shortformblog: On Facebook, the media eats itself. Ten days…

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On Facebook, the media eats itself. Ten days ago, The Daily closed its doors. This week, Newsweek published its last print issue. Today, this ad appears to be banking on picking up old Daily customers by selling them on Newsweek’s di…

Newspaper publishes gun permit database online, people go insane

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cause In the wake of the Newtown, CT shooting earlier this month, a Gannett-owned New York state newspaper published a series of interactive maps showing all of the gun permits in the region, according to public records.
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"The gun owner next door: What you don’t know about the weapons in your neighborhood,"

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“The gun owner next door: What you don’t know about the weapons in your neighborhood,”: beingliberal:

(W) Thoughts? A New York newspaper is under criticism for publishing the names and addresses of local gun owners on Monday.
In a piece titled, “The…

The New York Times Paywall Is Working Better Than Anyone Had Guessed

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The New York Times Paywall Is Working Better Than Anyone Had Guessed: parislemon:

Edmund Lee for Bloomberg:

Despite the metrics, the larger significance of the Times’ newfound subscription wealth is that readers, not advertisers, are now more direc…