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NYT's Book Review to be sold separately on e-readers
Posted by Maria Conde on March 9, 2010 at 12:46 PM
AP announcement to stream Oscars award ceremony live raises questions over best "streaming coverage" practices
Posted by Robert Eisenhart on March 5, 2010 at 5:23 PM
Millions of tablets will sell in a year, says Wired's Chris Anderson
Posted by Emma Heald on March 4, 2010 at 2:44 PM
Le Parisien launches cit-j website created in conjunction with Citizenside
Posted by Emma Heald on February 22, 2010 at 6:04 PM
Debate on iPad app pricing at the New York Times
Posted by Emma Heald on February 17, 2010 at 11:40 AM
CoveritLive to launch content-monetizing live-blogging kit
Posted by Emma Heald on February 15, 2010 at 6:09 PM
Update: MediaNews gives details on paywall plan
Posted by Elizabeth Redman on February 12, 2010 at 4:49 PM
Charging for online content with Press+: publishers prefer a metered, segmented approach
Posted by Maria Conde on February 12, 2010 at 4:05 PM
La Repubblica's updated iPhone app with more content and more services
Posted by Emma Heald on February 12, 2010 at 11:30 AM
Industry insiders read into the future of print
Posted by Maria Conde on February 11, 2010 at 5:21 PM
The New York Times' iPhone app hits 3 million downloads
Posted by Elizabeth Redman on February 11, 2010 at 11:22 AM
Newspaper launch: Delhi awaits the The Sunday Guardian
Posted by Helena Humphrey on February 10, 2010 at 5:42 PM
The Daily Beast's Posner admits to more plagiarism
Posted by Trafton Kenney on February 10, 2010 at 2:22 PM
Study looks into what news articles you share and why
Posted by Maria Conde on February 9, 2010 at 5:14 PM
Newspaper liveblogs local council meetings
Posted by Elizabeth Redman on February 9, 2010 at 12:12 PM
iPad changes the story for newspaper-subsidized e-readers
Posted by Maria Conde on February 5, 2010 at 3:55 PM
Local newspaper liveblogs its own newsroom
Posted by Elizabeth Redman on February 5, 2010 at 12:59 PM
New Kindle coming? Amazon said to buy touch screen tech start-up
Posted by Maria Conde on February 4, 2010 at 2:25 PM
iCurrent: Can personalised news help newspapers?
Posted by Elizabeth Redman on February 4, 2010 at 12:55 PM
Twitter and Facebook to boost news organisations' ad revenue?
Posted by Helena Humphrey on February 1, 2010 at 1:59 PM
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/03/nyts_book_review_to_be_sold_separately_o.php&bodytext=<form contenteditable="false" mt:asset-id="6027" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/bookreview.jpg"><img alt="bookreview.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/03/bookreview-thumb-200x258-6027.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="258" width="200" /></a></form>This week, <b>James Dunn</b>, director of marketing for <i>The New York Times</i>, announced the newspaper is planning to offer its <b>Book Review</b> disaggregated from the rest of the Times content on mobile devices, such as e-readers, <a href="http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=134&aid=179159">according to <i>Poynter</i></a>. Dunn hinted at the plan during a session at the <b>Digital Publishing Alliance</b> <b>and E-Reader symposium</b> at the <b>University of Missouri's Reynolds Journalism Institute</b>.<br /><br />Dunn spoke to Poynter's <b>Bill Mitchell</b> and explained the NYT will release its Book Review for three different e-readers, starting with the <b>Sony</b> e-reader soon. The feature will then be available on <b>Amazon</b>'s <b>Kindle</b> and <b>Barnes & Noble</b>'s <b>Nook</b>. No details on when the <b>iPad</b>-friendly Book Review version will launch were given. <br /><br />&title=<i>NYT</i>'s <b>Book Review</b> to be sold separately on e-readers){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/03/ap_announcement_to_stream_oscars_award_c.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="6006" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/03/aplive1-6006.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/03/aplive1-6006.html','popup','width=729,height=655,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/03/aplive1-thumb-250x224-6006.png" alt="aplive1.png" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="224" width="250" /></a></form>The recent announcement that <a href="http://www.ap.org/pages/about/pressreleases/pr_030410a.html"><i><b>The Associated Press</b></i></a>, in coordination with <b>Livestream</b>, will provide live streaming coverage of 82nd Academy Awards represents a growing trend in news coverage. The segment, called <b><a href="http://www.ap.org/pages/about/pressreleases/pr_030410a.html">AP Live</a> "Oscars Red Carpet,"</b> will embed live footage with various social media elements to supplement and enhance the viewing experience, all in real-time. <iframe name="mashlogic" style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; overflow: hidden; display: none; z-index: 9999; position: absolute; top: auto; right: auto; bottom: auto; left: auto;" id="mashlogic" src="about:blank" frameborder="0"></iframe>&title=<b>AP</b> announcement to stream <b>Oscars</b> award ceremony live raises questions over best "streaming coverage" practices){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/03/millions_of_tablets_will_sell_in_a_year.