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Ready for His Digital Close-Up: The NYT’s Media Dude, David Carr, Talks About “Page One”

Kara Swisher in Media on June 15, 2011 at 11:35 am PT

A documentary about the New York Times and its fight to survive the onslaught of the Internet called “Page One: Inside the New York Times” opens Friday. So, it seemed like a good idea to talk to the film’s star, media columnist David Carr, to find out what he thinks will happen to the Gray Lady in the multi-colored digital future.

Viral Video: "Page One" at Sundance

Kara Swisher in News on January 20, 2011 at 12:39 am PT

One of the more interesting movies at the 11th Sundance Film Festival, which opens today in Park City, Utah, will be “Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times.” The documentary is by Andrew Rossi, who spent a year following reporters and editors at the newspaper, even as the media landscape shifted dramatically due to the impact of digital technologies.

Flipboard Partners With Web Publishers for Full Content (and Full Disclosure: Including ATD)

Liz Gannes in Social on December 2, 2010 at 9:22 am PT

Yesterday, I wrote about Pulse, a news-reading app with innovative design, going social by integrating Facebook. Now Flipboard, a social news-reading app based around Twitter and Facebook, is adding publisher feeds. (Full disclosure: Including from All Things Digital.) One thing’s clear: There’s a lot of excitement and energy going into how the iPad can re-create content consumption.

Sports Illustrated Lets Its iPad App Stand Up Again

Peter Kafka in Media on November 18, 2010 at 1:06 pm PT

Earlier this fall the Time Inc. magazine tried making a point to Apple by making its iPad app harder to use. That’s over–but Time Warner is still making noises about its eagerness to work with other tablet makers.

FaceTime Hits the Mac

Beth Callaghan in News on October 20, 2010 at 11:15 am PT

In what has to be the shortest demo in Apple demo history, Steve Jobs introduced FaceTime video calling for Mac by sitting down at an onstage Mac and calling Phil Schiller on his iPhone 4. That was it. The software makes calls between Macs, iPhones and iPod Touches, and the beta is available for download today. No mention of how this product will impact and/or ultimately eclipse iChat–or when iPads might get cameras, so they can use use FaceTime, too.

How to Make a Killer iPad Ad

Peter Kafka in Media on October 13, 2010 at 6:23 am PT

It’s the very, very early days for iPad advertising–just about any tablet-specific ad you see today is an experiment. But Condé Nast thinks it has learned enough in the past few months to offer a few tips to marketers.

Sports Illustrated Tells iPad Readers to Turn Around

Peter Kafka in Media on September 20, 2010 at 3:30 am PT

Magazine publishers keep adding bells and whistles to their iPad editions. But Sports Illustrated’s newest tweak goes the other way, and takes an option off the table. It’s supposed to save the publisher money, and send a message to Steve Jobs.

Apple iPad Event Liveblog

John Paczkowski in News on January 27, 2010 at 10:00 am PT

After months of feverish speculation and as many years of wishful thinking, Apple uncrated its tablet computer–the iPad–at an invitation-only event in San Francisco this morning. We’re covering it live with photos and text.

Like Snowflakes, No Two myTouch 3Gs Alike…

John Paczkowski in News on June 22, 2009 at 12:00 pm PT

In a summer of handset debuts that already includes the Palm Pre, Apple’s iPhone 3GS, and soon, Research in Motion’s BlackBerry Tour 9630, add one more: The myTouch 3G, T-Mobile’s second Google Android phone. The carrier officially introduced the device today and said customers can begin reserving it on July 8.

New iPhone Is Better Model–Or Just Get OS 3.0

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on June 17, 2009 at 10:00 am PT

Apple’s new iPhone 3G S and OS 3.0 offer plenty of new features. But the software may be enough of a boost to keep many users from buying the new model, Walt Mossberg writes.