43 posts and columns on readers
Newsle and Nuzzel Deliver Social News Without the Clutter
Prefer to get your news from social media, but can’t stand all the personal status updates and frivolous tweets? Try these two sites.Gawker's Nick Denton: See, You Ingrates? This Is What We're Trying to Do (Video)
The Blog King doesn’t want to be the Blog King: He wants his sites to be as compelling as TV. Here’s his promo reel.Voices
Apple, Google and the Publishers: Here's How to Make Subscriptions Work
In recent weeks, we’ve heard growing concern from magazine and newspaper publishers regarding the challenge of providing content for mobile media while preserving their print franchises. The concern is nothing new, but it’s apparent that content providers are at risk of losing track of their customers like toddlers in a shopping mall.AOL + Huffington Post Won't Go to 11. But It Does Make Sense.
Former AOL CEO Steve Case is right to call out current AOL CEO Tim Armstrong’s fuzzy math. But that doesn’t mean this is a bad deal.Voices
B&N Aims E-Books at Kids
Barnes & Noble Inc., intent on winning over a new generation of readers, including some who haven’t yet learned to tie their shoes, is launching a digital collection of more than 12,000 books under the name Nook Kids.Honey, I Shrunk the E-Book: Amazon Slicing "Singles" for Kindle [UPDATED]
No reason not to do this: Amazon is carving out room on its digital shelves for “Singles”–essentially, mini e-books for its Kindle platform. Or, if you prefer, you can think of them as very long magazine articles.The Chapter And Verse on E-Bookstores
By Geoffrey Fowler.While much of the attention has focused on the e-book reading devices, it’s becoming clear that the important decision isn’t just which device you choose, but also which e-bookstore you decide to frequent.