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Newspapers ought to be jumping all over this. Got mentioned by BBC world news today.

Comment Lenovo va mettre le turbo dans le mobile avec Motorola

Newspapers are doing what in response?

26 February 2014

Media Report | Big (Bad) Data

And, newspapers in response have.....?

24 February 2014

I.P.O. Planned for Chinese Microblogging Service - NYTimes.com

How do newspapers cope with a world of mini-publishers?

Yahoo Aims to More Deftly Blend Ads With Content - NYTimes.com

A "blend" still better suited for Yahoo! than for newspapers, one might hope.

Senate Hopeful In Hot Water Over Facebook Posts - KMBZ

Newspapers do not seem able to keep up with how much of what used to be in newspaper archives, or discovered only by foraging reporters, is now available to anyone searching a little online.

23 February 2014

22 February 2014

How to Get a Job at Google - NYTimes.com

Getting a job at a newspaper?

WhatsApp's mega-money signals rush toward a subscriber economy - The Globe and Mail

Aren't subscribers at the heart of the US newspaper business?

21 February 2014

Google, Conservation Groups Debut Forest Monitoring Site | NEWS.GNOM.ES

Newspapers would have to combine a huge number of candles to match this move.

Founders of an Anti-Facebook Are Won Over - NYTimes.com

Lots for newspapers to draw from this experience.

19 February 2014

16 February 2014

Stealthily, Comcast Fortifies Its Arsenal - NYTimes.com

The Comcast story is too little noted.

15 February 2014

11 February 2014

Editor & Publisher ®

I hope he succeeds!

10 February 2014

Revelations by AOL Boss Raise Fears Over Privacy - NYTimes.com

This guy increasingly looks like a really bad CEO.

NYTimes.com Search

Given the impact the New York Times had on the life of Liz MURRAY, you'd think something would pop up in a search of her name on the Times' site better than this. At least that's what I'd think.

Wikipedia vs. the Small Screen - NYTimes.com

Raises issues far beyond Wikipedia.

09 February 2014

Freelancers in the ‘Gig Economy’ Find a Mix of Freedom and Uncertainty - NYTimes.com

Especially tough for people wanting to work at newspapers.

07 February 2014

Preferred source...

I had not previously focused on the "preferred source" entry...


BBC News - Facebook reviews family memorials after dad's plea

Obituaries have always been a challenge from so many perspectives.

05 February 2014

Google reaches agreement with EU in antitrust case - Businessweek

It will be interesting to see the impact on newspapers.

04 February 2014

02 February 2014

01 February 2014

A Reporter in France Helps to Return Art Taken by the Nazis - NYTimes.com

This is what makes newspaper reporters special.