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Wall Street Journal’s Facebook pages target of ‘comment flashmob’

Wall Street Journal :: A number of Facebook pages run by The Wall Street Journal were the target of an apparent spam attack by a group claiming links to the online hacking group Anonymous. The Anonymous Kollektiv, which appears to be based in Germany, called for a “comment flashmob” on The Journal at 3:15 p.m. local time. “ATTENTION PLEASE! 3.15 p.m. – Comment flashmob on the site of the WSJ! We hope for active participation,” the group wrote on its Facebook page.

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The Wall Street Journal's Pinterest and Instagram usage: how to reach sharing-oriented audiences

Niemanlab :: The incredible growth of Pinterest — the (invitation-only) social bulletin board dominated by young and female users — hasn’t gone unnoticed by news organizations. Like Tumblr before it, Pinterest offers the chance to reach massive, sharing-oriented new audiences — but also requires a different, more visual kind of editorial thinking. The Wall Street Journal is giving it an early try by looping in another booming young social app. The Journal has deployed nine journalists to cover Fashion Week in New York, all armed with iPhones and Instagram accounts.

Continue to read Andrew Phelps, www.niemanlab.org

WSJ reports Facebook plans IPO filing for next week: $75-$100 billion valuation

Business Insider :: Facebook is planning to drop its long-awaited IPO filing on Wednesday, the WSJ reports. The timing isn't set in stone and could still change, a source tells the WSJ. Morgan Stanley is "close" to becoming the underwriter. Goldman Sach will also play a "major role." The filing will disclose lots of long held secrets about Facebook's financials. Facebook's IPO valuation is expected to be somewhere between $75 billion and $100 billion.

Continue to read Nicholas Carlson, www.businessinsider.com

The Wall Street Journal delivered to Microsoft's Xbox360?

Multichannel :: Gaming consoles are becoming an increasingly important platform for delivering content into the home. Microsoft Corp. and News Corp. announced plans to launch a series of new apps for Xbox Live that will feature content from News Corp.'s broadcast, news and Web properties. The apps will incorporate content from Fox, Fox News Channel, IGN Entertainment Inc. and The Wall Street Journal.

Continue to read George Winslow, www.multichannel.com

WSJ.com managing editor Kevin Delaney takes a job at Atlantic Media

AllThingsD :: According to sources close to the situation, Dow Jones is losing its top online editor. Kevin Delaney, managing editor of The Journal Online — or WSJ.com, as it is better known — is taking a job at the Atlantic Media Company, sources said. The move is a blow to the Journal’s online efforts, as Delaney, who got the top job in late 2009, is a well-regarded journalist and editor.

Continue to read Kara Swisher, allthingsd.com

"New ways of watching": CNBC and The Wall Street Journal are not in different business anymore

New York Times :: A SCREEN IS A SCREEN Steve Jobs taught us a bunch before he exited, but one of his most current lessons could be the one with the most far-reaching implications. Content has a price tag, which is reassuring, but the old dividing lines between television, radio, Web and print disappear within the four corners of a tablet.

[David Carr:] CNBC and The Wall Street Journal are not in different businesses anymore, and in fact The Journal is adding hours of live video with each passing month. The BBC and Al Jazeera are no longer regional curios, they’re here.

Every cable channel with two nickels and more than a few digital enterprises is financing the kind of narrative television that used to be available only at a certain time on a certain network.

Continue to read David Carr, www.nytimes.com

Most print newspapers will be gone in 5 years - Is America at a digital turning point?

USC Annenberg :: (From a report to be issued early January 2012) - Jeffrey I. Cole, director of the Center for the Digital Future claims that most print newspapers will be gone in five years.

Circulation of print newspapers continues to plummet, and we believe that the only print newspapers that will survive will be at the extremes of the medium – the largest and the smallest,” said Cole. It’s likely that only four major daily newspapers will continue in print form: The New York Times, USA Today, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal.  At the other extreme, local weekly newspapers may still survive.

[Jeffrey I. Cole: ] The impending death of the American print newspaper continues to raise many questions. Will media organizations survive and thrive when they move exclusively to online availability?  How will the changing delivery of content affect the quality and depth of journalism?

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New York Times, Wall Street Journal: newspapers becoming increasingly video-centric

... that's what Andy Plesser, Beet TV found out. He interviewed Ann Derry, The New York Times, and Shawn Bender, Wall Street Journal.

Beet TV :: The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal are becoming increasingly video centric as visitors become more familiar with watching clips  -- and as editors provide compelling content, according to the top video editors at both publications. In response to my question, "Why do visitors hit the play button,"  here are the reasons as explained by Ann Derry, Editorial Director for Video and Television for The New York Times and Shawn Bender, Editorial Director for Video for the Wall Street Journal Online.

Watch both interviews here Andy Plesser, www.beet.tv

mediaIDEAS: where digital is booming: the book business

mediaIDEAS :: The Wall Street Journal has an agreement with Nielsen BookScan to publish best-seller lists that include both physical books and e-sales. Since 2009, Nielsen has provided the journal with lists based solely on hardcover and paperbacks.

The Journal and Nielsen announced Friday that four charts will debut this weekend: combined e-book and physical sales for fiction and nonfiction, and e-sales only for fiction and nonfiction. Eligible releases will include self-published books, children’s books and “perennials,” older works that continue to sell strongly. It’s the first time that Nielsen has compiled e-books, with Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Apple and Google among those participating.

Continue to read Hillel Italie, blog.mediaideas.net

A rare switch from New York Post to Wall Street Journal

Capital New York :: When the Wall Street Journal's local section, Greater New York, debuted in the spring of last year it started to seem even more likely. But it's been a rule of thumb at News Corp. that neither stories nor reporters really move between the two local papers.

Continue to read Joe Pompeo, www.capitalnewyork.com