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• De Telegraaf’s Weekend Edition Launch (1): a Conversation with Type Designer Sak...

  

  TAKEAWAY: In preparation for this Saturday’s launch of De Telegraaf’s rethinking of its Weekend edition, today we chat with Saku Heinänen, the Finnish type... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• The Poynter EyeTrack for iPad: a Progress Report and Some Prototype Screens

  

  TAKEAWAY: Here is a progress report about the Poynter Institute’s EyeTrack iPad Research Study:prototype screens are ready and the research components enter... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Cuba: What Next? And How About the Media Post Castro?

  

  TAKEAWAY:A special report in The Economist gives us reason to think that capitalism could be making a slow, but sure footed, return in Cuba. Dreaming of that... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA

• The iPad Lab: The Importance of Look and Feel in That App

  

  TAKEAWAY: This is part of our occasional series, The iPad Lab, and today we discuss the importance of look and feel, using The New York Times’ app as an... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• De Telegraaf of the Netherlands: Preparing for a Newly Designed Weekend Edition

  

  This is the weekend edition of TheMarioBlog and it will be updated as needed. The next new blog post is scheduled for Monday, April 2TAKEAWAY: It will be an... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• In Australia: The Sun-Herald Reinvents Itself for a More Lean Back Sunday Reader

  

  TAKEAWAY: In Australia, it is a new look for The Sun-Herald, a part of Australians’ Sunday routine. Is this new look appealing to a more upscale Sunday reader?... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2012 MEDIA

• One Question for Timothy Franklin, Plus Conference Musings

  

  TAKEAWAY: Bloomberg News’ Timothy Franklin answers our one question about American editors and publishers. PLUS: In Vienna, a Publishing for the 2020’s... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2012 MEDIA

• Newsweek Celebrates 1965 in Retro Style Edition

  

  TAKEAWAY: The current edition of Newsweek takes back to 1965. Really? Not so sure I want to go back there again. 1965: it was a very good year…..or,... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA, TV & VIDEO

• American Press Institute, We Miss You Already

  

  TAKEAWAY: The end of the American Press Institute as we knew it is another one of those subtle reminders that all good things must come to an end. But, should... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• An Old Viking Ship Carries Precious Storytelling Cargo

  

  A special edition of TheMarioBlogFor the original weekend edition of TheMarioBlog; TAKEAWAY: Just when I am 7 minutes away from starting my presentation about... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Celebrating the Newspaper as Art

  

  This is the weekend edition of TheMarioBlog and will be updated as necessary. The next blog post is Monday, March 26TAKEAWAY: Newspapers have always fascinated... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• You Asked, I Answer

  

  TAKEAWAY: You asked me these questions and I answer them here today, part of the spring clean up for my mailbox. Spring is here and time for me to get through... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• TradeWinds: Rethinking the Shipping Industry’s Weekly—the Role of Trade...

  

  TAKEAWAY: In Norway, working with the team of TradeWinds, the shipping industry’s global weekly: planning a compass to rethink how all those stories about the... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• News and Revenue: Time for Alliances

  TAKEAWAY: Interest in news peaks, says a new study from the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism; however, newspaper companies producing... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Austria’s WirtschaftsBlatt: Mobilista Workshop, a Step Closer to Seamless...

  

  TAKEAWAY: Hail the workshop setting to move quickly and efficiently from discussion to execution. The proof of the workshop format is in the success of such... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Selling Your Goodies on a Facebook Page: Rush to the Central Square

  

  TAKEAWAY: It’s where the masses congregate, so if you want to sell your stuff while it is hot, or before it melts, go there, and seduce the audience to read you. Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• No Bad News in the Morning, Please!

  

  TAKEAWAY: According to a recent TIME Magazine health special report, your very early morning activities can truly affect how the rest of your day goes. For... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Design a Cover, Enter a Contest

  TAKEAWAY: SND’s competition is over, but now the search is on for a cover design that will be used for the book with all the winning entries; at U of Missouri,... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• An Expert Discussion of the iPad 3’s High Res Screen and Impact on Magazine Apps

  

  TAKEAWAY: The next generation iPad’s Retina Display doubles resolution and pixel, but it also raises concerns, especially among magazine publishers who fear... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• 40 Years/40 Lessons (19) Boss.

  

  TAKEAWAY: This is part 19 of my occasional series 40 Years/40 Lessons, which I call a “sort of career memoir” capturing highlights and reminiscing about what ha... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH