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Analysis

 Meet the New Media, 
 Same as the Old Media 

Blogging turns from amateur calling to corporate career

Sep 14, 09 2:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s become obligatory for internet philosophers to crow about how blogs have democratized the press and allowed average joes to beat big media, but it’s just not true anymore, writes Benajamin Carlson of the Atlantic. “The free-wheeling fraternal spirit of blogging has become increasingly subject to... More »

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blogging • blog • new media • blogs

Online Newspaper Payment Plan in the Works—at Google

Revolutionary model slated for completion within a year

Sep 10, 09 12:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Newspapers are getting help figuring out how to charge for online content from an unusual source: archnemesis Google. The online giant says it's developing a "micropayment" model that should be ready in the next year, reports Harvard's Nieman Journalism Lab. "The idea is to allow viable payments of... More »

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Google • online newspapers • new media • newspaper industry • Newspaper Association of America

Analysis

 Obama Losing 
 Battle of 
 Old Media, 
 New Media 

New media derails dream of new politics

Sep 9, 09 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama burst onto the scene as a unifying figure, someone who was supposed to end divisiveness and transform political dialogue. But these days, the rancor is as high as ever, and an administration known for its new-media savvy is taking it on the chin regularly from the blogosphere and... More »

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Barack Obama • Glenn Beck • new media • blogs • political strategy • cable news

Finke Has Hollywood Running Scared


Jul 17, 09 10:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Few people in Hollywood have ever seen the hermit-like Nikki Finke, but they fear her anyway, David Carr reports in the New York Times. Finke’s Deadline Hollywood Daily blog has become essential reading for tinseltown players, a source of scoops and gossip that afflict the powerful. "In... More »

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Hollywood • blog • entertainment industry • TV industry • new media • movie industry • Nikki Finke

(Newser) - From Rupert Murdoch to Twitter founder Evan Williams, moguls old and young descend on Sun Valley, Idaho, this week for an annual summit on media and technology. This year, reports the Financial Times, the dominant question concerns paid content—a debate that has spread from the troubled newspaper industry to... More »

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media • advertising • Idaho • paid content • new media • digital media • Sun Valley

 Jackson Death 
 Boosts New Media, 
 Troubles Old 

Mainstream media overwhelmed by stories from the blogosphere

Jul 6, 09 10:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - The onslaught of rumors, reports, and sometimes-true-sometimes-not stories about Michael Jackson has given a boost to new media sites like TMZ—which ran more than 150 Jackson stories in the week after his death—while mainstream press finds itself painstakingly sifting through stories to find the truth. “This is... More »

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entertainment • media • celebrity • TMZ • Michael Jackson • advertisers • new media • celebrity death

BOOK REVIEW

 Anderson vs. Gladwell: 
 The Battle Over Free  

Anderson's new book sets off old-school journalists' feud

Jul 1, 09 7:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chris Anderson's new book, Free, examining the repercussions the Internet trend of bringing costs to zero, triggered a mini-war with Malcolm Gladwell, who lambasted him for arguing that "the New York Times should be staffed by volunteers, like Meals on Wheels." In the London Times, Antonia Senior does... More »

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media • online media • Malcolm Gladwell • free • book reviews • new media • Chris Anderson

(Newser) - Authoritarian regimes around the world, including Burma, China, and Cuba, have been censoring some or all news coverage from Iran, afraid the rebellious sentiment may spread, the Washington Post reports. But news is trickling through anyway, inspiring small acts of defiance. In China, political bloggers have compared it to... More »

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China • Cuba • censorship • Burma • new media • Iranian election • Iranian protests

(Newser) - TMZ left its more savory rivals in the dust yesterday, reporting Michael Jackson’s cardiac arrest and death before any other media outlet, the Chicago Tribune reports. The AOL gossip website reported Jackson’s death at 2:44 local time, less than 20 minutes after the singer expired. But... More »

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entertainment • media • Time Warner • AOL • online news • death • CNN • TMZ • Los Angeles Times • Michael Jackson • new media

Ballmer:
Old Media Won't Last a Decade

Microsoft boss says papers, TV won't bounce back 

Jun 25, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The ad revenue media companies lost in the downturn won't be coming back when things turn around, Steve Ballmer told an advertising conference yesterday. The Microsoft boss said the industry has been "reset" at a lower level, and media companies are going to have to learn to survive on... More »

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media • advertising • ad revenue • Steve Ballmer • new media • digital media

