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New York Times set to sell About.com for $270m to Answers.com

AllThingsD :: The New York Times’ time with About.com may be coming to an end. The paper has been looking to get rid of the struggling Web site, which produces high-volume, low-cost content, and has a deal in place to sell it to Answers.com.

A report by Peter Kafka, allthingsd.com

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New York Times photographer roughed up by NYPD just wants his camera back

New Yorker Magazine :: Robert Stolarik, a photographer for the New York Times since 2000, has covered conflict zones, natural disasters, and protests for the paper, so he knows his way around a volatile situation. What was strange about his arrest over the weekend, in which Stolarik says he was beaten up by police and arrested without provocation, is that there was no warning.

A report by Joe Coscarelli, nymag.com

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The New York Times builds contextual multimedia into the flow of a story

Nieman Lab :: Sharp-eyed readers of The New York Times may have noticed an unusual collection of links within Amy O’Leary’s Thursday story on sexual harassment in the world of online gaming. 

The links had a shaded blue background and tiny icons, and when clicked, up popped a video or an image — floating on top of the story but integrated within the flow of reading it. The Times calls them “quick links,” and they’re intended to add a new way for Times reporters to add depth to online storytelling.

"Quick links" - A report by Justin Ellis, www.niemanlab.org

ProPublica, New York Times, others: Benefits of becoming a Knight-Mozilla Fellow

PBS Mediashift :: Four news partners that will host 2013 Knight-Mozilla Fellows recently made their pitch for why they're involved with the Knight-Mozilla Fellowship program, what they're hoping to do with their fellows, and why applying to become one may be the best thing you do this week.

A report by Dan Sinker, www.pbs.org

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Desktop, laptop use of New York Times’ website drops over two years

Poynter :: People using computers at home and work spent less time on nytimes.com in April and May of 2012 than they did during the same months in 2010, according to Nielsen figures released to Poynter.

Why? - A report by Steve Myers, www.poynter.org

'The I Files' on YouTube: The best investigative videos from around the world

CIR on YouTube :: Programmed by the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR), The I Files selects and showcases the best investigative videos from around the world. Major contributors include The New York Times, ABC, BBC, Al-Jazeera and Investigative News Network.

Visit the site here www.youtube.com/user/theifilestv

Jayson Blair: Jonah Lehrer’s story reminds me of my own

Salon :: Jonah Lehrer resigned his position at the New Yorker today after admitting that he fabricated the Bob Dylan quotes he used in his new best-seller, “Imagine.” A young writer flaming out after reaching the top of the profession — it was impossible not to think about Jayson Blair, the New York Times reporter who resigned amid scandal in 2003, when plagiarism and fabrication were discovered in his stories. Blair is now a certified life coach at Goose Creek Coaching and Consulting; we called him Monday afternoon to get his sense on journalism’s latest cautionary tale.

An interview by David Daley, www.salon.com

New York Times’ circulation revenue lags growth in digital subscriptions

Poynter :: Wall Street rewarded The New York Times Co. with a 10 percent stock price increase Thursday after a second-quarter earnings report with several significant bits of good news. All that progress is real, but the company’s figures mask a fast-shifting mix within its circulation base.

[Rick Edmonds:] .. the company deserves the plaudits it is getting for keeping circulation revenues net positive. I’m still baffled, though, as to whether that trajectory can be maintained and at what cost.

NYT's circulation - A report by Rick Edmonds, www.poynter.org

NYT swings to a Q2 loss on $195m About.com charge and digital circulation up 13%

paidContent :: For a time, About.com, acquired for $410 million in 2005, was the bright spot in New York Times earnings season. Those days are a blur in the rearview mirror, reflected in the second-quarter earnings released Thursday with a $194.5 million writedown of good will. The non-cash charge helped NYTCo to a $143.6 million loss for the quarter compared with a profit of $31.5 million for the same quarter in 2011.

For the summary continue here  Staci D. Kramer, paidcontent.org

WikiLeaks grand jury: Some members of Congress want to prosecute New York Times journalists too

Electronic Frontier Foundation :: For more than a year now, EFF has encouraged mainstream press publications like the New York Times to aggressively defend WikiLeaks’ First Amendment right to publish classified information in the public interest and denounce the ongoing grand jury investigating WikiLeaks as a threat to press freedom.

Well, we are now seeing why that is so important: at a Judiciary subcommittee hearing on July 11, some members of Congress made it clear they also want New York Times journalists charged under the Espionage Act for their recent stories on President Obama’s ‘Kill List’ and secret US cyberattacks against Iran.

A report by Trevor Timm, www.eff.org