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Quite a few others took issue with the idea of declaring things dead in the first place. ReadWriteWeb and Technologizer tallied lists of very much alive things that were long ago declared dead, and The Atlantic's Alexis Madrigal criticized Anderson's view that tech is "just a series of increasingly awesomer things that successively displace each other" as long ago proven wrong. Here at the Lab, Jason Fry made a similar point, pointing out that, "the web isn’t dying but being joined by a lot of other contact points between the user and the sea of digital information, with points emerging for different settings, situations, and times of day."
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Mutter wasn't the only dubious one. Murdoch biographer/gadfly Michael Wolff ripped the idea, and TechCrunch's Paul Carr notedthat News Corp. tried a similar idea in Britain in 2006 for free, and that bombed. This idea, Carr said, "reflects less a bold strategy to convince a new generation of readers that good journalism is worth paying for and more the 79-year News Corp proprietor’s desperation to keep the cash flow coming until the company’s profitability becomes someone else’s problem."
Drawing on a survey of iPad users, Mario Garcia said that Murdoch's plan for quick, snappy stories doesn't fit well with the iPad's primary role as a relaxing device. At least one person was encouraged by Murdoch's idea: Missouri j-prof Clyde Bentley, who called it the cannon shot that will scare the herd of newspaper executives into seriously pursuing mobile media.
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Reading roundup: Lots and lots to get to this week. In the spirit of Rupert Murdoch, I'll keep it short and snappy:
— The fallout from last week's Google-Verizon proposal continued into the weekend, with both watchdogs and Google allies raising concerns about the future of net neutrality. Harvard Internet law professor Jonathan Zittrain had plenty more thoughtful things Buy Lamictal Without Prescription, to say about the flap, and The Wall Street Journal had a lengthy interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt about that issue and several others.
— We got some discouraging news from a couple of surveys released this week: Gallup found that Americans' trust in traditional news organizations remains historically low, while a comScore study found that (surprise!) even young news junkies don't read newspapers. Each study had a silver lining, though — Gallup found that young people's trust in newspapers is far higher than any other age group, and comScore showed that many young non-print readers are still consuming lots of news online. Here at the Lab, Christopher Sopher wrote a sharp two-part series on attracting young would-be news consumers.
— Google's Lyn Headley is continuing his series of articles explaining the new Rapid News Awards, and each one is a smart analysis of the nature of aggregation and authority. They've all been worth checking out.
— Two great resources on interesting trends within journalism: The Lab's video of a discussion among a who's who of nonprofit journalism leaders on the form's sustainability, and Poynter's Mallary Jean Tenore's article on the encouraging resurgence of long-form journalism in its online form.
— Finally, Florida j-prof Mindy McAdams sparked a great discussion about what skills are necessary for today's reporter. If you're a college student or a budding reporter (or even a veteran one), give this conversation a close read.
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