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"Don't Be Evil": How Larry Page and Sergey Brin Really Think and Should We Worry About Google's Dominance

Anis Shivani | Posted 12.03.2009 | Books

Read More: Search, Newspapers, Aol, Chrome, Free Content, Content, Copyright, Browser, Mosaic, Eric Schmidt, Adwords, Netscape, Search Engines, Chris Anderson, China, Internet Service Providers, Privacy, Adsense, Google Phone, Sergey Brin, Pagerank, Internet, Portals, Yahoo, Advertising Industry, Gmail, Publishing Industry, Google Android, Richard L. Brandt, Right to Privacy, Search Algorithms, Homepage, Inisde Larry and Sergey's Brain, Goto, Larry Page, Baidu, Magazines, Google, Microsoft, Google Book Settlement, Browser Wars, Death of Newspapers, Bill Gates, Facebook, China Human Rights, Cookies, Accenture, Internet Privacy, Advertising, Internet Advertising, Google Privacy, Iphone, Magazine Advertising, Privacy Concerns, Android, Censorship, Google Algorithm, Book Reviews, Don't Be Evil, Books, Silicon Valley, Books News
Anis Shivani

We shall see if Larry and Sergey's collective brain can keep up with the spontaneous evolution of the Internet.

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Is Journalism Going Through Its Own Reformation?

Alexander Howard | Posted 12.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Old Media vs. New Media, Fcc, Ftc, Rupert Murdoch, Death of Print, New Media, Steven Waldman, Death of Newspapers, Journalism, Arianna Huffington, Media News
Alexander Howard

The traditional "high priests of journalism" -- newspaper and magazine editors -- controlled what was covered. No more, or at least not in online news.

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Why New Media Looks A Whole Lot Like Old Media

Bryan Monroe | Posted 11.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago News Cooperative, Old Media vs. New Media, Aol, Rupert Murdoch, New Media, Death of Newspapers, Chicago Tribune, sphere.com, Journalism, Arianna Huffington, Chicago News
Bryan Monroe

This week, the FTC will be convening a hearing looking at "How Will Journalism Survive The Internet." I am going to talk about how white the Web is, and the threat that represents to journalism for our diverse nation.

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Washington Post To Close LA Bureau

AP | Posted 11.25.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Death of Newspapers, Newspapers, Washington Post, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — The Washington Post will close its remaining U.S. bureaus in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago at the end of the year to save mone...

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Chicago Tribune, Sun-Times Lose Readers As Circulation Drops

Crain's Chicago Business | Ann Saphir | Posted 10.26.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Sun-Times Media Group, Death of Newspapers, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Newspaper Industry, Chicago News

Both of Chicago's daily metro newspapers had steep declines in circulation in the six months ended Sept. 30, signaling continuing difficulties in an i...

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Old Enough to Know Better, Young Enough to Pretend: Can the Chicago News Cooperative Succeed?

Daniel Sinker | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Media, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Journalism, Chicago Reader, Old Media vs. New Media, Creative Commons, Chicago Politics, Chicago Olympics, Death of Newspapers, Wbez, 2016 Olympics, Chicago Budget, Mayor Daley, New York Times, Cnc, Chicago News Cooperative, Chicago News
Daniel Sinker

If there was a better day to announce the News Cooperative, I can't think of it. After Mayor Daley's budget address, the two major papers ran the same cover: a 24-year-old kidnapping.

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With News Jobs Vanishing, Why Are Journalism Schools Still Enrolling Students?

Peter Scheer | Posted 10.22.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Death of Newspapers, Online Newspapers, Journalism, Newspaper Industry, Media News
Peter Scheer

Traditional news media will continue to shed jobs, even in a general recovery, faster than digitally-based replacements for those businesses can be invented and built.

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Please Stop Whining About The "Death Of Journalism"

Henry Blodget | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media

Read More: New Media, Death of Newspapers, Media, Death of Print, Print Journalism, Internet Journalism, Media News
Henry Blodget

The Internet is doing to the news business the same thing it has done to dozens of other industries: disrupting it. As always, this disruption is painful, but it's not necessarily bad.

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How Sex Could Save Newspapers

Cory Silverberg | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Death of Newspapers, Media, Sexuality, Print Media, Newspaper Decline, Journalism, Sex, Media News
Cory Silverberg

Nowhere is the disconnect between mainstream news production and the lives and experiences of those of us who consume it more apparent than in content about sexuality.

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New York Times Responds to "Liberal" Borrowing Policy Question...

Phil Bronstein | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Death of Newspapers, Phil Bronstein, Media, Media News
Phil Bronstein

I like the tussle of digital world commenting, as nasty and angry as it can get. There are also endless tips, suggestions, ideas and other useful things in comments sections that may be bad for the ego but good for journalism.

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New York Times' SF Debut Gets "Liberal," But Applies to Borrowing Policy?

Phil Bronstein | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Death of Newspapers, Phil Bronstein, San Francisco Chronicle, Media, Media News
Phil Bronstein

The Times chose to invade our Western shore pretty much wearing panties and floaties instead of the full battle gear available to the national "paper of record."

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Full Throttle to Hyperlocal News in Czech Republic

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 10.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Petr Sabata, World Association of Newspapers, Bertrand Pecquerie, Newsroom, Roman Gallo, Nase Adresa, Central Europe, Northern Bohemia, Online Publishing, China, News Café, Paris, Social Media, Web, World Editors Forum, Vietnam, Prague, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Hyperlocal News, 2015 Newsroom, Czech Republic, Futuroom, Death of Newspapers, Usti, Ppf, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

In the Czech Republic, "news cafés" are springing up, where people can relax, meet, down some brew, see their local paper being produced, mingle with editors and contribute copy.

