Just why does Tribune want to stay independent, anyway?
The newspaper business is shrinking fast. Print ad revenues keep falling, and cost-cutting is the mantra of the day. So why is Tribune Publishing fighting so hard to avoid the embrace of USA Today...
View ArticleTribune renames itself 'Tronc' while Gannett weighs its bid
We still don't know if USA Today owner Gannett will continue its $864 million bid for Tribune Publishing, but we do know that no one will have Tribune to kick around anymore.
View ArticleFacebook gets in game-streaming with Blizzard
Facebook on Monday announced that it is getting into the eSports game, jumping into the field of video games as spectator sports against Amazon-owned Twitch and Google's YouTube Gaming.
View Article'Legend of Zelda': 5 ways 'Breath of the Wild' is different
Nintendo is putting all of its faith in Link at the Electronic Entertainment Expo.
View ArticleOver two thirds of researchers who've never peer reviewed would like to, new...
Published today is Peer review: a global view, bringing together primary research on researchers' motivations behind publishing in peer reviewed journals and in undertaking peer review, and their...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon professor creates software to improve data sharing in...
John Kitchin, professor of chemical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, has developed an open source software designed to improve data sharing in applications such as engineering education and...
View ArticleThe pros and cons of supplementary materials in scientific publishing
The ascendance of the Internet has changed academic publishing in ways that scientists are still adjusting to. A new commentary in The Auk: Ornithological Advances examines the costs and benefits of...
View ArticleGiving credit where credit is due
Solving today's environmental problems involves vast amounts of data, which have to be gathered, stored, retrieved, analyzed and—increasingly—cited in academic journals. That last step, however,...
View ArticleLicensing deal ends years-long German YouTube battle
Streaming video platform YouTube on Tuesday said it had reached a deal with German music licensing organisation GEMA, ending a years-long battle that blocked users from watching many videos.
View ArticleNewspaper deal falls apart as Gannett gives up on Tronc
USA Today publisher Gannett walked away Tuesday from its attempted takeover of Tronc, the owner of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and other major dailies.
View ArticleFacebook says it erred measuring audience reach (Update)
Facebook on Wednesday said that it is working to fix flaws in its metrics calculations that led to the audience being overestimated at times.
View ArticleScience's spam epidemic
"Hope this email finds you in superior spirits." So began a message that recently arrived in the inbox of Adriano Aguzzi, a neuropathologist at the University of Zurich. Although an apparently...
View ArticleBiologist disputes conclusions of recent papers on biological magnetism
Caltech biologist Markus Meister is disputing recent research claiming to have solved what he describes as "the last true mystery of sensory biology"—the ability of animals to detect magnetic fields....
View ArticleChina puts up Stop sign for Pokemon Go
China will not allow its mammoth mobile online population to play Pokemon Go or other augmented-reality games until it completes a review of potential security risks, a Chinese digital publishing group...
View ArticleAmazon moves to avoid EU fines over publishing contracts
Amazon has agreed to change parts of its e-book contracts with publishers in an effort to avoid European Union fines for anti-competitive behavior.
View ArticleAT&T-Time Warner deal may have easier path to approval
AT&T's $85 billion purchase of Time Warner may be getting an easier path to approval after the chief telecommunications regulator says it isn't likely to review the deal.
View Article'Super-deep' diamonds may hold new information about Earth's interior
Researchers at Tohoku University believe that it is possible for natural diamonds to form at the base of the Earth's mantle (Fig.1). The formation of such "super-deep" diamonds was simulated using...
View ArticleUS newspapers cut more than half their jobs since 2001
More than half of the jobs at US newspapers have disappeared since 2001, with a large portion of the losses offset by employment gains at internet firms, government figures showed Monday.
View ArticleIsotopes with ocean circulation information
The distribution of a radioactive thorium isotope is important in multiple aspects of oceanograpy. In his new publication, Yiming Luo has revisited the issue on processes influencing the distribution...
View ArticleFacebook to test news story paywalls: report
Facebook will test limiting the number of published news stories that can be read for free on its Instant Articles platform for premium publishers, US media reported on Wednesday.
View ArticleMachine learning enables mobile microscope for monitoring air quality
UCLA researchers have developed a cost-effective mobile device to measure air quality. It works by detecting pollutants and determining their concentration and size using a mobile microscope connected...
View ArticleU.S. threatened by more frequent flooding
The East Coast of the United States is threatened by more frequent flooding in the future. This is shown by a recent study by the Universities of Bonn, South Florida, and Rhode Island. According to...
View ArticleGoogle looking to help news outlets win subscribers
Google is seeking ways to help publishers win paying subscribers for news stories, a person close to the matter told AFP.
View ArticleGoogle unveils new moves to boost struggling news organizations (Update)
Google announced new steps to help struggling news organizations Monday—including an end to a longstanding "first click free" policy to generate fresh revenues for publishers hurt by the shift from...
View ArticleStructural decomposition of decadal climate prediction errors
Climatologists and statisticians of Ca' Foscari University of Venice have elaborated a method to accurately estimate systematic errors affecting decadal climate predictions. The proposed method...
View ArticleFacebook joins effort to boost newspaper subscriptions
Facebook announced Thursday initiatives to help struggling news organizations gain paid subscribers, following a similar move unveiled earlier this month by Google.
View ArticleAge-old malaria treatment found to improve nanoparticle delivery to tumors
A new study shows that a 70-year-old malaria drug can block immune cells in the liver so nanoparticles can arrive at their intended tumor site, overcoming a significant hurdle of targeted drug...
View ArticleChance discovery of forgotten 1960s 'preprint' experiment
For years, scientists have complained that it can take months or even years for a scientific discovery to be published, because of the slowness of peer review. To cut through this problem, researchers...
View ArticleRupert Murdoch says Facebook should pay for 'trusted' news
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch said Monday that large online platforms like Facebook should pay "trusted" news organizations as part of efforts to improve credibility and stem misinformation.
View ArticleCopyright board boosts songwriters' music streaming fees
A federal copyright board has raised the music streaming royalties for songwriters and music publishers by more than 40 percent to narrow the financial divide separating them from recording labels.
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