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What are the digital trends that will shape the media industry? I asked five digital media experts. Here are their answers.

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iPad apps – still more dash than cash

by The Guardian on January 10, 2011 · 0 comments

Apple’s ‘Jesus tablet’ seemed to be the news industry’s best hope of salvation but few publishers are finding apps to be the moneyspinners they so desperately want

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Top five blog posts at BetaTales in 2010

by John Einar Sandvand on December 21, 2010 · 0 comments

As 2010 comes to an end, it is time to sum up: Here are the five most popular blog posts at digital media blog BetaTales this year.

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How print journalists can fall into the typographers’ trap

by John Einar Sandvand on December 4, 2010 · 15 comments

Many newspaper journalists are now making the same mistake as typographers did before: They ignore the massive changes affecting their profession.

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iPad is all male fun in high tech country Sweden

by John Einar Sandvand on November 25, 2010 · 3 comments

Even before iPad has been launched in Scandinavia, ten thousands of people have managed to get hold of a tablet. But they are almost all male!

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Recently published numbers for The Times’ paywall demonstrates how hard it will be for media houses to make users pay for digital content.

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Digital trends that will shape the media industry

by John Einar Sandvand on October 25, 2010 · 13 comments

What are the digital trends that will shape the media industry? I asked three digital media experts. Here are their answers.

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iPad chokes netbook sales

by The Guardian on October 14, 2010 · 1 comment

Gartner and IDC data shows slower growth in sales of PCs than expected – with Apple tablet reckoned to account for shortfall

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In the digitalization factory

by John Einar Sandvand on October 7, 2010 · 5 comments

Western newspapers rush to digitalize their historic archives. But rarely do editors realize how much manpower this task takes. Here is a report from a digitalization sweatshop in Cambodia.

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Ten examples of how media sites try to make users pay for content

by John Einar Sandvand on September 27, 2010 · 12 comments

Media companies can only succeed in charging users for content if they provide unique value. Here are examples of how some sites try to achieve this.

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