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A New Bible for Interactive Designers: 'The Times' Innovation Portfolio

Cliff Kuang — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:44:32 -0500

Did The New York Times' Bill Keller Confirm the Apple Tablet?

Kit Eaton — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:58:31 -0400

Warm-up the Apple rumor engine again, because the mythical iTablet just got a boost from a very significant source indeed: The executive editor of The New York Times, Bill Keller.

Death of the Book Review

Adam Penenberg — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:40:42 -0400

My first book, Spooked, a hard look at corporate espionage, came out in 2000 and received about 30 reviews in all sorts of publications. There were the usual suspects, like The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal, and Library Journal, to the less usual--National Post, Electronic Business--to the now defunct (Business 2.0).

Craigslist Heartbreak Turned Into Art

Chris Dannen — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:38:46 -0400

A Brooklyn illustrator has begun turning "missed connections" posts from Craigslist into a series of art prints, which she posts on her blog. (Here's one of her posts, taken from a "m4m" ad.)

Should Colleges Subsidize Print News, Or Switch to Kindle?

Chris Dannen — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:48:19 -0400

This week Wesleyan University announced that an anonymous donor had given the school $20,000 to subsidize paper New York Times subscriptions for students for the next two years. One hundred and fifty miles away at Princeton University, students booted up their new education-model Amazon Kindles this week. Which has been the best solution?

Fwix Allows Publishers to Create Their Own Hyperlocal News Feeds

Clay Dillow — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:57:31 -0400

Although it’s usually doling out the headlines, hyperlocal news aggregator Fwix made some of its own this morning, announcing the launch of a new API allowing online publishers to add local news feeds to their sites and widgets. The company also secured $2.75 million in Series A funding, which should accelerate Fwix toward its goal of cracking the hyperlocal media model.

Google Acquires reCAPTCHA

Chris Dannen — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:45:58 -0400

Google has announced on its official blog that it will purchase reCAPTCHA, the company famous for generating those hard-to-read anti-spam filters on every signup page you visit.

Michiko Kakutani Is Destroying The Fabric Of American Culture

Gerald Sindell — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:16:25 -0400

Oh to sing the joys of Sunday morning with the NY Times Book Review section, where we can discover which books are going to get their second Times review. This morning the winner was E.L. Doctorow’s novelistic treatment of the hoarding Collyer brothers, a story apparently of immense import to the editors of the Times. Our first indication that Doctorow was about to get a Full Friedman wasn’t Michiko Kakutani’s review in the daily Times on August 31st. No, it was the PR-generated almost completely coincidental At Home with E.L.

Will Tech Buyers Ever Come Back?

Chris Dannen — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:40:45 -0400

Is the tech sector weaker than we think?

Just last week, analysts were abuzz over buoying technology stocks: The tech-heavy Nasdaq hit 2,000 points on news that chip demand was once again rising. Philadelphia's Semiconductor Index, the SOX, rose nearly two percent thanks to big gains by Intel, SanDisk, and Applied Materials.

The Latest Win, From the New York Yankees of Infographics

Cliff Kuang — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:56:38 -0400

The Big, Awkward Problem of YouTube Fees

Chris Dannen — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:52:17 -0400

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 an unsustainable amount of money each year, regardless of the paltry revenue the site has earned from advertising. So the conversation continues: how does Google make YouTube profitable without killing the service we know and love?

Good to Know: Seven Useful Things Online This Week

Chris Dannen — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:16:30 -0400

Print Is Dying Because... It's Printed

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

Chris Dannen — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:40:38 -0400

"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."

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

Kit Eaton — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:17:06 -0400

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 Wikipedia did so too.

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

Cliff Kuang — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:16:23 -0400

Yesterday, on the bottom of it's front page, The New York Times ran the ad you see above, from ExxonMobil, which touts the idea that car emissions have fallen by 95% since 1970. Which sounds great! There's nothing at all to worry about with global warming! We're already doing such an amazing job!

Typography's Role in the Newspaper Recession

Cliff Kuang — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:10:56 -0400

Like every other print publication, The New York Times Magazine has been lashed by rising costs and falling ad revenues. In their most recent issue, they've responded by cutting page size by 9%--meaning a trim off the top, bottom and sides, producing a somewhat smaller magazine. But they're not cutting the content. Instead, they've moved to a subtly difference typeface which allows them to fit just as many words on every page.

Seven Things to Read Now

Chris Dannen — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:25:09 -0400

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, it was scuttled in part by $100 million worth of lobbying on the behalf of tobacco giant Philip Morris. But PM has backed the new bill, which implements tough new restrictions on how cigarettes can be advertised. What gives?

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

Chris Dannen — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:45:45 -0400

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 lens?

Father's Day

Fast Company Calendar — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:18:35 -0400

The New York Times Launches Times Wire News Aggregator Feed

Kit Eaton — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:06:48 -0400

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.

Kindle DX: Why Size Matters

Robert Fabricant — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:45:34 -0400

People have a lot of expectations for the new, larger-sized Kindle DX. Interesting how a shift in size / form factor can hold the fate of an entire industry (newspapers in this case) in its hand. Wow, the power of industrial design! I wish a larger screen could save the Boston Globe. But I doubt that is the case, at least not in the way people are hoping.

Amazon Introduces Big Screen Kindle DX, $489

Kit Eaton — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:54:35 -0400

Amazon introduced thhe Kindle DX this morning (not the Kindle 3 after all). The upgraded e-reader will set e-book lovers back a whopping $489. Amazon leaked the news during its own press event.

Kindle 3 Rumors Heat Up: 9.7-Inch Screen, Full Browser

Kit Eaton — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:06:55 -0400

The news about the upcoming Amazon big-screen e-reader is developing fast: Just yesterday we heard it was definitely due, and there's an Amazon press conference scheduled tomorrow. But there's still time for the rumors to develop, and that's exactly what's happening.

Amazon's Big-Screen Kindle 3 Due This Week

Kit Eaton — Mon, 04 May 2009 05:40:10 -0400

A long-predicted update to the Amazon Kindle, with the key feature being a significantly larger screen, is due as soon as this Wednesday. The hottest discussions center on how Amazon's Kindle 3 could help boost sales of newspapers.

T-Mobile Confirms Tablet PC Powered by Google Android

Kit Eaton — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:26:26 -0400

I wrote about the possible expansion of Android devices beyond smarphones just the other day. But now it looks like Android is definitely on the up-and-up: T-mobile has confirmed "several" different Android gizmos are on the way. And one may be a tablet PC.