Apple, America and a Squeezed Middle Class

This really is a universal story, rather than a shot at Apple. Most technology is now manufactured outside the U.S.

6 Tips For Building a High Quality Blog Following

Or a readership for an online publication.

News360.com

Personal curation site, lets you set up a customized feed.

At Time Inc., a Leader to Help It Fit the New Digital Order

What is the product magazines sell? Many journalism students immediately jump to “information” or “entertainment.” But the financial reality is that magazines are selling audiences to advertisers. And how *that* works is changing in the digital age.

Paton Prepares His Newspapers for a World Without Print

The handwriting has been on the wall for some time.

Klout Automatically Created Profiles, Including Minors

Worse than I thought. I was already skeptical about algorithmically-derived rankings, and this news ices the cake. I’m not sure it matters how popular you are if you are posting or reading solid information.

Cable TV Holding Web Rivals at Bay, Earnings Show

While some of my friends are disconnecting from cable and going all out for video on demand, most are not.

The New Economics of the Music Industry

Exactly who makes what on digital musical sales and streams.

Magplus | Digital Magazine Publishing from InDesign to iPad & Android

Plug-in for InDesign. Not inexpensive, with recurring fees, but an interesting way to develop publication apps.

Yahoo Aims to Create a Voice for Its Media Sites

More about Yahoo!, the web’s top news site.

Hearsay Is a Social News App That Exposes Everything You Read

This doesn’t work for me if either a.) your friends read the same things you read or b.) your friends all read celebrity news or similar. But this is the latest trend in news consumption — reading what your friends read — whether it’s interesting or inherently limiting.

ABC News and Yahoo News Announce Deal to Share Content

Will the result be a powerhouse or just business as normal?