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The University of Pennsylvania student newspaper is looking for innovative students on its staff — and from outside the paper.
“What is changing is people are actually saying, Okay, how are consumers, our readers, actually consuming the news?” Justin Ellis
More than 200 newspapers are up for sale — as one group, in clusters, or one by one. Where they go could have a big impact on how the industry will look in the coming years.
There are plenty of reasons for it not to happen. But news nonprofits could end up being vehicles for civic-minded locals to take over dailies as they continue to drop in value. Steve Katz
The Atlantic invested years and money into figuring out what they wanted The Wire to be. Now, after relaunching and promising reinvestment, the site is being brought back under the wing of its parent. Justin Ellis
Circa has a lot of good ideas, but whether the app can appeal to a large audience remains to be seen.
CNNgo is the network’s attempt to break the linear model for broadcast television.