26 February 2014

Media Report | Big (Bad) Data

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

25 February 2014

24 February 2014

Cool Or Creepy? A Clip-On Camera Can Capture Every Moment : All Tech Considered : NPR

How can newspapers make use of this?

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.

Bill Thomas, 89, Dies; Editor Guided Los Angeles Times to 9 Pulitzers - NYTimes.com

If only, more like he were in the pipeline.

For Hints at Apple’s Plans, Read Its Shopping List - NYTimes.com

For hints at newspaper plans?

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.

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?

GOP set to launch first partisan Web domain | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

Notable?

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.

20 February 2014

16 February 2014

Stealthily, Comcast Fortifies Its Arsenal - NYTimes.com

The Comcast story is too little noted.

Breitbart News Network Plans Global Expansion - NYTimes.com

Pretty amazing.

14 February 2014

11 February 2014

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.

Local Papers Shine Light in Society’s Dark Corners - NYTimes.com

Yes!

Wikipedia vs. the Small Screen - NYTimes.com

Raises issues far beyond Wikipedia.

LeanIn.org and Getty Aim to Change Women’s Portrayal in Stock Photos - NYTimes.com

Great move.

07 February 2014

Preferred source...

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


06 February 2014

F.C.C. to Change Program That Connects Schools to High-Speed Internet Service - NYTimes.com

Newspapers ought to be all over this.

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

Obituaries have always been a challenge from so many perspectives.

05 February 2014

In Texting Era, Crisis Hotlines Put Help at Youths’ Fingertips - NYTimes.com

Where are newspapers in this process?

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.