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Martin Stabe: WSJ.com: CNN Invests in Neighborhood News Feed Outside.In

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:42:29 -0500

"CNN.com is investing in Outside.In... CNN.com declined to say how much of a new, $7 million fund-raising round came from its own coffers." [...]

E - Editors Weblog - Editorial solutions for the newspaper renaissance: Hyperlocal publishing thrives in New York

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:20:17 -0500

In good news from New York, publisher Manhattan Media has defied industry trends, with a fivefold increase in revenue since 2002.

Its secret? No, it hasn't found a loyal base of online subscribers. Instead, the company runs several hyperlocal publications, which cater to niche' [...]

rexblog.com: Rex Hammock's weblog: links for 2009-12-07

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:04:56 -0500

Magazine Consortium Will Launch With Five Partners | PaidContent.org Gist: "The Hulu for digital magazines" (except Hulu provides video free while this digital newsstand won't) will be unveiled tomorrow. (tags: digital-magazines digital+magazines) [...]

E - Editors Weblog - Editorial solutions for the newspaper renaissance: Murdoch's praise of future journalism veils paywalls

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:54:10 -0500

In an article in The Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch is optimistic about the future of journalism in this age of newspaper cutbacks and the overwhelming concerns with bottom-line budgets rather than quality journalism.
Despite closures and scale backs, Murdoch [...]

John Battelle's Searchblog: Google's Real Time Rolling Out

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:09:00 -0500

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Google's real time search integration, announced at Web 2 in October, is rolling out (good coverage from SEL). It'll be integrated as "Latest results." I'll be watching how this effects the traffic referral ecosystem across the web - that's the key. Will Twitter grow? Will [...]

John Battelle's Searchblog: Google Wants Your Small Biz To Barcode Itself

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:56:00 -0500

Google has launched a "Favorite Places" program to jumpstart its local search business. I like the moxy, but the ecosystem is lacking a clear dose of "Why Should I Do This," at least from the point of view of the business. Or the customer, for that [...]

E - Editors Weblog - Editorial solutions for the newspaper renaissance: Job cuts at Thomson Reuters

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:37:22 -0500

Thomson Reuters is in the news again. On the same day as its new-look website went live, which features increased political coverage and comment in a bid to attract a more general audience and more advertising revenue, Reuters made another announcement. The agency plans [...]

E - Editors Weblog - Editorial solutions for the newspaper renaissance: A lesson for newspapers in the history of tabloids?

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:12:02 -0500

In a recent post on Poynter Online, Paula Morton has looked at the lesson that newspapers could take from the history of their generally trashier, less respected cousin, the tabloid.

"A tabloid story sells," she writes, "I admit: when I am caught" [...]

/Message: Researchers Say the Social Web Improves Kids' Literacy (Geeks Say 'Duh') - euansemple's posterous

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:07:00 -0500

According to a recent survey of around 3,000 kids, those who text, blog and use social sites such as Facebook have better writing skills than their less technologically inclined counterparts.

via readwriteweb.com

via euansemple.posterous.com

Wow. So surprising what surprises people.

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Reflections of a Newsosaur: Thin ranks of top women editors get thinner

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500

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The upcoming exit of two of the longest-serving female editors-in-chief in the country will leave only two women leading newsrooms among the 25 largest newspapers. The already thin ranks of top women editors will be depleted at year’s end by the departure of Sandra Rowe at the Portland Oregonian (the [...]