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The Big, Awkward Problem of YouTube Fees

YouTube has become our national trove of free video, a place where a company can find a free platform for video marketing junk and individuals can watch dogs sleepwalk. But as we've discussed before, the Web's video giant costs Google ...READ»

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Good to Know: Seven Useful Things Online This Week

Print Is Dying Because... It's Printed "The Printed Blog" was an experiment in publishing: a hybrid online publication with a printed counterpart that could be delivered to your house. The venture's founder, Josh Karp, believed that ...READ»

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Why the Hell Do We Need Dan Abrams' "Mediaite"?

"It's my hope that you will see this as a unique property that will quickly become the must-read for anyone interested in the media, the business of it and the personalities behind it." So begins the "Note from Dan Abrams," a kind ...READ»

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Wikipedia and 'The New York Times' Suppress Facts to Save Kidnapped Journo

Last week, journalist David Rohde escaped after a seven-month kidnap by the Taliban. It's fabulous news, and it's been partly attributed to the fact that The New York Times suppressed it in the first place. But today we learn that ...READ»

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Exxon's Brazen Greenwashing, on the Front Page of The New York Times

Exxon's new ads tout the idea that car emissions are 95% lower now than in 1970. But not so fast, says one scientist.READ»

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Typography's Role in the Newspaper Recession

To cope with rising costs, The New York Times Magazine cuts pages, but packs in just as much content with a new typeface.READ»

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Seven Things to Read Now

Why is Philip Morris Backing Antismoking Bills? On Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed legislation giving the FDA authority to regulate the tobacco industry. Just 10 years ago, when Senator John McCain introduced a similar bill, ...READ»

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Who Needs AOL's Creepy "Good News" Site?

This week AOL News launched a Sears-sponsored news site that only reports good news. It's called GNN, or Good News Network. Is the world really so dark that we need our online news filtered through a Lexapro-colored ...READ»

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Father's Day

  When Father's Day was first proposed in the early 1900s, people laughed. Sure, Mother's Day was fine, but Father's Day? Ha! In a letter to the editor, one New York Times reader asked, "What's next, Household Pet ...READ»

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The New York Times Launches Times Wire News Aggregator Feed

Today The New York Times launched an online live news aggregator. Technically speaking it's not on par with an all-Kindle digital distribution business plan, but it's actually pretty good. The new service is called Times ...READ»

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