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="5515" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/01/ipadnytt-thumb-200x248-5514.jpg"><img alt="Thumbnail image for ipadnytt.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/01/ipadnytt-thumb-200x248-5514-thumb-170x210-5515.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="210" width="170" /></a></form><b>Chris Anderson,</b> editor of <a href="http://www.wired.com/"><i>Wired</i></a>, believes that tablet computer devices like the iPad are going to sell millions in their first year and tens of millions after that, <a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/webnewser/on/chris_anderson_the_tablet_is_going_to_sell_millions_in_its_first_year_153733.asp"><i>MediaBistro</i> reported.</a> Anderson was speaking at the <b>American Association of Advertising Agencies</b> in San Francisco.<br /><br />Anderson believes that there is room for a "long-battery, slim device" that is something between a phone and a computer. People are now becoming used to using their phones for activities that previously required a computer, and he suggested that a product that was superior to a phone for web browsing and writing long emails could replace a laptop for travelling, for example. &title=Millions of tablets will sell in a year, says <i>Wired's</i> <b>Chris Anderson</b>){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/03/conde_nasts_magazines_get_ready_for_the.php&bodytext=<form contenteditable="false" mt:asset-id="5970" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/gq%20iphone.jpg"><img alt="gq iphone.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/03/gq%20iphone-thumb-200x335-5970.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="335" width="200" /></a></form>Magazine publisher, <b>Condé Nast</b>, is getting ready to create <b>iPad</b> versions for its <i>Wired</i>, <i>GQ</i>, <i>Vanity Fair</i>, <i>The New Yorker</i>, and <i>Glamour</i> magazines, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/business/media/01conde.html?hpw">according to <i>The New York Times</i></a>. <br /><br />While GQ will have a tablet-friendly version ready by April, Wired's version will come in June, with the New Yorker and Glamour getting their iPad versions by summer, said an internal memorandum on Monday.<br /><br />The New York-based magazine publisher is no stranger to mobile technology. GQ has an <b>iPhone</b> app (pictured on the left) that sold over 15,000 copies last January.<br />&title=<b>Condé Nast</b>'s magazines get ready for the <b>iPad</b> ){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/03/could_cheaper_e-readers_come_next.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="5957" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/e-readers.jpg"><img alt="e-readers.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/03/e-readers-thumb-200x124-5957.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" width="200" height="124" /></a></form>Some predict <b>Apple</b>'s iPad will eat up the entire e-reader market, but it may not be too late for <b>Amazon</b> or <b>Sony</b>. These e-reader makers could get a competitive edge by offering a much <i>cheaper</i> device and a new technological development could make this happen. <br /><br />A new chip by <b>Freescale Semiconductor Inc.</b> could help reduce the price of e-readers to less than $150 this year, <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aA9h6gBiu5aU"><u>according to <i>Bloomberg</i>.</u></a><br /><br /><b>Glen Burchers</b>, a marketing director for the formerly <b>Motorola</b>-run company, said Freescale will begin to offer samples of a new processor that takes on the functions of other chips and reduces e-reader costs. <br />&title=Could cheaper e-readers come next? ){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/le_parisien_launches_cit-j_website_creat.