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The Dallas Morning News Is on the Right Track

Charles Warner | Posted 12.10.2009 | Media

Read More: A.H. Belo, Dallas Morning News, Bob Yates, Future of Journalism, Journalism, Dallas, Media News
Charles Warner

Purists have accused the Morning News of breaking down the wall between editorial and sales. Really? The Titanic is sinking, and the journalism dinosaurs are arguing about the proper color of life preservers.

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Jason Linkins

Rupert Murdoch Comes Out For And Against Government Intervention In Journalism

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.02.2009 | Media

Read More: News Corp, Future of Journalism, Federal Trade Commission, Media Criticism, Journalism, Rupert Murdoch, Media News

Rupert Murdoch brought a strong message for members of Congress: Don't even think about bailing out journalism with taxpayer money! And then, Murdoch delivered a whole bunch of other, decidedly mixed messages!

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FTC Panel On Future Of Journalism: Murdoch Advocates Paid Content

AP | JOELLE TESSLER | Posted 12.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Future of Journalism, Future of News, Federal Trade Commission, Ftc, Media News

WASHINGTON — Media companies need to deliver compelling information on a variety of electronic devices and overcome readers' resistance to payin...

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The Good News From Our Citizen Journalism Project

Adam Clark Estes | Posted 11.05.2009 | Eyes & Ears

Read More: Future of Journalism, Claims Denials, Rape, Insurance, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Citizen Journalism, Denial of Coverage, Health Care, Healthcare, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Eyes & Ears News
Adam Clark Estes

One of the big questions about the future of journalism is whether the Internet can foster a new alliance between professional reporters and interested citizens. We're seeing signs that the answer is yes.

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Targeted, Hyper-Personalized, Real-Time Ads - Please Come to Me!

Tanja Aitamurto | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Future of Journalism, Foursquare, Hyperpersonalized Advertising, Contextual Advertising, Online Advertising, Advertising, Journalism, Twitter, Facebook, Business News
Tanja Aitamurto

Are clicks the right way to measure the efficiency of online advertising? And, is online advertising efficient at all? In my case, it doesn't seem to be.

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Is The Washington Post Liable For False Advertising?

James Boyce | Posted 10.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Clean Energy, Washington Post, American Petroleum Institute, Newspapers, Future of Journalism, The Washington Post, Media News
James Boyce

Recently, we saw a full page ad in The Washington Post that showcased the problem with the newspapers themselves.

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Newser's iPhone App: Are We Nuts?

Michael Wolff | Posted 10.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Future of Journalism, Iphone, Michael Wolff, Media, Newser, Online News, iPhone Apps, Media News
Michael Wolff

The most popular news medium became, over the last 10 years, the computer, effectively putting newspapers out of business and changing the nature of t...

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Is the New Yorker on S.I. Newhouse's DNR List?

Gerald Sindell | Posted 10.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Stakeholders, Shareholders, S.I. Newhouse Jr, The New Yorker, Conde Nast, Gourmet Magazine, Future of Journalism, Magazines, Media News
Gerald Sindell

Calling in those McKinsey folks to review your profit and loss numbers in the middle of the deepest recession since the 1930s is a little like having Dr. Kevorkian over to offer a second opinion.

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Jack Shafer: Concerned About My Bank Balance, and Knows My Inner Motivations. Where Have You Been All My Life?

John Thornton | Posted 12.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Jack Shafer, Funding Non-Profits, Texas Tribune, Newspapers, Clinton, Kennedy, New York Times, Washington Post, Future of Journalism, Slate, Media News
John Thornton

The forty years between Kennedy and Clinton were an accident of economic and demographic history, resulting in a temporary but highly profitable industry structure for the papers that dominated their markets.

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Health Care Reform and The Awesome Power of Techno-Confusion

Peggy Drexler | Posted 09.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Future of Journalism, Google, Newspapers, Death Panels, Information Age, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Town Hall Meetings, Newspaper Industry, Media News
Peggy Drexler

Information technology has added rocket fuel to the engine of democracy. Will it power us forward or keep us spinning wildly in one spot?

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Was Robert Novak a Journalist?

Marcel Pacatte | Posted 09.21.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Robert Novak, Clarence Page, Journalism, Future of Journalism, Novak Plame, Chicago News
Marcel Pacatte

With journalism lumbering through a period of spasmodic ineptitude, the people with hopes for its future could do worse than to emulate Novak's understanding of the darker natures of the folks at the levers of power.

