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The Content Makers: Margaret Simons reveals the AFR's new ethics policy including some pretty strict rules about the use of social media:

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New York Review of Books: A New Horizon for the News – Michael Massing: The MTV generation, known for its indifference to news, has given way to the Obama generation, which craves it, and for an industry long reconciled to the idea of its customers dying off, the re-engagement of America's young offers a rare ray of hope.

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The Atlantic Monthly: The story behind the story -The collapse of journalism means that the quest for information has been superseded by the quest for ammunition, writes Mark Bowden 

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Editor and publisher: Your content is worth zero to digital consumers – Steve Outing on the possibility of mobile apps in the quest to make money out of content

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ReadWriteWeb: On Twitter: What’s valuation got to do with revenue? - Does Twitter have the assets to warrant such a high valuation, or are we looking at the makings of a speculative investment disaster?

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The Guardian: Journalism has improved in the digital age, writes Mercedes Bunz:

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Slate: Katherine Weymouth steps on it again - Washington Post publisher caught telling her minions what to print:

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Paid Content: Dan Brown’s new book selling better on kindle than in hardcover on Amazon – (which diesn’t approach the central mystery!)

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