The Morning Lowdown 8-25-11

Morning Lowdown

»  Lowdown-in-a-lowdown: Steve Jobs edition here.

»  Our Steve Jobs coverage: Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO, Cook taking over / Letter from Steve Jobs / Tim Cook has already played a major role in the Apple we know today / Steve Jobs resigns: A history in links / At long last, the Apple succession plan swings into action

»  Media pioneer Jim Romenesko plans “semi-retirement” from Poynter with launch of exclusive site (Michael Calderone/Huffington Post) / The Romenesko revolution (American Journalism Review) / How the Romenesko years have changed journalism and Poynter (Poynter)

»  Slate lays off several staffers, including Press Box’s Jack Shafer (paidContent)

»  RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) breaks social ground with its new BBM music service (paidContent)

»  Changing demographics of tablets and e-reader owners in the U.S.: 61 percent of e-reader owners are now female (Nielsen Wire)

»  Groupon’s struggle in China no surprise, say analysts (PC World)

»  iPad photo magazine Once offers unique compensation model (GigaOm)

»  Facebook targets Instagram with photo filters (Bits/NYT)

»  Slate’s interview with Patricia Marx, a very funny author I love. (Slate)

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