Archives: 2013

Justin EllisMarch 6, 2013
Meet the first class: Six media startups get accelerated into Silicon Valley by Matter
Matter, formerly known as the Public Media Accelerator, aims to join “the values of public media” to “the mindsets of Silicon Valley entrepreneurship.”
Justin EllisMarch 5, 2013
SB Nation acquires Outsports
Caroline O'DonovanMarch 5, 2013
Project Argo, meet Project Largo: Open source code finds new use in the sites of nonprofit news orgs
An NPR beatblogging project gets recycled into a website framework for the Investigative News Network’s members.
Joshua BentonMarch 4, 2013
E&P’s Newspapers That Do It Right, from Vancouver to Vermont
Caroline O'DonovanMarch 4, 2013
What kinds of content are readers willing to pay for?
Justin EllisMarch 4, 2013
The Guardian’s next big thing: sidewalk billboards
Monday Q&A: Raju Narisetti on designing for mobile, the paywall fallacy, and reinventing ads
“If anybody out there thinks a paywall is going to solve our industry’s problems in itself, they’re in for a very rude surprise.” Justin Ellis
Justin EllisMarch 4, 2013
Report: The IRS’s “antiquated and counterproductive” rules are hurting nonprofit news orgs
The new report from the Council on Foundations and the Knight Foundation says the IRS process for granting 501(c)(3) status to news organizations is “archaic” and “obsolete” and suggests fixes.
Andrea CarsonMarch 3, 2013
Two of Australia’s most noted newspapers go tabloid: Will the content follow suit?
Is newsprint size just a size, or does it have an impact on the sort of stories that run within? The research is mixed.
Caroline O'DonovanMarch 1, 2013
Should Bloomberg buy the NYT?
Joshua BentonMarch 1, 2013
Build your own search engine with Common Crawl
Joshua BentonMarch 1, 2013
Wall Street Journal readers really like LinkedIn
Joshua BentonMarch 1, 2013
Google search involves a lot of cute robot arms, apparently
Mark CoddingtonMarch 1, 2013
This Week in Review: NASCAR and online free speech, and details of Bradley Manning’s leak
Plus: Updates from the paywall migration, the renaming of The International Herald Tribune, and the rest of the week’s media and tech news.
Joshua BentonFebruary 28, 2013
The Atlantic’s lessons on the treacherous turf of branded content
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