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Video cameras for reporters as newspaper moves into the digital age
Posted by Elizabeth Redman on February 9, 2010 at 4:15 PM
Guardian's Rusbridger: 'iPad could produce significant revenue streams'
Posted by Maria Conde on February 9, 2010 at 3:09 PM
iPad changes the story for newspaper-subsidized e-readers
Posted by Maria Conde on February 5, 2010 at 3:55 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
Not on the wires - mobile and online journalism project launch
Posted by Helena Humphrey on February 3, 2010 at 3:45 PM
Freesheet launch: All quiet on the London Weekly front
Posted by Helena Humphrey on February 3, 2010 at 12:32 PM
Former editor takes on Birmingham Post with web launch
Posted by Maria Conde on February 2, 2010 at 5:31 PM
Twitter and Facebook to boost news organisations' ad revenue?
Posted by Helena Humphrey on February 1, 2010 at 1:59 PM
The Wall Street Journal expands brand with WSJTravel launch
Posted by Maria Conde on January 29, 2010 at 4:52 PM
Deseret News to launch Spanish-language newspaper in Utah
Posted by Emma Heald on January 28, 2010 at 10:26 AM
Washington Post may launch local business publication
Posted by Emma Heald on January 27, 2010 at 3:34 PM
Success for citizen journalism fundraising efforts: Allvoices
Posted by Elizabeth Redman on January 27, 2010 at 3:28 PM
New London freesheet announces launch date
Posted by Helena Humphrey on January 27, 2010 at 12:13 PM
The Texas Tribune: where the money's coming from
Posted by Elizabeth Redman on January 26, 2010 at 5:45 PM
Before: Will newspapers cash in on Apple's tablet?
Posted by Maria Conde on January 26, 2010 at 4:31 PM
The New York Times creates unit for electronic editions
Posted by Elizabeth Redman on January 26, 2010 at 12:47 PM
Study: Kindle falls short for reading news
Posted by Elizabeth Redman on January 26, 2010 at 11:18 AM
Financial Times to launch Blackberry app and micropayments
Posted by Elizabeth Redman on January 22, 2010 at 5:49 PM
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/02/video_cameras_for_reporters_as_newspaper.php&bodytext= <form mt:asset-id="5680" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newhavenregister.jpg"><img alt="newhavenregister.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/newhavenregister-thumb-200x29-5680.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="29" width="200" /></a></form>All reporters at the <b>Journal-Register Co.</b> (JRC) will get video cameras, under an ambitious plan to bring the newspaper into the digital age, the company's 3,100 employees have been told. The company's new CEO <b>John Paton</b> has also told staff that they now work for a 'media company', not a 'newspaper company'. Appropriately enough, he announced the news in a seven-minute slideshow, emailed companywide, <a href="http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/all_roads_no_longer_lead_to_print">the <i>New Haven Independent</i> reports</a>.<br /><br />"We're not looking to make any cuts," Paton told the Independent. "We need to improve [local coverage]. We don't need to make it worse." The company, which runs 19 daily and 150 other newspapers, including the flagship <i>New Haven Register</i>, <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2009/02/bankruptcy_looms_for_more_us_newspapers.php">filed for bankruptcy last February</a>.
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![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/02/guardians_rusbridger_ipad_could_produce.php&bodytext=<form contenteditable="false" mt:asset-id="5674" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/rusbridger1.jpg"><img alt="rusbridger1.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/rusbridger1-thumb-200x120-5674.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="120" width="200" /></a></form><i>Guardian</i> editor-in-chief <b>Alan Rusbridger</b> told <b>Reuters</b> that "if we get the right functionality and design," the <b>iPad</b> could "produce interesting, significant revenue streams," <a href="http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-rusbridger-ipad-could-produce-significant-revenue-streams/">according to <i>PaidContent</i>.</a><br /><br />Because developing an application for the iPad will not require any different skills from the ones required to launch an <b>iPhone</b> app, news publishers that have had success with iPhone apps, are now looking to cash in on the iPad.<br />&title=<i>Guardian</i>'s Rusbridger: '<b>iPad</b> could produce significant revenue streams'){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/02/mobile_news_gains_ground_in_france.php&bodytext= <form mt:asset-id="5644" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/franceiphone.jpg"><img alt="franceiphone.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/franceiphone-thumb-200x132-5644.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="132" width="200" /></a></form>News applications for iPhone have met an undeniable success with French readers, but the task of monetising this through selling content, services and advertising still remains, <a href="http://www.lesechos.fr/info/comm/020339374970-les-francais-commencent-a-lire-leurs-journaux-sur-l-iphone.htm">according to <i>Les Echos</i></a>.
