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Recommended reading: Innovation in the newspaper world

Speaking of the need for innovation, here’s a few innovative ideas I’ve read about this week:

Wall Street Journal Creating New “LinkedIn Killer” Called WSJ Connect – It’s great to see a news org thinking this way. While taking on an entrenched brand like LinkedIn is a tall order, they have a niche audience in the business [...]

Revisiting the Marburger plan (it’s still terrible)

Our industry was built on competition and the free marketplace of ideas. So, let’s pull ‘em up, shall we? Get out there and innovate ourselves a future instead of crying to the principal about how some new kid is stealing our lunch money. [...]

Connie, dude, please cut it out

There’s a war brewing between the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the blogoshere – and it’s just completely stupid. [...]

‘Flash is overrated’ – and other links

Recommended links from around the web on Twitter, social media use, proposed newspaper pay models and Flash skills (and why they’re over-rated). [...]

Really, Plain Dealer?!?

The Cleveland Plain Dealer is embarrassing itself in its efforts to limit the First Amendment rights of bloggers and get other sites not to give them web traffic. Aggregators are not the enemy. [...]

Trib among those handing over the keys

Sites like that of the Chicago Tribune cater to Digg’s cause with buttons that feed their content directly to the site. Why? [...]

Recommended reading: Content, traffic and pay walls

News and notes such as new pay models for news sites, using local blogs as content providers, why tech skills are only the beginning for journalists and all of the hullabaloo about Google in the news website world. [...]

It’s time to cut off support for Digg

Digg’s recent decision to hijack shared links from content publishers back to their own home page should be the last straw for online media that has supported sharing content with Digg. [...]

Twitter tips and news bits

News of what’s going on in online news right now and tips for better Twitter use and how to stay ahead of the memes. [...]

Quick links and an update

While I still pull my head together, I have gathered a few links of interest. Check ‘em out. [...]