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="5883" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/screenshots/you%20le%20parisien.png"><img alt="you le parisien.png" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/you%20le%20parisien-thumb-250x146-5883.png" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="146" width="250" /></a></form>Paris-based French daily <a href="http://www.leparisien.fr/actualites-informations-direct-videos-parisien"><i>Le Parisien</i></a> and its national arm <a href="http://www.aujourdhui-en-france.fr/une/"><i>Aujourd'hui</i> </a>have developed a user-generated section of their site, in conjunction with <b><a href="http://www.citizenside.com/">Citizenside</a></b>, a citizen photo journalism agency that <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/web_20/2010/02/citizenside_and_metro_international_team.php">recently launched similar projects with the French branch of free daily <i>Metro</i>, and French radio station <i>RTL</i></a>. <br /><br />The new site, <a href="http://you.leparisien.fr/"><b>You</b></a>, invites readers to provide text, photo and video contributions, or to alert the community of a specific event. Items are immediately published on the site, but Le Parisien staff will check the authenticity of contributions (using Citizenside's technology) and then mark them as 'verified.' &title=<i>Le Parisien</i> launches cit-j website created in conjunction with <b>Citizenside</b>){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/02/debate_on_ipad_pricing_at_the_new_york_t.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="5514" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/ipadnytt.jpg"><img alt="ipadnytt.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/01/ipadnytt-thumb-180x223-5514.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="223" width="180" /></a></form><i><a href="http://gawker.com/5473023/turf-war-at-the-new-york-times-who-will-control-the-ipad?skyline=true&s=i">Gawker</a></i> reported that there is a "heated turf war" going on at the <i>New York Times</i> over pricing of the paper's <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/01/afterthe_ipad_is_here_and_what_its_arriv.php">upcoming <b>iPad</b> application</a>, quoting unnamed NYT sources.<br /><br />The print side thinks it should control the pricing and marketing of the app, an Times source told Gawker, as it is another way to distribute the paper, and they would like to charge $20-30 per month for the app. <b>Amazon's Kindle</b> and other e-editions are under the print circulation department's control. <br /><br />The digital side of the Times' operation is proposing charging $10 a month for the product, believing the print side's suggestions to be far too high. E-editions are also seen as overpriced by this department, according to Gawker. The NYT's Kindle edition costs $27.99 per month (so $336 a year). &title=Debate on <b>iPad</b> app pricing at the <i>New York Times</i>){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/02/ipad_deals_with_publishers_face_obstacle.php&bodytext=<form contenteditable="false" mt:asset-id="5799" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/Image%208.png"><img alt="Image 8.png" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/Image%208-thumb-200x270-5799.png" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="270" width="200" /></a></form>The arrival of the <b>iPad</b> has generated much optimism in media circles that hope it will revitalize a struggling industry, but so far, there has been much talk over what the device <i>could</i> do, but little evidence that shows newspapers will actually benefit from the device. <br /><br />In fact, newspaper and magazine publishers have not yet agreed upon the key issue of sharing subscription revenue, as they consider deals to offer digital versions of their publications on <b>Apple</b>'s newly released tablet, <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6530db6e-1a70-11df-a2e3-00144feab49a.html">the <i>Financial Times</i> reports</a>.<br /><br />This vital piece of the puzzle will decide whether publishers will succeed in cashing in on the iPad.<br />&title=<b>iPad</b> deals with publishers face obstacles){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/02/update_medianews_gives_details_on_paywal.php&bodytext= <form mt:asset-id="5655" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/MediaNewsGroup.JPG"><img alt="MediaNewsGroup.JPG" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/MediaNewsGroup-thumb-200x68-5655.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="68" width="200" /></a></form>More details have been released about the <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/medianews_group_to_adopt_metered_paywall.php"><b>MediaNews</b> paywall plans</a>, which will charge for investigations and analysis but not for breaking news, <a href="http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=177722"><i>Poynter Online</i> reports</a>.
