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Though Journalism Online is confident its new business model will thrive, an American Press Institute study reveals that half of industry executives are hesitant about implementing it. The study also measured readers' responses against publishers' responses to paying for content online. You can read the Editors' Weblog post here…….Continue Reading Study shows concern over paid content model

Voice of OC, a new investigative journalism outlet made up of former lawmakers, attorneys and reporters, is hoping to fill the void left by many job cuts at the Orange County Register and Los Angeles Times in recent months. The privately funded organization hopes to be releasing reports by the end of the year and will operate much like independent, nonprofit Voice of San Diego. You can read the Editors' Weblog post here…….Continue Reading New watchdog journalism in Orange County

NewsCorp announced that it will begin charging readers who browse the Wall Street Journal on their mobile devices. Subscribers will pay $1 per week and non-subscribers will pay $2. The publication is one of the few outlets that has succeeded in using a paid content model. You can read the article about the new paywalls from NewsCorp in Washington Post…….Continue Reading WSJ will charge for mobile content

Leading news organizations and Google have joined forces to produce an experimental news-browsing service called Fast Flip>. The goal is to simulate the physical feeling of perusing a print publication by taking headlines from major media outlets and placing them on a magazine-like spread. You can read the article in the New York Times here…….Continue Reading Google partners with news publishers

As more veteran reporters migrate to successful, issue-driven organizations, concerns over objectivity are being called into question. Since advocacy groups almost always have their own agenda, journalists are facing scrutiny over the intentions behind their reporting. You can read the Nieman Lab post here…….Continue Reading Non-profits hiring more journalists

Journalism Online wants 20 percent of subscription revenue and will have news sites sign up roughly 10 percent of their monthly readers for a subscription plan. You can read the post by the Nieman Lab here…….Continue Reading Journalism Online’s pay-for-news model

A new company called TweetMixx combs through thousands of Twitter updates every hour to give readers the most "Tweeted-about" headlines and stories of the day. Previously called Mixx, the site will switch from mostly using CNN.com for breaking news to the increasingly popular Twitter. You can read the article in the Washington Post here…….Continue Reading Twitter tapped by online news service

As news outlets grapple with how to charge for content online, Google has plans to extend its "Google Checkout" service to include a payment system for news sites. The company is working directly with the Newspaper Association of America in hopes of finding a solution for both the print publications and the search engine giant. You can read the post by the Nieman Lab here…….Continue Reading Google to provide micropayment platform

Tribune Co. is implementing a system that would simplify searching for articles across its various media outlets. The idea is to have a single URL for a piece of content regardless of whether the reader is viewing the story on the Los Angeles Times or Chicago Tribune site, for example. The company believes searching for content would be more efficient without duplicate articles. You can read the Nieman Lab post here…….Continue Reading Tribune’s solution to duplicate content

A new touchscreen digital reader with built-in web browsing is due out by the end of the year from a leading consumer electronics company. The Asus product will be in direct competition with Amazon and Sony, who both have e-books in the market. Many journalism publications are currently struggling with how to sell their content via the digital reader model. You can read the article on the UK's Times Online here…….Continue Reading Cheapest digital reader slated for release