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Joshua BentonMay 28, 2015

The Apple Watch will expose how little publishers know about their readers

Apple’s new wearable may or may not be a big hit. But either way, it’s a harbinger of a new class of truly personal devices whose users will demand customized experiences. News companies aren’t ready to provide them.

Ken DoctorMay 28, 2015

Newsonomics: The Vox/Recode deal is a sign of more consolidation to come

With venture funders itching for an exit, a few corporate giants — Comcast, AT&T, Verizon, the new Charter — could end up owning many of the entrepreneurial news brands that have captured attention in recent years. Big is eating small.

Justin EllisMay 28, 2015

News as a design challenge: New ideas for news’ future from MIT

Students and Nieman Fellows spent a semester building solutions for audience engagement, better tools to explore data, and new ideas for local media startups.

New word count, new skill set: Why Vox’s Racked hired a reports editor

The scariest chart in Mary Meeker’s slide deck for newspapers has gotten even a little scarier

What is Data.gov doing wrong? And how could it get better?

Dan ReimoldMay 27, 2015

What happened when a college newspaper abandoned its website for Medium and Twitter

At Mt. San Antonio College, they’ve traded in print for distributed publishing, focusing on realtime reporting and distribution: “We’re speaking the language of our generation.”

Joseph LichtermanMay 26, 2015

Prairie news companion: Why The Tulsa Frontier thinks it can succeed with a hard paywall and no ads

Launched by the former publisher of The Tulsa World, The Frontier is betting on a high-subscription-cost model — $30 per month! — to reach a core group of civically engaged locals.

Justin EllisMay 22, 2015

Open-mic journalism: How The Arizona Republic found success with storytelling events

The four-year-old program has helped boost the newspaper’s events business and helped strengthen relationships with the community through nights of storytelling.

Ken DoctorMay 21, 2015

Newsonomics: Buying Yelp — and making it the next core of the local news and information business

The pricetag would be high, but it might be worth it to reassemble one part of the old newspaper bundle — tying together local news and local services.

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