<br /><br />The director of electronic editions for <i>Libération</i>, <b>Ludovic Blecher</b>, said that the iPhone had revolutionised the consumption of news on mobile platforms. The Libération iPhone app was launched in the autumn, as was that of <i>Le Figaro</i>, and they have been downloaded 400,000 and 600,000 times respectively. "Around 30,000 people open it every day," Blecher said. Figures for <i>Le Monde</i> are even higher: it launched its app in November 2008 and has just reached 1.3 million unique downloads, attracting between 200,000 and 250,000 hits a day.
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![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/freesheet_london_weekly_is_here.php&bodytext=<form contenteditable="false" mt:asset-id="5640" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/londonweeklyissue1.jpg"><img alt="londonweeklyissue1.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/londonweeklyissue1-thumb-200x120-5640.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="120" width="200" /></a></form>Following a week of much <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/freesheet_launch_all_quiet_on_the_london.php">speculation over whether the new London freesheet existed</a>, and if so, if it would launch at all, the <i>London Weekly</i> is finally here, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2010/feb/05/pressandpublishing">says <i>Guardian</i></a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2009/12/the_london_weekly_will_it_work.php">The launch of the new freesheet was announced in November of last year</a>, with its website opening in December. Executives at the <b>Global Publishing Group</b>, the company responsible for the publication, initially announced the freesheet would launch on February 1st, but later <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/01/new_london_freesheet_announces_launch_da.php">pushed back the start date to February 5th</a>.<br />&title=Freesheet <i>London Weekly</i> is here){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/02/what_will_abc_open_mean_for_newspapers.php&bodytext= <form mt:asset-id="5638" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/abc-logo1.jpg"><img alt="abc-logo1.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/abc-logo1-thumb-200x215-5638.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="215" width="200" /></a></form>Australian public broadcaster the <b>ABC</b> has launched a new digital initiative called <b>ABC Open</b> to feature user-generated content on existing ABC local websites.
<br /><br />The initiative aims to develop the digital skills of local communities to tell their own stories. The reports produced through the project will be published on the broadcaster's local websites and other sites, and may also be distributed on radio, television or mobile platforms. <br /><br />More than 50 editors and producers, based in local radio offices around the country, will be charged with helping communities design and develop media-rich local stories. <br />
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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/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/multimedia/2010/02/not_on_the_wires_-_mobile_and_online_jou.php&bodytext=<form contenteditable="false" mt:asset-id="5579" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/notonthewires.jpeg"><img alt="notonthewires.jpeg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/notonthewires-thumb-200x93-5579.jpeg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="106" width="227" /></a></form><a href="http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2010/02/02/new-digital-journalism-project-not-on-the-wires-goes-live/"><i>Journalism.co.uk</i> reports</a> that the website for <a href="http://www.notonthewires.com/"><b>not on the wires</b></a>, a digital reporting social enterprise, has now gone live. <br /><br />The multimedia cooperative of five journalists believe their chances of success and depth of involvement in covering event-based news stories are increased by working in collaboration - individually they are accomplished freelancers with varied areas of expertise. &title=<b>Not on the wires</b> - mobile and online journalism project launch){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/freesheet_launch_all_quiet_on_the_london.php&bodytext=<form contenteditable="false" mt:asset-id="5575" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/LondonWeekly350.jpg"><img alt="LondonWeekly350.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/LondonWeekly350-thumb-200x161-5575.