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November Research for the Newsroom

bentle...@missouri.edu (Bentley, Clyde) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:41:16 UT

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Report: Time, Hearst, Conde Naste to collaborate on magazine aggregation service?

densmo...@rjionline.org (Bill Densmore) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:20:04 UT

The New York Observer reported on its website last night that three of of
the biggest magazine publishers -- Time, Conde Naste and Hearst -- may be
getting set to collaborate on a aggregation service for selling digital
content. It's said that John Squires, an executive vp at Time Inc., would

Midwest press associations anti-up $30K to eye for-profit collaborative to monetize Internet content

densmo...@rjionline.org (Bill Densmore) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:21:05 UT

Midwest press associations anti-up $30K to eye for-profit collaborative to
monetize Internet content

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Should you ask your audience what they want? | fix journalism

wpdensm...@gmail.com (Bill Densmore) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:43:33 UT

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Ultraportable roll-up laptop, found via Twitter Times

densmo...@rjionline.org (Bill Densmore) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:54:16 UT

Jeff Vander Clute noted this:

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The Fallacy Behind Efforts to Save 'Public Service Journalism' [Print Is Dead]

wpdensm...@gmail.com (Bill Densmore) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:11:17 UT

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The Fallacy Behind Efforts to Save 'Public Service Journalism' [Print
Is Dead]

Newspapers are dying, which means there will never be any more
investigative journalism and politicians will screw whomever they
want. But it's OK, because "innovative" new "partnerships" like the...

Respected developers begin fleeing from App Store platform (Updated)

wpdensm...@gmail.com (Bill Densmore) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:15:49 UT

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ADVISORY: From 9 a.m. Saturday EST -- Streaming video of Croatia/U.S.Embassy conference on "Digital Transition"

mediagira...@journ.umass.edu (Bill Densmore) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:48:23 UT

STREAM:
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TWITTER HASHTAG: #digtrans

The Public Affairs Office of the U.S. Embassy in Zagreb is wrapping up on
Saturday a two-day regional media conference, "The Digital Transition: A

Save the date! RJI and REDI present "Economic Gardening and New Media" , Friday, December 4, 2009

polit...@rjionline.org (Politte, Keith D.) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:37:51 UT

SAVE THE DATE: FRIDAY, DEC. 4, 2009

The Reynolds Journalism Institute
and
Regional Economic Development, Inc.,

PRESENT:
ECONOMIC GARDENING & NEW MEDIA
"Growing Our Opportunities"

Friday, December 4, 2009 - 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. at Rm 100 Reynolds Journalism Institute, (9th Street Entrance)

remaining gifts on our Holiday Family's wish list

picke...@missouri.edu (Pickens, Martha L.) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:00:19 UT

We still need lots of things for the kids in our family, so if any of you are thinking about donating either cash or gifts, this is a great time to let me know. Remember the deadline for donations is Dec. 1. Thanks to all who have donated thus far! - Martha

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Scarborough: Most Americans Still Read Newspapers

wpdensm...@gmail.com (Bill Densmore) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:12:57 UT

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Scarborough: Most Americans Still Read Newspapers

By Erik Sass
mediapost.com

Newspaper publishers hoping to staunch the flow of ad dollars out of
the medium got some help this week from a Scarborough Research study,
which found that 74% of American adults either read the newspaper or

Top newspaper websites lose unique visitors in October

wpdensm...@gmail.com (Bill Densmore) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:12:13 UT

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Top newspaper websites lose unique visitors in October

An Editor & Publisher exclusive reveals new data from Nielsen Online
showing that two-thirds of the top newspaper websites had year-on-year
declines in unique users. These difficulties can be accounted for by

Cit-j outfit Allvoices to invite professional contributions, with compensation

wpdensm...@gmail.com (Bill Densmore) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:10:30 UT

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Cit-j outfit Allvoices to invite professional contributions, with
compensation

Allvoices, a citizen journalism network that uses a combination of
algorithms and user feedback to assess the reliability of
contributions, is to start a Provoices network for professional

Why it Matters that Pierre Omidyar is Launching a News Startup

wpdensm...@gmail.com (Bill Densmore) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:04:04 UT

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Why it Matters that Pierre Omidyar is Launching a News Startup

Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay, is launching a for-profit news
startup in Hawaii, where he and his family live. This is important
news, and not just because he's involved.

A few months ago Pierre and Randy Ching founded Peer News. Their first

Online Media Daily: New Program Offers Bloggers Free Legal Help

wpdensm...@gmail.com (Bill Densmore) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:42:17 UT

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Online Media Daily: New Program Offers Bloggers Free Legal Help

The Citizen Media Law Project is launching a new program that will
provide free legal help to small news sites and bloggers. The
initiative, Online Media Legal Network, aims to assist Web publishers