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    Les nouveaux médias & les nouveaux usages

    Media Trend est un blog destiné à recenser les ressources disponibles, à reprendre les études et à analyser les expériences intéressantes concernant les nouveaux médias, les nouvelles pratiques journalistiques et les nouveaux usages, en les replaçant, lorsque c’est possible, dans leur contexte historique.

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    Live Global Forum – The Future of Media (webinar)

    Journalism, New Technologies and Media Development: The Transformation of News in the Digital Age An interactive, live conversation between scholars and practitioners Join us, Tuesday July 14 (at 4 pm Budapest time, 3 pm GMT, 10 am EST) as we debate the issues at the digital crossroads of the transnational media environment. The interactive session…

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    New independent weekly launches in Alberta

    A group of former Sun Media employees have started a new independent weekly in Hinton, Alberta, called the Hinton Voice. This is positive news for the hard-hit weekly newspaper industry, where local newspapers owned by large chains have suffered. Sun Media recently cut back at the Pincher Creek Echo and the Crowsnest Pass Promoter. There…

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    Michael Jackson’s death provides lessons for online news

    The Online Journalism Review offers an insightful critique of the Michael Jackson story as it was reported online. “Every major breaking news events offers its lessons to the news organizations that covered it. And today’s death of singer Michael Jackson should lead newsrooms to reexamine how they handle breaking news in a hyper-competitive, instant-publishing environment.”

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    Bucking the online trend in Estonia

    “Starting this Monday, Postimees will stop full publication of its articles online. Its rival, Eesti Päevaleht, is going to follow suit within the next few months. “Then, the plan seemingly is to put those articles behind a paywall.” This doesn’t sound all that radical until you read the article and the rationale being used.

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    Bankruptcies necessary to transform journalism

    Martin Langeveld offers a different analysis of the bankruptcy proceedings of several large American newspapers. He suggests this may be a good thing in order to shake up the old business models that appear to be failing in the current environment. “If we experience a rash of bankruptcies among these larger publishing groups, the likely…