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="145" width="177" /></a></form>Back in <b>November</b> the newspaper rumour mill whispered word of an all-new freesheet to grace the streets of the capital, <i>The London Weekly</i>. <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2009/12/update_london_weekly_to_launch_feb_1.php">By <b>December</b>, marketing manager <b>Paul Morris</b> announced a launch date of the 1 <b>February</b> and its partnership website went live.</a><br /><br />Despite a rather unpolished online offering (from a company that claims to have £10.5 million in the kitty), displaying few regular news updates written by just two users and registered from a <b>German</b> server, <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/01/new_london_freesheet_announces_launch_da.php">Morris last week maintained that the 250,000 copies of the freesheet would be handed out every<b> Friday</b> and <b>Saturday </b>- although the start date would now be delayed until the 5 February.</a><br /><br />&title=Freesheet launch: All quiet on the <i>London Weekly</i> front){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/newsrooms_and_journalism/2010/02/former_editor_takes_on_birmingham_post_w.php&bodytext=<form contenteditable="false" mt:asset-id="5569" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/businessdesk.jpg"><img alt="businessdesk.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/businessdesk-thumb-200x100-5569.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="100" width="200" /></a></form>This week, independent regional business news website, <a href="www.thebusinessdesk.com"><i>TheBusinessDesk</i></a>, launched a third regional edition in Birmingham today with <b>Marc Reeves</b> as its new editor, <a href="http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=44980&c=1"><i>Press Gazette</i> reports</a>.<br /><br />Reeves, the former editor of the business and public affairs daily, the <i>Birmingham Post</i>, left the newspaper in January after it was turned into a weekly. His new position will place him in direct competition with his old paper.<br /> &title=Former editor takes on <i>Birmingham Post</i> with web launch){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/01/the_wall_street_journal_expands_brand_wi.php&bodytext=<form contenteditable="false" mt:asset-id="5545" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/WSJTRAVEL.png"><img alt="WSJTRAVEL.png" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/01/WSJTRAVEL-thumb-200x120-5545.png" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="120" width="200" /></a></form>While <i>The Wall Street Journal</i> struggles with advertising, it continues to diversify its offerings by delving into another realm - travel services. <a href="http://paidcontent.org/article/419-wsj-adds-travel-booking-services-to-its-wine-business/"><i>PaidContent</i> reports</a> that the WSJ officially announced Thursday the launch of <a href="http://wsjtravel.com/"><b>WSJTravel</b></a>, a website that will offer 50 travel packages to destinations including Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and South America.<br /><br /><br /> &title=<i>The Wall Street Journal</i> expands brand with <b>WSJTravel</b> launch ){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/web_20/2010/01/guardian_local_bloggers_announced.php&bodytext= <form mt:asset-id="5535" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/beatbloggers.jpg"><img alt="beatbloggers.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/01/beatbloggers-thumb-200x119-5535.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="119" width="200" /></a></form><i>The Guardian</i> has appointed three bloggers to its new experimental <i>Guardian Local</i> initiative.
<br /><br /><b>Tom Allan</b>, <b>Hannah Waldram</b> and <b>John Baron</b> have been appointed to cover the cities of Edinburgh, Cardiff and Leeds respectively. They will take on the position of '<a href="http://beatblogging.org/2009/03/04/what-were-talking-about-when-we-say-beatblog-our-definition/">beatbloggers</a>', that is, bloggers who stick to a well-defined beat or coverage area.
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![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/01/success_for_citizen_journalism_fundraisi.php&bodytext= <form mt:asset-id="5496" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/allvoices%20logo%205.jpg"><img alt="allvoices logo 5.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/01/allvoices%20logo%205-thumb-200x160-5496.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="160" width="200" /></a></form>Citizen journalism website <a href="http://www.allvoices.com/"><i>AllVoices</i></a> has raised another $3 million in funds, bringing their total start-up funding to around $9 million, <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/01/26/allvoices-raises-3-million-for-citizen-journalism-site-takes-cnns-ireport-head-on/"><i>TechCrunch</i> reports</a>. The new funding comes courtesy of existing investor VantagePoint Venture Partners.
