Josh Marshall of the political blog network Talking Points Memo says that he has pulled his site's feeds from both Google Currents and Flipboard because he says he sees these services as "scams against publishers"
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The turmoil in the executive suite at the Philadelphia Inquirer -- which was bought last year for 90 percent less than it sold for just 5 years ago -- is just the latest example of the evolutionary angst at work in the industry.
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Brands are seeing success with Flipboard's custom magazines: The company says that between 10 and 20 percent of users who click on a brand's magazine actually end up subscribing to it.
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SecondMarket made its name - and a lot of its money - as a forum for pre-IPO Facebook shares. Now, it's betting on Bitcoin and other exotic investments to reclaim mojo; but its best opportunity may be as a service provider to a growing ranks of angel investors.
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It's essential for publishers to track and analyze ebook sales data, but the process is time-consuming. A new ebook analytics tool from app ranking company App Annie aims to make the process easier.
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PlayKids TV just got a lot new content for the preschool crowd, and the makers of the iPad app want to lure in parents frustrated about Netflix not working on a plane.
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After getting itself acquired by Japan's Rakuten, Viki is now looking to brand and eventually personalize content discovery.
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The Guardian newspaper in Britain is one of the most prominent papers without a paywall, and some media-industry observers argue that it should erect one soon or potentially lose its ability to create great journalism.
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Google has made a change to its search algorithm to downgrade sites that post mugshot photos, but this decision raises some troubling questions about how much we rely on Google to choose what we see and don't see
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Ezra Klein and the team behind the popular politics blog Wonkblog just launched a viral site called Know More. It's "an effort to break the slow web into parts that work for the social web," Klein says.
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A new survey suggests that adults who own an e-reader or tablet read more books than those who don't own a device. The survey also found that younger people tend to read more books than older people.
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Sites that post mug shots humiliate people and damage their career prospects -- and engage in a form of blackmail by demanding people pay to take them down. Google, MasterCard and others are starting to respond.
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Dedicated magazine apps for tablets may look good, but I fear they're headed straight to oblivion.
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Instagram will start rolling out advertisements in U.S. users' feeds in the next couple of months. The company says it will focus on "beautiful, high-quality photos and videos from a handful of brands" at first.
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A court ruling last week may have opened the door for non Gmail users to sue Google over email scanning. Now, a similar lawsuit has hit Yahoo.
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Goodreads faced backlash when it said that it would delete reviews that focus on an author's behavior, rather than on a book's contents, without warning. Now the company says it will send users the text of their reviews before deleting them.
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Circa, a mobile news provider co-founded by Cheezburger Network CEO Ben Huh, is launching real-time breaking news alerts -- and is also working on customized news updates that could be sent to specific users based on their interests.
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French lawmakers have passed what some are calling an "anti-Amazon" bill that curbs the U.S. retailer from combining discounts and free shipping.
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Wednesday 9 October 2013
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