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One day after launching it’s new iPad application, Wired magazine sold an astonishing 24,000 copies in 24 hours. The New York Times reports that it became the number-one selling and highest grossing app on iTunes in just one week.

Wired is the first major Condé Nast publication to release an iPad app that truly embraces the capabilities of Apple’s new device. It shows how future publications will publish content with new features and rich media, not only breathing new life into magazine industry, but the entire publication industry as well.

Here is how the app works.

Tags: E-readers, Future of News, New Media, New Models, Trends

CBC’s Spark posted an interesting full-length interview with John Gruber, author of technology blog, Daring Fireball. He believes the iPad is a true game changer. It presents a leap in user interface, and will alter our future interactions with computers. It promises to increase media consumption, and it removes so much of the complexity that we currently associate with computers. What is more, Gruber does not believe the iPad’s release will necessarily eliminate competition from other e-readers. They could co-exist.

It is part of a condensed interview featured on the Jan. 31 edition of Spark.

Tags: E-readers, Future of News, New Media, Trends

The Toronto Star drew many headlines this week when they announced they were cutting 121 positions, including 70 full-time and eight part-time jobs from their editorial department, which has 390 employees. Instead, they plan to outsource some of their newsroom production work.

In Montreal, La Presse settled their month-long disputes with eight of their unions, ensuring the likely survival of the newspaper.

Trying to discourage Google News from indexing its content for free, News Corp. hopes to strike a deal with Microsoft.

After much public speculation, the CRTC gave the green light to Al Jazeera.

Canadians were still busy discussing the pros and cons of the new Kindle e-reader.

And finally, although this actually happened last week, it’s worth mentioning that Wikipedia, Craigslist, and Twitter were part of the Webby’s top 10 most influential internet moments of the decade.

Tags: Awards, E-readers, Job losses