<br /><br />Since its launch in July 2008, the site has seen its audience grow to almost 5 million unique visitors a month, which is considered fast for a media startup. Half of its traffic and visitors are from outside the US and the UK.
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<form mt:asset-id="5492" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newsday.jpg"><img alt="newsday.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/01/newsday-thumb-200x43-5492.jpg" width="200" height="43" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" /></a></form><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Newsday</span>, the Long Island daily, has attracted<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>just 35 online-only subscribers to its
website since it was <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2009/10/newsday_to_charge_a_high_price_for_its_o.php">put behind a pay wall</a> last October, according to an
article published yesterday in the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">New York Observer</span>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">While only a few dozen have opted for the internet specific
plan, which costs $5 a week or $260 a year, that figure does not take into
account the print subscribers and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Optimum Online</span> customers<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>in New York who already have free
access to newsday.com. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Optimum Cable</span> is owned by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Cablevision</span>; who purchased <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Newsday</span> for $650
million in May of 2008.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Newsday
estimates that<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>75 percent of Long
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![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/01/new_london_freesheet_announces_launch_da.php&bodytext=<form contenteditable="false" mt:asset-id="5489" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/The-London-Weekly-website-001.jpg"><img alt="The-London-Weekly-website-001.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/01/The-London-Weekly-website-001-thumb-200x120-5489.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="120" width="200" /></a></form><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2009/12/the_london_weekly_will_it_work.php">The launch of a new London freesheet, <i>the London Weekly</i>, was announced in November of last year, with its website going live on 20 December. </a>Executives at the <b>Global Publishing Group</b>, the company behind the title, have now confirmed an official launch date of 5 February for the paper itself, the Guardian has reported.<br /><br />The London Weekly hopes to fill the gap left by the closure of the capital's previous freesheets, <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2009/08/news_corps_the_london_paper_to_close_nex.php"><i>the London Paper</i></a> and <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2009/11/london_lites_last_day.php"><i>the London Lite</i></a>, with a proposed distribution of 250,000 copies every Friday and Saturday.&title=New London freesheet announces launch date ){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/newsrooms_and_journalism/2010/01/the_texas_tribune_where_the_moneys_comin.php&bodytext= <form mt:asset-id="5476" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/texas-tribune2.jpg"><img alt="texas-tribune2.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/01/texas-tribune2-thumb-200x246-5476.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="246" width="200" /></a></form>How do non-profit news organisations pay their bills? <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/analysis/2009/11/the_texas_tribune_a_case_study_on_local.php"><i>The Texas Tribune</i></a> had a fundraising goal for 2009 of $3.5 million, and managed to end the year with close to $4 million. <a href="http://www.texastribune.org/stories/2010/jan/25/note-chairman/">In a note on the Tribune's website</a>, chairman <b>John Thornton</b> has explained where the money is coming from.
<br /><br />First, it's helpful if the co-founder has deep pockets, or if someone else who does is prepared to chip in. Thornton and his wife contributed $1 million to the Tribune, and financier <b>T. Boone Pickens</b> has donated $150,000. Foundations have also helped out to the tune of around $1.1 million, including a total of <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2009/10/texas_tribune_receives_750000_in_funds.php">$750,000 in grants</a> from the <b>Houston Endowment</b> and the <b>John S. and James L. Knight Foundation</b>.
