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With the Web’s advertising engine stalling just as newspapers are under pressure, some publishers are second-guessing their liberal attitude toward free content.

“A lot of news organizations are saying, ‘We’re not willing to accept the tiny fraction of a penny that we get from the page views that these links are sending in,’ ” said Joshua Benton, the director of the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard. “They think they need to defend their turf more aggressively.”

via Copyright Holders Challenge Sites That Scrape Content – NYTimes.com.

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It was a fantastic learning experience and I came away with some head-exploding resources and ideas. You can read about my experience at my blog, The Learned Fangirl, but here are 25 things that I came away with from the conference (based on the copious note taking that I did while there) I’ve been sharing with friends, colleagues, and now, you. Hit me up at @ thelearnedfangirl @ gmail [.dot.] com if you want a little bit more explanation, or better yet, check out the podcasts from all of the SXSW interactive panels at the SXSW website. Hope to see you there next year!

via 25 Things I Learned From SXSW | 2chicksblogging.com.

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Read the rules and see if you agree. There are a couple that I take issue with…

So there’s a part of me that loves blogging because you’re allowed to break the journalism rules. In fact, I’d argue the best bloggers break them regularly because blogging isn’t a news story; it shouldn’t read like one; it shouldn’t look like one.

So here are my top 10 journalism rules you should go right ahead and break on your blog:

via 10 journalism rules you can break on blogs | Save the Media.

Story from womensenews.org

By WeNews correspondent, Jackie Bischof

Jill Miller Zimon’s citizen journalism — which includes monitoring Rush Limbaugh’s recent outreach to female detractors–has spurred her to run for a city council seat in Pepper Pike, Ohio. “Any resident can help make our city better,” she says.

via Citizen Blogging Boosts Zimon into Local Politics.

Nick Bilton, an editor in the New York Times research and development lab, was interviewed in Wired.com and he talked about things that seem so logical and reasonable, I loved it. Why not have an avatar send a copy of a personalized newspaper to my e-paper or even print it out in Starbucks? Jason Epstein, who started Penquin books after WII had a similar idea about just-in-time printing years ago. Why can’t someone figure out how to have my email on one device, let all my other devices know if I’ve read it already? And as a commuter on public transportation, how else will I read most of my news except on a mobile screen?

McLuhan observed (warned?) us that we look at the past through a rearview mirror. If anything in this story seems futuristic to you, think again. Some of these ideas have been percolating around since 1998…last century…that is.

…smart content, smart sensors, avatars reading the news to you from your television and even interactive newspaper boxes that print out a personalized paper and automagically orders your customary drink at a nearby Starbucks.

That means Bilton is thinking of a world where traditional news stories show up on little mobile screens, laptops, e-book readers and television screens.

“If I start reading something on my laptop, why should I see it on my phone if I’ve already read it?,” Bilton asked, pointing to one of problems he wants to fix.

via Times Techie Envisions the Future of News | Epicenter from Wired.com.

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