Tech scribe Kara Swisher: ‘Journalism has never been less influential’ Kara Swisher is one of the most trusted and feared technology journalists on the planet, with a massive social following… Read More
4 cultural traps to avoid, courtesy of this leaked New York Times report The New York Times ran a fantastic story last week about the struggles companies face in a digital world. Its… Read More
Gawker’s Nick Denton knows exactly what Jeff Bezos should do with The Washington Post: Ditch print, distribute Kindles Nick Denton is a controversial new media titan, uncovering the gossip that no one else in the news business will… Read More
Review: Imperfect ‘Paper’ app makes Facebook feel new again Facebook’s new Paper app isn’t just a news reader — it’s a new way for Facebook users to look at… Read More
Chart: It’s not looking good for print publishers It’s a bad time to be a print publisher in America. That’s the clear takeaway from a new chart published… Read More
Week in Review: Xbox One arrives; Bitcoin mania; Seattle council supports startups; etc. Need to catch up? Here’s a roundup of highlights from GeekWire this past week, with news, nuggets and other commentaries.… Read More
The next wave of news: Peer-to-peer livestreaming Twitter enabled any person to reach anyone in the world directly with 140 characters of text. And, of course, you… Read More
Breaking: Jeff Bezos buying Washington Post for $250M In a surprise move, Jeff Bezos has reached a deal to acquire the Washington Post Co.’s newspaper publishing business for… Read More
Ben Huh’s Circa news service hires Reuters social media guru as editor-in-chief Circa, the mobile app hoping to redefine news presentation, today announced that it has hired Reuters social media editor Anthony… Read More
The opportunity to redefine the feed reader experience I’ve used Google Reader almost everyday since 2008. I’m bummed it’s going away. And, clearly, I’m not alone. Millions of… Read More
Valve founder Gabe Newell on Linux; geeky maps; and other top posts of the month Well, GeekWire readers really must have a burning desire to study cartography. Maps were the hot topic on GeekWire during… Read More
City of Seattle releases mobile site and wants your feedback The City of Seattle is making it easier for on-the-go citizens to check snow plow maps and see the latest… Read More
Amazon.com vets launch news service Goldfinch, hoping to fill Summify void I was a huge fan of the news aggregation service Summify, and was bummed when the Vancouver, B.C. was shut… Read More
Leaning left or right? This browser plugin looks to bring balance to political news It’s an election year, which means a lot of mud is being slung in various media outlets. Oftentimes, it’s hard… Read More
Audiosocket inks deal to provide indie music to Associated Press subscribers Editors and Web producers who subscribe to the Associated Press will now be able to add original music clips to… Read More
Report: Some msnbc.com staff to move off Microsoft’s campus once split occurs It’s no secret that NBCUniversal is in serious talks to buy out Microsoft’s remaning stake in the online news venture… Read More
Many residents in state live in ‘rural information ghetto’ Researchers at Washington State University have concluded that large segments of the state are marooned in what they call a… Read More
Evri spins out SportStream with $3.5M from Paul Allen Seattle startup Evri was founded in 2007, designed to help people make better sense of news and information. A lot… Read More
Newspapers take it on the chin as online ad revenue falls into the hands of a few tech giants Americans are spending more time consuming news, using devices such as smartphones and tablets to track events on the go.… Read More
Anatomy of a news story: How Bing and Google performed when Steve Jobs resigned A new study out today from Seattle-based Optify attempts to get behind the scenes on how Bing and Google operate… Read More
Seattle Times lights up Denny Way with city’s first digital news ticker Most of us look for news on our smartphones, tablets, computer screens or TVs. Heck, we might even pick up… Read More
Evri apologizes after iPad app crashes for first-time users There’s certainly no shortage of competition when it comes to creating news reader applications for the iPad, from Flipboard to… Read More
Evri’s iPad app lets you create personalized news channels on just about anything Flipboard may be the big kahuna of news reader applications on the iPad, with more than 4.5 million users. But… Read More
Open source developer objects to news hackathon’s 11-page contract Seattle developer Jeff Reifman was looking forward to participating in this weekend’s Hacking Seattle News contest, a three-day hackathon sponsored… Read More
Why KING TV is hosting a hackathon, with a $10k prize Seattle’s KING-5 is doing something unusual later this month, or at least something unusual for a regional television station. It’s… Read More
Evri’s new iPad app looks to reinvent the news experience Applications like Flipboard and Pulse look to transform the way people consume news and information on the iPad. Now, Seattle… Read More
Four ideas from news geeks that all geeks should know about Nowhere does the idea that news is doomed seem more absurd than at the Online News Association conference. About 1,200… Read More
Does Facebook’s new ‘subscribe’ button go too far? Here’s a surprise. Facebook is copying Twitter. Again. But this time, they might be going too far — for their… Read More
“Unpaid Blogger” Michael Arrington departs TechCrunch A near two week saga at TechCrunch has come to a close. Kind of. Founder Michael Arrington has officially stepped down… Read More
How The New York Times is reinventing your morning read with Microsoft Surface I’d love to get this in my kitchen nook. Megan Garber of the Nieman Journalism Lab gets an inside look… Read More
