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Salon to Relaunch With "American Spring"

Disclosure: The author of this post was previously employed by Salon.com.

Salon.com — never, ever to be confused with Slate.com — has brought back former editor in chief/founding father David Talbot as CEO of the online magazine. But in case you think the staff was just feeling nostalgic, Mr. Talbot wasted no time in trumpeting his arrival with news of a complete relaunch of the website as a multimedia platform. The redesign even gets a fancy new name: “American Spring.” Let Salon’s new CEO tell you all about it:

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The New Yorker Listings App Trailer is Intense

The New Yorker launched an iPhone app today that enhances the magazine’s Goings On About Town (GOAT) listings with digital doodads like maps, GPS, links to buy tickets and contact venues, the option to filter by date, filter by location filters, and clip-and-save favorites, editor Ben Greenman announced today.

It also includes original text and audio from marquis New Yorker names like Alex Ross, Susan Orlean, Roz Chast, Peter Schjeldahl, Paul Goldberger, Calvin Trillin  and Patricia Marx. The announcement suggests the New Yorker has found a way to offer a digital point of entry to the magazine without diluting the brand or sacrificing their subscription revenue. Read More

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Denton: $12K Dick Pic Worth Millions to Gawker [Video]

Nick Denton and Henry Blodget were in a jovial mood today, chatting about the new media business at Business Insider’s Ingnition Conference. 

Blodget wanted to know if Denton, who recently penned an opus on Gawker’s new direction, would be moving away from some of their most successful, but ethically questionable practices, like paying for scoops. Read More