 Obama Looooves the Times 


Jun 15, 09 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is a friend of new or non-traditional media—he’s given interviews for Univision, and called on reporters from the Huffington Post or, for example, Politico. But his true love is the Gray Lady. Unlike their predecessors, Obama and his administration treat the New York Times with... More »

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Barack Obama • media • New York Times • new media • Obama administration • Gray Lady

OPINION

 With News, 
 'We Get What 
 We Pay For' 

Sick media must not die

May 10, 09 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - We know the mainstream media is sick, but it doesn’t have to die, writes Frank Rich in the New York Times. When television appeared, people worried it would eat movies, Broadway, and radio; all these forms still exist, having “learned to adapt and to collaborate with the monster.... More »

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Internet • newspaper • journalism • free • Frank Rich • new media • business models • reporting • investigative journalism

ANALYSIS

New Media Make CBS'
$6B NCAA Deal a Slam Dunk

'Crazy' contract could prove savvy

Mar 9, 09 12:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - In 1999, CBS’ $6 billion, 11-year pact with the NCAA for rights to the men’s basketball tournament looked drastically overpriced to many analysts. But with Selection Sunday this weekend, the deal doesn’t seem so crazy, thanks to a prescient addition: new-media rights. CBS has nearly sold out its... More »

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DirecTV • CBS • basketball • new media • college basketball • streaming video • 2009 NCAA Tournament

OPINION

HuffPo Worth $200M?
Em, More Like $2M

Comparing site to Salon's performance deflates the hype

Jan 5, 09 1:41 PM CST
(Newser) - The Huffington Post stunned the media world when it scooped up $25 million last month from Oak Investment Partners for an undisclosed stake, but industry tongue-waggers who put the uberblog's value between $100 million and $200 million are full of it, writes Simon Dumenco in AdAge. To "anybody... More »

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media • journalism • venture capital • American media • new media • visitors • Huffington Post • Salon

SAG to Hold Strike Vote
as Talks Collapse

Actors, producers battle over internet profits as economy crumbles

Nov 23, 08 5:01 AM CST
(Newser) - The Screen Actors Guild will seek a strike authorization vote from members following a breakdown in two days of contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, reports Variety.  If approved, the SAG action would be the second major Hollywood strike of the year, following a... More »

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Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers • Screen Actors Guild • new media • actors' strike

 Obama Dials Up SMS Blitz 

Cell phone push in last days of campaign

Oct 29, 08 7:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Over the next seven days the Obama campaign will ratchet up its ongoing text messaging blitz, which has kept supporters in the loop and likely helped to pump up numbers at the 100,000-strong rally in Denver last week. Those who have opted in will get info about polling places,... More »

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Barack Obama • MySpace • cell phones • Facebook • text message • new media • Election 2008 • Harvard's Institute of Politics

(Newser) - Watch out, mainstream media: Bloggers have claimed a space of their own at this year’s Republican National Convention. All they got 4 years ago was a folding table for a dozen huddled writers; now more than 200 have credentials and an area to work in. Big-name anchors like Katie... More »

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presidential campaign • Democratic National Convention • blog • blogger • new media • press credentials • Republican National Convention

ANALYSIS

 New Media Thwart
 Edwards, Olympics

Masses now the arbiter of news

Aug 11, 08 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The mainstream media aren't the arbiter of news anymore—every man, woman, and child with a mouse is, according to David Carr of the New York Times. For proof, look no further than the Olympics opening ceremonies or the John Edwards scandal. No matter how hard it tried,... More »

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media • John Edwards • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Internet leak • Opening Ceremony • new media

 Gawker Selling Off a Few Blogs 

Wonkette, Idolator and Gridskipper become casualties of economic belt-tightening

Apr 14, 08 3:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gawker Media is cutting loose three of its blogs, CNET reports: Wonkette, Idolator and Gridskipper. “To be blunt," explained Gawker founder Nick Denton in an internal email, "they each had their editorial successes; but someone else will have better luck selling the advertising than we did."... More »

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blogosphere • Internet • blog • Gawker • Nick Denton • new media • Gawker Media • Idolator • Gridskipper • Wonkette • Buzznet • Curbed • Blogads

NPR Prez Abruptly Resigns 

Board turned off
by his new-media
expansion plans

Mar 7, 08 3:15 AM CST
(Newser) - National Public Radio chief executive Ken Stern stepped down yesterday amid increasing static from the board about his ambitious plans for the network, reports the Washington Post. Stern oversaw rapid expansion that boosted revenue from $65 million to $200 million since joining NPR in 1999, and made the organization into... More »

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radio • radio stations • broadcasting • podcasts • new media • NPR

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