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Google Fast Flip is just the ammunition newspapers wanted

Google Fast Flip is just the ammunition newspapers wanted

Google today launched Google Fast Flip, a new reading services that allows users to (as the name suggests) flip through content on various sites without leaving Google itself. The new service includes content from the New York Times, ... Read >
Michael Moore: In 1 to 2 years we will not have daily newspapers [Video]

Michael Moore: In 1 to 2 years we will not have daily newspapers [Video]

You may not agree with Michael Moore regarding a lot of the things he makes films about but at a press event in Toronto for a film festival he said something that most people ... Read >
How News Corp slandered this site

How News Corp slandered this site

There's nothing funny about being defamed and accused of undertaking illegal activities, and that's precisely what Australia's biggest newspaper group is currently doing to The Inquisitr, and by extension myself today. Over two posts Wednesday evening (Australian Eastern) ... Read >
Google working on micropayment platform with newspapers in mind

Google working on micropayment platform with newspapers in mind

According to a post by Zachary M. Seward over at the Nieman Journalism Lab blog it appears that Google is working on an extension to its Google Checkout payment platform that is aimed at ... Read >
The Stars Will Align For New Media In 2010

The Stars Will Align For New Media In 2010

The landscape for media globally in 2009 has never in recent history been in a more state of flux. The rise of the internet, coupled with old media asleep at the wheel even before they were hit ... Read >
News Corp building newspaper pay cartel

News Corp building newspaper pay cartel

Rupert Murdoch is reported to be building a newspaper pay cartel that will see free newspaper sites disappear along with News Corp sites in the next 12 months. According to the LA Times, News Corp's Jonathan Miller ... Read >
Is Newser the most overrated site on the internet?

Is Newser the most overrated site on the internet?

News aggregator Newser is getting a lot of attention lately as enemy number one in the battle between newspapers and news aggregation sites. If you believe some of the coverage, Newser steels page views from newspapers, and along ... Read >
Tribune exec’s memo to staff over reorg

Tribune exec’s memo to staff over reorg

To try and clear up any confusion over what is happening with the company’s reorganization Randy Michaels sent out the following memo to the staff. From: Tribune Communications ... Read >
Amid their decline newspapers still trying to figure out social media

Amid their decline newspapers still trying to figure out social media

I really don’t envy journalists in today’s tumultuous world of changing media boundaries. One minute they are expected to behave as journalists have have for decades and the next they are have to navigate ... Read >
With MSNBC entering the hyperlocal space, could TV networks be Newspaper killers?

With MSNBC entering the hyperlocal space, could TV networks be Newspaper killers?

Yesterday MSNBC acquired hyperlocal startup Everyblock for an undisclosed sum, but believed to be in the low millions. Everyblock aggregates publicly available information by locality, for example police reports, restaurant inspection data, community service releases and more. It's ... Read >
Are we all watching the world’s biggest game of bluff poker?

Are we all watching the world’s biggest game of bluff poker?

The newspaper world is changing and struggling to find its way online in a fashion that will see the leaders of the conglomerates that own them maintain their wealth and power. Zachary M. Seward ... Read >
Memo to newspapers: Please, please follow Murdoch example.

Memo to newspapers: Please, please follow Murdoch example.

Would it be safe to say that we could be looking at either the revival of fee charging online newspapers that will nickel and dime us for the piecemeal delivery of news, or could ... Read >
All News Corp news sites to start charging

All News Corp news sites to start charging

Well it looks like Rupert Murdoch didn’t get Chris Anderson’s memo about everything on the Internet being free. Word is that the News Corp chairman told analysts in a earnings conference call that ... Read >
Could radio and newspapers save each other?

Could radio and newspapers save each other?

There is no denying the fact that both terrestrial radio (and probably satellite as well) and the newspaper industry are facing some dire times as they try to find their way in this new ... Read >
I for one welcome AP’s war on links and fair use

I for one welcome AP’s war on links and fair use

With AP declaring all out war on links and fair use, the chorus of dissent has been unsurprisingly negative in return. Everyone from bloggers through to senior media journlists have called the move stupid through to bat-shit ... Read >
At what point will news exec’s get a clue?

At what point will news exec’s get a clue?

I like newspapers, really I do. I like stopping at the newsstand and having a look at the headlines and then carrying on my merry way. Now if I’m not the type ... Read >
Google to Newspapers: learn how to use Robots.txt

Google to Newspapers: learn how to use Robots.txt

After being pounded by media owners in three continents for providing links to their content, Google has finally returned fire by suggesting the papers learn how to use Robots.txt. Media owners and high ranking officials in Australia, the ... Read >
Myth: Reporting the news is what makes it news

Myth: Reporting the news is what makes it news

If journalists don’t write about it does that mean that news doesn’t happen and if they do does that mean they have some sort of copyright over the reporting of that news? For ... Read >
Judge Posner: Ban Linking to save newspapers

Judge Posner: Ban Linking to save newspapers

I think there should be a new law – lawyers and judges who don’t have the first clue of how the web works should automatically disallow themselves from any involvement with anything resembling legal ... Read >
WSJ publisher practicing ‘digital stupidity’

WSJ publisher practicing ‘digital stupidity’

There’s nothing like a good dose of rhetoric to galvanize the troops to fight the enemy. It doesn’t matter if there is any truth in the rhetoric. As long as you can do everything ... Read >
The Netherlands considering internet tax to prop up newspapers

The Netherlands considering internet tax to prop up newspapers

The Dutch Government is considering a proposal to tax internet access to prop up the local newspaper industry. The report, compiled by a Dutch Parliamentary committee, proposes a 6% tax on ISP fees which would go directly to ... Read >
It’s time for Newspapers to put out, or shut up about Google

It’s time for Newspapers to put out, or shut up about Google

Another day, and another breakout among newspaper publishers of lets blame Google for our ills. Today's round comes from the United Kingdom, where Trinity Mirror CEO Sly Bailey, with the support of the Guardian Media Group's CEO ... Read >