Daily Must Reads, March 4, 2014
1. Dish to curtail ad skipping on hopper devices for ABC shows (Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal) 2. Aereo…
As Arts Criticism Transforms Online, Tools and Tenacity Are Required
A few months ago, Bloomberg laid off its theater critic and dismantled its culture desk to focus simply on "luxury."…
Ukrainian Protests & Surveillance: A Wake-Up Call for Western Governments
Since the 2004 Orange Revolution in Ukraine, civil society has been losing ground, largely without its knowledge, in its ability…
Daily Must Reads, March 3, 2014
1. ABC’s live Oscar Internet stream suffers nationwide outage (Todd Spangler / Variety) 2. Comcast is acquiring video ad company…
New Book Gives Tips on Starting a Magazine in the Digital Age
Starting a new magazine is no easy task in today’s competitive, complex media world, but a new book offers aspiring…
How to Pitch and Pay for a Mobile Reporting Class
One of the things I enjoyed about reading Searchlights and Sunglasses by Eric Newton during winter break was hearing about…
How to Rethink Open Data and Make It Relevant to the Public
It’s time to transform open data from a trendy concept among policy wonks and news nerds into something tangible to…
The Best Journalism School in America Is…
The best journalism school in America is … Pennsylvania State. Scratch that: It’s Columbia University. No, wait. It’s the University…
Daily Must Reads, February 28, 2014
1. Reddit is having the same problem as traditional media: Defining what the news is (Mathew Ingram / GigaOm) 2.…
Mediatwits #111: Comcast/Netflix Deal: Killing Net Neutrality or Helping Customers?
On Feb. 23, Netflix and Comcast announced a deal that would ensure Netflix customers can reliably stream videos for Comcast…