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Social media jobs to become obsolete within 10 years – report

Thanks to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and other networks, almost every major brand or corporation has a staff member or department dedicated to social media. The task for these employees is simple: to market the company’s message or products through social media channels and increase its influence on consumers.

Daily Mail to launch Australian site in 2014

The Daily Mail Group of the U.K. is partnering with Nine Entertainment subsidiary Mi9 to launch an Australian news and entertainment in early 2014.

Groupon re-invents itself as coupon marketplace

Groupon is re-inventing itself. The company became known for sending subscribers a daily e-mail, offering certain discounts and products every morning. Its new mandate is to remake itself as a digital coupon marketplace.

Protests in Bangkok highlight drone journalism

While laws in the USA and the U.K. largely prohibit drone journalism, an unlikely country has accepted the use of these small, unmanned, camera-equipped aircraft to capture images: Thailand.

Next Issue Canada launched

Rogers Media, Canada’s third largest media company based on market share, together with partners has launched Next Issue Canada, a digital magazine service aimed at reviving its stagnant publishing division, which accounts for a quarter of its overall revenue.

Trouble in the Beltway: NY Times vs. Politico

Times in Washington, D.C., have been turbulent since two media giants, The New York Times and Politico, compete to “win the morning, win the afternoon.” Here is a look into the founding of Politico and how, at the expense of the Washington Post, it has become the must-read site in Washington.

Q&A with Young Reader Winner SoLoMo winner: MijnZ’s Harold de Haan

Harold de Haan, the Chief Editor of the regional newsdesk of the Dutch daily De Stentor, is the project manager of MijnZ, a digital news platform for the young in Zwolle. Mijnz won this year’s Young World Reader Prize in the SoLoMo (Social-Local-Mobile) category, for their innovative new digital service for local youth, which was created by journalism students.

Traditional media turns to Instagram to report news

As more people rely on social media for news, traditional news outlets as well as startups have been experimenting with 15-second news segments on Instagram.

Google launches Newsstand application as upgrade over Currents

On Wednesday, Google announced Google Play Newsstand, a new application that combines Google Magazines and Google Currents. The new app, which was announced through the Official Android Blog, allows for users to choose from more than 1,900 publications, both free and paid.

Digital First Media plans transition to paid digital content

The incredible rise of the digital subscripiton meter model by U.S. newspaper publishers got a further boost earlier this week when Digital First Media CEO John Paton announced on his blog that all 75 daily newspapers in his group would be moving to pay meters.