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The Australian media regulatory body is set to start using social media, having appointed a former newspaper editor to create its social media strategy. Tom Burton , former executive editor of broadsheet newspaper the Sydney Morning Herald , has been appointed to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to oversee its government 2.0 and social engagement strategies. Burton was previously working in the US as the Communications and On-Line Director of The Center for American Progress

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Australia: Media regulation body to get blogs, Facebook and Twitter

As world leaders plan the future of the global economy at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, journalists are using social media and other innovative ways to bring the discussion closer to the people.

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All eyes on Davos: how media players are bringing the WEF closer to you

The Los Angeles Times and the journalism school at the University of Southern California have announced they will collaborate on homicide reporting, the LA Times reports . Under the arrangement, students from the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism will write stories for The Times’ Homicide Report blog.

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USC students to write for LA Times blog

“He’s got a great back-pedal.” That’s the kind of things a football scout says when he’s evaluating a linebacker. Well, at least when he’s evaluating a promising linebacker, and those exact words were spoken by a pair of trained eyes watching the linebackers during the North team’s practice at the Senior Bowl

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Thursday at the Senior Bowl: The Butler did it

The Guardian website has done it again – the newspaper’s website has just announced it has achieved its second record-breaking month in a row with nearly 37 million unique users for December, according to its website . This surpassed its November record by 3.32%, according to figures released today by the Audit Bureau of Circulations Electronic .

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Guardian website received nearly 37 million unique visitors in December

Newspapers have not only lost significant advertising revenue in the last couple of years, they have also been losing government support in the form of subsidies in the last forty years, concludes a new study by the University of Southern California . According to Poynter , a new study of historic subsidies and emerging trends tracks various tax breaks, reductions in postal subsidies first enacted in 1792, and upcoming cutbacks in public notices that government regulations have traditionally forced into American newspapers.

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US: Study shows government subsidies to media have declined

Newspaper publisher McClatchy is going to try out charging for content online, Editor and Publisher reports . Chief Executive Gary Pruitt said that McClatchy will trial a pay model on one of its newspaper websites, suggesting that a number of articles could be available for free before the reader hits a paywall

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McClatchy to trial paywalls

Florida wide receiver Riley Cooper was not on my list of players I wanted to scrutinize when I arrived in Mobile, Al. He is now. Cooper has excelled at the Senior Bowl and talking to both scouts and draft analysts like Rob Rang of NFLDraftScout.com, Cooper is someone who’s stock as risen over the course of this season

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Wednesday afternoon notebook: Riley Cooper stands out

Jamie Yanchar resigned as USC’s assistant strength-and-conditioning coach to join Pete Carroll’s staff in Seattle, according to USC’s official athletics site. Yanchar will join a conditioning staff headed by Chris Carlisle, who came to USC with Pete Carroll in 2001.

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Seahawks add another strength-and-conditioning coach

Boise State cornerback Kyle Wilson’s brother Gerry has taken the term promotional vehicle to its literal extreme. He has a bus a la the Madden cruiser outfitted with pictures of Wilson, advertisements for a Web site — www.KDub1.com. How he got here is nothing short of remarkable

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Morning notebook: Senior Bowl

MOBILE, Al. — “Oooooh, flat-backed him,” said an NFL assistant coach in the stands at Land Peebles Stadium. Sure enough, Idaho’s Mike Iupati had done just that, putting an opposing defensive lineman on his back, part of an impressive showing by one of the top-rated guards in the draft.

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Morning notebook: Idaho’s Mike Iupati has versatility tested

The panic over this month’s wave of targeted, zero-day attacks against Internet Explorer is over. Microsoft has released an emergency security update that patches the underlying vulnerabilities, and everyone can breathe a sigh of relief. But what does this episode say about Internet Explorer?

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Will switching from Internet Explorer make you safer?

Canon’s $1.1 billion bid for Oce NV may be in jeopardy after Hermes Focus Asset Management Ltd said in an open letter to to the Boards of Canon and Océ (PDF) that it’s “concerned that the offer terms do not represent a fair sharing of value between the shareholders of Canon and those of Océ” and they “won’t tender their shares.” Bloomberg reports investors feel the Canon’s offer is too low : Orbis Funds, with about 10 percent of Oce, in November rejected Canon’s bid. Investor group VEB, which represented 211 shareholders with about 0.003 percent of Oce at its last shareholders meeting, judged the bid too low. Canon announced its plan to buy Oce in November for about $1.1 billion in cash

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Canon’s Oce Bid in Jeopardy?

The Espresso Book Machine which we have written about on Digital Nirvana made news this week when Xerox announced a joint sales and marketing agreement with On Demand Books : Yesterday, Xerox announced a joint sales and marketing agreement with On Demand Books wherein the Xerox 4112 Copier/Printer will be integrated with the Espresso Book Machine – a fully integrated solution that prints, binds and trims books with full color covers on demand in retail locations and libraries. The Espresso Book Machine can produce paperbacks in variable combinations of trim sizes between 4.5″ x 5.0″ and 8.25″ x 10.5″ for a production cost less than one cent per page and can produce a 300 page book in about 4 minutes. If you watch this video released last September by Google you will notice the EBM has the Xerox 4112 print engine.

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Espresso Book Machine in the News

Office space has become an expensive resources as the office rental rate is rising drastically especially in developed cities like London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Moscow and etc. In Malaysia, the monthly rental rate for prime offices in  Kuala Lumpur City Centre is at MYR 62 to MYR 86 (USD 18.50 to USD  25.67) per square meter. A unit of A0 size large format printer or wide format printer (plotter) is

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Large Format Printer – Size Does Matter?

Jim Mora’s Seahawks coaching career wasn’t even cold when his successor was touted as Pete Carroll of USC. But Seattle must first interview at least one minority candidate or it will violate the Rooney Rule

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Report: Seahawks reach out to Ron Rivera, Chargers defensive coordinator

Apple may not want to participate in the Consumer Electronics Show, but more than 100 companies who make software, hardware and accessories for its products set up exhibits in the iLounge, a dedicated area for all things Apple-related. As Seen On TV Hat Among the many cases, stereo speakers and other accessories, one company stood out: SKM Industries, which was touting a $20 product called TV Hat. The concept is simple — a baseball cap with an iPhone/iPod holder at the tip of the cap that drops down

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CES: TV Under Your iPhone Hat

Seattle requested to interview Minnesota’s Leslie Frazier for the head-coaching position on Friday morning as one of its first steps after firing Jim Mora. Frazier initially turned down the interview, but now has apparently changed his mind.

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Report: Vikings coordinator Leslie Frazier will

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski promised a broadband plan will offer bold ideas and ways to encourage more competition in areas like Internet video on TVs, although he offered few details. Associated Press FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski speaks during an interview at CES. “One of the things we’re looking at hard in the broadband report, and everywhere, is the extent and nature of competition,” he said during a session at the Consumer Electronics Show.

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CES: FCC Chief Says Broadband Plan To Offer Bold Ideas

OK, there has been a lull in the news developments. In checking with John Wooten of the Fritz Pollard Alliance about the Rooney Rule ramifications of a coaching change, I also asked for clarification about how that policy applies to front-office positions.

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One hint on Pete Carroll’s Seahawks future