45 PM
Anna Tarkov calculates that the Chicago Tribune’s Groupon deal — two years of the Sunday ‘bune for $20 — works out to 19 cents an issue. What’s at work here is the myth of legacy media, that every reader sees every ad thus every advertiser pays for every reader ……
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David Kaplan
Aug 22, 2011 8:00 AM
Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:» Newspapers Edit Down Outlooks (WSJ) » Murdoch told me to have someone followed: Buttrose (ABC News) » The Hulu Endgame (DigiDay) » Forbes and advertisers: Is history repeating itself? (Talking Biz News) » L.A. Times employees settle lawsuit over stock…
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Tom Krazit
Aug 9, 2011 2:48 PM
It’s not clear why a publishing company like Tribune would think it has a chance to build an iPad competitor when companies that live and breathe consumer electronics have been having so much trouble accomplishing that themselves. But for some reason Tribune executives are working on a free or low-cost…
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Rick Edmonds
The Biz Blog, Poynter Online
Jul 27, 2011 3:19 PM
Even in the close-mouthed world of hedge fund investment, Randall Smith, the principal of Alden Global Capital, gives new meaning to the euphemism “low profile.” Smith’s Alden bought out fellow hedge funds earlier this month and now owns Journal-Register Co. outright. It has gained the largest share of MediaNews, the…
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Sam Gustin
Jul 7, 2011 6:55 PM
Public interest groups and at least one FCC commissioner cheered on Thursday after a federal appeals court threw out part of the agency’s media cross-ownership rules that relaxed restrictions on owning a newspaper and TV station in the same market. The ruling was a blow to some of the nation’s…
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David Kaplan
Jun 22, 2011 8:15 AM
Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:» Is Hulu In Play Or Just Jumping Through Hoops? (paidContent) » Barnes & Noble: E-books Now Outsell Print Books 3 To 1 On BN.com (NYSE: BKS) (paidContent) » Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Socializes Voice In Xbox Ads, Users Share Spots (Mediapost)…
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David Kaplan
Jun 3, 2011 8:13 AM
Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:» Now that Groupon has filed for a $750 million IPO, it’s time to guess the next daily deal site to go public. (paidContent) » Why Bill Keller Stepped Down As Times Executive Editor And How the Paper’s Staffers Staged An…
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David Kaplan
May 6, 2011 12:19 PM
Eddy Hartenstein, the publisher and CEO of Los Angeles Times Communications and a member of parent Tribune Company’s Executive Council, has been named president and CEO of Tribune. The Executive Council was created in October, following the resignation of Randy Michaels, a former Clear Channel (OTCBB: CCMO) executive who was…
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David Kaplan
May 4, 2011 8:00 AM
Reuters (NYSE: TRI) is officially launching an online service offering live video access to breaking and scheduled news events to outside publishers as it attempts to challenge the Associated Press and burnish its profile as more than provider and financial news and data.
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David Kaplan
Apr 27, 2011 8:12 AM
Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:» Tribune Co. bondholders were cleared to sue former shareholders in state courts in an attempt to claw back more than $8 billion the old investors received in the media conglomerate’s ill-fated 2007 leveraged buyout. (WSJ) » Keith Olbermann Relaunches ‘Countdown’…
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David Kaplan
Apr 19, 2011 8:43 AM
Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:» The DVD and online video rental company LoveFilm has joined forces with Disney (NYSE: DIS) to stream films including Toy Story 3 and the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise for the first time. LoveFilm subscribers will be able to watch more…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Mar 15, 2011 12:27 PM
A high profile addition to IAC’s board: Michael Eisner. The former Disney (NYSE: DIS) CEO will become the thirteenth member of the company’s board, which already included big media names such as former Dow Jones (NSDQ: NWS) CEO Richard Zannino, Warner Music CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr., and, of course, chairman…
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David Kaplan
Feb 21, 2011 3:56 PM
The latest comScore (NSDQ: SCOR) Media Metrix rankings are out and January showed web users thinking about three things in particular: jobs, taxes and travel. In terms of which site networks saw the most visitors, the top three remained in the hands of Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and…
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