Archive for February 2010

links for 2010-02-17

Turf War at the New York Times: Who Will Control the iPad? "There's a heated turf war going on inside the New York Times over the iPad, pitting print die-hards against people focused on the Times' digital future. The outcome will determine pricing for some marquee content on Apple's tablet." (tags: journalism gawker apple new+york+times)

links for 2010-02-16

Why MySpace and the Internet Could Kill Rupert Murdoch "The bad news for Murdoch is that it truly confounds him — keeps him up at night. It’s a nuisance he can’t shake. It confounded him when he bought it (the original plan was to buy a gaming company, but then he got talked into MySpace), [...]

links for 2010-02-15

Rock, Paper, Shotgun, And Why We Need To Make Publications Into Homes, Or Maybe Just Local Pubs "This new generation of digital magazines, if and when they happen, should regard themselves as home-pages, or bases from which their readers can make excursions into the web. They are somewhere to focus a particular interest, to provide [...]

links for 2010-02-04

Facebook Largest News Reader? "Last week, Google Reader accounted for .01% of upstream visits to News and Media websites, about the same level as a year ago. Google News accounted for 1.39% of visits and Facebook 3.52%." (tags: facebook rss google social+media)