tag:www.cjr.org,2011-09-12://4 2013-01-17T21:44:12Z Columbia Journalism Review: The future of media is here Movable Type Pro 4.34-en tag:www.cjr.org,2013://4.35499 2013-01-16T17:38:00Z 2013-01-17T21:44:12Z

The potential law would provide content creators with a portion of the profits search engines make by aggregating them

Alison Langley News aggregators and search engines in Germany will be required to pay publishers a fee for using their content—even snippets, those brief extracts that pop up in a search—if a bill before the Bundestag, the country’s legislative body, passes this Spring. The bill (link is in German) would create a new type of copyright called Leistungsschutzrecht to protect news articles. tag:www.cjr.org,2013://4.35503 2013-01-16T16:36:00Z 2013-01-24T20:07:02Z

The choice that faced the Journal News was not simply whether to map gun permit holders’ addresses, but how

Susan McGregor In the weeks since the Journal News's publication of a controversial interactive map of gun permit holders' addresses in Westchester and Rockland counties, industry commentators have been raising questions about the ethics and value of its publication. "Should data have a conscience?" David Carr wondered in his January 13 New York Times column: As a journalist, I am trained as tag:www.cjr.org,2013://4.35500 2013-01-16T02:12:00Z 2013-01-18T18:59:03Z

The company president spoke of his goals for the year at Street Fight Summit

Kira Goldenberg http://www.cjr.org Patch hopes that all 903 of its hyperlocal news sites will be profitable by the end of 2013, and that many of them will have migrated to a less-newsy, more community-based platform, company president Warren Webster said on Tuesday evening. He was interviewed by Forbes media reporter Jeff Bercovici at the end of the first day of Street Fight Summit, tag:www.cjr.org,2013://4.35491 2013-01-15T21:30:00Z 2013-01-17T05:52:32Z

A panel of top financial journalists consider their true audience

Peter Sterne Do business journalists write for professional traders or for the general public? That was one of the main questions in play at a financial journalism panel on Tuesday morning, hosted by the website Capital New York and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Moderated by Capital editor in chief Tom McGeveran, the panel featured Edmund Lee, media reporter for Bloomberg tag:www.cjr.org,2013://4.35490 2013-01-15T20:49:00Z 2013-01-15T20:51:55Z

A Street Fight Summit panel of digital journalists dished about their triumphs and concerns

Kira Goldenberg http://www.cjr.org The panel just before lunch at Tuesday’s Street Fight Summit, a two-day conference dedicated to all things hyperlocal, was on hyperlocal “publishing models that work.” But by “work,” organizers seemed to mean models that “have yet to fail”; none of the sites represented by panelists are making money yet. “We are not profitable; we’re on our way there,” one of tag:www.cjr.org,2013://4.35480 2013-01-15T16:06:06Z 2013-01-24T23:44:28Z

A working legislature, post informant life and Wal-Mart’s guns

Steven Brill In his “Stories I’d like to see” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have received insufficient media attention. This article was originally published on Reuters.com. 1. A legislature that works: Maybe it’s because I live in New York and have to read all the time about what may be the world’s two most dysfunctional tag:www.cjr.org,2013://4.35455 2013-01-14T11:50:00Z 2013-01-14T19:54:20Z

Lake County News believes it is suffering discrimination

Hazel Sheffield http://www.cjr.org A local news site in Lake County, CA, is suing the sheriff there for discrimination. Elizabeth Larson and John Jensen, who started Lake County News in 2006, allege that Sheriff Frank Rivero is retaliating against them for publishing ‘unfavorable’ articles by witholding public information. “That means our competitors receive press releases with important public safety information, but LCN does not, tag:www.cjr.org,2013://4.35453 2013-01-12T00:54:38Z 2013-01-15T01:19:39Z

Unconventional revenue strategies in the wake of new year's member losses

Sara Morrison http://www.cjr.org The AP rolled out two unconventional money-generating strategies this week: It sold advertising in its Twitter feed and cut a restaurant receipt ad deal. Just 22 percent of the AP’s revenue come from American newspapers. And this percentage will drop—Tribune Co., owner of papers like the Chicago Tribune and the Baltimore Sun, ceased use of the wire service this month tag:www.cjr.org,2013://4.35424 2013-01-09T20:13:00Z 2013-01-09T20:16:40Z

With its purchase of Current TV, the broadcaster has wide access to the American market for the first time. But will audiences come?

Vivian Salama http://www.cjr.org Al Jazeera Media Network, the Qatar-based channel once described by the George W. Bush administration as a “terror network,” announced on January 2 that it acquired Current TV, launched by former Vice President Al Gore and entrepreneur Joel Hyatt in 2005, in a deal reportedly worth $500 million. In doing so, it will debut a new US-based channel, paving the tag:www.cjr.org,2013://4.35408 2013-01-09T16:09:19Z 2013-01-09T23:49:07Z

The former Village Voice music editor is back with a magazine app

Sara Morrison http://www.cjr.org After Maura Johnston was let go from the Village Voice in September, she decided that, after six years as a full-time writer, it was time to “prove myself on a grand scale.” On Thursday, she’ll do just that with the debut of her eponymous Maura Magazine, a weekly subscription publication for iOS devices. For $0.99 weekly, $2.99 monthly, or $29.99 tag:www.cjr.org,2013://4.35411 2013-01-09T13:00:00Z 2013-01-09T13:00:16Z

Medicare meddling, the guns of Westchester, and Al Gore’s payday

Steven Brill In his “Stories I’d like to see” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have received insufficient media attention. This article was originally published on Reuters.com. 1. Fiscal cliff Medicare meddling: According to this report in The New York Times, last-minute negotiations on the fiscal cliff included new congressionally imposed limits on what Medicare will tag:www.cjr.org,2013://4.35381 2013-01-07T15:59:52Z 2013-01-07T20:19:44Z

Despite what Western media reported it was not Islamist outlets that stirred things up

Emad Mekay Back on September 11, protestors gathered outside the US embassy near downtown Cairo, furious over reports of a video said to portray Islam and its prophet, Muhammad, in a brutally negative way. By the end of the day the people there would storm the embassy and tear down the American flag, jumpstarting protests that spread through the Middle East, including tag:www.cjr.org,2013://4.35298 2013-01-01T14:16:32Z 2013-01-01T14:26:28Z

How far can the Chinese firewall stretch?

Steven Brill In his “Stories I’d like to see” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have received insufficient media attention. This article was originally published on Reuters.com. 1. Media tug of war in China: Last week, Bloomberg.com posted an amazing story, accompanied by graphics and clickable family trees, that unraveled how the “princeling” ancestors of China’s tag:www.cjr.org,2012://4.35201 2012-12-31T11:50:03Z 2012-12-31T12:13:09Z

Phone hacking, alleged child molestation, and—right—the Diamond Jubilee

Hazel Sheffield http://www.cjr.org As 2012 draws to a close, CJR writers brainstormed the year's best reads in their beats. Celebrating Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee — The Daily Beast Can the Guardian survive? — More Intelligent Life The quiet evangelist: Alan Rusbridger — New Statesman Media Pressures: Time for repentance and new ideas — The Economist Light Entertainment: child abuse and the British public tag:www.cjr.org,2012://4.35272 2012-12-27T11:50:02Z 2013-01-02T00:19:34Z

The Postal Service wants people to keep checking their mailboxes

Peter Sterne Your next magazine subscription may well be purchased at the post office—the Postal Service could begin selling magazines directly to consumers as soon as next month. The news comes from the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee. MTAC is a committee made up of representatives from the US Postal Service and various industries related to it—from magazine publishers to envelope manufacturers. Most