The newsonomics of global media imperative
Let's elevate, for a moment. Let's take a NASA view of the media landscape, enjoying the clear, whole-earth picture of our struggling news planet. The wide view would tell us that, although the U.S. often believes itself to be the straw that stirs the global drink, we make up but 5 percent of the world's...
Financial Times Buys App Developer Assanka
The Financial Times has purchased Assanka, a London-based Web and app developer. The FT has already been working closely with the 12-person shop on projects like the Web app it built to replace the one it removed from Apple's App store, as well as an Android app. FT CEO John Ridding announced the deal via...
Daily Must Reads, Dec. 6, 2011
The best stories across the web on media and technology
1. Apple's Newsstand gives publishers a push (Editor & Publisher)
2. Richard Stallman: "Facebook does massive surveillance" (RT)
3. Jakob Nielsen: "Kindle Fire offers a disappointingly poor user experience"
4. U. of Alaska slows Internet to curb illegal downloading (Wired Campus)
