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Changes Afoot for Hollywood Trade Pubs

Variety to charge for online content; THR
will move to web

Sep 18, 09 9:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Variety will go back behind a pay wall next year, less than 2 years after tearing down its old one, the Los Angeles Times reports. Variety.com will be open only to print or online subscribers, just as it was before February 2007. “Everyone thought then that... More »

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online media • paid content • Internet advertising • Variety magazine • Variety • free news • Nikki Finke • Brian Gott • The Hollywood Reporter

 New Fashion 
 Mag Takes 
 Web by Storm 

User-generated content brings visitors; next step: profit

Jul 27, 09 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The newest magazine to make a splash in the fashion world isn’t sold in stores, but it is a head-turner. Online-only Polyvore lets users act as fashion editors, putting together “sets” of clothing and accessories other users can then click to purchase. The site is growing in popularity... More »

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Internet • fashion • online media • magazine • Vogue • Jay-ZTV • Polyvore • InStyle.com • Style.com

OPINION

 Gawker Catches HuffPo 
 Falling for Hoax 




Arianna must be thrilled, Gawker blogger muses

Jul 22, 09 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - An airport in Central Park? Sounds ridiculous, but the Huffington Post fell for it yesterday—much to the delight and amusement of Gawker. HuffPo ran a satirical story on its homepage last night (caught in a screenshot by Gawker before it was removed) with what appeared to be a straight... More »

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online media • New York City • Manhattan • airport • hoax • Gawker • Central Park • Huffington Post

Quincy Jones Wants Vibe Back—Online

'They just messed
my magazine all up,'
former owner says

Jul 2, 09 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Don’t count out Vibe, Quincy Jones tells Ebony. Despite this week's announced end to its print edition, Jones says the hip-hop publication he founded 16 years ago will continue online. “I’m trying to buy my magazine back now,” Jones said. “They just messed my magazine... More »

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entertainment • Internet • online media • magazine • print industry • print advertising • Quincy Jones • Vibe • Jay-ZTV

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

ANALYSIS

One-Stop Web Portal Thinks It Can Save Newspapers 

Group thinks consumers will be willing to pay for one-stop web portal

Apr 15, 09 4:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - A web portal planned by some top media execs may be the way forward for beleagured newspapers. Journalism Online would act as a “one-stop shop” for pay content, writes Nate Anderson for Ars Technica. Consumers could buy subscriptions to many newspapers at low prices, and with a sliding scale... More »

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newspaper • online media • online advertising • journalism • subscription • consumers • Steven Brill • Journalism Online

(Newser) - When TMZ got the poop on the Obamas' new dog, it sent a message to Washington: The celebrity gossip site has arrived. TMZ, co-owned by AOL, has scored exclusives before—like the photo of Rihanna’s bruised face and the report of Mel Gibson’s anti-Semitic rant—but Bo's arrival... More »

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online media • journalism • gossip • TMZ • dog • Bo Obama

(Newser) - Political correspondent Jeff Greenfield examined what he called "the demise of the great metropolitan daily" on CBS News this morning, wondering what will replace it. The answer: Newser, among other online sources. "It is potentially an incredibly good time," said Newser founder Michael Wolff. "We have... More »

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newspaper • online media • online newspapers • Michael Wolff

 Why Obama's Everywhere 
 You Look, Listen, Read  

President looks to get past media filter

Mar 24, 09 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - When it came to getting past what he called “the media filter,” President Bush’s favorite strategy was to go around it. President Obama’s style is more to go over, under, around, and through, courting both the new and mainstream media in an effort to communicate directly... More »

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media • online media • New York Times • talk radio • blogger • 60 Minutes • Huffington Post • niche • Robert Gibbs • President Obama • White House press corps

GLOSSIES

At Times, Web Geeks Grab at Future, Keep Grip on Past

Team aims to keep it the organization 'of record' even as print product sees its obits

Jan 12, 09 11:17 AM CST
(Newser) - There’s a quiet revolution going on at the New York Times, hiding behind all the print-journalism doom and gloom, New York reports. Since 2007, a team of “developers-slash-journalists” has been collaborating with reporters and editors to create interactive web features—like the trippy Election Day Word Train, which... More »

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newspaper • online media • New York Times • online newspapers • print journalism • newspaper industry

OPINION

Print Times Not Quite Dead, But Hope Lies in Its Ashes

Journalism faces a challenge, but hardly a disaster

Jan 7, 09 3:36 PM CST
(Newser) - We know it’s coming, that day when print newspapers cease to exist, but it won’t be this year, right? Maybe, maybe not, Michael Hirschorn writes in the Atlantic, and it wouldn’t necessarily be a disaster. The New York Times is in trouble—it could default on $400... More »

