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  • media

    Would You Pay $5 a Month to Read the New York Times Online?

    At long last, the New York Times may have figured out how to make money off its website: by charging for it. More »
    07/09/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Baroness: I already subscribe to the printed edition, but I suppose I might. I do believe in the Times... 4 Responses | Other threads

  • youtube

    Newspaper Argues the Internet is Even Killing the Internet

    The Independent has a massive piece today on YouTube and how, despite having close to 350 million users worldwide per month, it's set to lose almost half a billion dollars this year. And it's all your fault, naturally. More »
    07/07/09
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    By The Cajun Boy

    Comment by Airvault: That "twenty hours of video uploaded per minute" figure honestly amazes me, given that the majority of the videos uploaded... 3 Responses | Other threads

  • bright ideas

    Let's Screw Up the Entire Internet to Save Newspapers

    The hot new idea among people who think about "journalism," and the sanctity thereof: let's ban linking, on the internet! Let's also ban wheels, in order to save the horse industry. Let's also ban talking about things! More »
    07/01/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by contains_hot_liquid: Out of genuine curiosity/ignorance: Why don't the papers just start charging subscriptions for their online content? I'd pay $5 a month,... 66 Responses | Other threads

  • judgments

    The Persistent Failure of Steven Brill

    Steven Brill has a reputation for being a media wise man—a deep-thinking mogul who's always spotting the opportunities of The Future. Which is kind of strange, since the majority of his projects have been ostentatious failures. More »
    06/23/09
    4,285
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by hypocriteoath: I know she can breathe and all, but third success down... really? 5 Responses | Other threads

  • media

    Newser Secures Millions in Funding

    Newser, the news aggregator co-founded by intern-shagging media blowhard Michael Wolff, has secured $2.5 million in first-round funding. The source is reported to be numerous individual investors, who must have been unfazed by the Wolff goat-molestation rumors. [Paid Content]
    06/19/09
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    By The Cajun Boy

    Comment by Wrapitup: Sinister rumors abound that Michael Wolff cooks a mean Jamaican goat curry. Note to self: if Michael Wolff molests you,... 1 Responses | Other threads

  • mediaite

    Unlaunched Media Blog Has Facebook Sibling Intern. (Plus: A Preview!)

    An addition to the Celebrity Media Intern Class of '09: Arielle Zuckerberg, the kid sister of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. She's indentured herself to Dan Abrams-affiliated media blog Mediaite.com. It hasn't launched yet, but we have an exclusive preview! More »
    06/17/09
    4,056
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by FaceMelter: Why the long face? 8 Responses | Other threads

  • reporters in peril

    North Korea Sentences American Reporters to 12 Years Hard Labor

    Laura Ling, the sister of former The View co-host Lisa Ling, and fellow Current TV journalist Euna Lee have been sentenced to twelve years in a labor camp by a North Korean court for crossing that country's border. More »
    06/08/09
    21,765
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    By The Cajun Boy

    Comment by Marina Martin: They did not "accidentally" cross the border. They did it intentionally, with video equipment, to illegally film a documentary. If... 60 Responses | Other threads

  • advertising

    Bing Will Annoy You Into Submission

    Microsoft's new search-dealie "Bing" is going up against The Google, which is hard! Fortunately, Bing's marketing wizards have devised the world's most annoying ways to promote it. (*Bing* sound)! More »
    06/05/09
    6,085
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Kid Twist: Microsoft has a history of annoying marketing startegies and devices. Like that goddamn paperclip from a few years ago. 2 Responses | Other threads

  • the future

    New York Times 'Social Media Editor' Playing Out Exactly As Suspected

    Today the New York Times named Jennifer Preston its first-ever "Social Media Editor." We speculated she would do comical stuffy-NYT-meets-freewheeling-internet activities like cracking down on newsroom Twitterers (and maybe trying out this "Twitter" herself?). We were correct: More »
    05/26/09
    5,423
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Purple Umpteenth: yep she looks really exciting to follow. 4 Responses | Other threads

  • media

    New York Times Hiring 'Social Media Editor' To...Do Something

    The New York Times is charging face-first into the digital age! They're appointing a "Social Media Editor." It's Jennifer Preston, former editor of the recently-folded Regional Sections! Could this be the beginning of the end of the Golden Age of NYT Twittery? [UPDATED below]: More »
    05/26/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by daveyjonesisdead: If no one can read your twitters, are you a social media editor? 1 Responses | Other threads

  • media

    Newspaper Twitterers Will Ruin Everything!

