AAN News
The Media Oxpecker: Return of the Buyouts
Washington Post employees face another round of buyouts. Gannett employees over the age of 56 are encouraged to retire early. And a pioneering citizen journalism site closes up shop.
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AAN |
02-10-2012 1:38 pm |
Media Roundup
Bay Citizen, Center for Investigative Reporting to Mergenew
The Bay Citizen and the Center for Investigative Reporting, two non-profit organizations based in the Bay Area, announced formally Tuesday that they intend to merge.
PBS MediaShift |
02-10-2012 4:39 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Financial, Management
Baltimore City Paper Cleared in Libel Casenew
Maryland’s highest court has upheld lower courts' dismissals of a four-year-old libel suit filed against Baltimore City Paper.
Baltimore City Paper |
01-24-2012 11:53 am |
Legal News
2011 'Give!' Campaigns Raise Nearly $3 Million for Non-Profits
Colorado Springs Independent, Monterey County Weekly and Willamette Week raised a combined $2.95 million for local non-profits.
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AAN |
01-23-2012 5:26 pm |
Honors & Achievements
The Media Oxpecker: With Social Media, Timing is Everything
When is the best time to Tweet? How far apart should Facebook posts be spaced? And is it time to start a 'Daily Deal Death Watch' website?
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AAN |
01-20-2012 1:54 pm |
Media Roundup
The Media Oxpecker: Should Newspapers Stop Innovating?
The end of album reviews in SPIN magazine; Facebook's timeline format as an opportunity to reach out to readers; and are newspapers innovating too quickly?
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AAN |
01-13-2012 1:03 pm |
Media Roundup
The Media Oxpecker: Google and the Death of Content Farms
Yahoo sends 75,000 content farm articles into retirement; shield law doesn't apply to "Internet blogs," says judge; advertising execs prepare for a bleak 2012; and Groupon (allegedly) sinks to a new low.
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AAN |
12-09-2011 3:42 pm |
Media Roundup
The Media Oxpecker: The Inevitability of Facebook's Commenting System
Two major news sites jump on the Facebook Comments bandwagon; another gloomy winter for Gannett employees; and what The Economist can teach us about reader identity in the age of the tablet.
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AAN |
12-02-2011 2:55 pm |
Media Roundup
Legal Dispute Over Control of the Santa Barbara Independent Continues
Santa Barbara Independent publisher Randy Campbell will appeal a judge's decision which ordered him to sell his shares of the paper to editor-in-chief Marianne Partridge.
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Santa Barbara Independent |
12-01-2011 10:47 am |
Legal News
Lansing's City Pulse Wins Libel Suitnew
City Pulse did not defame businessman Paul Vlahakis by calling him a tax delinquent in a December 2009 story, judge rules.
City Pulse |
11-21-2011 11:28 am |
Legal News
The Media Oxpecker: Are Micropayments the Business Model of the Future?
Felix Salmon questions the concept of ad-supported media; the Associated Press fights a losing battle with Twitter; and eight major publishers combine forces to battle the Groupon threat.
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AAN |
11-18-2011 2:54 pm |
Media Roundup
The Media Oxpecker: Poynter's Answer in Search of a Problem
Julie Moos the petty bureaucrat; Wired.com releases all staff-produced photos for use by other publications; Adobe abandons Flash; and more from the week when "everybody lost."
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AAN |
11-11-2011 10:50 am |
Media Roundup
The Media Oxpecker: Live From Las Vegas
Inside Groupon; new circulation data moves sideways; a new way to read the articles in Playboy; and much, much more.
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AAN |
11-04-2011 2:12 pm |
Media Roundup
David Carr: Being Selective About Sex Ads Contributed to the Twin Cities Reader's Demisenew
New York Times columnist David Carr says of the battle over online sex ads, "If Backpage.com retreats ... some other alternative will immediately take its place."
The New York Times |
11-01-2011 12:42 pm |
Industry News
The Media Oxpecker: The Washington Post's Cat Problem
Is the news industry whoring itself out by embracing LOLcats? Are your favorite bloggers being paid to secretly insert advertising links into their stories? And do some QR codes contain a hidden threat?
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AAN |
10-28-2011 3:07 pm |
Media Roundup