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Internet • newspaper • online media • New York Times • advertising • journalism • online newspapers • print journalism • Huffington Post • economic downturn • newspaper industry

 Detroit Papers to 
 Cut Home Delivery 

Likely move will be first for major metro rags

Dec 13, 08 9:03 AM CST
(Newser) - In another sign of the dire health of the newspaper business, leading Detroit newspapers are expected to announce this week that they're eliminating home delivery 4 days a week, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Detroit Free Press and the News would be the first major metropolitan papers to take... More »

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newspaper • online media • Detroit • circulation • print journalism • Detroit Free Press • newspaper industry

COMMENTARY

 The Bell Tolls for Journos 

Explosion of web content and staff cuts marks the end of an era

Dec 12, 08 9:32 AM CST
(Newser) - With the flurry of firings and buyouts at the nation’s newspapers, "it certainly feels like the end of days," writes Julia Klein in Obit. But while much has been made of lofty topics such as "the fate of democracy" and "journalism's core civic and watchdog... More »

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media • online media • Los Angeles Times • newsroom cuts • print journalism • San Jose Mercury News • newspaper industry

Web News Declared Eligible for Pulitzer Prizes

Board keeps up with 'the changing media landscape'

Dec 8, 08 2:43 PM CST
(Newser) - The Pulitzer board has expanded its criteria for award-worthy journalism to include Internet-only publications, Editor & Publisher reports today. While Pulitzers will be available to web outlets, sites must be “text-based” and publish original content at least weekly to be considered. The board made changes in an effort to... More »

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media • Internet • online media • Pulitzer Prize • journalism • website

Mug Shots Are Cheap Thrills for Media, Readers

Print, web outlets get booking photos free, and find lots of fans

Dec 8, 08 1:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Print and web publishers are cashing in a curious American obsession: mug shots. Not just celebrities, whose how-the-mighty-have-fallen appeal is obvious, but pictures of regular folk arrested for pederasty, assault or simply loitering. Web editions of Newsday and the Palm Beach Post, for example, run sections of nothing but booking... More »

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online media • crime • photography • journalism • print journalism • schadenfreude • voyeurism

 After Disney, 
 Eisner Thrives Online 

Eisner believes internet programming is entertainment's future

Nov 23, 08 1:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Michael Eisner was once at the top of the heap as CEO of Disney, where he flourished. But after he was squeezed out by what some thought was poor company performance, he got creative in new media—and “I’m much happier now,” he tells the New York ... More »

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Internet • online media • online videos • Disney • Michael Eisner

 Nonprofits 
 May Be Future 
 of Muckraking 

Websites compete with city papers

Nov 18, 08 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Internet journalism has long been dominated by partisan commentary, gossip, and well-intentioned amateurs, but that’s all changing, the New York Times reports. Sites like VoiceofSanDiego or the St. Louis Beacon are doing serious, investigative journalism many a newspaper would envy at a fraction of the cost. Voice’s... More »

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media • newspaper • online media • journalism • St. Louis • San Diego • Seattle • Hartford • Minneapolis-St. Paul

New Sites Try 'Crowdfunding'
to Finance Journalism

New site solicits story ideas and funding to write them

Aug 24, 08 6:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - As newspapers nationwide struggle to stay afloat in the internet era, a new online venture aims to harness the power of the people—or at least their checkbooks. The San Francisco-based Spot Us site solicits story ideas and donations from the public. If enough cash is raised for a particular... More »

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newspaper • online media • media criticism • San Francisco • online newspapers • Citizen journalism

GLOSSIES

 Blogger on Trail Scoops MSM 

Californian makes a name for herself

Jun 16, 08 7:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two of the biggest recent campaign scoops—Barack Obama's "bitter" bomb and Bill Clinton's "scumbag" tirade—originated not with the mainstream media but with a 61-year-old Oakland resident who blogs for the Huffington Post. The New Yorker visits with Mayhill Fowler, who ruminates about her exclusives and expresses... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • online media • Bill Clinton • journalism • Huffington Post • Mayhill Fowler • Citizen journalism

analysis

Online Readers Have No Attention Span

So writers serve it up fast and simple, with lists and links

Jun 14, 08 6:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Web readers are fidgety, so writers have to serve up the goods fast, Michael Agger writes in Slate. For example:
  • Online readers are “selfish, lazy, and ruthless,” according to theorist Jakob Nielsen.
  • They are informavores hunting for information at all costs.
  • They like text
... More »

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Internet • online media • reading

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