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“Why? Mainly because of three core technologies: Searchability (geotagging and keywords added by the journalist or search engine); GPS positioning of the reader; and personalisation.”
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“When I decided to post about my impending job interview, I would not have guessed I would get the response that I did. I have received some fantastic feedback… So, to continue the thread, this is a version of the presentation I’m going to give today”
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“The tools of media creation are widely available, more powerful every year and less expensive every year, that is systematically driving down the cost of trying stuff to zero, with the only cost, serious cost, being your time.”
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“Enders Analysis forecasts online advertising spending will increase 26% this year to £3.56 billion. This compares with a 2.5% fall in revenue, to £3.39 billion, for television.”
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“But its rise is likely to throw up anomalies in the system of online newspaper traffic measurement – notably, that online newspapers are becoming “category plays”, targeting sectors of the market, such as entertainment, news, video or business.”
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“I’ve said for a long time that news organisations need to have a distribution strategy for the web as much as they have one for offline.”
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“Why is Microsoft so panicked over Google-Yahoo? Time’s list of 50 best websites provides an anecdotal answer. Of the 50, 18 rely on Google ads for their income.” [via PDA]
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“Advertisers in Europe spent €11.19 billion ($15.3 billion) online in 2007, up from €7.21 billion ($9.1 billion) in 2006.”
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“FT.com has attracted 450,000 registered users since unveiling its new, 30-free-articles model in October – but the number of paying subscribers has remained largely “static” at “about 100,000”. “
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“Johnson Press digital publishing manager John Bradshaw will retire on Friday after 12 years with the regional news group”
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“Almost every newspaper Web site that made May’s top 30 list ranked by traffic increased the number of unique users, year-over-year.”
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“Craig Newmark (do I really need to explain that he’s the founder of Craigslist?) went before a group of editors at the Washington Post this week, and here’s a short video excerpt”
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“In my opinion, one of the most overlooked and least understood aspects of web design is that of typography.”
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“With six months to go until the integration of the news, business and sports teams across the Guardian, Observer and guardian.co.uk, the series was intended to get everyone engaging with the possibilities opened up by digital journalism.”
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“The lesson seems to be this: as long as there is news, people will try to share it. And new technology promises to turn the process into a tide that can swallow us up, good intentions and all.”
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“For internet businesses, the strategic battle to rank high with web engines is critical”
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“USA Today sat down with Google’s Matt Cutts, an engineer and active blogger, who has five easy tips on how to “optimize” your site so Google and the rest of the world can find it.”
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“Beatblogging.org is a collaboration between 13 news organizations from around the country and NewAssignment.Net, to figure out how journalists can use social networks to improve beat reporting.”
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“When writing for the print edition, reporters often have to spend large amounts of time getting “man on the street” quotes from random people to flush out stories. Not with blogging. That’s what the comment section of each blog post is for.”
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