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Aspen Institute Future of News Theme: Trust Is the New Black

Craig Newmark | Posted 09.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Aspen Institute, Future of Journalism, Trust, Future of Media, Media News
Craig Newmark

Next week, I visit a program where the theme is Models for Preserving American Journalism. News organizations that thrive in the future will be the most trustworthy ones.

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In Defense Of Free

Piers Fawkes | Posted 09.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Future of Journalism, Internet, Future of Work, Social Networking, Crowdsourcing, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Free, Chris Anderson, Business, Business News
Piers Fawkes

As a business owner who uses digital technology as the backbone of my business, I found Chris Anderson's latest book inspiring and useful.

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User review sites: next big media/advertising disruption?

Craig Newmark | Posted 08.09.2009 | Media

Read More: User Review Sites, Future of Journalism, Media, Future of Media, Advertising, Media News
Craig Newmark

A lot of people rely on user review sites for product or service selection, like Consumer Reports, Yelp, Amazon, or Best Buy.Sure, we're aware of adve...

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A Little Progress at the Chicago Media Future Conference

Ryan Blitstein | Posted 07.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Journalism Industry, Chicago Journalism, Future of Journalism, Journalism Innovation, Media, Media Industry, Chicago News Media, Chicago Media Future Conference, Chicago News
Ryan Blitstein

It's 2009, and the people in the room are relatively sophisticated -- don't waste their time asking five people to define "what news is."

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Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: May 18, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Mass Transit, Saturday Night Live, Harvard Crimson, Plagiarism, High Speed Rail, Future of Journalism, Ray Lahood, White House Press Corps, Maureen Dowd, Transportation, Media News

Folks, if you hear just one interview with Department of Transportation Secretay Ray LaHood conducted as the secretary made his way by car to Peoria, ...

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Newsweek CEO On The Economist's "Snob Appeal"

Nicholas Carlson | Posted 06.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Newsweek, Media, The Economist, Magazines, Future of Journalism, Journalism, Magazine Industry, Media News
Nicholas Carlson

We asked Newsweek CEO Tom Ascheim -- whose magazine re-launched today -- to explain how his competitor does it. He gave us three reasons for The Economist's success.

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Oh, the Hypocrisy: First Amendment Attorneys Would Destroy the Internet to Save Newspapers

Art Brodsky | Posted 06.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Internet, First Amendment, Newspapers, Fair Use, Future of Journalism, Death of Newspapers, Journalism, Media News
Art Brodsky

The sense of entitlement that has characterized the newspaper business for the past 150 years is now going too far, conflating the business of journalism with the freedoms due the practice of journalism.

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Arianna Discusses The Future Of Journalism With Peggy Noonan And The Morning Joe Crew

Huff TV | Posted 06.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Future of Journalism, Video, Peggy Noonan, Arianna Huffington, Morning Joe, Media News
Huff TV

Arianna appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe Friday morning to discuss her testimony before the Senate Commerce Communications subcommittee earlier in the ...

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John Kerry: Newspapers "Endangered Species"

AP | ANDREW MIGA | Posted 06.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Future of Journalism, Newspapers, John Kerry Future of Journalism, John Kerry, John Kerry Newspapers, Media News

WASHINGTON — One way to save some of the nation's struggling newspapers would be to let them become nonprofits similar to public broadcasting st...

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How We Got Here and How We Get Out of Here

Kenneth Lerer | Posted 05.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Ken Lerer, Future of Journalism, Print Journalism, Online Media, New Media, Printing Press, Web Journalism, Columbia Journalism School, Journalism, Online Journalism, Media News
Kenneth Lerer

Journalism isn't in jeopardy; it's just in another transition to a new and better place. And as long as the public puts a premium on quality information and analysis -- and the public always will -- journalism will thrive.

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Newsrooms Must Die, Long Live Newsrooms!

Sally Duros | Posted 03.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Social Enterprise, l3c, Terry Mazany, Chicago Journalism Townhall, Ken Davis, Journalism, The Chicago Community Trust, Low Profit Limited Liability Company, Newspapers, Bloggers, Bernard Lunzer, Chicago Tribune, Democracy, Main Stream Media, Chicago Sun-Times, Heather Steans, Newspaper Industry, The-Newspaper-Guild, Future of Journalism, Death of Newspapers, Chicago-Illinois, Chicago News
Sally Duros

Information has risen to the level of being a most pressing community need in our current democracy. More than ever, a newsroom must be a mission-based place.

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