Patch.com -- New on the Net

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WSJ Launches New York Section

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A Bad Morning at The New York Times

By Russell Baker

Gerald Boyd was a classic specimen of the self-made man. Born poor, he worked and studied his way up out of poverty under the guidance of his widowed grandmother. Childhood was work and study, study and work, and though they do not always guarantee success, for Gerald Boyd they did just what movies, books, and professional moralizers said they would do, probably because his widowed grandmother contributed a lot of wisdom, love, and iron to the self-making; and in his early fifties Gerald Boyd became managing editor of The New York Times. This was the second most important job in the newsroom of one of the world’s better newspapers. He was the first black ever to reach such a dazzling position in theTimes hierarchy, and the gaudiest job of all—the executive editorship—seemed within his reach almost until the very moment he was fired. [Click for More] Sphere: Related Content

iPad Arrives... and?

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Brian Williams slow jams the news

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Journalism Layoffs

Poynter on Dipity.

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The World's Most Generic News Report

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Will the iPad Save Journalism?

• What Apple's iPad Means for Journalism Design, Multimedia & Business
• Liveblogging the new Apple tablet: What will it mean for journalism?
• The iPad: A Media Machine That Opens Up a New Front
• The Apple iPad: First Impressions

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Miami News Reunion Recalls Good Old Days

The Phone Caper Story and many others like it are surely being retold this weekend as 100 or so Miami News staffers gather in Miami for a remarkable, out-of-nowhere reunion -- 21 years after the demise of the spunky afternoon newspaper. [Click for MORE]

• Spunky newspaper cast a giant shadow over Miami

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10 Years in 2 Minutes With 92 Covers

ASME and MPA presents “Covering the Decade,” a fast-paced video that tells the story of the century’s first decade through the prism of magazine covers. Sphere: Related Content

Early Times? Late Times? What Times?

For generations, newspapers have tried to cut the time between printing and delivery, giving readers the latest news — especially on big stories that often land on the front page. The Los Angeles Times is about to take a big step in the other direction. [Click for MORE] Sphere: Related Content