    If all you newspaper reporters don't stop Twittering every goddamn thing you see, Bill Keller is seriously going to lose his shit. Can you put down the iPhone so we can have a meeting here? More »
    05/14/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by ellagood: he should be commending them all for finally showing some real reporting skills. more » | Other threads

  • print is dead

    Google Planning to Rob Bloggers to Pay New York Times

    Give the newspaper bosses this much: In their desperation to fix their dying businesses, they are going after logical targets. Google's rise has exactly nothing to do with their fall — but Google has money. More »
    05/14/09
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by Antilles_Prime: this should be fun. i do enjoy seeing google getting some hell in no small part because of their smugness. however. I definitely... more » | Other threads

  • nerdfight

    New Yorkerers in Scandalous Twitter Brawl

    Our dreams have come true! New Yorker contributor and Twitterati regular Susan Orlean is whaling away on whiny, blogorrheic ex-staff writer Dan Baum on Twitter. Grab some popcorn, follow @susanorlean and @danielsbaum, and enjoy! More »
    05/12/09
    5,762
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by I.am.the.1: Our dreams have come true! New Yorker contributor and Twitterati regular Susan Orlean is whaling away... whaling away?? Certain you mean... 2 Responses | Other threads

  • death of print

    Will David Geffen Gay Up the New York Times?

    Hello, Pink Lady! David Geffen, the wealthy friend of Dorothy, wants to buy the New York Times. Fantastic news for the paper's gay mafia. More »
    05/11/09
    5,495
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by WindowSeat: 'd lk t s ths pst r-wrttn s "Wll Crls Slm Spc p Th Nw Yrk Tms?" wth sm clrfl... 8 Responses | Other threads

  • print is dead

    How to Pry Money Out of Google

    The New York Times and Washington Post are in informal talks about the online news business. The obvious subtext: The newspapers want Google to pay for their headlines. They're going about it all wrong. More »
    05/11/09
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by Pope John Peeps II: Tell that to to CNET News, the tech news site which has won awards for its reporting. Owen, tech reporting isn't... 5 Responses | Other threads

  • media

    New York Times Leaning Towards Paid Online Access (Of a Sort—Updated)

    Twitter has now replaced press releases at the New York Times. The paper is just wrapping up a "strategy" presentation to the newsroom, which is helpfully being live-twitted. Let's listen in! [UPDATED below]: More »
    05/11/09
    6,857
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by El Matardillo: The lesson of Times Select is lost on these people. I look forward to their financial bankruptcy. 4 Responses | Other threads

  • print is dead

    A Bigger Kindle Makes Jeff Bezos Richer and Newspapers Poorer

    Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled the Kindle DX, a large-screen e-reader, today at the site of the New York Times's former headquarters in Lower Manhattan. The message: He's the future and newspapers are the past. More »
    05/06/09
    4,307
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by stanhalen: But can you use this contraption as a blanket when you're sleeping on a park bench? The broadsheet is the classic... 2 Responses | Other threads

  • the internet

    How Long Before the NYT Shuts Down Its Scandalous Twitterers?!

    In January, the New York Times' standards editor issued guidelines about how editorial staffers are allowed to use Facebook and other scary online tools. Is reporter Twittering making a mockery of those guidelines? Let's explore! More »
    05/04/09
    5,820
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by SultanaEleusis: Name me two people who wish The Times ill! Okay, name me two million, along with their middle initials... 1 Responses | Other threads

  • breakups

    PaidContent Blog Impresario Divorcing Long-Suffering Wife

    Money changes everything. Rafat Ali, the founder of PaidContent, ought to be relaxing on the beach after selling his blog business to the Guardian last year. Instead, he's working harder than ever. And getting divorced. More »
    04/21/09
    5,433
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by TripMcCane: Gee, I hope nobody loses their head. 1 Responses | Other threads

