Friday, 28 June 2013

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Circa looks at news the way other companies look at code — as something to build with

Instead of trying to fit everything into a traditional story, Circa looks at facts as "objects" which can then be stacked together in whatever order is necessary -- creating a much more efficient way of delivering the news.

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Yahoo exec: our content is personal now – the ads not so much

Yahoo's VP of Sales explained how the site's new focus on customized news and content will eventually lead to more dollars from native advertising.

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Texas and Turkey show why Twitter is often the only media outlet that matters

Twitter may not want to be seen as a media entity, but when news breaks and traditional media outlets are not around -- as in Texas and Turkey -- it quickly becomes the only media source that matters

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Amazon’s fan fiction program Kindle Worlds opens for business

Amazon's Kindle Worlds, which lets authors sell fan fiction based on properties like "Gossip Girl" and "Vampire Diaries," launched Thursday.

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BuzzFeed app offers custom news feed: readers can get more corgis, less Congress

A new version of BuzzFeed's app lets readers create a personalized story feed. The tool may be a model for publishers trying to navigate the mobile ad market.

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Oprah brings digital soaps One Life to Live and All My Children to cable

This spring, beloved soap operas "One Life to Live" and "All My Children" found new life as online-only shows. Now they'll air on cable, too, via a limited-time engagement on Oprah's OWN Network.

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A Kickstarter tip for journalists from ProPublica: Crowdfunding is a lot of work

ProPublica, which just hit its fundraising goal for a Kickstarter project aimed at investigating the rise in internships in the U.S., says there are a few key strategies for producing a successful crowdfunding campaign.

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Discovery is planning a streaming service — but it won’t be ready for several years

Discovery Communications is working on a paid service that would let cable subscribers access new-ish episodes of shows from channels like TLC and Animal Planet. By the time the service launches, though, its model may not be appealing.

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No, native advertising in print is not going to “save newspapers”

There is no magic bullet that is going to "save newspapers," and that includes using native advertising and other forms of sponsored content in the print version, despite what one publishing executive would like to think.

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HuffPo’s new French-language edition in Africa aims to inspire democracy

The Huffington Post is launching a French-language edition, Al Huffington Post Maghreb, in the Maghreb region of Africa -- Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria. The site was inspired by events of the Arab Spring.

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As sales plunge, Barnes & Noble says it will stop making Nook tablets; e-readers live on

Barnes & Noble said in its earnings report Tuesday that it will stop manufacturing Nook tablets in-house. Big losses in the Nook segment dragged down the company's revenues for the quarter and the full fiscal year.

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