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Apr19th2007
Hay newspapers - Build a network, not a web site
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Readership Institute reports:
For most newspapers, the average reader spends more time with a print edition on a single day than the average user of the paper's Web site spends in an entire month.
(Build a network, not a destination at Readership Institute.)
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Published April 19th, 2007
Apr19th2007
Auerbach named editor-in-chief of Metro USA newspapers
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Romenesko reports:
Romenesko Memos
Jon Auerbach, who has worked at the New York Post, Wall Street Journal and CNN, has been named editor-in-chief of the Metro papers in Boston, New York and Philadelphia. Most recently, he was executive editor of Star Magazine, the celebrity weekly.
(Auerbach named editor-in-chief of Metro USA newspapers at Romenesko.)
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Published April 19th, 2007
Apr19th2007
?I pretended to be dead ? people died on top of me?
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bojo reports:
Clay Violand, 20, a student at Virginia Tech, described on iChat, an online messaging service, how he pretended to be dead as his classmates fell on top of him. “I watched my fucking classmates get mauled in front of me and I was the only one who wasn’t shot. I feel crazy. People died [...]
Published April 19th, 2007
Apr19th2007
Mainstream media: to worry or not to worry about user-generated content?
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Editors Weblog - all postings reports:
A new Accenture survey reveals that 57% of media executives see user-generated content as a challenge, however, a Hitwise survey showed that, judging by the still-low percentages of users creating content, traditional media should be able to catch up.
(Mainstream media: to worry or not to worry about user-generated content? at [...]
Published April 19th, 2007
Apr19th2007
Newspapers hear from readers upset about Cho video images
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Romenesko reports:
Editor & Publisher
About 30 to 40 readers complained to the Plain Dealer about its Page One frames of an armed Cho Seung-Hui acting menacingly. "If there's a pattern to (the reaction) it's principally women who are repulsed by" the images, says editor Doug Clifton. A Las Vegas Review-Journal reader says: "Shame on the Review-Journal. [...]
Published April 19th, 2007
Apr19th2007
'Digital Journalist' Online Mag Spotlights 'Dallas Morning News'
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Editor And Publisher - Online reports:
This month's issue of The Digital Journalist includes stories about The Dallas Morning News' award-winning photo and video departments.
('Digital Journalist' Online Mag Spotlights 'Dallas Morning News' at Editor And Publisher - Online.)
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Published April 19th, 2007
Apr19th2007
The Key to Great Branded Content? Collaboration
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Advertising Age - MediaWorks reports:
VENICE, Italy (AdAge.com) -- "We live in an age of maximum paranoia and minimum clarity," declared consultant Michael Kassan at the Venice Festival of Media today, where he chaired a panel of six experts who discussed the role of media agencies in branded content, the significance of user-generated content, and the [...]
Published April 19th, 2007
Apr19th2007
Pew Internet: Teens, Privacy and Social Networks
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Pew Internet reports:
Teens, Privacy and Online Social Networks: How teens manage their online identities and personal information in the age of MySpace
(Pew Internet: Teens, Privacy and SNS. Read.)
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Published April 19th, 2007
Apr19th2007
Get HDV Frame grabs the Dallas Morning News way
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InTheCircle reports:
This is such an amazing gesture. The Dallas Morning News has made available the tool it uses to pull publishable frame grabs from HDV video. It supposedly results in a 65MB image file.
My coworker Kin Man Hui seems to be our resident frame grab expert. He's done quite a lot of experimenting to [...]
Published April 19th, 2007
Apr15th2007
As red-top sales fall, consider the net's rosy future
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Greenslade reports:
Those oh-so-valued arts of newspaper production, they appear much less useful as we adapt to papers on screen.
Though website designs are important, they are formats which require many fewer layout tricks to capture audiences.
What counts is the content itself. And even that doesn't have to be as polished as the finalised version prepared for [...]
