Content is not king and never has been. That was a journalistic delusion. The uniqueness and the money in newspapers has always come from distribution.
Apple iPad
Why the iPad can’t save the magazine industry
Business Insider crunches the numbers on the iPad economy: even if iPads sell beyond all expectations, the return for magazines will just be small change compared to their print revenue.
Doctorow: Why I won’t be buying an iPad
BoingBoing’s Cory Doctorow outlines the five reasons he won’t be swapping his hard-earned for a Jesus Tablet — and you shouldn’t either.
Business As Usual: A rival for the ASX? … ready, set, go for iPad … Greece treadmill won’t stop …
The launch of the iPad is expected to create havoc in the US … The ups and downs of the US economy … Greece is still pounding the never-ending treadmill of debt … Toyota finally has something to smile about … Is Shell about to quit Australia?
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The full list of approved iPad apps
App Advice has compiled a list of all the apps that will be available when the iPad App Store launches next weekend. So far, the only news app is Reuters Pro, which they have a sneak peak of here.
The Oz: We’re ready for our iPad, Mr Jobs
The Australian says it will be “among the first newspapers to offer an iPad edition”. It isn’t naming a price — but there will be one — but ominously notes that its sister paper, the WSJ, is charging AU$19.80 a month.
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The new economics of book publishing explained
For anyone confused by all the hype about e-readers and the “digital revolution” in the book publishing world, this article breaks it down perfectly: how Amazon makes money with the Kindle, how Apple will from the iPad, and why publishers are pissed off.
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iPad 2.0 just months away?
Apparently Apple is already working on a new, bigger, cleverer version of the iPad to be released within a year. And this one is expected to be less like an oversized iPhone, more like a MacBook replacement.
Video of the Day: Stephen Colbert has an iPad and you don’t
It’s hard to make pop divas and rappers jealous, but Stephen Colbert managed to by whipping out an Apple iPad at the Grammys as he presented an award. Not even Jay Z had managed to get his hands on one of those.
What’s the difference between a rock and an iPad?
Is the iPad really all its cracked up to be? TechCrunch does a nice little comparison between a rock and an iPad. With no camera or multitasking, can you even tell the difference?
Tech journos, take note on your iPads: cheering Steve Jobs isn’t journalism
The only thing worse than the hype surrounding the Apple iPad launch is enduring the fawning reaction of the Apple evangelists in the days following, writes Christopher Scanlon.
Kohler: The iPad is a huge disappointment
Apple’s new Jesus tablet is not the media’s messiah, says Alan Kohler. With no camera, no video conferencing, no flash and no multi-tasking, it’s a big let-down after all the hype.
Who got punk’d by the iPad prank?
A few hours before Apple’s big iPad announcement, blogger Jason Calacanis made up a bunch of fairly dubious-sounding rumours about the device. And the MSM — including Reuters, WSJ and CNN — fell for it, hook, line and sinker.
E-Day looms for book publishers
The power relationship between authors and publishers is set to change fundamentally with the coming e-publishing revolution, writes Michael R. James.
It’s called iPad, and the Kindle is rooted
2009 wasn’t just the year of the ebook reader. 2009 was the only year of the ebook reader. Goodbye Kindle, hello iPad.
Video of the Day: Mad TV mocks the iPad… in 2006
The iPad: a name so bad, Mad TV was mocking it four years before it existed.
The PC is dead
With the launch of Apple’s new tablet computer, the era of the PC is officially over, says The New Republic. That doesn’t mean the iPad will replace it, but something like it will.
Why the iPad sucks
And so the backlash begins. Gizmodo’s Adam Frucci lists all the iPad’s deal-breaking downfalls, like the lack of multi-tasking, the giant size and the stupid name.
What the iPad means for frequent flyers
The iPad could fix a few things that really bug some travellers, says Ben Sandilands — and not just reading and writing in cramped conditions. How about tracking flights and automatically checking in? Is there an app for that?
Media wrap: The iPad
It’s here: The new Apple e-Reader/tablet/giant iPhone that will single-handedly save the media, revolutionise news and make you a sandwich at the same time, has been unveiled. Is it worth the hype?
