The lawyer overseeing an Apple antitrust order is a political hack who has run roughshod over the judicial process during ten visits to the company’s…
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Samsung poised to give smartphone division to smart home chief
Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest smartphone maker by volume, has had a string of disappointing quarters, mostly due to declines in its mobile division. Now it looks like mobile head and co-CEO J.K Shin could be on his way out, according to a new report in the Wall Street Journal.…
Read MoreAre Google’s search results deceptive, or can consumers identify ads on their own?
Search engines are making it harder to see the difference between regular results and paid ads. Does the FTC have the power to do something? Or can consumers figure it out on their own?…
Read MoreWhy the Guardian is smart to bet on live events and a membership model instead of paywalls
Like the music industry, the Guardian has realized that the value in media isn't in selling access to a specific product or unit of content, but in creating a deep relationship with readers and fans who want access…
Read MoreCongress heads for internet tax showdown, as Senate ties controversial sales levy to ISP tax
Elected officials face a tough choice if they want to extend a popular moratorium on ISP taxes: they may have to vote in favor of the Marketplace Fairness Act.…
Read MoreTaylor Swift is right about music, and the industry should act on her ideas
Country star Taylor Swift made some bold and hopeful claims this week about where the music business is going. We should listen to her.…
Read MoreReport: Apple’s wearable device will come in multiple designs, screen sizes
Apple's wearable device could come in multiple designs with various screen sizes, and will include more than 10 different biometric sensors, according to a new report.…
Read MoreAT&T will reportedly be the exclusive carrier for Amazon’s smartphone
Amazon's smartphone, expected to be launched later this week, will be available exclusively on AT&T, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.…
Read MoreSCOTUSblog continues to run up against the white blood-cell response of traditional media
SCOTUSblog is recognized as one of the leading sites for analysis and commentary on Supreme Court decisions, but it has been unable to get accreditation as an official media outlet from either the court or the Senate press gallery's committee of journalists…
Read MoreEzra Klein bolts the Post for his own venture — did the paper just lose another Politico?
After his offer of a co-ownership deal was rebuffed, Wonkblog founder Ezra Klein is leaving the Washington Post for his own venture -- a departure that reminds more than one media watcher of how the Post lost what would eventually become Politico.…
Read MoreThe six most interesting things that happened in media this year, according to me
It's easy to get demoralized by all of the upheaval and chaos in the media sphere, but there are plenty of reasons for optimism about both media in general and journalism, and here are six of the ones I find most interesting.…
Read MoreJessica Lessin talks about paywalls, The Information and the virtues of knowing who your audience is
Former Wall Street Journal writer Jessica Lessin, who launched her new subscription-only news site The Information this week, talks about the motivation behind her company and why she chose to go with a hard paywall model…
Read MoreFive things Jessica Lessin needs to keep in mind about paywalls as she launches The Information
Former Wall Street Journal writer Jessica Lessin has launched a subscription-only news site called The Information, but there are a few things about hard paywalls that she should keep in mind…
Read MoreWhy the youth market matters for Snapchat and Facebook, despite what the WSJ thinks
Wall Street Journal technology writer Farhad Manjoo says there's no point in paying attention to what younger users do, because they are poor predictors of technology trends -- but he couldn't be more wrong.…
Read MoreU.S. due to become largest oil-and-gas producer in the world
Russell Gold and Daniel Gilbert at The Wall Street Journal present plenty of data showing that the U.S. may well have already…
Read MoreGame of Thrones: Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg of All Things Digital look to expand their empire
As the balance of power in digital media continues to shift, the founders of All Things Digital are said to be looking at other offers from financial partners that could value the company at more than $40 million.…
Read MoreApple partially wins patent case against Samsung at US ITC: Reports
Apple has won a partial victory in its battle with Samsung over patents. Days after the US President vetoed a patent ruling, the US ITC today said that some Samsung devices infringe two Apple patents but it didn't find any violations on other four Apple patents.…
Read MoreCheck out Slate’s cool tool for better Twitter headlines
A story's headline on a website doesn't always work on Twitter, so Slate has found a cool fix.…
Read MoreNo, native advertising in print is not going to “save newspapers”
There is no magic bullet that is going to "save newspapers," and that includes using native advertising and other forms of sponsored content in the print version, despite what one publishing executive would like to think.…
Read MoreYup, Facebook is working on a Flipboard-like mobile news reader: Report
Facebook is reportedly working on a mobile news-reading app. Details are scant, but according to a WSJ report, the current iteration of the app has a Flipboard-like interface.…
Read MoreThe WSJ and Bloomberg are launching social networks — good luck with that
The Wall Street Journal has said it is planning to launch a LinkedIn-style social network for readers, and Bloomberg appears to be launching (or relaunching) one as well -- but is this really what their readers or users want?…
Read MoreNo, the job of social media editor isn’t dead — but it sure as heck better be evolving
The departure of Thomson Reuters' social-media editor sparked a debate about whether the position as we know it is dead or dying -- but while those jobs may be evolving, the skills involved are more necessary than ever.…
Read MoreCrowdsourcing is here to stay — now it’s about building tools for networked journalism
NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen says that many of the cultural barriers to doing "networked journalism" have been lowered, and he is trying to help media outlets develop smart tools and ways of making use of crowdsourcing.…
Read MorePretty enough for TV? Conde Nast and Wall Street Journal strut for online video dollars
Traditional media brands are cranking out video content in the hopes of persuading marketers to shift ad budgets from TV to online offerings. But can companies like Conde Nast and the Wall Street journal deliver the necessary quality and audience size?…
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