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  • Murdoch to charge for all online content

    Aug 6, 2009 | by Editor | Read | No Comments

    Rupert Murdoch has vowed to charge for all the online content of his newspapers and television news channels, going well beyond his prediction in May that the company would test pay models on one of its stronger papers within the year.The comments by News Corp’s chairman came as he predicted a “high single digit” rebound […]

  • Pay-out to staff as Bloomberg sales fall

    Aug 6, 2009 | by Editor | Read | No Comments

    Falling terminal sales have prompted Bloomberg to make one-off payments to staff whose pay packages would otherwise have come in more than 20 per cent below expectations.In a rare disclosure by the privately held news and data company, Bloomberg said its total terminal numbers had fallen by 11,470, or 4 per cent, from a peak […]

  • FTC May Ease Anti-Trust Laws to Save News

    Aug 5, 2009 | by Editor | Read | No Comments

    The federal government is preparing an inquiry into the endangered field of news and reporting — and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz is dropping some broad hints about what will be in it.In an exclusive interview with TheWrap, Leibowitz expressed some sympathy to easing antitrust enforcement of media consolidations to prevent more newspapers from […]

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Stop the presses:  there are a lot of crazy and/or angry people out there.  One of their current obsessions is their belief, based on absolutely zero evidence, that Obama was not born in this country.  The abundance and persistence of conspiracy theories - especially during times of change and challenge - is nothing new, of […]

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FT.com plans pay-per-article system

The Financial Times is to introduce a full “pay-per-view” model for accessing online articles by next summer and is reviewing whether any content on FT.com will remain free to access.Pearson’s business and financial broadsheet is exploring online payment systems that offer a user-friendly “one-click” process, such as Amazon and Apple’s iTunes.
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All About the News Business - Reports, Surveys, Sites

Meme-tracking and the Dynamics of the News Cycle
Project for Excellence in Journalism:  State of the News Media 2009
Reuters Institute:  Public Trust in the News
Pew/Internet: Polling in the age of cell phones
Project for Excellence in Journalism: State of the News Media 2008
American Press Institute: Newspaper Next
Harvard/Nieman:  Citizen Journalism and the BBC 

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Photo: Finding Paths to Prosperity - and Good Journalism
Finding Paths to Prosperity - and Good Journalism

The character of the next era, far from inevitable, will likely depend heavily on the quality of leadership in the newsroom and boardroom… it will require renegades and risk-takers to break from the conventional path and create new directions… the transformation facing journalism is epochal, as momentous as the invention of television or the telegraph, […]

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Photo: St. Petersburg Times Photojournalist Uses iPhone for Weekend Magazine Feature
St. Petersburg Times Photojournalist Uses iPhone for Weekend Magazine Feature

The main feature story in this week’s St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times “Weekend” section is told through photos that were captured solely on an iPhone. The photos are of iconic places all along St. Pete Beach.
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Photo: Plaudit: EPpy Awards Finalists: ‘Boston Globe’ Tops in Newspaper Sites
Plaudit: EPpy Awards Finalists: ‘Boston Globe’ Tops in Newspaper Sites

The Web site of the Boston Globe, the newspaper whose future is the subject of many newspaper headlines of late, has placed five entries among the finalists in the 2009 EPpy Awards, which are sponsored by Editor & Publisher and Mediaweek magazines.AOL made the top showing by one company with multiple EPpy-nominated properties. Its BloggingStocks.com, […]

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