As a new study reveals that just 4% of people are willing to pay for news online, The Wire looks at the reason why and what it ultimately means for the media.
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This is part of a series of guest posts on web typography. Today’s post was written by Frank Chimero. Workers of the web are familiar with establishing a hierarchy through markup by using tags like <h1> and <em>, but what of the aesthetics of it? On the web, a large chunk of our content is text. This means it’s important to understand how to reinforce this hierarchy typographically. A clear understanding of hierarchy results in more beautiful, meaningful, and communicative designs that better serve their audience. Delete the scoop?
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Superman's alter ego Clark Kent is resigning from the post of star reporter at the Daily Planet after decades working at the Metropolis newspaper. Alter ego Clark Kent is resigning from the post of star reporter at the Daily Planet, the Metropolis newspaper where he has worked since the first Superman comics were published in the 1940s. DC Comics, which publishes the Superman stories, says Kent will walk out in protest that hard news has given way to too many "soft" entertainment stories. Delete the scoop?
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The Associated Press (AP) has announced that its 24/7 live video news service has launched on AP Video Hub, its video news platform for digital publishers. The AP launched AP Video Hub in beta back in April, offering global news, entertainment, SNTV (sports) and lifestyle video, with curators selecting and promoting breaking news content alongside key footage from AP’s archives. And now it also includes its live news service, the agency is looking to tempt more media companies on board. Delete the scoop?
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Aimee Morrison has been congratulated and gained professional credit for ‘publishing’ her article in a high profile journal. Except, her work will not be printed for another two years. She writes that commercial publishers are exploiting academics’ desire for reputation against a true public good. Delete the scoop?
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Though Flash is far from dead, HTML5 has hit its stride with marketers looking to push content on multiple platforms at lower costs, and looking to a browser-based technology with app-like interactivity. Delete the scoop?
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The promise we can all go paperless has been around for years so why is it that despite email, smartphones and computers we are all still so dependent on pen and paper? Delete the scoop?
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As a new study reveals that just 4% of people are willing to pay for news online, The Wire looks at the reason why and what it ultimately means for the media.
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Standing for journalism, strengthening democracy | Journalism training, media news & how to's... Delete the scoop?
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Lionel Barber, the editor of The Financial Times, has unveiled the paper's digital first strategy, which will cut 35 jobs and relegate newspapers to second place, as speculation about a sale of the Financial Times continues to circulate. Barber said the changes were needed to secure the paper’s future as “old titles” like the FT were being “routinely disrupted by new entrants such as Google, LinkedIn and Twitter”. Delete the scoop?
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New research examining auditory mechanisms of language learning in babies has revealed that infants as young as three months of age are able to automatically detect and learn complex dependencies between syllables in spoken language. Delete the scoop?
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Amazon.co.uk has said that sales of its Kindle ebooks are now outstripping those of printed books.
Underlining the speed of change in the publishing industry, Amazon said that two years after introducing the Kindle, customers are now buying more ebooks than all hardcovers and paperbacks combined.
According to unaudited figures released by the company on Monday, since the start of 2012, for every 100 hardback and paperback book sold on its site, customers downloaded 114 ebooks.
Amazon said the figures included sales of printed books which did not have Kindle editions, but excluded free ebooks. Via Andrew Spong Delete the scoop?
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For over a decade the Semantic Web has been maligned, misconstrued and misunderstood. It’s been overhyped by its supporters while its critics have hung the albatross of artificial intelligence around its neck. Via Alex Butler Delete the scoop?
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Here we are again! Smashing Magazine’s Q&A. This is how it's done: you send in questions you have about CSS, and at least once a month we’ll pick out the best questions and answer them so that everyone can benefit from the exchange. Delete the scoop?
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When a new medium emerges, eventually services change. TV initially aped radio before it found its own format and distinctive voice. The effect of the tablet on service delivery is only now becoming clearer. Via Alex Butler Delete the scoop?
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A physicist has started an online petition to change the name of hated font Comic Sans to 'Comic Cerns' after it was used in the Powerpoint presentation announcing the discovery of the Higgs Boson. Delete the scoop?
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The last time this happened it was during the first Gulf War two decades ago, so I got all giddy when I learned that someone actually had to shout "stop the presses" last night at the New York Times. Delete the scoop?
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We approve of these anti-ad stickers. Print some out and slap them on shit ads you see cluttering your city. Delete the scoop?
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