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Notes: International (well, UK anyway) edition

18x18 Lost Remote   2010-06-15
Hey – it’s World Cup time. So I’m dedicating today’s notes to UK hyperlocal news, as I root for England (second, of course, to the US). Plans for 100 more hyperlocal websites unveiled in UK (Hold T...

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News and media on the iPad: A mixed bad so far

18x18 Lost Remote   2010-06-15
It’s only been a matter of weeks, but the iPad era is off to a roaring start. Sales are amazing – a new iPad is sold every three seconds - and development has been brisk, especially for media conte...

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Patch posts 300 jobs in massive expansion

18x18 Lost Remote   2010-06-09
We’ve all heard the news about Patch’s aggressive expansion plans in local news. It’s one thing to hear about all the money they’re spending (reportedly $50 million this year), but another thing to...

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Journalism startups ‘face tall odds’

18x18 Lost Remote   2010-06-08
With the explosion of local journalism startups, how many will survive? That’s a good question, and Alan D. Mutter over at Newsosaur has a harsh, but realistic assessment: While I applaud these bra...

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iPhone 4 could be powerful multimedia production tool

18x18 Lost Remote   2010-06-07
The ability to report and publish anywhere, anytime got a boost from a likely source today as Apple introduced the iPhone 4. While video calls, HD video and a new OS are grabbing headlines, the new...

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How not to save the news

18x18 Lost Remote   2010-06-03
We seem to be making an exception for our editorial rule here: no more discussions on saving the news. The topic is exhausted and nobody really knows the answer. Still, LR Pal Jeff Jarvis made it a...

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Can Steve Jobs and Google “save” journalism?

18x18 Lost Remote   2010-06-02
At LR, we don’t actually believe journalism is dying. However, the numbers don’t lie — demand for newspapers and TV newscasts is dwindling. We want our news unbundled. Some surprising sources agree...

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Washington Post launches Post Local

18x18 Lost Remote   2010-06-02
WashingtonPost.com has added its new local feature, Post Local. The site features an ongoing local news blog called Post Now. WaPo has always had something of an online identity crisis, trying to s...

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iPad magazines show only missed opportunities

18x18 Lost Remote   2010-05-27
You have to be kidding me. Are we really going to go through this again? The first versions of newspapers and magazines on the Web were, essentially, newspapers and magazines ported to the web, sty...

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The Bay Citizen launches today in San Francisco

18x18 Lost Remote   2010-05-26
The Bay Citizen is up and running in San Francisco today. Formerly known by the working title “Bay Area News Project,” the site is a not-for-profit with $5 million in funding from a host of foundat...

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TechCrunch Disrupt: The Future of Mobile

18x18 Lost Remote   2010-05-25
I was lucky enough this morning to catch a bulk of the future of mobile panel from TechCrunch Disrupt. Thanks to TechCrunch’s live stream of the event, I was able to follow the discussion between F...

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Guest Post: The future of investigative journalism

18x18 Lost Remote   2010-05-25
Another of the LR Faithful have answered the call to write a guest post, and this time we go international. Stijn Debrouwere is a graphic designer in Belgium. He wrote this thoughtful piece on the ...