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The newsonomics of the next New York Times CEO

by Ken Doctor on Feb 2, 2012 • No Comments

Talk about a plum job: chief executive officer of The New York Times Company. The Times is one of the most respected brands on the planet. It is a pinnacle of the news trade. It generated revenues of $2.32 billion in 2011, according to the latest quarterly numbers released this morning. It sits square in...

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Daily Must Reads, Jan. 27, 2012

by MediaShift on Jan 27, 2012 • No Comments

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....

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AP Source: Fox Anchorman Greg Kelly’s Alleged Rape Victim Terminated Resulting Pregnancy

by James Crugnale on Jan 26, 2012 • No Comments

More bombshell revelations have leaked about the Greg Kelly rape allegations, a source told the Associated Press that a woman became pregnant and had an abortion after being allegedly sexually assaulted by Kelly in October.

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Daily Must Reads, Jan. 23, 2012

by MediaShift on Jan 23, 2012 • No Comments

The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung

1. AP CEO Tom Curley, who led company into digital space, to retire (Poynter)

2. Twitter reacts to death of Joe Paterno (Mashable)

3. White House joins Google+ (Los Angeles Times)

4. Apple enters...

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Daily Must Reads, Jan. 18, 2012

by MediaShift on Jan 18, 2012 • No Comments

The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung

1. Google joins anti-SOPA campaign (AdAge)

2. Inside Jerry Yang's departure from Yahoo (All Things D)

3. AP tweaks social media rules on incorrect tweets (Poynter)

4. Social media ROI metrics remain 'chaotic' (Online Media Daily)

5. New...

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Updated: Exclusive: AP Branches Out, Adds Pulse To Its Digital Mix

by Ingrid Lunden on Jan 6, 2012 • No Comments

Over the years, the Associated Press has made a profile for itself by syndicating its news across thousands of newspapers both in the U.S. and abroad. Now as newspaper readers move to new platforms like tablets to consume their news content, the AP wants to make sure it is syndicating there, too. Today it is...

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Daily Must Reads, Jan. 6, 2012

by MediaShift on Jan 6, 2012 • No Comments

The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Nathan Gibbs

1. BitTorrent takes on Dropbox with personal file sharing (GigaOM)

2. Why ONA opposes #SOPA (Online News Association)

3. Europe's largest free WiFi zone set for London (BBC News)

4. Matt Alexander: The e-reader, as we know it, is doomed (The Loop)

5. How Google beat...

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Video Of Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi Emerges As Libyan Rebels Vow A Fair Trial

by Frances Martel on Nov 20, 2011 • No Comments

Several weeks after his father, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, was captured and killed by rebel forces attempting to leave the nation he governed for more than forty years, his son and heir, Saif al-Islam, was found attempting to flee to Niger yesterday and taken to the northern town of Zintan. Today, video has...

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This Week in Review: An Internet censorship threat, and news orgs’ one-way Twitter use

by Mark Coddington on Nov 18, 2011 • No Comments

Plus: Journalists arrested at Occupy Wall Street, more fallout over Romenesko and attribution, Amazon's Kindle Fire release, and the rest of the week's future-of-news reads.

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AP Begins HD Video News Rollout With Entertainment

by David Kaplan on Nov 11, 2011 • No Comments

The Associated Press is launching its high-definition AP Entertainment news service as part a “multi-million” dollar upgrade that will make all its video news available in the HD format by the first half of 2012.

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