Best of the Web, Dec. 5-11
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10 Things Twitter taught me about media — and myself [
Ad Age]
Simon Dumenco at
Advertising Age sums up the ‘Year of Twitter’ and discusses the real value of the 140-word site is to the day to day.
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The Atlantic will sell short stories on Kindle [
New York Times]
Motoko Rich at
The New York Times reports that two exclusive short stories edited by staff at
The Atlantic became available on Kindle’s in the U.S. this week.
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The shifting landscape of magazines
A research project by a University College of London student which is requesting comments on the future of magazines.
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Nielsen Business Media agrees to sell Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, other titles [
Folio]
Jason Fell at Folio reports on the selling of eight media brands at Nielsen and the closing of iconic magazines Editor & Publisher and Kirkus Reviews
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Location matters: how ad environments affect performance [
Ad Age]
Advertising Age’s Dean Donaldson discusses how the importance of the size, shape and look of your ad pales in comparison to the environment its being placed in.
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Abbey Klaassen named executive editor of Advertising Age [
Ad Age]
Advertising Age reports the departure of Jonah Bloom who is leaving the magazine to become CEO and editor-in-chief of B2B blog network
Breaking Media and the promotion of Abbey Klaassen to executive editor of the magazine.