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What do the following websites have in common?

So here goes: The New York Times The Atlantic Drudge Report The Huffington Post AOL News Gawker People TMZ Vice E.Online Perez Hilton Buzzfeed The answer: the Daily Mail is gunning for them all. Or rather Mail Online US believes

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Posted in Digital strategy

Q. How do you reinvigorate a 98 year-old mag for the digital age? A. Hire a 29 year-old former Facebook exec

Earlier this week the New Republic, the 98 year-old magazine referred to above, relaunched its website. Publisher Chris Hughes — 29 and formerly of Facebook — had some pretty sensible things to say about the marriage of old and new

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Posted in Journalism, Magazines, Publishing models

Putting The Guardian Into The MediaGuardian 100

So to the annual MediaGuardian 100. I guess the clue is in the name. The paper likes to slice and dice entrants in its power list – under 40s, top 10 fallers, top 10 women, you know the kind of

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Is The Investigations Fund A Solution To The Crisis in Journalism?

Following in the footsteps of ProPublica and the Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Europe has its first foundation dedicated to “support independent journalism”. The Investigtions Fund boasts an impressive cast list including investigative journalist Nick Davies, freedom of information campaigner Heather Brooke and

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Jon Bernstein: I am a digital media consultant, writer and editor and this is my personal blog.

Previously, I was digital director / deputy editor at the New Statesman, the multimedia editor at Channel 4 News, launch editor of Channel 4 FactCheck, editor-in-chief at Directgov and editor-in-chief of silicon.com.

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