Links 03/27/2012

• How the Daily Mail Conquered England : The New Yorker

  The Mail is the most powerful newspaper in Great Britain. A middle-market tabloid, with a daily readership of four and a half million,... In January, its Web arm, Mail Online, surpassed that of the New York Times as the most visited newspaper site in the world, drawing fifty-two million unique visitors a month. The Mail’s closest analogue in the American media is perhaps Fox News

  tags: dailymail pauldacre newyorker newspapers business

• The False Iran Debate - NYTimes.com

  "The fundamental question the West must answer is how to satisfy Iran’s pride and usher it from historical grievance while capping its enrichment at a low, vigorously inspected level far from weapons grade (I can see no solution that does not allow some enrichment.) The fundamental question for the Islamic Republic is whether it can open itself to the West while preserving its system, a risk China took 40 years ago and won."

  tags: IHT NYT rogercohen iran globalaffairs USA Israel middleeast

• In the digital future, the Guardian must turn its readers into a resource | Charlie Beckett | Comment is free | The Guardian

  "perhaps eventually the "Guardian reader" is going to turn into a "Guardianmember". Call it what you like – a community, club or network. Notonly will they sign up for the paper or the app, they could contribute directly to content creation"

  tags: guardian digital newspaper business media future journalism news charliebeckett

• The “Sharing” Mirage | Monday Note

  "This week’s most stunning statistic: In February, Facebook drove more traffic to the Guardian web site than Google did."

  tags: guardian google facebook news journalism digital media business newspapers mondaynote filloux

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