"What happens to news organizations as we know them if this atomization of content is so thorough and irreversible that no publication can pull its discrete articles into a coherent whole? "

From www.niemanlab.org via clp.ly

"As readers, we understand that publications have been atomized — our own habits increasingly show us that every day. But publishers need to face the consequences of what that means. And that won’t be easy: Their entire world, from planning to production to distribution to promotion to how to get people to pay for it, is built around a fundamentally different set of organizing principles. What if those organizing principles are already obsolete?"

From www.niemanlab.org via clp.ly

"The internet has split each and every story from every outlet into its own discrete item. Unless your publication is consistent enough to somehow pull all of these separate links into a coherent whole, you'll never be a destination, per se. You're just hosting writers and writing checks."

From gawker.com via clp.ly

"Judging by the way other industries, like casual gaming, have handled this new type of economy, the solution may very well be to shift focus from preventing the spread of content to developing the tools and accompanying business models that will allow news content creators to profit off of its wide distribution via external platforms. Because if you're not ok with your content living elsewhere, you're no longer ok. "

From www.huffingtonpost.com via clp.ly

"The challenge for big media companies is not just financial. They have to find a way to embrace the power of their users and change their thought process and attitude towards their customers, while not alienating the creator-centric model that currently pays the bills. "

From paidcontent.org via clp.ly

"Internet Culture, however, creates value via remixing and twisting popular out of content—extending the definition of fair use. "

From paidcontent.org via clp.ly

"But there is nothing else quite like it. And it does a few things, in a few places, better than anything."

From gizmodo.com via clp.ly

"The iPad may be the most impressive piece of Apple hardware I have ever handled. "

From www.macworld.com via clp.ly

"..this is an impressive debut for an ambitious new product direction for Apple. "

From www.macworld.com via clp.ly

"Truthfully, this device is one that can only really be understood by playing with it firsthand (we know, it took us more than 18,000 words to tell you that). No matter how many words get spilled on the iPad, there's still no simple way to describe how it feels and how it's different from a typical computing or smartphone experience. "

From arstechnica.com via clp.ly

"So in a sense, the iPad is both the end of a long journey and the start of a new one. We can't wait to see where it takes us next. "

From arstechnica.com via clp.ly

Rolling Stone didn't just let their cat out of the bag, they practically coaxed the cat into performing tricks in public, available to be witnessed at nearly every other media outlet in the world before the magazine actually decided to stake its own claim to its own story on its own website.

From www.huffingtonpost.com via clp.ly

You can read Gen. McChrystal’s apology in full here at the Washington Independent. No “clarification” that I expected last night after seeing the AP writeup of McChrystal’s Rolling Stone interview disrespecting the Obama administration. “It was a mistake reflecting poor judgment and should never have happened,” McChrystal emailed reporters instead. “Throughout my career, I have lived by the principles of personal honor and professional integrity. What is reflected in this article falls far short of that standard.” You think?

McChrystal gets called to the White House on Wednesday to direct the monthly Afghanistan/Pakistan briefing — oh, and to explain himself and see if he can keep his job. As I wrote for the Washington Independent, firing him carries its risks. There’s only a year to go before the July 2011 date to begin the transition to Afghan security responsibility and the Kandahar tide is starting to rise. It’ll be hard to fire McChrystal without ripping the entire Afghanistan strategy up, and I’ve gotten no indication from the White House that it’s interested in doing that. On the other hand, if senior administration officials are and I just haven’t picked up on it, McChrystal just gave them their biggest opportunity. And what an opportunity. You can read the Rolling Stone profile through Politico.

From attackerman.firedoglake.com via clp.ly

The magazine’s logic: Create buzz (they sent promotional copies of the story to a variety of news outlets) and then enjoy the fruits of success at the newsstand. Instead, the story made its way across the web anyway. Politico posted a pdf of the story and the Associated Press ran a thorough summary. Rolling Stone didn’t get much in the way of traffic out of it.

From www.niemanlab.org via clp.ly

If print publications are going to keep committing suicide, they really ought to stop blaming the web.

From tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com via clp.ly

This is an important victory not just for us, but also for the billions of people around the world who use the web to communicate and share experiences with each other.

From youtube-global.blogspot.com via clp.ly

Starbucks is doing nothing wrong but making us feel more dumb for being so loyal to a brand. That’s all I have to say. I love the coffee, the experience and the teams running these stores. I would like to be offered perks and not have them taken away piece by piece.

From blog.adam-jackson.net via clp.ly