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![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/analysis/2010/01/how_old_media_hopes_for.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="5464" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/appleinvite-2.jpg"><img alt="appleinvite-2.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/01/appleinvite-2-thumb-200x159-5464.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="159" width="200" /></a></form>From dock connectors to web analytics to guessing the name of this elusive gadget, all speculation will reach its pinnacle when <b>Apple</b>'s widely anticipated tablet is finally unveiled at an event in San Francisco Wednesday. <br /><br />The much-hyped <i>iSlate</i> (the name of the actual device has not been confirmed) is rumored to have a sleek 10-inch color display and Wi-Fi capabilities allowing newspapers, magazines, and book publishers to deliver their products with an eye-catching design.<br /> <br /><br /> <div><br /></div><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=<i>Before:</i> Will newspapers cash in on <b>Apple</b>'s tablet?){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/01/the_new_york_times_creates_unit_for_elec.php&bodytext= <form mt:asset-id="5454" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/nytimes_iphone.jpg"><img alt="nytimes_iphone.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/01/nytimes_iphone-thumb-200x133-5454.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="133" width="200" /></a></form>As speculation mounts about the expected launch of the <b>Apple</b> tablet computer, <i>The New York Times</i> has announced that it will create a new business unit dedicated to electronic editions.
<br /><br /><b>Yasmin Namini</b>, currently the senior vice president of marketing and circulation, has been appointed head of the new <b>Reader Applications</b> division. This unit will be part of the <b>Media Group</b>, joining the newspaper, the website, the <i>International Herald Tribune</i> and <b>News Services</b>.
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![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/01/study_kindle_falls_short_for_reading_new.php&bodytext= <form mt:asset-id="5452" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/kindle2.jpg"><img alt="kindle2.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/01/kindle2-thumb-200x205-5452.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="205" width="200" /></a></form>Reading newspapers on <b>Amazon</b>'s e-book reader the Kindle is less appealing than reading the print version, <a href="http://www.uga.edu/news/artman/publish/100125_Kindle.shtml">a new study by the University of Georgia has found</a>. But portable e-readers that feature colour, photographs and touch screens could win readers back, particularly among young adults.
<br /><br />Over the course of a six-month study, participants read <i>The Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i> on Kindles, and then provided feedback through focus groups and interviews. <br /><br />The readability of the Kindle screen impressed adults of all ages. Similarly, nearly all respondents, regardless of age, found the $489 price tag too high.
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![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/web_20/2010/01/scotland_new_online_newspaper_launches.php&bodytext= <form mt:asset-id="5440" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/Caledonian-Mercury-screen-001.jpg"><img alt="Caledonian-Mercury-screen-001.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/01/Caledonian-Mercury-screen-001-thumb-200x120-5440.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="120" width="200" /></a></form>A new web-only daily newspaper has launched in Scotland, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jan/25/caledonian-mercury-scottish-press"><i>The Guardian</i> reports</a>, after <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/01/scotland_newspaper_launch.php">being expected for some weeks</a>.
<br /><br />Called the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jan/25/caledonian-mercury-scottish-press"><i>Caledonian Mercury</i></a>, the paper takes its name from one of Scotland's first news journals. It is edited and largely written by former staff from <i>The Scotsman</i> who departed after deep budget cuts at the paper. They will work as freelancers, and will be paid partly according to the "value" of their copy to readers and advertisers. How this will work is not yet clear.
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![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/01/financial_times_to_launch_blackberry_app.php&bodytext= <form mt:asset-id="5435" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/financialtimesiphone.jpg"><img alt="financialtimesiphone.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/01/financialtimesiphone-thumb-200x160-5435.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="160" width="200" /></a></form>The <i>Financial Times</i> (FT) will launch a new mobile app for Blackberry in the first half of this year, and an app for Android is in the works, <a href="http://www.journalism.co.uk/2/articles/537257.php">managing director of <i>FT.com</i> <b>Rob Grimshaw</b> told <i>Journalism.co.uk</i></a>. <br /><br />The FT recently launched <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/01/financial_times_launches_travel_guide_ap.php">a series of travel guide iPhone apps</a>. And the paper already has an iPhone app, which has been downloaded 200,000 times, but has rejected charging for the app. "The fact is you only get one hit from that and then after that the revenue stream dries up," Grimshaw said. "We thought it would be much more sensible and favourable to make it part of the subscription model."
<br /><br /><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/01/financial_times_paywall_finally_pays_off.php">The subscription model has been successful for the paper</a>, which now makes more from content revenue than from advertising.
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