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The Boston Globe's Future Unclear As Sale Deadline Passes

nytimes.com | RICHARD PEREZ-PENA | Posted 10.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Arthur Sulzberger Jr., Newspapers, Boston Globe, Old Media Death Watch, Death of Print, New York Times, Death of Newspapers, Platinum Equity, Newspaper Industry, Old Media, Media News

Prospective buyers of The Boston Globe faced a Friday deadline for submitting firm bids, but it remained unclear what would happen next -- or even whe...

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Separating the Journalism Baby from the Newspaper Bathwater

Rob Kall | Posted 10.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Death of Newspapers, Newspapers, Investigative Journalism, Media, Citizen Journalism, Blogging, Journalism, Bailout Newspapers, Bailout Journalism Industry, Media News
Rob Kall

If the US government invests directly in journalists, so that their writings and reports can be freely used by any media organization or site, that investment will yield big results.

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Life After Print: URB Magazine 2.0

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 10.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Magazi, Print Journalism, Music Business, Print, Web, Death of Print, Websites, Death of Newspapers, Media, Music, Hip-Hop, Paper, Print Media, Web 2.0, Social Media, Pop Music, Hip Hop, New Media, Media News, Music Industry, Web Video, Media News
Raymond Leon Roker

While many have quickly lamented URB's print hiatus or reminisced about our long legacy, there is also an unfortunate feeding frenzy on even the hint of print's presumed, imminent demise.

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Stopping the Presses: What Will Journalism Resemble in the Post-Print Age?

Wayne Trujillo | Posted 12.01.2009 | Denver

Read More: Print Media, Rocky Mountain News, USA Today, Media, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal, Internet Media, Denver Post, Death of Newspapers, Washington Post, Denver News
Wayne Trujillo

As I picked up several copies of the shrunken final edition of the Rocky Mountain News, I felt a sadness not only for that issue, but also for the physical transformation of the newspaper.

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Exciting Times For A 14-Year-Old Journalist

Scott Campbell | Posted 12.01.2009 | Technology

Read More: Sky News, Twitter, Death of Newspapers, Newspapers, Online Media, Technology News
Scott Campbell

Being a journalist in these times excites me. It's reporting the news as it happens, talking to everyday people with fascinating stories and seeing the media industry evolve and migrate before my eyes.

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The Day Michael Miner Killed Commentary

Mike Doyle | Posted 11.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Reader, Local Columnists, Commentary, Chicago Sun-Times, Michael Miner, Mike Royko, Unemployment, Chicago, Death of Newspapers, Journalism, Chicago News
Mike Doyle

Miner's less than well-meaning suggestion to dispense with commentary and turn Chicago's columnists into service-oriented seat-warmers for journalists was nothing short of cowardly.

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Does Obama's "Bailout" Mean a Future for Print But Not Profits?

Phil Bronstein | Posted 11.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Death of Newspapers, Bailout, Phil Bronstein, Barack Obama, Media, Newspapers, Print Journalism, Traditional Media, Media News
Phil Bronstein

Just when profit seems to be staging an improbable comeback, along comes President Obama supporting tax breaks for newspapers that are structured as non-profits.

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Ask a Panicked Print Media Executive

Steve Ross | Posted 11.18.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Print Media, Social Media, Unemployment, Humor, Satire, Death of Print, New Media, Death of Newspapers, Media, Facebook, Ereaders, Comedy News
Steve Ross

I used to eat at Michaels, front of the room, with the likes of Joan Didion and David Brooks. Now I'm packing peanut butter and banana sandwiches, and shudder every time the phone rings.

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Where Does Social Media Start, and a Mainstream Media News Cycle Die?

Phil Bronstein | Posted 11.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Social Media, Jimmy Carter, Twitter, Death of Newspapers, Phil Bronstein, Joe Wilson, Media, Media News
Phil Bronstein

When and how a news story begins, and what the steps are in between that moment and Jimmy Carter offering his final, funereal judgment, are interesting questions.

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All the News That's Fit to Link

John Tomasic | Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado-Independent-Ethics-Commission, Colorado Republicans, Ethan Axelrod, Rocky Mountain News, Twitter, Michael Massing, Colorado Independent, New Media, Death of Newspapers, Colorado Republican Party, Huffington Post, Offthebus, Denver, Denver News
John Tomasic

Dear Colorado GOP: Twitter doesn't care what you think about the people on the other end; it just wants more of them. It's not a list-serve. It's the Twitter. You're either on it or you're off it.

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Michael Moore: Newspapers 'Slit Their Own Throats' (VIDEO)

Posted 11.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Michael Moore Newspapers, Video, Newspapers, Michael Moore, Capitalism a Love Story, Michael Moore Media, Death of Newspapers, Capitalism, Newspaper Industry, Capitalism Movie, Media News

Filmmaker Michael Moore -- who's been touring the world promoting his new film, "Capitalism: A Love Story" at several international film festivals -- ...

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Losing the News: A Great Book

Diane Francis | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Blogs, Politics, Newspapers, Newspaper Industry, New Media, Death of Newspapers, Democracy, Media, News, Blogging, Journalism, Citizen Journalists, Broadcast TV, Alex Jones, Business News
Diane Francis

Alex Jones writes that the implosion of the business model for traditional media is creating a vacuum in the type of news gathering, analysis or revelatory investigation which is in the public interest.

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Tribune: Decline of a Media Giant

Chris Maloney | Posted 10.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: New York Times, Sam Zell, Death of Newspapers, Chicago Tribune, Recession, Chicago, Tribune Company, Chicago News
Chris Maloney

Tribune's vast multimedia holdings were supposed to act as a hedge against a downturn in any one area -- that was before the Internet and the "perfect storm" financial crisis.

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