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Simon Dumenco

When News Is for the Rich, Newser Is
Robin Hood...

...and founder Michael Wolff is in jail

Nov 2, 09 9:46 AM CST
(Newser) - The year is 2012, and Michael Wolff is in prison. He’s the first high-profile conviction under 2011’s anti-aggregation law, the draconian act that’s allowed newspapers to duck behind ever-pricier paywalls. These days, a New York Times subscription will run you $7,000, and “the cultural divide... More »

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media • news • Michael Wolff • aggregator • Simon Dumenco • paywall • Newser

OPINION

Balloon Boy Is What's Wrong With Cable News

Popular stories don't need to take up 100% of channels' airtime

Oct 16, 09 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - The "balloon boy" non-story was just the latest example of how ridiculous cable news has become, writes Alan Sepinwall. With a war raging in Afghanistan, a jobless “recovery,” and a complex ongoing health care debate, the "news" networks spend hours on nothing at all. The problem... More »

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Afghanistan • entertainment • news • fake news • TV industry • Afghanistan war • cable news • Falcon Heene • balloon boy hoax • Falcon Heene hoax • Wife Swap

TECH REVIEW

CNN's iPhone App Is a Winner

Well-designed add-on makes life easier for network's video-savvy citizen journalists

Sep 29, 09 3:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - CNN’s iPhone app is well-designed and intuitive, with enough features to more than justify its $2 price tag. The app makes good use of the iPhone interface, offering different scrolling navigations for stories depending on the handset’s orientation, writes Eliot Van Buskirk for Wired. But perhaps the most... More »

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iPhone • news • CNN • smartphones • App Store

OPINION

 'Tragedy Porn' 
 Drags Down 
 News Sources 

Online outlets mull pay models, putting a price on sensational stories

Sep 7, 09 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Word is that newspapers will soon start charging for online news—but no one’s quite sure what it’s worth. Take a story like the Jaycee Dugard kidnapping: It’s “tragedy porn” that “neither informs nor enlightens. It merely titillates,” writes Simon Dumenco for Advertising Age.... More »

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media • Internet • Rupert Murdoch • news • pornography • online news • online newspapers • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido

Analysis

Politico's Obsessive Focus Is Future of News

It's all politics, all the time, and it works

Jul 1, 09 6:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - If you want to see the future of news—and how it will be delivered—look no further than Politico as a reasonable guide, writes Newser founder Michael Wolff in Vanity Fair. Unlike general-interest newspapers, which flail about knowing too little about everything, Politico has an obsessive focus:... More »

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politics • news • online news • journalism • Michael Wolff • Politico

 Condé Nast Shutters Portfolio 


Apr 27, 09 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Condé Nast’s once-ballyhooed Portfolio magazine will cease publishing immediately, staffers were told this morning. “The five main categories of advertising a publication like ours depends on are really in trouble,” Condé Nast’s group president told the New York Times. The magazine launched in April... More »

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news • Conde Nast • magazine industry • magazine publishing • financial crisis

Colbert + Stewart = Cronkite: 30% of Young Viewers

Political satire is replacing traditional news for some: poll

Mar 25, 09 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nearly 39% of under-40 Americans say satirical shows like The Colbert Report and The Daily Show are keeping viewers politically informed, and 21% believe they influence public opinion, a poll finds. But the verdict is split on whether such shows’ success indicates that comedic delivery is replacing traditional news: 30%... More »

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news • poll • Comedy Central • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • Stephen Colbert • The Colbert Report • newspaper industry

NPR Snagged Most Listeners Ever in '08

23.6M tuned in, but public radio still faces budget shortages

Mar 24, 09 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - There’s one growth story in the otherwise moribund news media industry, and it’s downright old fashioned: National Public Radio. Riding its hugely popular “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered” shows, NPR had more listeners than ever in 2008—23.6 million a week—up 8.7%... More »

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news • newsroom cuts • NPR • National Public Radio

Reporting From Gaza, This Is
Joe the Plumber

Campaign celeb tries war journalism for conservative website

Jan 7, 09 4:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Perhaps in an effort to ditch his infamous moniker, Joe the Plumber is swapping plunger for pen. The Ohio businessman, the presidential election’s "average American," will spend 10 days near Gaza covering Israel’s perspective on the conflict for pjtv.com, Internet arm of conservative Pajamas Media.... More »

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Israel • Gaza • news • Arab Israeli conflict • reporting • Joe Wurzelbacher • Joe the Plumber • Pajamas Media

 A New Day Dawns 
 for Black News 

Will cover presidency in return to newsier days

Jan 3, 09 11:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s victory has inspired a newsier turn in the black press, Politico reports. Essence, the bestselling magazine among black women, will name its first full-time White House reporter as Ebony sends a journo to DC and sister mag Jet promises a Washington report in each issue. “Who... More »

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Barack Obama • media • African Americans • news • press

