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Mistake in Times iPad app costs Murdoch

18x18 Editors Weblog   2010-06-25
The Times iPad app, which debuted in May, is stirring up some trouble for Rupert Murdoch. PaidContent reports the £9.99-a-month app was launched without any mechanism for users to renew their subsc...

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The OECD on news and the Internet: newspapers are not dying but must look to safeguard journalism

18x18 Editors Weblog   2010-06-25
"The death of the newspaper" is not imminent, according to a recent study by the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development that looked at the effect of the Internet on the news industry....

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iPad sales hit 3 million; good news for Rupert Murdoch

18x18 Editors Weblog   2010-06-24
Apple has recently announced an impressive feat for its new tablet: 3 million iPads have been sold since the device went on sale in the US, a mere 80 days ago. Moreover, software developers ha...

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Americans predict the demise of newspapers in the next 40 years

18x18 Editors Weblog   2010-06-24
A recent poll has shown that Americans are not as optimistic about the future of newspapers as they once were, reports Yahoo News. The poll showed that 64 percent of Americans believe that printed ...

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The Knight Foundation announces the winners of its 2010 Knight News Challenge

18x18 Editors Weblog   2010-06-17
The Knight Foundation recently announced the winners of its 2010 Knight News Challenge, reports ReadWriteWeb. The contest offers awards for innovative ideas concerning how news is distributed to co...

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News Corp acquires e-reader platform Skiff

18x18 Editors Weblog   2010-06-15
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has bought Skiff, an electronic reading platform developed by Hearst Corp., and purchased a share in Journalism Online, a company formed to enable newspapers, magazines,...

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Report shows US newspapers having the greatest revenue decline

18x18 Editors Weblog   2010-06-15
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is set to release a report that examines the state of the news business in 31 countries and the United States isn't looking so good, report...

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GoogleNews runs experiment with human editors

18x18 Editors Weblog   2010-06-14
GoogleNews, which functions primarily through algorithms, recently ran a test where it used live human editors to collect news stories, reports PaidContent. This marks a big step for GoogleNews, wh...

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US Commission searches for solutions to the woes of journalism

18x18 Editors Weblog   2010-06-14
The United States Federal Trade Commission has set out to identify, and prescribe a cure for, the problems of the journalistic industry, reports the New York Times. The Commission will host a serie...

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Social sharing will not be affected by paywall, Chairman of NYT says

18x18 Editors Weblog   2010-06-08
Arthur Sulzberger, chairman of the New York Times, has recently claimed that social sharing will be permitted despite the forthcoming paywall meter on the New York Times website, according to Paid ...

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CEO of High Gear Media offers advice for the future of Associated Content

18x18 Editors Weblog   2010-06-08
In light of Yahoo's recent acquisition of Associated Content, Matt Heist, CEO of High Gear Media, offers advice to how media providers like Associated Content should progress into the future. On th...

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The Internet challenge for media in the Arab World

18x18 Editors Weblog   2010-06-07
The challenges and opportunities posed by the Internet were major topics of discussion among speakers during the final session of the 4th Arab Free Press Forum, on what lies ahead for the independe...