 | May 2, 2013 |
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Top HeadlinesNews site The Root has rolled out a page that shows the most popular tweets and trends among black Americans, who are heavy Twitter users. Read More »A trade group says that newspapers like the New York Times have seen large increases in circulation, but that's partly because they are allowed to count their readers multiple times. The industry needs to do better. Read More »The Atlantic is launching an ebooks division that will publish e-singles and curated collections of content from the magazine's archives. The first e-single is only available through Amazon's Kindle Singles store for now, though it will soon be available at other retailers. Read More »Hachette announced Wednesday that it will make all of its ebooks, including new titles, available to libraries nationwide. New ebooks will be priced at three times the cost of the print version, but a library only has to buy a copy once. Read More »Thanks to Splitsider, Exquisite Corpse Project documents the making of a film, and the end of an eraWhat happens when friends and former collaborators get together for one last big hurrah? That's the story documented by "The Exquisite Corpse Project," which reunites one of web video's early comedy troupes for a final film project. Read More »Companies want to use Craigslist's large pool of user-generated classified ads to create new services. Are they innovators or criminals? A California court ruling will help determine that. Read More »This week, Digg and Feedly both surveyed RSS users on the types of social features they'd like to see integrated into a Google Reader replacement. Feedly says it will roll out an updated product in a couple weeks, while Digg's product launches in June and is likely to be paid. Read More »More than four million people now pay to access Hulu Plus streams, and all of that streaming shows: The site registered more than one billion streams across its free and paid service in Q1. Read More »HarperCollins will launch a digital-first line of mysteries and thrillers this fall. The company also said that as of August 1, it will pay all of its digital-first authors royalties on a monthly basis, competing with Amazon Publishing. Read More »Two years after ABC canceled them, soap operas One Life to Live and All My Children are coming back to life online, with four new 30-minute episodes per week available on Hulu and iTunes. But soap fans who are not used to online viewing may not tune in. Read More »When is the use of another artist's image "transformative" and when is it just copyright infringement? A major court ruling provides broader protection for appropriation artists. Read More »The Huffington Post will launch in Germany this fall. The company has already expanded to Canada, the U.K., France, Spain and Italy, and a Japanese edition will roll out May 7. Read More »Follow paidContent:   |  |
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