Published April 15th, 2007
Apr13th2007
Apple upgrades video podcasts for HD player
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VizEds got a letter from Apple telling us it is OK to be uploading our videopodcasts at 640 pixels wide now. Woo Hoo!
But, now it seems that a lot of other people got the same letter too . . .
Just when you thought you were special . . .
Podcasting News reports:
Apple has updated [...]
Published April 13th, 2007
Apr13th2007
USAToday.com Reports Big Jump in Traffic Since March Re-Launch
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Editor And Publisher - Online reports:
Traffic on USAToday.com is up 21% since the site was relaunched in March -- and the number of registered users has more than tripled, USA Today said Thursday.
(USAToday.com Reports Big Jump in Traffic Since March Re-Launch at Editor And Publisher - Online.)
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Published April 13th, 2007
Apr13th2007
Sneak peak at Conde Nast Portfolio?s Site
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PaidContent reports:
Conde Nast Portfolio magazine will be hitting stands next week and its companion website will be released in conjunction. Here's a sneak peak at their Web strategy, courtesy of the sneaky Jeff Jarvis.
(With A Week Until Launch, The Buzz About Conde Nast Portfolio’s Site at PaidContent.)
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Published April 13th, 2007
Apr13th2007
Welcome to The Redesign 2.0: Everything Old Is New
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PaidContent reports:
So our first redesign only lasted six months, and here’s what we learned from it: almost everything we thought was great about it, wasn’t. The solution: a mix of what worked in the original design (before Oct. 2006) and in the redesign plus some new ideas.
(Welcome to The Redesign 2.0: Everything Old Is New [...]
Published April 13th, 2007
Apr13th2007
US: Chicago Sun-Times Group launches community websites
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Editors Weblog:
The Sun-Times Media Group, owner of the Chicago Sun-Times and papers serving the greater Chicago area, has launched NeighborhoodCircle.com, a group of interactive websites for suburban communities that allow them to post photos and stories and share information.
(US: Chicago Sun-Times Group launches community websites at Editors Weblog.)
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Published April 13th, 2007
Apr12th2007
Will Tampa Tribune?s business plan serve a model for others to copy?
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FollowTheMedia reports:
Too often newspapers announce various cost cuts coupled with some idol talk about increasing digital revenues, but not with much of an implementation plan.
Which is why publishers everywhere need to take a look at the Tampa (Florida) Tribune’s announcement this week of combining “Out With The Old” with a solid plan “To Bring In [...]
Published April 12th, 2007
Apr12th2007
Hearst papers roll out video channels
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Mathew Ingram reports:
From Cory at Lost Remote comes word that the San Francisco Chronicle and the Houston Chronicle are going to be the first newspapers in the Hearst chain to roll out “Internet video channels and vlogs” using technology from Brightcove.
(More papers do video at mathewingram.com/media.)
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Published April 12th, 2007
Apr11th2007
US newspaper photographer who altered image resigns
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Newswatch India reports:
A staff photographer for The Blade who digitally altered a front-page photo has resigned, the newspaper said Monday.
Allan Detrich had told Blade editors that he altered a photo of a college baseball team for his personal files and mistakenly sent it to the newspaper.
The photo showed Bluffton University players kneeling March 30 at [...]
Published April 11th, 2007
Apr11th2007
European Newspapers ?Optimistic? About Print And Digital
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PaidContent reports:
A wide-ranging AP article surveying the European newspaper landscape finds editors “optimistic” about both the web and the survival of print. The gist: while US newspapers self-flagellate in pursuit of a purpose and a business model in this digital age, European counterparts “see the online media explosion more as an opportunity than as a [...]
Published April 11th, 2007
Apr11th2007
Even the newspaper analyst is getting out of the business
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Romenesko reports:
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Widely quoted analyst Lauren Rich Fine, 47, has been with Merrill Lynch for 19 years. "My first choice [for the next job] would be to do something related to media or marketing," she says. "If Sam Zell called, I'd take that call in a heartbeat. I do plan to work."
(Newspaper analyst Fine [...]