  • the internet

    YouTube's Sad Studio Deal Just Highlights Hulu's Superiority

    In the war between video sites, Hulu might have the Daily Show, 30 Rock and 24, but YouTube just signed big studio deals to bring you... Harper's Island and The Addams Family. Oh, Google. More »
    04/17/09
    6,047
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by Peter Strauss: Seriously would these companies mind bringing their videos to anywhere outside of the States? There IS a whole world outside... 11 Responses | Other threads

  • print is dead

    Maureen Dowd Gapes at the Horror of Google

    What happens when the prim self-satisfaction of New York's media elite meets the smug hubris of Silicon Valley's unblinking technocrats? Why, a Maureen Dowd profile of Google CEO Eric Schmidt, that's what happens. More »
    04/15/09
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by jbuberel: What would it take to get the NYTimes to implement the following robots.txt: User-agent: Googlebot Disallow: / Within a few days, the... 3 Responses | Other threads

  • print is dead

    Why Newspapers Shouldn't Buy What Steven Brill Is Selling

    Steven Brill launched American Lawyer magazine, Court TV, Brill's Content and those airport security fast-passes. Now he wants to help newspapers broker their online content. Clue: Smarter people already offer that. More »
    04/14/09
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by MATIC: Your argument makes sense on one level, but it doesn't take into account the underlying realities-- Newspapers are scared to... 1 Responses | Other threads

  • shut up, internet

    The AP's War on the Web Reaches New Heights of Incompetence

    The Associated Press wants to be the Internet's content sheriff—as soon as it figures out how it works. It demanded a radio station in Tennessee take down videos embedded from the AP's own YouTube channel. More »
    04/09/09
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by Danilo Campos: The death of the newspaper industry is richly deserved. 2 Responses | Other threads

  • the chart

    Debunking the AP's Aggregation Aggravation

    Online aggregators are financial vampires sucking the lifeblood out of the news business! You know — evil digital upstarts like the Wall Street Journal, CNN, and the New York Times. More »
    04/08/09
    3,207
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by UmaGaleo: But the chart supports the newspapers' central complaint: Papers' sites would still get traffic without search engines. But those search... 2 Responses | Other threads

  • print is dead

    Google CEO: Newspapers Need to Speed Things Up

    What's the mysterious plague that's killing newspapers? According to Google CEO Eric Schmidt, it's not search engines, Craigslist, or Monster.com. It's those agonizingly slow-loading websites! More »
    04/07/09
    4,953
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by ifstone: Eric Schmidt, when he was at Sun, actually made websites slow today by f-ing up Java. Newspaper sites are weighed... 2 Responses | Other threads

  • media

    Wired.com 'Gutted' in Conde Layoffs

    More detail on the layoffs at Conde Nast Digital today (which is not an April Fool's joke, okay): Wired.com was reportedly hit hard. Internal turf war? More »
    04/01/09
    18,787
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Awesome X: Yet Details endures. 2 Responses | Other threads

  • media

    A Facebook Cofounder's Public Outing

    Only a few things will make a chatty entrepreneur stop talking about their next big idea: a lawsuit, an IPO, or a magazine cover story. The last explains Facebook cofounder Chris Hughes's recent quiet period. More »
    03/17/09
    10,087
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by sergegainsbourg: I am pretty sure the results of Obama's campaign are history at this point. I remember hearing somewhere that he... 2 Responses | Other threads

  • recessionomics

    Magazine Editor Retrained as 'Google Trends' Watcher

    Lois Draegin was an editor at TV Guide before she got laid off—now she has an internship to help her build internet skills. That's admirable! But the internship's kind of awful. We should know! More »
    03/06/09
    5,388
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Rumpelstilskin: I hate young people. 4 Responses | Other threads

  • blogging for dollars

    New New York Times Survival Strategy: Become a Fancy Blog-Software Company

    Why has the Gray Lady assigned full-time reporters to communities in Brooklyn and New Jersey? Even a Times editor admits the paper will never make money on microjournalism. But they could market software to bloggers. More »
    03/05/09
    3,677
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by Jasper Reardon: This isn't a new strategy for the Times, really. For instance, the About.com deal that everyone derided was mostly in... 3 Responses | Other threads

  • death of print

    The New York Times Battles a Googler for New Jersey

    Why is the Gray Lady building websites for the obscure suburbs of South Orange, Maplewood, and Milburn? Perhaps because those are the exact same towns Google executive Tim Armstrong picked for Patch, his local-news startup. More »
    02/28/09
    7,737
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by Tremonius: I read that the LA Times has online revenue exceeding its editorial costs, minus printing. That means if they went... 5 Responses | Other threads

