No More Paywall for Editor & Publisher Online [E&P]

This week, Editor & Publisher tore down its website paywall, allowing
visitors to view more of the magazine's exclusive content. "We have
not been big believers in paywalls," said Duncan McIntosh, president
of Duncan McIntosh Company, Inc. (DMC), which publishes E&P.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Headlines/no-more-paywall-for-ep-online-634...

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Web Focus Helps Revitalize The Atlantic [NYTimes]

How did a 153-year-old magazine — one that first published the “Battle
Hymn of the Republic” and gave voice to the abolitionist and
transcendentalist movements — reinvent itself for the 21st century? By
pretending it was a Silicon Valley start-up that needed to kill itself
to survive.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/13/business/media/13atlantic.html?_r=1

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Condé Nast Gets Ready to Go Shopping, Adds $500 Million and an Ex-Yahoo [AllThingsD]

Anyone have anything they want to sell to Conde Nast? The publisher is
officially in shopping mode: It has hired an M&A guy, and raised $500
million in cash to get him started.

http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20101213/conde-nast-gets-ready-to-go-shopping...

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Web companies fear Google's reach [WashingtonPost]

As the tech giant spreads its reach, it is making new enemies who fear
that once Google steps onto their turf it will use its almighty search
engine to quash them. Now, these critics are pushing antitrust
officials to block some of Google's mergers or build a blockbuster
case against the search behemoth, reminiscent of the government's
battle with Microsoft.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/12/AR20101212017...

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AOL tries a do-it-yourself reinvention [CrainsNewYork]

Two months after reports first appeared that AOL was looking to merge
with Yahoo in a bold bid to speed up its turnaround, the
Manhattan-based Web veteran has abandoned its quest, according to an
industry insider with knowledge of the situation.

http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20101212/FREE/312129976#

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Steve Ballmer’s Breakfast With Twitter [Forbes]

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer had breakfast this week in San
Francisco with Twitter’s Dick Costolo, who recently took over the top
dog spot from co-founder Evan Williams. Could this mean Microsoft is
interested in doing some sort of deal with, or even buying, Twitter?

http://blogs.forbes.com/victoriabarret/2010/12/10/steve-ballmers-breakfast-wi...

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Apple lists top iPad and iPhone apps of the year [USAToday]

Apple released its year-end chart of top apps for the iPhone and iPad
a few weeks shy of the end of 2010 and entertainment, naturally, is
what most of us have gravitated toward.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2010/12/top-ipad-...

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Facebook's Hughes Says IPO Would Be a `Good Thing' for Networking Website [Bloomberg]

Facebook Inc. co-founder Chris Hughes, a former roommate of Chief
Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, said he would like to see the
social-networking site sell shares to the public. “Having a public
offering to enable a diverse group of shareholders to have a chunk of
the company is a good thing,” Hughes, 27, said in an interview on
Bloomberg Television’s “InBusiness With Margaret Brennan.” “I’m sure
an IPO will happen at some point.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-06/facebook-s-hughes-says-ipo-would-be-...

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Foxconn to ship iPad 2 by the end of February 2011 [Digitimes]

Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry's) plants in
Shenzhen, China have recently been notified they will ship Apple's
iPad 2 within the next 100 days with initial shipments to reach
400,000-600,000 units, according to sources from Taiwan-based
component makers. However, Foxconn declined to comment on its products
or clients. The sources pointed out that the iPad 2 will ship as soon
as the end of February in 2011.

http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20101206PD224.html

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Internet, Emerging Economies to Drive Worldwide Advertising Growth in 2011 [Bloomberg]

Worldwide advertising spending will continue to recover next year, led
by expanded Internet marketing and outlays in emerging economies,
according to researchers ZenithOptimedia Group Ltd. and Magna Global.
Spending will increase 4.6 percent next year, after “surprisingly
strong” 4.9 percent growth in 2010, said ZenithOptimedia, a media
buying company owned by Publicis Groupe SA. Magna, which tracks ad
sales not spending, projects 5.4 percent growth in 2011, following a
6.9 percent gain this year.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-06/web-emerging-markets-to-lead-global-...

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AOL mulls complex merger with Yahoo [Reuters]

AOL Inc (AOL.N), undergoing a radical transformation into the king of
content on the Internet, is actively exploring a breakup involving a
complicated series of transactions that may lead to a merger with
Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O), sources close to the plans told Reuters.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6B50MV20101206

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