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- News Corp. posts improved publishing revenues
Several factors, including the new Sunday edition of The Sun in the U.K., helped improve News Corp.'s publishing revenues in the second quarter of the current fiscal year. The company saw a $16 million income increase to a total of $234 million, a figure augmented by revenue from the acquisition of a Christian-book publisher. Meanwhile, costs associated with News Corp.'s phone hacking scandal fell to $56 million, compared with $87 million a year earlier. Poynter.org/MediaWire blog
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- Journalists find a new world of work with branded content
The line that used to divide news from paid content is beginning to fade, as writers and editors who lost jobs in traditional media find work with brand-sponsored blogs. Some writers say the experience differs little from writing for conventional publications that have to be sensitive about offending advertisers. "Even five years ago, I wouldn’t have done it. But once people realize it’s still journalism, they become more OK with it," said John Hazard, director of community for Contently. The New York Observer
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- Are aggregators good for the business of news?
Online discussion between Digiday Editor-in-Chief Brian Morrissey and Business Insider founder Henry Blodget drives to the heart of the broad discussion over whether aggregators are a boon or bane to generators of original content. It is important to note that aggregation isn't going away, which means journalists need "to be more thoughtful and reach consensus about what approaches are beneficial for creators, aggregators and readers," writes Jeff Sonderman. Poynter.org/Top Stories blog
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- Conde Nast adds new office, announces 2 hires
Conde Nast has added a new position of vice president for special projects and hired a new senior vice president for corporate communications. Patty Newburger, formerly with Tribeca Enterprises, will occupy the new office, while Patricia Röckenwagner, formerly with McGraw-Hill, takes on the communications job. Adweek
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- Journalists' attitudes toward computers evolves
Journalists have evolved from being tech skeptics in recent years. Now some are only reluctantly accepting of new tech, but others are genuinely enthusiastic about new tools, writes Brad Stenger, reacting to the Computation + Journalism Symposium at Georgia Tech, an event whose first iteration occurred in 2008. "Five years ago, people voiced frustration at the hard work of connecting journalism to computing. Now, they appear serious about getting things done, more willing to roll up their sleeves," he writes. Columbia Journalism Review online/The Observatory blog
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- Don't miss the chance to reshape your digital content business
Join API and The Poynter Institute Feb. 28-March 1 in Washington, D.C., for Transformative Content Strategies. Led by Clark Gilbert, president/CEO of the Deseret News and Deseret Digital Media, this workshop details how news media innovators are mapping a path to the future with new tactics for growing and engaging audiences with digital content. A program highlight is the Content Model Dashboard, a tool for decision-makers to score their digital operations and determine the right areas to strengthen.
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The American Press Institute's purpose is to educate constituencies about the value of newspapers and to provide training,
research and best practices for newspaper industry executives. Founded in 1946, API is located in Arlington, Va., at the
headquarters of the Newspaper Association of America. The API and NAA Foundation boards voted to merge the NAA Foundation
into API in early 2012. The merger was finalized on February 6, 2012, and the new organization retains the API name.
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