links for 2006-12-16

• BuzzMachine » News innovation
  “Dutch and Flemish media execs sharing projects on innovation in news”
  (tags: internet newspapers innovation trends)
• 19 Ways To Make Social Sites Pay – Mashable!
  How social media sites are paying content creators and aggregators.
  (tags: internet social media socialnetworking business revenue)
• Quantcast – Open Internet Ratings Service
  Free audience measurement tool – like Alexa but with the ability to tag your site to improve accuracy.
  (tags: internet audience measurement consumption stats)
• FT.com / Companies / Media & internet – BSkyB buys online sports group
  “British Sky Broadcasting seized a commanding share of the UK’s online sports audience today by buying 365 Media for £96m. The betting and sports news websites operator brings 2.2m unique monthly users to the satellite group’s customer base.”
  (tags: internet sport betting newscorp bskyb m&a)
• PressThink: Newspaper Chain Goes Creative Commons: GateHouse Media Rolls CC Over 96 Newspaper Sites
  GateHouse Media is rolling out Creative Commons non-commercial use licenses across the 121 dailies and weeklies they own in Massachusets
  (tags: internet newspapers copyright creativecommons examples)
• BtoBOnline.com: The coming collapse and rebirth of newspaper journalism
  “thousands of mini ‘newspapers’ will form around different geographies and topics. Aggregation sites will emerge to sift through and organize the reports and conversations going on in these small communities.”
  (tags: internet newspapers journalism social media consumption migration trends)
• McClatchy Buys Citizen Journalism Site Fresno Famous
  McClatchy acquires citizen media sites FresnoFamous.com and ModestoFamous.com, founded by Jarah Euston, which operates in cities where McClatchy publishes daily newspapers.
  (tags: internet newspapers participatory journalism citizenmedia m&a mcclatchy)

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