<br /><br />Vice president for content development <b>Howard Saltz</b> said that investigations, enterprise, analysis, columns and reviews will be behind the paywall. "The kind of content that goes behind a wall is the kind of content that paid, professional journalists do," he told Poynter, "the kinds of things that you really couldn't count on bloggers and Web enthusiasts to do."
<br /><br />Articles will be free if it's necessary to remain competitive with other news sources, including breaking news and multimedia, he said.
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![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/charging_for_content_with_press_publishe.php&bodytext=<form contenteditable="false" mt:asset-id="5751" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/gordoncrovitz.jpg"><img alt="gordoncrovitz.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/gordoncrovitz-thumb-200x301-5751.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="301" width="200" /></a></form><b>Journalism Online</b>'s e-commerce service for publishers, <b>Press+,</b> has begun to release more details about the online payment system that allows publishers to implement a variety of payment methods for their digital content, <a href="http://emediavitals.com/article/17/early-adopters-new-online-payment-platform-leaning-toward-metered-segmented-options">according to <i>eMedia Vitals</i></a>. <br /><br /><b>Gordon Crovitz</b>, a Journalism Online co-founder and a former publisher of the <i>Wall Street Journal</i>, spoke to eMedia Vitals about the company's progress and about the online payment form that early adopters are leaning towards: a metered, segmented option.<br />&title=Charging for online content with <b>Press+</b>: publishers prefer a metered, segmented approach){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/la_repubblicas_updated_iphone_app_with_m.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="5745" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/screenshots/photo-1.jpg"><img alt="repubblica mobile.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/photo-1-thumb-180x270-5745.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="270" width="180" /></a></form>Italian daily <a href="http://www.repubblica.it/"><i>La Repubblica</i></a> has launched a new paid version of its iPhone application, providing new content and services. In the eight months since the original app was launched, it has been downloaded by 150,000 users.<br /><br />New offerings include editorials and in-depth articles from La Repubblica's top journalists, and "the best from the print paper on the debates and analysis surrounding the news."<br /><br />The new version provides push notifications, alerting the user about breaking news even if the application is closed, or sending them messages when their selected football team scores a goal. Using key words of a reader's choice, the application will collect and save relevant articles that it finds to create a kind of press review. <br /><br /> &title=<i>La Repubblica's</i> updated <b>iPhone</b> app with more content and more services){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/02/industry_insiders_read_into_the_future_o.php&bodytext=<form contenteditable="false" mt:asset-id="5731" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/whynewspapers%20are%20staying.jpg"><img alt="whynewspapers are staying.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/whynewspapers%20are%20staying-thumb-200x149-5731.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="149" width="200" /></a></form>From the loss of advertising revenue for newspapers to the emergence of a slew of multi-functional, deluxe e-readers, times are changing for the print industry - and they are doing so quickly.<br /><br />So, what can we expect for the future of the printed word in the next couple years? Some media insiders <a href="http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/fortune/1002/gallery.future_reading.fortune/index.html">spoke to <b>CNN</b></a> to offer some insight on what could be in store for newspapers.<br />&title=Industry insiders read into the future of print){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/02/the_new_york_times_iphone_app_hits_3_mil.php&bodytext= <form mt:asset-id="5723" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/nyt_iphonesjpg.jpeg.jpg"><img alt="nyt_iphonesjpg.jpeg.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/nyt_iphonesjpg.jpeg-thumb-200x130-5723.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="130" width="200" /></a></form><i>The New York Times</i>' free iPhone application has been downloaded 3 million times since its launch in July 2008, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2010/feb/10/new-york-times-digital-media"><i>The Guardian</i> reports</a>.
