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Feb 3, 2012, 2:35 PM EST
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Digital DMA: Digital Splits Spur Creativity In San Antonio
Break-ups in the Web partnerships of some of the Alamo City's traditional media players have produced three of San Antonio’s top digital outlets. The splits have also sparked some creative social and mobile efforts around San Antonio's music scene and beloved Spurs basketball team. More | Add comment
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Agile Alt Media Adapting to Digital Challenges
Like all media entities, alternative newsweeklies have taken their hits over the past few years but now they are taking advantage of their flexibility and experimenting with social media, video and blogs in an effort to catch up in the digital world, and in some markets, challenge the local daily for dominance. More | Add comment
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Exec. Session: Alt Weeklies Tap Roots To Drive Web Rev
Alternative newsweeklies may have gotten off to a slow start on the digital front, but according to Tim Keck, publisher of Seattle's The Stranger and Portland, Ore.'s Mercury, such newspapers can draw on their iconoclastic voice, strong local entertainment coverage and close relationships with local businesses, to take the online lead in their communities and build their online revenue. More | Comments (1)
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AppCheck: Twitter-Centric Ky Cager App Gets In Game
In Kentucky, college basketball is king and the University of Kentucky Wildcats are an obsession. Into that environment steps a new narrowly focused free app from Schurz Communications: Catalist, which montors Twitter for all things Wildcats, gathering tweets from players, coaches and even recruits. More | Comments (1)
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Site Specific: CBS Local Deal Opens Doors For Pureplay
Examiner.com, the Clarity Digital Group-owned local-content network, has opened up new audiences with a recent deal to provide its vetted user-created content on niche topics to CBS Local. The deal also creates new revenue streams for the network, adding to what is already drawn from display ands and sponsored content. More | Add comment
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Online Metrics Take A Step Closer To Standardization
Plagued by inconsistent measurement systems, the industry is seeking to standardize online audience measurements. The IAB, ANA and 4As are working on the Making Measurement Make Sense initiative that could hellp boost digital and cross-platform ad growth. More | Add comment
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News Corp. Taps Lex Fenwick To Head Dow Jones
The Hollywood Reporter,
Feb 3, 2012, 8:48 AM EST
Yahoo Steals NYT Columnist Heffernan
In its most high-profile move since announcing the expansion of its political coverage, Yahoo News has hired former New York Times columnist Virginia Heffernan as its national correspondent. Link
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Politico,
Feb 3, 2012, 8:26 AM EST
NY Times: Search For CEO Still In Early Stages
Capital New York,
Feb 3, 2012, 7:31 AM EST
Poynter Adds Andrew Beaujon As Online Reporter
Poynter,
Feb 2, 2012, 7:59 AM EST
JRC Names New VP Of Sales, Publisher
NetNewsCheck,
Feb 1, 2012, 2:51 PM EST
Yahoo Hires Its First White House Correspondent
Yahoo News,
Feb 1, 2012, 8:34 AM EST
Murdoch Taps NYC Schools Official As Chief Of Staff
Los Angeles Times,
Feb 1, 2012, 8:27 AM EST
New Yorker's Remnick Shuns Twitter But Loves iPad
The Wrap,
Feb 1, 2012, 8:10 AM EST
News Corp. Communications Chief Leaving
The New York Times,
Jan 31, 2012, 8:20 AM EST
Three Founders Out At Demand Media
PaidCiontent,
Jan 31, 2012, 8:06 AM EST
News Int. Phone Hacking Scandal
British Cops Arrest 5 In Tabloid Bribery Probe
Associated Press,
Jan 30, 2012, 8:01 AM EST
The criminal investigation into British tabloid skullduggery turned full force on a second Rupert Murdoch publication Saturday, with the arrest of four current and former journalists from The Sun on suspicion of bribing police. A serving police officer was also held. Full Story
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Ex-Food Net Exec To Run YouTube Food Channel
The New York Times,
Jan 30, 2012, 7:13 AM EST
CBSSports.com Reporter Fired For Paterno Report
Poynter,
Jan 27, 2012, 2:55 PM EST
Facebook Hires ME, Is News Product Next?
