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WashPost-Guardian partner via a … widget

Yes, you too can write for The Washington Post, and for The Guardian in the UK. For their web sites, that is. For an itsy-bitsy rectangle within their web sites, that is. All you have to do is register for a different web site, then add your feeds to include your content, which will appear […]

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The Flickering Wick: CS Monitor drops print

Owned by a church but proudly agnostic in its reporting, The Christian Science Monitor will still have a web site and a weekend print edition. So: There will still be something left to cut when this 100-year-old candle burns out completely. More via Rick Edmonds at Poynter.org.

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Fast Co. Publisher: Voice trumps tradition

The publisher of Fast Co. and Inc. magazines recently eliminated its digital division, laid off 20 employees and merged responsibilities for the company’s print and online publishing products. That doesn’t mean the company has lost faith in digital. John Koten, CEO of Mansueto Ventures, expects his company will grow through digital markets and a smarter […]

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Event: SocialDevCamp East

For developers and others interested in social media, SocialDevCamp East is this Saturday, Nov. 1, at the University of Baltimore. Details here. I can’t attend and no, I will NOT be following the event twitter feed – but I will look for a decent post-event summary.

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U.S. political web sites rising. NY Times Co. – not so much

Noted: Record traffic for U.S. political web sites, including Huffington Post, Politico, Drudge and Real Clear Politics. NY Times Co. chairman/heir Arthur Sulzberger Jr., speaking at a conference in California, asks, “Do we need all this news and information? Do we want all this news and information? Can we tolerate all this news and information?” […]

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Good Air: Lessons From We Media Buenos Aires

Our first We Media regional summit was a spectacular success last week in Buenos Aires. More than 250 people packed the auditorium at the stunning MALBA museum for contemporary art (we hoped to see 150). But success wasn’t simply a matter of numbers. The conversations at We Media Buenos Aires refreshed my thinking about how […]

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