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First New York Times Washington bureau chief Dean Baquet (former LA Times big wig) told the obvious truth about Fox News (now that’s what I want in a journalist), and then the LA Times makes a guest appearance on Project Runway.
Newspapers will not go quietly into that dark night. And these are stands and smart [...]

Editor and Publisher is running a series of in-depth stories that go over and over and over again how newspapers can start charging readers for access to their online content.
Their opening paragraph is indicative of their misunderstanding of the situation and their small world view:
“On the day Michael Jackson died, the Los Angeles Times [...]

The pioneering spirit that got Bakersfield Californian into online social networking is gone. The paper is considering closing local community events and classifieds site Bakotopia, and the Bakersfield Voice.
“The social networks have really never made us money,” said Wells, the paper’s ad, marketing, circ and operations VP.
The Californian began selling [...]

In 1998 Bart Simpson went to the mall to get his ear pierced. As he walked, store after store was a Starbucks. Some were being closed and turned into Starbucks. When he finally found the place to get his ear pierced, the guys says have to do this quick, in five minutes Starbucks is taking [...]

NowPublic, an online collaborative newspaper, was bought for $25 million by Clarity Media, owner of Washington D.C. Examiner, The San Francisco Examiner and Examiner.com, a network of local sites. Philip Anschutz owns Clarity, O2 Arena, part of the LA Lakers and Michael Jackson before his death/
Other potential buyers included AP, Fox News, Glam Media and [...]

Twitter may sound fluffy, but the fact that DePaul University’s College of Communication is offering a course on Twitter is just another example that illustrates the importance of the application – it is required knowledge and figuring out how to apply the strategy to your individual goals can be tricky.
Craig Kanalley will teach what [...]

The Associated Press has laid out a plan to put news behind a pay wall.
The confidential plan was not for distribution but was mentioned at the Nieman Lab and broadcast widely through Romenesko.
The document pointed to the success of the Wikipedia model – “standing, authoritative pages.”
The document fails to mention or acknowledge that Wikipedia [...]

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“quarterlife is in crisis.
In spite of thousands of members providing the content and backing from Hollywood moguls, quarterlife never found its voice.
Or perhaps the community of artists had no center.
While the site was heavily cross-promoted on network and cable TV and MySpace, real world outreach was nil. And there was never a compelling reason for [...]

Kodak, which has 70 million users (putting it on par with MySpace!), will soon start charging fees at the risk of photo deletion to store photos on its site.
Marketplace asks“Are Web fees for formerly free sites becoming the norm?”
No one will stay with Kodak, not when there are dozens of sites that are free and [...]