The social network has tapped Bloomberg's former social media director Dan Fletcher to be its managing editor setting off another round of speculation as to what Facebook is planning for the newsroom URL's the company registered earlier this month. Link
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The Atlantic Wire,
Jan 27, 2012, 7:59 AM EST
AP Names Lee's Mary Junck To Head Board
he Lee Enterprises Inc. CEO will replace MediaNews Group's William Dean Singleton, who has been AP chairman since 2007. Junck will guide the search for a new CEO to replace Tom Curley and help steer the AP's efforts to boost revenue. Full Story
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Associated Press,
Jan 26, 2012, 3:00 PM EST
Netflix Replaces Marketing Chief After User Revolt
Bloomberg,
Jan 24, 2012, 7:44 AM EST
Andrew Beaujon To Replace Romenesko At Poynter
The New York Observer,
Jan 24, 2012, 7:40 AM EST
Editor Is The Story Ad French HuffPo Launches
The New York Times,
Jan 23, 2012, 4:01 PM EST
Gilt Groupe Cuts 10% Of Staff And Two Execs
All Things Digital,
Jan 23, 2012, 3:33 PM EST
Gilt Groupe, a luxury e-commerce and flash sales site, has trimmed roughly 10% — up to 90 — of its employees, including some of its management team. Link
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For Future Of News, Killer App Is Credibility
Robert Hernandez, an assistant professor of professional practice in journalism at USC Annenberg: "With technology empowering everyone with the ability to create and to distribute, I predict — and wish — that in 2012 the new dominating factor will be Credibility. Actually, earned Credibility."
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Layoffs, Cutbacks Lead To News Deserts
Tom Stites: "Desertification is on the march, claiming more and more communities as newspapers continue to wither and few Web efforts manage to replace more than a fraction of the original reporting that newspapers have abandoned."
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Moneyball: Fixing Newspaper Web Sales
Mel Taylor: "Today's Newspaper industry is like that once great, but now struggling baseball team playing on a new, hyper-competitive field called the Internet. The veteran print team is stuck in a rut using the same, tired strategy that did serve them well for years, but no longer. Today, they get trounced by those with more money and muscle."
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You Should Only Work This Hard If You Own The Business
Howard Owens, digital media pioneer and author of HowardOwens.com, writes on Patch editors: "But here’s the thing about the work load for Patch editors: They’re not owners. They are expected to do all of the things they would have to do if they owned their own web sites, but merely in service of building wealth for AOL shareholders. Sure, work hard and keep your job is a nice benefit, and as a former corporate employee I think employees have an ethical obligation to help build shareholder value. That’s what they’re paid to do. ... However, if what we’re hearing is true about the Patch workload, I can only ask: Why are you doing it?"
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The Metric For Missed Expectations
Matthew Shanahan: "Here’s the problem: [Click-through rates don't] take into account audience engagement, not to mention the fact that other advertisers are competing for the click-through on the same page."
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Debate Over Naming Commenters Rages On
Eric Pfanner on real-name commenting policies: "The complications are enormous. Even self-contained Internet services like Facebook have had difficulty enforcing 'real name' systems. To achieve this on the borderless Internet would be impossible."
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Communities Lose Out When Papers Close
Author Ken Doctor on MediaNews Group's decision to consolidate its Bay Area newspapers: "It isn’t simply the sad loss of middle-class journalism jobs, as lamentable as that is, just as so many other good jobs that have disappeared in recent years. It’s a community loss, and points to the wider impact of news cuts on the society in which we live. That’s often forgotten as we focus too narrow on industry loss."
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Why AOL Should Double Down On Patch
Maxwell Wessel, member of Harvard Business School think tank Forum for Growth, on AOL's Patch: "Patch is AOL's last, best chance to build a growth engine. Investors shouldn't be calling for AOL to back off the business. They should be calling for AOL to double down ... by increasing commitment."
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News Orgs Should Use Innovation As A Tool
Frédéric Filloux: "News organizations ... should view innovation as their main weapon against direct competitors and emerging players such as tech startups."
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