  • death of print

    Here's Hoping Google Does Kill the Newspapers

    The news that Google is placing ads on Google News has sent a renewed wave of handwringing through the newspaper industry. How dare those Googlers make online news a profitable business! More »
    02/27/09
    5,783
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by Elliot Poger: OK, and once the newspapers die, who's going to write the stories? (No, not bloggers churning out copy in... 10 Responses | Other threads

  • death of print

    Only a Cable Guy Could Come Up With Newsday's Pay-Only Scheme

    Pundits will say Newsday's desperate plan to charge for the Long Island newspaper's website is some kind of bellwether for the industry. What it really means: Newsday and its owner, Cablevision, have nothing to lose. More »
    02/26/09
    3,690
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by OlgaGrisha: "Some local Long Island News"? That's pretty much all Newsday is and has been for years now. People know this,... 2 Responses | Other threads

  • death of print

    San Francisco Chronicle Owner Threatens Shutdown

    Hearst Newspapers could shut down San Francisco's dominant daily, the Chronicle, if unions do not agree to major job cuts. The threatened shuttering would leave the city without a real newspaper. Would anyone notice? More »
    02/24/09
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by PRIsNotJournalism: And this is when capitalism officially takes over democracy. Too bad no one will be around to document it, except... 4 Responses | Other threads

  • trendwatch

    Five Print-to-Online Crossovers, And How Many Will Survive. (Maybe None!)

    Long-form trend alert: Lots of former print media people are launching websites. There was another one today! It's time for us to rate five of these—and their chances of survival—honestly. This is important: More »
    02/24/09
    12,210
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Lux Alptraum: A lot of people dislike the term bisexual because it references an attraction to two genders, which isn't particularly inclusive... 15 Responses | Other threads

  • death of print

    How Not to Save Newspapers

    Micropayments are the future of content! If I had a nickel for every time I heard that one. Walter Isaacson, a former managing editor of Time, is the latest to pick up this tired banner. More »
    02/05/09
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by izzyrowlands: Whatever you say Mr. Thomas, but that is a pretty sweet cover. 7 Responses | Other threads

  • journalismism

    TV Networks Prepping Steve Jobs's Obituary

    Steve Jobs, currently on medical leave as Apple CEO, is not dead, but the major networks are acting as if he were. Producers from CBS and NBC are scheduling interviews for their Jobs obituaries. More »
    01/23/09
    7,594
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by blix: Bill Gates canned television obit is a plain blue screen. 3 Responses | Other threads

  • death of print

    NYT's Genius Geeks Don't Know How to Save It, Either

    Did you know that the New York Times has a crew of "digital renegades" who are reinventing journalism through interactive graphics and databases? It's true! Too bad they're not working on fixing the newspaper's business. More »
    01/12/09
    5,713
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by diorist: Reportage? Is that as in "roughage" or "sewage?" more » | Other threads

  • death of print

    Google Boss to Newspapers: No Bailout

    Everyone wants a sugar daddy to save them. Wall Street has found one in Washington. But the newspaper industry has been batting its eyes in the direction of Mountain View, Calif., home of Google. Ha! More »
    01/07/09
    6,431
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by CodePink: Um, this man resembles a mentally challenged adult who likes doing that fast hand moving thing when he gets excited.... 8 Responses | Other threads

  • hackers

    Fox News Twitter Hacked By Bill O'Reilly

    This is currently the lead post on the official Fox News Twitter page. Hackers are cool again.
    01/05/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by WhereAreTheChips?: Oh I get it; "gay" is the most insulting and degrading thing someone can be labeled, right? 19 Responses | Other threads

  • death of print

    Even Listicles Being Downsized at Fortune

    Bad news is still big. It's just the articles that are getting smaller. 2008 was 80 percent less dumb than 2007, according to Fortune! A year ago, Fortune readers were treated to a full 101 moments of dumbness in an end-of-year comic look-back. This year? Only 21 dumb moments to be found.
    12/29/08
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by oldtaku: Yeah, I have to say those 101 moments always had at least a dozen kneeslappers (including a couple I'd somehow... 1 Responses | Other threads

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