Wednesday, 5 June 2013

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PwC: the U.S. consumer ebook market will be bigger than the print book market by 2017

Analyst firm PwC thinks that the U.S. trade ebook market will surpass the size of the print book market by 2017.

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When sources can go direct, do we need journalism less or do we need it more than ever?

Sources of all kinds -- including politicians -- can become publishers and distribute their own information directly to an audience, without the need for a traditional media outlet. Is that a good thing or a bad thing for journalism?

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Top jobs of the week in digital media

Looking for a job in digital media? Each week we highlight some of the most interesting positions posted to paidContent's jobs board. Check out the latest gigs at media companies across the country.

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Politico’s Jim VandeHei on why Bloomberg is a scary competitor and subscriptions will keep growing

In a Q&A, Politco's executive editor talks about how to stay relevant as your media company gets older, how to grow in a saturated Washington market, and why he barely watches TV.

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Why the Apple e-book trial should be over already: The DoJ has an open-and-shut case

As the antitrust trial against it gets underway, Apple continues to fight accusations that it engaged in collusion and price-fixing with the major e-book publishers -- despite the overwhelming evidence that it did exactly that.

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Amazon nabs streaming rights to Dora, SpongeBob and other Viacom shows Netflix lost

Amazon has signed a big streaming video deal with Viacom. The multi-year agreement includes Prime Instant Video access to kids' shows like Dora the Explorer and SpongeBob SquarePants, plus grownup shows like Tosh.0.

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Feedly partners with RSS apps like Reeder as Google Reader’s end draws near

As the time ticks down toward Google Reader's demise, Feedly -- which has emerged as a leading alternative -- announced that it's partnering with a bunch of other RSS clients, including Reeder and Press.

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Can a new generation of web companies finally bring emotion to online advertising?

Just as the Mad Men of the 50's and 60's tapped into consumer desires and emotions for a new school of advertising, modern companies like Instagram and Pinterest will need a similar revolution in how we think about ads if they want to make money.

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Apple denies conspiracy in ebook pricing trial: “Publishers fought (us) tooth and nail”

The Department of Justice's trial against Apple kicked off in New York Monday. The DOJ alleges that Apple conspired with publishers to set ebook prices, while Apple argues that there was no conspiracy and that Apple was operating the way it normally does with content providers.

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If media is being disrupted like the car industry, then who is the Tesla Motors of media?

If the media is being disrupted in many of the same ways that the automotive manufacturing industry has been, who would qualify as the most innovative or disruptive force in the media business over the last decade?

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Justice Department releases slides showing alleged Apple ebook conspiracy

The federal government is pressing its legal and PR case against Apple in New York federal court today. It released some slides from the proceedings that are intended to highlight the intended conspiracy. Here's a look.

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What newspapers need to learn from the disruption in the auto industry

Newspaper companies might not want to think of their business as being similar to industrial manufacturing like the car industry, but in many ways it is -- and they can learn from what other manufacturers have been through.

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Online ad spending up 16% from a year ago – report

Onwards and upwards -- advertisers, once again, spent more money than ever before on online ads. Here's the latest, and a nifty chart, by way of the Interactive Advertising Bureau.

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French court orders Apple to pay $6.5M copyright tax on iPads, country mulls future cultural levies

A new French court ruling raises questions about how far the country, which has robust support for artists and musicians, should go in imposing cultural taxes on connected devices.

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Why big media is buying YouTube stars — and who could be next

What does Phil DeFranco's new deal with Revision3 say about the state of the industry, and are there other creators who might be right for similar deals?

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The spoiler: how an LA playboy threw a wrench into Aereo’s plan to take over TV

Aereo's careful plan to upend the TV industry was going fine -- until an LA company, with a streaming service of its own, got in the way. Here's an inside view of what happened.

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