<br /><br />In December, the Times managed at least 75 million mobile pageviews across its mobile sites and apps. The figures were announced by president and CEO of the Times <b>Janet Robinson</b> during the company's earnings call.
<br /><br />The Times had 3.1 million unique mobile users in December, placing it seventh in <b>Nielsen</b>'s mobile news rankings, <a href="http://moconews.net/article/419-nyt-75-million-mobile-pageviews-reached-3-million-iphone-app-downloads/"><i>MocoNews</i> reports</a>. It ranked behind <b>CNN.com</b>'s mobile site, which had 12.3 million uniques, and <b>Yahoo News</b>, <b>Fox News Digital</b> and <b>Google News</b>. The app also ranks second in the 'free news' category of the app store under <b>Zinio</b>'s magazine reader app.
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![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/study_looks_into_what_news_articles_peop.php&bodytext=<form contenteditable="false" mt:asset-id="5682" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/whoemails.gif"><img alt="whoemails.gif" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/whoemails-thumb-200x258-5682.gif" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="258" width="200" /></a></form>Researchers at the <b>University of Pennsylvania</b> have extensively studied The <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/"><i>New York Times</i></a> list of most e-mailed articles, checking every 15 minutes for more than six months, analyzing the content of thousands of articles, and controlling for factors like the placement in the paper or on the Web home page, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/science/09tier.html?ref=media">The New York Times reports</a>.<br /><br />Results from the study show that NYTimes readers have exalted tastes - seeking to inspire awe in their friends, colleagues, and family by choosing to e-mail positive articles over negative ones, and long, intellectually challenging articles over short and shocking ones. <br />&title=Study looks into what news articles you share and why ){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/medianews_group_to_adopt_metered_paywall.php&bodytext= <form mt:asset-id="5655" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/MediaNewsGroup.JPG"><img alt="MediaNewsGroup.JPG" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/MediaNewsGroup-thumb-200x68-5655.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="68" width="200" /></a></form>The <b>MediaNews Group</b> has released details of its plans to charge for content online, <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2009/11/medianews_to_place_partial_pay_wall_on_t.php">announced in November last year</a>, <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=ayunozwEqBAM"><i>Bloomberg</i> reports</a>. The publisher will adopt a metered system similar to that planned at <i>The New York Times</i>.
<br /><br />Two newspapers, the <i>Daily Record</i> in York, Pennsylvania, and the <i>Enterprise-Record</i> in Chico, California, will start charging in May. They will give users access to up to 25 'premium' articles a month, after which they will be required to pay a fee. Print subscriptions will include access to the website. Premium content may include some columns and investigative reporting, MediaNews president <b>Joseph Lodovic</b> said.
