Keith Lin

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m.cjr.org — By Ann Friedman I've spent the past two months on the conference circuit. I spoke to groups of journalists in San Francisco, Boston, New York, and Alaska. And I'll confess something to you: Even though I love working in media and mostly love the other people who do, too, it got to be really depressing.

Australian publisher 'on a journey from print to digital'

guardian.co.uk — Greg Hywood, chief executive of the Australian newspaper publisher, Fairfax Media, believes his company could abandon newsprint in favour of digital "in three, five or 10 years." In future, he predicts that printed newspapers will be "expensive, bespoke and narrowly distributed" (as do I, though I don't agree with his time scale).

Mkini hits 4.3mil on election night, paywall to return

m.malaysiakini.com — Mkini hits 4.3mil on election night, paywall to return

Well done BBC "Margaret Thatcher dies following a strike... on Twitpic

twitpic.com — Well done BBC "Margaret Thatcher dies following a strike"

Extraordinary story of newest democracy in ST's first e-book

straitstimes.com — The Straits Times yesterday launched its first interactive e-book, Myanmar Sunrise, which tells the extraordinary story of the world's newest democracy and South-east Asia's last big economic frontier. The book offers a compelling look at today's Myanmar, with lively narratives and new insights from veteran journalists including The Straits Times' foreign editor Ravi Velloor, Indochina Bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh and ST Life!

15 Alarming Stats About Banner Ads

digiday.com — There's much debate over just what "native advertising" means. Talk to enough publishers, however, you'll find agreement on one thing: it isn't banner ads. The banner ad is now 18 years old. It has become a symbol of all that's wrong with online advertising.

Highlight: The Edge launches Review

theedgemalaysia.com — KUALA LUMPUR: The Edge Media Group (TEMG) yesterday launched the first digital news magazine in the region called The Edge Review, a weekly that will report on Southeast Asian business and politics.