From MASHABLE/Story by Vadim Lavrusik: After years of having its news generated by algorithms, Google News is testing a new “Editor’s Pick” section with publishers, enabling... »
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iPad Magazines: Don’t Believe the Hype
By Pete Cashmore (Mashable) (CNN) — Much has been said about the iPad’s ability to reinvigorate the publishing industry. But the first generation of magazine apps on the iPad fall short: They’re an attempt to turn the clock back, rather than move the medium forward. Having splurged on a half-dozen iPad magazines this month, they’re... »
Condé Nast Revives Gourmet — As An App
From Mashable: Nine months after shuttering lifestyle and cooking magazine Gourmet, Condé Nast President and CEO Charles H. Townsend unveiled Gourmet Live, an HTML5-based “immersive and interactive content experience” composed of Gourmet’s large existing library of content and some flashy — if vague — new... »
CNN Drops AP Service to Focus on Own Newsgathering
Bloomberg.com/Story by Sarah Rabil: Time Warner Inc.’s CNN, the 24-hour cable news network, stopped using the Associated Press service and materials to focus on its internal newsgathering efforts. Starting today, CNN’s newsgathering will be the primary source of content across all platforms and services, CNN Worldwide... »
Make No Mistake: Newspapers Are Still in Trouble
By Alan D. Mutter, Newsosaur With newspaper share prices up some 380% in the last 12 months, even the ordinarily incisive Economist Magazine last week offered an upbeat appraisal for... »
AOL Content Chief: Company to Hire ‘Hundreds’ of Journalists
by Michael Learmonth Sites to Be Grouped Into ‘Super Networks’ and Sold to Advertisers NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — AOL is planning to hire hundreds of journalists, editors and videographers in the... »
Americans Reject Newspapers Subsidies
By Erik Sass: Confirming what most people already suspect, a new Rasmussen Reports poll found that a majority of Americans oppose any kind of taxes or fees to subsidize the... »
iPad “Lucrative New Source of Revenue” for Papers?
‘USA Today’ Gets $50 iPad CPMs By Erik Sass/MediaDailyNews : One of the big unanswered questions during the recent media frenzy surrounding the release of Apple’s iPad was how much publishers... »
What Can Journalists Learn from He-Man?
When it comes to narrative multimedia, how can we reimagine storytelling from the ground up? What if templates for new models were right in front of us? In a... »
Does Serious Journalism Have to Be a Charity Case?
From the WSJ’s All Things Digital: Demand Media CEO Richard Rosenblatt runs away from the concept of journalism. ProPublic’s Paul Steiger embraces it. But he says he can’t figure out to provide serious,... »