June 11, 2010 •
Digital News, Media Economics •
by Kate Nacy
The Los Angeles Times now embeds e-commerce links within online articles in hopes of revenue boosts. The new e-commerce links for sites like Amazon.com appear within the text of LAT articles but in green, rather than the old standby blue....
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May 21, 2010 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality •
by Kate Nacy
Has online news perverted the wit of headline writing? David Carr, who writes “The Media Equation” for the New York Times wonders the same. In a world of search engine optimization, are we trading the classy snap of old...
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May 21, 2010 •
Digital News •
by Natascha Fioretti
Adrian Michaels, Group Foreign Editor with the Telegraph Media Group, discusses winning strategies behind the printed press and the Web. Profitable English daily the Telegraph boasts 40 million readers a month and has a free-access Web...
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May 19, 2010 •
Digital News •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
For the Austrian website Der Standard it was only an April Fool’s joke, but many other quality newspapers proceeded to take the gloves off. The London Times, owned by Rupert Murdoch, Le Monde and Le Figaro as well as the Axel Springer AG...
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April 12, 2010 •
Media Economics •
by Kate Nacy
According to research conducted by the McKinsey group, the Internet is the driving force behind an increase in UK news consumption. Two surveys conducted in the UK in 2006 and 2009 reveal that consumption rose to 72 minutes per day, up...
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April 12, 2010 •
Digital News, Newsroom Management •
by Kate Nacy
TimesCast captures newsroom missteps. Last month the New York Times launched TimesCast, a daily video produced during morning meetings in the newsroom. The mini program summarizes major stories and includes interviews with the staff,...
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April 7, 2010 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality •
by Tina Bettels
Interview with Mihai Coman of the University of Bucharest’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Q: Are there successful examples of media accountability in Romania? It depends on perspective. On an institutional level there...
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April 1, 2010 •
Digital News •
by Judith Leitner
Interview with Antoni Maria Piqué, media consultant and associate professor at the the International University of Catalunya’s School of Journalism. Q: How do you think journalism will change in the next 10 years? The challenge for all...
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March 28, 2010 •
Digital News •
by Natascha Fioretti
Philip Meyer, author of The Vanishing Newspaper, and Alan Rusbridger, director of Guardian Media and News, open the second day of Journalism 2020 emphasizing the need to approach online journalism with a digital mindset. Merely...
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