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June 24, 2012 Media

Traffic booster for big news sites? Reader-Writer Dialogue Boxes?

What counts more for Web-era writers of news or opinion? Coming up with snappy, credible, well-researched articles? Or improving dialogues

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January 1, 2011 Politicians / Washington area life

E-books vs. movies and other streamed media: Which should be first priority at Library of Congress?

With so many local libraries facing cutbacks, the case for a well-stocked national digital library system grows stronger each day.

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November 12, 2010 Media

Library e-books now readable on iPad, iPod and iPhone

DRMed library e-books—at least ePub and PDF ones from the OverDrive service for public libraries—are now readable on the iPad,

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November 9, 2010 Media

‘Dueling national digital library visions’: Library Journal site writes up mine vs. Harvard Library Director Robert Darnton’s

Roy Tennant, a digital library maven, Library Journal columnist and OCLC program officer, has just posted Dueling National Digital Library

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November 5, 2010 Media / Politicians

William F. Buckley, Jr., and the case for a well-stocked national digital library system

On the Atlantic site this morning, you’ll see my call for a well-stocked national digital library system, along with comments

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August 10, 2010 Media

iPads as cost-reducers for local govs: More ammo for Information Stimulus Plan—which would also help media

More and more localities are turning to the iPad as a paperwork-reducer, says USA Today. And that’s new ammo for

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July 24, 2010 The Solomon Scandals

How the iPad-related stimulus plan could help the news business—plus a brief update on the plan

My thoughts on hyperlocal news—prompted by the forthcoming launch of TBD, the Web and TV combo for the D.C. area—have

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March 2, 2010 Lorain, Ohio / Media / The Solomon Scandals

‘What Would Google Do’ with my old steeltown newspaper in Lorain, Ohio? Here’s what I’D do.

Related: Media critic James Fallows and Google News’ Josh Cohen will discuss digital-era journalism tomorrow, Wednesday, at 6:30 p.m., in

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