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2/2/2010
FT.com - Media

Gannett in profit after cuts and ad bounce

The publisher of USA Today posts a net profit of $133.6m, but its shares fall 8% as investors were expecting a clearer picture of the hoped-for print advertising rebound

2/2/2010
Twine | Online journalism items

20 Major News Sites Ranked by Domain Authority | Adam Sherk

by Adam Sherk

When it comes to competing for search engine visibility, major news organizations tend to benefit from having strong, trusted domains. But just how strong are those domains? Using SEOmoz's new Open Site Explorer I did a head-to-head comparison of 20 news sites, ...

2/2/2010
Romenesko

Why can't more newspapers have NYP-like headlines?

by Jim Romenesko

WashingtonPost.com





From Howard Kurtz 's weekly chat: Anonymous: I loved the New York Post headline "I'm the pop, says the weasel" on the John Edwards story. Why can't more newspapers be creative with headlines like ...

2/2/2010
Romenesko

Associated Press signs licensing deal with Yahoo

by Jim Romenesko

Associated PressFinancial terms of the agreement weren't disclosed. The AP says it's still negotiating to renew its online licensing agreements with Google and Microsoft. Google stopped posting fresh AP content on its website in late December.

2/2/2010
TechCrunch

My God, Google News Is Full Of Stars

Maybe the single most useful feature of Gmail for me is how you can "star" items to highlight them to come back to later. In Google Reader, this starring feature also exists and is hands-down the best feature of the service. Today, Google Newsadded the same feature, and it's also awesome. Now, I've never ...

Traditional Media Death Pool
1/26/2010
Google News - readership Newspaper

Weekly Placer Sentinel newspaper ceases publication after 19 years - Sacramento Bee

11/16/2009
SFGate: Business and Technology

Nation's largest gay newspaper publisher closes

8/20/2009
Newspaper Innovation

Thelondonpaper faces close down

8/19/2009
Google News - readership Newspaper

CITY FOCUS: The writing is on the wall for Reader's Digest - Daily Mail

7/23/2009
Fading to Black

Black and White and Red No More: Communist Paper Going Online-Only

by noreply@blogger.com ...
7/23/2009
Romenesko

Last edition of Ann Arbor News rolls off the presses

by Jim Romenesko
7/13/2009
Newspaper Death Watch

R.I.P. The Printed Blog

7/11/2009
Boston.com -- Media news

N.H. newspaper closes, laying off 95 employees

Featured Media of the day

Tracking the Media Corporations

Debating the Future of News
2/2/2010
Techdirt

News.com Prevents Falsely Accused Grandmother Of Getting Kicked Off The Internet ...

One of the problems we've had with the whole "three strikes" concept that would kick people off the internet due to accusations, not convictions, of file sharing, is the fact that we hear all the time about innocent ...

2/2/2010
NPR Topics: Media

What's 'Too Graphic'? How To Photograph Disaster

NPR photographer David Gilkey and visual journalism and ethics expert Kenneth Irby discuss how to depict human suffering without sacrificing the dignity of disaster victims. Washington Post Ombudsman Andrew Alexander ...

2/2/2010
NYT - Technology

Publisher Wins Fight With Amazon Over E-Books

In a strongly worded message, Amazon said that while it disagreed with Macmillan’s stance, it would accept the publisher’s plan on e-book prices.

2/2/2010
Gawker

Paid Content Guy Fails to Get Paid for Content [Twitterati]

NYU took free courseware from PaidContent's founder; your outfit freaked out Caroline McCarthy ; and Emily Brill called on Google to live out loud, like her. The Twitterati eyed their circumstances warily.
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2/2/2010
Silicon Alley Insider

Apple Secretly Working On A Second, Less Disappointing Tablet--More Like A ...

...By now, we ve all seen the iPad and know just about everything about it that we possibly can. But did you know that the secretive company may actually be hard at work on a second device already? ...And this ...

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