Challenge to idea of Facebook stalking - 0 views
A New Horizon for the News - The New York Review of Books - 0 views
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Still, the Times seems likely to attract many readers even after it begins charging for content.
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Last year, circulation dropped on average by 4.6 percent on weekdays and 4.8 percent on Sundays. Earlier this year, Detroit's two daily papers reduced home delivery to three days a week, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer ended its print edition, and the Rocky Mountain News shut down altogether. This summer, The Boston Globe, which is losing more than $50 million a year, survived only by giving in to the draconian cutbacks demanded by its owner, the New York Times Company, while the Times itself, weighed down by the Globe, had to take out a $250 million loan from Carlos Slim Helú, Mexico's richest man, at a junk-bond-level interest rate of 14 percent a year.
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The traditional three staples of newspaper advertising—automotive, employment, and real estate—have all drastically declined, thanks to Craigslist, eBay, the travails of Detroit, and the consolidation of department stores (resulting in fewer retail ad pages). Meanwhile, the steady expansion of space on the Internet has caused online ad rates to crash, and these are not expected to recover even when the economy as a whole does.
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Sony and Amazon to Face Off Over Google Books Deal - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views
Using Twitter as a Collective Mood Ring - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views
Amazon.com's 1984 Problems Are Just Beginning - BusinessWeek - 1 views
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The uproar, including a lawsuit, over the removal of copies of 1984 and Animal Farm from Kindle devices comes as Amazon faces renewed e-book competition. Interesting article in terms of some of the issues discussed in the Thompson reading this week re the digital revolution and the publishing world.
The world's 50 most powerful blogs | UK news | The Observer - 0 views
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From Prince Harry in Afghanistan to Tom Cruise ranting about Scientology and footage from the Burmese uprising, blogging has never been bigger. It can help elect presidents and take down attorney generals while simultaneously celebrating the minutiae of our everyday obsessions. Here are the 50 best reasons to log on.
Virgin sued for using teen's photo - 0 views
A Library to Last Forever - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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