The internet has disrupted media in much the same way it has manufacturing of smartphones or the IT business, says Ben Thompson — value has moved to the edges, to specialized… Read more »
The New York Times’ research and development lab has launched a new project asking readers for help in identifying old advertisements from its print archive — and the project is the… Read more »
Businessweek is reporting that a magazine-style Washington Post app will come pre-loaded on the new Kindle Fire, a deal that has potential benefits for both the struggling newspaper and for its… Read more »
The idea of publishers becoming open platforms for “social journalism” isn’t a radical new internet invention, it’s an acknowledgement of the way the media works now — what’s important is to… Read more »
If legacy news organizations are going to survive (or be revived) they will need to learn to treat their audiences as users, not simply readers. Read more »
The departure of FiveThirtyEight blogger Nate Silver from the New York Times — and the bidding war with ESPN that preceded it — are just more evidence of how the balance… Read more »
Beneath the furor over Twitter’s clampdown on its API is the same dilemma that many traditional media companies like the New York Times are also confronting — namely, how much should… Read more »
Many newspapers still think of themselves as delivering content in a specific format, but some forward-thinking outlets — including USA Today and The Guardian in Britain — are thinking of themselves… Read more »