Published April 11th, 2007
Apr11th2007
US: Kodak to supply newspapers with citizen journalism technology
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Editors Weblog reports:
Eastman Kodak Co., generally a supplier of imaging equipment and software, has confirmed plans to lead a partnership that will supply newspapers with technology to automate the creation and management of hyperlocal websites featuring citizen journalism and local advertising.
(US: Kodak to supply newspapers with citizen journalism technology at Editors Weblog.)
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Published April 11th, 2007
Apr11th2007
Swiss Graphic Design History - in pictures!
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The ever watchful Design fckr reports:
Swiss Graphic Design History
A flickr photoset of Swiss graphic design. Awesome! Via Veerle.
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Published April 11th, 2007
Apr11th2007
Five Simple Steps to designing grid systems
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The amazing Mark Boulton in the U.K. has a great grid tutorial:
A series of articles that covers grid system design from easy two column grids for print publications to complex, ratio based, adaptive grid systems for modern web browsers.
Bookmark it!
(Five Simple Steps to designing grid systems by Mark Boulton.)
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Published April 11th, 2007
Apr11th2007
120 Adobe Photoshop Tips
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The VizEds robo aggregator found this gem today:
120 handy tips and shortcuts for you Photoshop power users!
(120 Adobe Photoshop Tips at Scribd.)
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Published April 11th, 2007
Apr9th2007
Young women prefer Facebook to MySpace
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Media Culpa recently wrote about the rapid growth of the social networking site Facebook, which had 30 billion page views monthly. Now Venture Beat writes that the site has jumped to 1.5 billion daily page views, or about 45 billion per month. Facebook is also far more popular among young women (age 17-25) than [...]
Published April 9th, 2007
Apr9th2007
Why NYT may have to go private
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Reflections of a Newsosaur reports:
To comfortably maintain control of the New York Times Co., the Ochs-Sulzberger family may have no alternative but to follow the Tribune Co. in a highly leveraged transaction to remove their company from public ownership.
Based on the economics of the pending Tribune deal and the insatiable appetite of junk-bond investors willing [...]
Published April 9th, 2007
Apr9th2007
Zell discovers the joys of newspaper ownership
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Greenslade reports Sam Zell complained to L.A. Times editors about reporter calling him, gasp, at home:
Publicity-shy Sam Zell is already discovering one of the pitfalls of US newspaper ownership: intense journalistic interest. The Tribune company's new owner was less than pleased that Los Angeles Times columnist, Steve Lopez - writing about land-owners refusing people access...
(Zell [...]
Published April 9th, 2007
Apr9th2007
Should newspapers post video on YouTube?
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InTheCircle reports:
I'm trying to weigh the pros and cons of newspaper.coms putting videos on YouTube. To me, it seems the best thing would be that more people could find and watch your video and it could possibly drive traffic back to your site. On the negative side, are there copyright issues?
I was wondering what debates [...]
Published April 9th, 2007
Apr9th2007
iPod Flash Mob Takes Over London Train Station
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Podcasting News reports:
An iPod flash mob party took over London’s Victoria Station Friday. An estimated 4,000 dancers turned up for the spontaneous event before four vanloads of police moved in to break up the gathering.
(iPod Flash Mob Takes Over London Train Station at Podcasting News.)
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Published April 9th, 2007
Apr9th2007
Apple TV Becoming Hot Development Platform
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Podcasting News reports:
Apple TV is quickly becoming a hot platform for development, with developers adding RSS support, game emulation and even turning the Internet media router into a full-fledged Mac computer.
Apple TV RSS Plugin, above, is a basic RSS reader. It currently reads RSS 1.x/2.x feeds, but not Atom.
Here’s how it displays an Engadget post:
The [...]
Published April 9th, 2007
Apr8th2007
Tomorrow?s editor
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BuzzMachine reports:
Here’s a blogging high-school junior’s prescription for the future of newspapers.
(Tomorrow’s editor at BuzzMachine.)
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Published April 8th, 2007
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