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Media General explores sale of its newspapers

Julie Moos — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:30:15 +0000

Media General
Just after the market closed Wednesday, Media General announced it is “exploring the potential sale of newspaper operations.” The company, which owns 21 newspapers in five states, just two weeks ago got more time to ease a… Read more

All Gannett papers, except USA Today, will be behind a paywall in 2012

Julie Moos — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:00:12 +0000

All Gannett papers, except USA Today, will be behind a paywall by the end of 2012

Counterintuitive argument of the day: Storify iPad app was not hyped enough

Julie Moos — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:30:04 +0000

Counterintuitive argument of the day: Storify iPad app was not hyped enough, says NBC Social Media Editor Craig Kanalley

Federico on ESPN headline: ‘It was an awful editorial omission and it cost me my job’

Julie Moos — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:50:42 +0000

TwitLonger | Poynter
Anthony Federico released an extended statement today in which he reiterates that he was not attempting a racist pun when he wrote “Chink in the Armor” as the headline for an ESPN story about the New… Read more

Newspaper carrier rescues stranded online journalist after 2 tow trucks refuse

Julie Moos — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:36:24 +0000

Newspaper carrier rescues stranded online journalist after 2 tow trucks refuse:

At the last minute of desperation I flagged down a guy in a minivan, hoping he would rescue me.

He did.

While tossing the daily news that we take… Read more

What questions should moderators ask at tonight’s debate?

Andrew Beaujon — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:09:17 +0000

The Guardian
“Guys these are questions that are not relevant to what’s being discussed in America today,” former Sen. Rick Santorum told reporters today who asked him about whether he really thought Satan was attacking America.

But deciding… Read more

New tool determines whether a Twitter account is bot or not

Julie Moos — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:08:31 +0000

Bot or Not

: Enter a Twitter handle in the bot test to see whether it appears human or automated.

A journalism class at The New School in New… Read more

Fake, real AP Stylebook make up

Julie Moos — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:30:38 +0000

Thanks to @FakeAPStylebook for the care package ((twitpic.com/8na3lw)) to make up after our Valentine’s Day spat: apne.ws/zYuLMg

— AP Stylebook (@APStylebook) February 22, 2012

Police, Star-Telegram finger the wrong Austin Carpenter

Andrew Beaujon — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:33:30 +0000

Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Fort Worth police screwed up mightily during an investigation of drug dealing and drug use at Texas Christian University. Eighteen people, 15 of them students, four of them — gasp — members of the Horned Frogs… Read more

How will we reinvent news for Google’s new augmented-reality eyeglasses?

Jeff Sonderman — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:08:09 +0000

The New York Times | 9to5 Google
Nick Bilton reports Google will be selling eyeglasses with an embedded digital display by the end of the year. What kinds of new news products and sources will emerge to fit this… Read more