 Web Overtakes Papers for News 

Record number of Americans ditch print to get their news from the net

Dec 27, 08 5:42 AM CST
(Newser) - For the first time ever, more people are getting their news from the Internet than from newspapers, the Los Angeles Times reports. A Pew Research poll found that 40% of people cited the Internet as a main news source, compared to 35% for print. At 70%, television remains the country's... More »

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Internet • newspaper • news • television news • newspaper industry

OPINION

 Media Frenzy Makes 
 Recession Worse 

Sky isn't falling for many, but barrage 'crackling with panic' makes us feel that way

Dec 8, 08 12:37 PM CST
(Newser) - There’s no doubt the economy is bad. The of flood sky-is-falling news stories make that abundantly clear. But the avalanche of bad news—delivered faster than ever before through myriad, ever-present media outlets—has fed upon itself, sinking all of us into a deeper state of collective panic than... More »

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media • news • recession • panic • economy • downturn • financial crisis • economic downturn

OPINION

 Media Feeds Markets' Frenzy 

'Volatility news cycle' as bad for traders as it is for nervous investors

Oct 24, 08 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Is the media behind the rampant volatility gripping Wall Street? It can’t be helping, longtime observer Roger Ehrenberg writes for Information Arbitrage. CNBC, Fox Business, and others recycle countless talking heads, each with passionate and conflicting views. “Media is motivated to evoke a reaction,” Ehrenberg reasons, so... More »

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media • stock market • Warren Buffett • news • CNBC • Fox Business Network • financial crisis

Most Americans Lack Basic Political Knowledge: Survey

Less than 42% know Condi runs State; acumen better among highbrow-mag readers

Oct 16, 08 3:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Only 18% of Americans can correctly name the current secretary of state, Britain’s prime minister and which party controls the US House, a LiveScience survey finds. Among the survey’s 3,612-person sample, more than half correctly said that the Democrats have a majority in the House, while 42%... More »

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education • New Yorker magazine • Gordon Brown • news • Public Knowledge • NPR • The Atlantic

SEC Looking Into United Airlines Stock Glitch

Stock slid hard on bad, old info picked up by automated Google news service

Sep 11, 08 5:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Securities and Exchange Commission is looking into the recent, but temporary, nosedive in United Airlines stock spurred by the republication of a 6-year-old article about the company’s bankruptcy, the Wall Street Journal reports. The agency has begun a preliminary investigation to see whether any shady behavior was... More »

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stock market • Internet • Tribune Company • news • United Airlines • SEC • Google News

OPINION

Daily Show Evolves Into True Force

Serious guests, hard news drive impact on American dialogue

Aug 16, 08 2:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Oh, what a difference eight years makes. The Daily Show struggled with limited access and no respect during the 2000 presidential race, but in this election the show has emerged as “a genuine cultural and political force,” writes Michiko Kakutani in the New York Times. Not only are... More »

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New York • news • journalism • Comedy Central • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • presidential race

ANALYSIS

Cable Dominates News by Blowing Up Stories

But print reporters dig up the stories that play on TV

Aug 2, 08 7:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Twenty-four-hour cable networks set the news agenda by turning stories "from brushfire to raging conflagration," Paul Farhi writes in the American Journalism Review. Particularly during presidential campaigns, CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC pull stories from newspapers and web sites and make them hot by running them day and... More »

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New York Times • Washington Post • Wall Street Journal • MSNBC • news • journalism • Fox News • CNN • print journalism • television news • network news

ANALYSIS

 Where Will Jay
 Go After 
 Tonight? 

Comedian may be getting the boot, but tomorrow's looking pretty bright

Jun 28, 08 6:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jay Leno might be losing his beloved "Tonight Show," writes the Hollywood Reporter, but the host still has a ratings punch and an enviable set of options (in decreasing order of probability):
  1. Take ABC’s 11:30pm-12:30am slot, displacing Nightline and Jimmy Kimmel Live and competing
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NBC • CBS • ABC • news • stand up comedy • Jimmy Kimmel • Jay Leno • late night talk show • late night host • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • Tonight Show • network television

'News Fatigue'
Is Symptom of Youth's Shift

Deluge of info has multi-tasking Gen Y less able to go in-depth

Jun 2, 08 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Young adults find themselves so inundated with headlines and so distracted by other media that they have trouble consuming the news, the AP reports of a new study. The project followed 18 ethnically diverse 18-34 year olds, and found that though they wanted in-depth news, they had trouble sorting through... More »

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news • news distribution • online news • Associated Press

Quake Moves Xinhua Past Propaganda

Chinese news agency focuses coverage on victims, not government

May 13, 08 7:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency, is better known for People’s Republic propaganda than hard-hitting journalism. But in the aftermath of the catastrophic Sichuan earthquake, the Wall Street Journal reports, the agency has published hundreds of up-to-the-minute accounts, many of them on the anguish of the victims and the... More »

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China • propaganda • news • natural disaster • earthquake • Xinhua • media coverage

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