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$100 million for e-paper firm – maybe you should start thinking about the future

Jan 8, 2007

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Red Herring reports a British e-paper company locked up $100 million in venture capital. “The company plans to build the plant, with an initial capacity of a million displays a year, in the eastern Germany city of Dresden and start production in 2008. The company said demand for electronic readers is expected to climb to…

Which newspaper will drop its print edition first?

Dec 30, 2006

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Ryan Sholin

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Wired News prediction for 2007: “A major newspaper gives up printing on paper to publish exclusively online.” Howard Owens doesn’t think so: “Ain’t happening. There’s still too much revenue tied up in print and not enough online. A major newspaper — I’m taking this to mean a major metro — couldn’t support it’s current news…

Your newspaper isn’t MySpace. Should it be?

Dec 18, 2006

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Ryan Sholin

in Media

I’ve often heard conversations about launching a social networking site at a newspaper start with the words “Not that we’re trying to be the next MySpace, but…” And it always begs the question, well, should we? Should a newspaper-hosted site be the social networking spot for your geographical area? Here’s a few variations on an…

Comment trouble at the Arizona Daily Star

Dec 13, 2006

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Ryan Sholin

in Media

Danny Sanchez points out an explainer from the Executive Editor of the Arizona Daily Star on why comments were deleted from some stories: “While we created the reader comments feature to give readers a place to talk, StarNet is still our house. And our editors and staff simply do not want guests who make vulgar,…

UC Berkeley Journalism – Events – Winter New Media Lecture Series

Dec 6, 2006

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Ryan Sholin

in Newstangle

Seth Gitner, Travis Fox, and Howard Rheingold, oh my. Show up for any one of these if you can. Thx Mike B. UC Berkeley Journalism – Events – Winter New Media Lecture Series

Dream software package for online news: Your answers

Dec 6, 2006

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Ryan Sholin

in Ideas, Media, Technology

Last week, out of curiosity — and the need to hand in a list to IT folks at work — I asked for your suggestions for software-that-costs-money for an online news PC. Here’s the list I started with: Photoshop Flash Dreamweaver SoundSlides Here’s what you added: For image editing: Fireworks or Aperture or Lightroom For…

American Journalism Review on Adrian Holovaty

Nov 30, 2006

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Ryan Sholin

in Newstangle

“At the end of the day, who cares whether it is journalism or not?” he says. “Is it something news organizations should be doing? Yes.” American Journalism Review on Adrian Holovaty

What’s your dream-team online news software package?

Nov 29, 2006

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Ryan Sholin

in Ideas, Media, Technology

Hey online news friends, delicious network pals, social networking junkies, and actual co-workers: Imagine you were switching desks, leaving behind your hard drive, and moving to a fresh install of some flavor of Windows. What software would you load up first? I’m looking for the stuff the IT department needs to know about and pay…

Tojou Interface Design – Help for online news designers

Nov 26, 2006

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Ryan Sholin

in Newstangle

Mindy McAdams recommends these books for online news designers. Thx Bryan for the pointer. Tojou Interface Design – Help for online news designers

How to juggle multimedia and Digg interactivity

Nov 17, 2006

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Ryan Sholin

in Technology

In two back-channel online news discussions this week, folks have been debating how newspapers should be gathering video and how they should handle comment moderation. The video discussion among Howard Owens, Mindy McAdams, and others, is notable because the question is no longer IF newspapers should be running video online (Yes) or HOW they should…

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