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The end of the printed Independent: the shock we all knew was coming

For years, those of us who have been thinking deeply about the digital translation have been asking the same question: What happens when one of our national newspapers closes – or

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Johann Hari

The falls of the houses of Phillips and Hari

I suspect many of us labouring in the less glamorous trenches of journalism will be feeling a little *schadenfreude *at the moment. First came the sudden departure of Melanie Phillips from The Spectator, as explained by Prof Greenslade. And now, Johann Hari of the

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i spy, with my 20p...

Nice to see the first national newspaper launch in years focusing on the big issues – house prices and the sexuality of an American puppet.Journalism. *Vital to our democracy*.

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Afternoon Tea Reading: National Newspapers

Some links about our friends in the nationals that have been hanging around in my Chrome tabs for too long now: The Independent has switched its blogs from Livejournal to WordPress. Makes sense. LJ always seemed like an odd fit. The Guardian is trying

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The Independent partners with Livejournal

[![LiveJournal logo](https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2008/11/202px-Livejournal-logo.png?w=960)](https://i2.wp.com/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Livejournal-logo.png)Image via [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Livejournal-logo.png) *[The Independent](http://www.independent.

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andrew rogers

Andrew's 15 Minutes of UGC Fame

My colleague, the inestimable Andrew Rogers, got liveblogged at the PPA Conference yesterday: Andrew Rogers, head of user content development at Reed Business Information, said that in one way, magazine publishers are at a disadvantage in distributing content in a Web 2.0 world

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