Wednesday 15 May 2013

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By Laura Hazard Owen May 15 2013, 12:01am PDT

Ebooks made up 20% of the U.S. consumer book industry in 2012, up from 15% in 2011

The U.S. consumer book publishing industry had a strong 2012, fueled in part by the growth of ebooks.

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By Janko Roettgers May 14 2013, 6:34pm PDT

Reports: Google will launch music subscription service at I/O

Google is set to launch a music subscription service at its Google I/O developer conference Wednesday, according to multiple reports. The service will compete with Spotify and similar services.

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By Janko Roettgers May 14 2013, 2:42pm PDT

German online publishers’ anti-adblock campaign backfires

A public campaign by some of the biggest German online publishers against ad-blocking software may have backfired, as downloads of one popular ad-blocking product have more than doubled.

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By Mathew Ingram May 14 2013, 2:06pm PDT

Crowdsourcing is here to stay — now it’s about building tools for networked journalism

NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen says that many of the cultural barriers to doing "networked journalism" have been lowered, and he is trying to help media outlets develop smart tools and ways of making use of crowdsourcing.

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By Laura Hazard Owen May 14 2013, 9:14am PDT

Aereo will launch in Atlanta in June, and is changing its pricing plans everywhere

Aereo announced Tuesday that it will launch in Atlanta in June. It's already available in the New York City area, and will launch in Boston on Wednesday. The company also simplified its pricing plans, eliminating daily and yearly options.

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By Janko Roettgers May 14 2013, 1:32am PDT

Netflix makes changes to public API after "Streamageddon" backlash

Figuring out which titles are going expire soon on Netflix just got a lot harder: The company changed its public API Monday night to prevent this information from popping up on third-party websites.

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By Jeff John Roberts May 13 2013, 8:53pm PDT

Feds grab reporters’ phone records: war on terror — or war on leaks?

The Associated Press is raising the alarm over news that the Justice Department secretly seized records for more than 20 phone lines tied to its reporters and bureaus.

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By Mathew Ingram May 13 2013, 6:52pm PDT

It’s not about how long-form your content is, it’s about engagement with the reader

As more sites focus on longform content, Fast Company disclosed some statistics on how its longer pieces have been doing -- but the data shows that the real secret isn't length but ongoing engagement with readers.

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By Mathew Ingram May 13 2013, 1:34pm PDT

Why focusing on ‘time spent’ with print misses the point about how the news works now

Research from McKinsey seems to suggest that print-based media still commands a large proportion of time spent by consumers of news -- but that is just part of the larger picture media companies have to understand.

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By Jeff John Roberts May 13 2013, 11:05am PDT

Did Bloomberg reporters “snoop” on clients? Depends on what you call snooping

Bloomberg is at the center of a storm over its reporters' use of the company's terminals to track customers. The incident has been somewhat overblown -- but the underlying issue of news and data platforms has not.

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By Laura Hazard Owen May 13 2013, 8:20am PDT

PBS MediaShift starts publishing ebooks; first topics: cord-cutting and self-publishing

PBS's MediaShift is launching a line of ebooks, starting with titles on self-publishing and cord-cutting. Executive Mark Glaser says he plans to release 10 to 20 books this year, depending on how well the first titles do.

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