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![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/02/ipad_changes_the_story_for_newspaper-sub.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="5634" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/01/ipadalone-thumb-200x115-5510-thumb-200x115-5511.jpg"><img alt="Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for ipadalone.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/ipadalone-thumb-200x115-5510-thumb-200x115-5511-thumb-200x115-5634.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="115" width="200" /></a></form>The launch of <b>Apple</b>'s <b>iPad </b>has garnered much optimism in the newspaper industry, driving hopes that the innovative tablet computer will be able to breathe some new life into an industry battered by an advertising downturn.<br /><br />Much speculation has placed very high hopes on the capacity of the iPad and a slew of new generation e-readers to revamp the industry and bolster its business model. But, <a href="http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=131&aid=177206">as <i>Poynter Online</i>'s <b>Bill Mitchell</b> reports</a>, the iPad will probably not be the solution to all of the newspapers' woes, but this sleek electronic device <i>could</i> play a substantial role in the migration of users from a cost-heavy past to a more efficient future. <br /> <iframe frameborder="0" name="mashlogic" style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; overflow: hidden; display: none; z-index: 9999; position: absolute; top: auto; right: auto; bottom: auto; left: auto;" id="mashlogic" src="about:blank"></iframe>&title=<b>iPad</b> changes the story for newspaper-subsidized e-readers){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/web_20/2010/02/facebook_emerges_as_threat_to_google_new.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="5632" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/facebook-logo2.jpg"><img alt="facebook-logo2.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/facebook-logo2-thumb-200x75-5632.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="75" width="200" /></a></form><b>Facebook</b> is rivaling <b>Google News</b> and <b>Google Reader</b> as a distributor of news content on the internet, according to recent data from <i>Hitwise</i>.<br /><br />Hitwise online analyst <b>Heather Hopkins</b> <a href="http://weblogs.hitwise.com/us-heather-hopkins/2010/02/facebook_largest_news_reader_1.html">reports</a> that Google Reader accounted for .01% of visits to news and information websites in late January - roughly the same figure as a year ago. Meanwhile, Google News accounted for 1.39% of upstream visits and Facebook for 3.52%.<br /> &title=<b>Facebook</b> emerges as threat to <b>Google News</b>){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/web_20/2010/02/local_newspaper_liveblogs_its_own_newsro.php&bodytext= <form mt:asset-id="5629" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/NCE_masthead.gif"><img alt="NCE_masthead.gif" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/NCE_masthead-thumb-200x42-5629.gif" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="42" width="200" /></a></form>Local newspaper the <i>Northampton Chronicle and Echo</i> is today running <a href="http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/custompages/custompage.aspx?pageid=81622">a day-long live discussion</a> with readers about what's going on in its newsroom.
<br /><br />Using the liveblogging software <b>Cover-it-Live</b>, which the newspaper has previously used to cover sporting events such as the away games of local teams, editorial staff plan to interact more directly with readers.
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![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/02/new_kindle_coming_amazon_said_to_buy_tou.php&bodytext=<form contenteditable="false" mt:asset-id="5469" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/amazon.jpg"><img alt="amazon.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/01/amazon-thumb-200x116-5469.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="116" width="200" /></a></form>In what seems to be the latest move in the battle of the e-readers, <b>Amazon</b> has acquired <b>Touchco</b>, a start-up based in New York that specializes in touch screen technology, to possibly update its <b>Kindle</b> e-reader so it can better compete with <b>Apple</b>'s <b>iPad</b>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/technology/04amazon.html?src=tptw"><i>The New York Times</i> reports</a> that Amazon will merge Touchco's technology and staff members into its Kindle hardware division, <b>Lab126</b>, based in Cupertino, California, a source briefed on the deal said on Wednesday. <br />&title=New <b>Kindle</b> coming? <b>Amazon</b> said to buy touch screen tech start-up){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/web_20/2010/02/icurrent_can_personalised_news_save_news.php&bodytext= <form mt:asset-id="5598" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/iCurrent.png"><img alt="iCurrent.png" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/iCurrent-thumb-200x132-5598.png" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="132" width="200" /></a></form>The <b>iPad</b> isn't the key to monetising news online, <a href="http://steveouting.com/2010/01/28/personalized-news-and-why-the-ipad-is-no-savior/">opines journalist and consultant <b>Steve Outing</b> in a new post on his blog</a>, but personalisation might be.
<br /><br />He suggests that he will be no more likely to pay to read news websites on the iPad than on his computer. Since he reads many different news sources, he finds that there is too much news to pay for all of it, and highlights the importance of personalisation beyond<b> iGoogle</b> or Twitter feeds amid all this choice.
<br /><br />In this context, he compares the personalised web news service <a href="http://www.icurrent.com/"><i>iCurrent</i></a>, still in beta, to the personalised music service <i>Pandora</i>, which offers similar music to songs and artists that the user already likes. It learns more about what users enjoy as they click thumbs-up or thumbs-down on different songs.
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