links for 2006-12-05
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“Discussions about a leveraged buyout of the New York Times Co. have recently reemerged, as insurance giant Maurice R. Greenberg began acquiring shares.”
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“Having been withdrawn when the receivers were appointed, the magazine is going back into the Exact Editions shop as we blog this. So now is the time to get your digital sub.”
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Citizen journalism photo agency scoopt has written an open letter to Flickr users, inviting them to sign up for the service.
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Online advertising in Britain is growing at around 40% per year and accounts for 14% of total advertising — the highest level in the world, and more than twice the US percentage. Rafat Ali examines why.
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Google and YouTube are “dangling nine-figure sums” in front of the major television companies, according to BusinessWeek. John Battelle wants to know some details of the negotiations…
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“Lawyers speculated over the extent to which Mr Justice Eady’s ruling [in CC v AB] spells the end of “kiss-and-tell” disclosures in the media.”
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“A high-profile figure … who had an affair with another man’s wife has won a court order banning the betrayed husband from naming him in the media.”
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“The pros have a problem. They can’t possibly compete in the media-sphere of the future. We’re entering a world of ubiquitous media creation and access.”
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The highly-respected St Petersburg Times in Florida is owned by a non-profit trust, which Louis Hau argues is not “a practical model to be emulated by a newspaper industry desperate for a new game plan.”
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Alan D. Mutter: “The 24-hour online news desk is the worst idea for newspapers since publishers foolishly decided 10 years ago to put all their valuable content on the web for free.” Especially for local papers.
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The Washington Post reports on Gannett’s experiments with “mobile journalists” who rarely come into the office and file from wherever they are.
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Amy Gahran wonders whether the professional social networking site LinkIn could be a partner for local news web sites by creating geographically-specific networking tools.
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