Mediatwits #83: WaPo’s ‘Sponsored Views’ and Pay Wall; Snowden Reveals Himself as PRISM Leaker
Washington Post joined the 450 other daily U.S. newspapers with pay walls this week and also now offers "Sponsored Views"…
E-Books & Self-Publishing Roundup, June 13, 2013
1. Explaining the recent spike in e-book best-seller prices (Digital Book World) 2. Best-selling author Pullman leading charge to make sure authors are…
Daily Must Reads, June 13, 2013
1. Facebook to introduce hashtags (AllThingsD) 2. The newsonomics of Hearst Magazines' 1 million new customers (Nieman Lab) 3. Global study shows more journalists embrace social…
How Student Newspapers Can Survive (and Thrive) in the 21st Century
During his senior year at the University of Virginia, recent graduate Matthew Cameron put together a 136-page thesis on the…
5 Ways to Fight PRISM
Along with the other free peoples of the Internet, we've been discussing our reactions to PRISM, and whether and how…
Daily Must Reads, June 12, 2013
1. How Google transfers data to NSA (WSJ) 2. For some, the reaction to PRISM is a shrug: Are we suffering from Big…
Digital Mags Can Be More Local, and More Global, Than in Print World
For magazine lovers, traveling used to mean loading up on print editions to read on the road, and then packing…
Big Data Has Big Stage at Personal Democracy Forum
NEW YORK -- With reports that the National Security Agency is amassing data from Internet and phone companies, jokes abounded…
Top 10 E-Book Best-Sellers; Week Ending 6-9-13
The Digital Book World E-Book Best-Seller list tracks e-book sales ranking and price data across five major e-book retailers with…
Journalism & Digital Education Roundup, June 11, 2013
1. 6 technology challenges facing education (The Journal) 2. What web developers and teachers can learn from each other (EdSurge) 3. Who has concerns about…