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First iPad newspaper launches in New York
Today, Murdoch bets an estimated $30 million on his hunch that a new generation of iPad users will pay for an online newspaper. The Daily, a digital newspaper made exclusively for iPad by News Corp, is available to readers prepared to pay 62 p a week for a daily dose of US-focused news and entertainment. [...] -
Weighing the role of social media in Egyptian coverage
Political events may still be unfolding in Egypt, but analysts of the role of social media in the country’s changing fortunes are already coming to some conclusions. And they’re increasingly nuanced. Matthew Ingram weighs up experts’ dismissal of ‘cyber utopianism’ in which sceptics like Evgeny Morozov reject the idea that social media played a key [...] -
iPhone meets longform – with mixed results for magazine journalism
A techy tale for our times comes from the Big Apple, where sophisticated commuters are turning to their iPhones to satisfy their craving for substantial magazine features. They had to wait awhile, recounts Kat Stoeffel in the New York Observer, as the technology – designed to deliver only micro-bites of online info – wasn’t up [...] -
Hunt for new media model doomed
A thought-provoking assessment of what technological change means for journalism comes from Paul Armstrong of @themediaisdying. Armstrong, who has been relaying his observations of the changing face of the media for the past couple of years via his Twitter account, has now reached a firm conclusion. The hunt for a new business model is fundamentally [...] -
Tweeting ’bout the revolution – the case of Tunisia
The digital revolution has been meeting actual revolution over the past week in Tunisia. Users of social media are being credited with bringing about the downfall of President of Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, reports National Public Radio in the States. Meanwhile. the authorities have been extending the usual means of suppressing unfavourable reporting by mainstream [...] -
James ‘pay nowt’ Brown: saviour or saboteur?
Sabotage Times, James Brown’s latest venture aims to be an online showcase for new writing talent. Aspiring journalists give their material to the site for nothing, and, so the plan goes, gain attention and lustre from being published by the founder of Loaded and former editor of GQ. The 200 or so contributors only receive [...] -
Sunday Times iPad app tops chart
The Sunday Times is bragging today that its iPad app has topped a chart rating design, functionality and use of multimedia. The chart, published by iMonitor, rated Story Magazin from Hungary and Viva HD second and third. The Washington Post and Pearson’s Intelligent Life came in at four and five. Acclaim for the product may [...] -
What will 2011 mean for journalism?
There are no clear-cut answers to this question, obviously, but the Poynter Institute identifies some emerging trends in investigative journalism in the US. It is thriving, it seems, but only if you’re good with data and social media. A similar blend of tradition and innovation is keeping the magazine world alive, according to the Innovations [...] -
Kingston launches comp for entrepreneurial journos
Kingston University is joining the US-led trend of encouraging entrepreneurial journalism through grants and prizes. The myNewsBiz competition, launched this week by Adam Westbrook, is offering £1000 for the best idea for a sustainable news business, and is open to students at any UK university. The deadline for entries from 1 April 2011, and those [...] -
Readers still love print, survey suggests
New research into how readers like their journalism suggests that traditional media are holding up well, reports Press Gazette. The vast majority – 86% – of the two thousand people who responded to a survey conducted by KPMG said they preferred to read material in print form rather than on-screen. Almost 80% had read a [...]