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- New York Times joins with Byliner for foray into e-books
The New York Times plans to publish a series of nonfiction e-books in the coming year in collaboration with Byliner. The first title will be "Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek" by John Branch with a price of $2.99. "The idea is to do 10 to 12 of these in the next year and see what works to some extent," said Gerald Marzorati, the Times’ editor for editorial development. Nieman Journalism Lab
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- Vt. alt weekly taps listings for mobile play
With an application designed to assemble everything a tourist in Vermont might want to know about lodging, restaurants and entertainment in one spot, the Burlington alt weekly Seven Days is tapping its listings to make a bigger play in mobile. Listings are free to begin with, but the weekly plans to charge eventually for a more prominent position. NetNewsCheck.com
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- Facebook to bring video ads to users' news feeds
Facebook is taking aim at brands' TV ad budgets with a new move to bring video advertising to its users' news feeds. The new video-ad product, which will likely be introduced in the first half of 2013, is expected feature auto-playing video clips that expand to fill much of the available on-screen real estate. The clips will likely be capped at 15 seconds, which could lead brands to experiment with shorter video clips elsewhere on the Web. Advertising Age (tiered subscription model)
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- Online retailers prepare for pre-Christmas rush
Online retailers are pulling out all the stops to push back their cutoff-point for accepting Christmas orders. Some retailers expect to get 10% of their day's sales during the last hour they're still accepting Christmas orders, prompting executives to meet with shipping firm representatives and to revamp label-printing and other logistical tools to streamline their order processing. "It's beyond critical. Having a few hours over a competitor could be a seven-figure event," said Chris Mastrangelo, Karmaloop's chief operating officer. The Wall Street Journal
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- Martha Nelson to succeed John Huey at Time
Martha Nelson will succeed John Huey as Time Inc.'s editor in chief, the company announced. "I would venture to say that no single person at Time Inc. has built more value for the company than Martha. She has a broad understanding of the digital competitive landscape and knows what we need to do to succeed," Chief Executive Laura Lang said in memo to staff. Reuters
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- Crowdsourced news coverage poses risks, but benefits are greater
 Crowdsourced news coverage is here to stay, in spite of its many shortcomings, as revealed during the hurried coverage of recent school shootings. Ultimately, the benefits of curation of social media content in such events outweigh the inherent risks, argues Mathew Ingram. GigaOm
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