Daily Must Reads, June 5, 2014
1. You can’t break copyright by looking at something online, Europe’s top court rules (David Meyer / GigaOm) 2. Just…
You Are What You Recommend: Publishers Must Be Vigilant with ‘Related Links’ Revenue
The following is a guest post from Yaron Galai, the CEO of Outbrain. Read more about MediaShift guest posts here.…
Futures Lab Update #62: Putting Google Glass to the Test
Reported by Reuben Stern and Olga Kyle. This week, we find out what Google Glass is really like as a…
Digital Book World E-book Bestsellers; Week Ending 5-31-14
As the Amazon-Hachette contract negotiations drag on — negotiations that both sides believe will be drawn out — Hachette e-books continue to…
Daily Must Reads, June 4, 2014
1. CNN to double digital politics staff for 2016 (Erik Wemple / Washington Post) 2. Commenters hate HuffPost’s new Facebook-only…
J-School Hackathon at UNC Emphasizes Collaboration, Entrepreneurial Spirit
During the last weekend in May, PBS MediaShift produced its first annual Journalism School Hackathon, co-produced and hosted by the…
4 Things We Know About Civic Crowdfunding
I'm capping two years of studying the emergence of civic crowdfunding by submitting my master's thesis to the MIT archives.…
Finding Gold: Inside the J-School Hackathon
During the last weekend in May, PBS MediaShift produced its first annual Journalism School Hackathon, co-produced and hosted by the…
Finding Friends Among the Competition at the J-School Hackathon
During the last weekend in May, PBS MediaShift produced its first annual Journalism School Hackathon, co-produced and hosted by the…
E-Books & Self-Publishing Roundup, June 3, 2014
1. Hachette chief leads book publishers in Amazon fight (Jonathan Mahler / New York Times) 2. Barnes and Noble will…