09 June 2014

08 June 2014

Google Now Update Can Trigger Alarm When You're Near Your Transit Stop | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

Probably with an ad for a business when you get off the transport.

07 June 2014

D-Day Landing Sites Then and Now: Normandy Beaches in 1944 and 70 Years Later

These are pretty amazing. The BBC mentioned this or another yesterday. There seem to be several. I would like to do more.

06 June 2014

Réservation de séjour en ligne : la fronde des hôteliers - Le journal de 20h - Replay

Newspapers could have seized this territory - better connecting their reading customers with their advertising customers. Why would anyone really want an intermediary?

05 June 2014

Internet : ces .paris et .art qui poussent le .com au placard

What will this change for newspapers?

Announcing NYT Opinion - NYTimes.com

On verra, as we say.

03 June 2014

Google est-il l’ami des entreprises ?

Now, that is a good question.

Nicholas Kristof Should Give Readers a Full Explanation About Somaly Mam - NYTimes.com

This column takes precisely the right view.

02 June 2014

Google spending $1bn on internet in developing world - Telegraph

How much is the newspaper business spending and for what?

Apple Is Set to Make a Bigger Push Into Monitoring Health and Home - NYTimes.com

Newspapers ought to have been there first.

29 May 2014

25 May 2014

Faking Cultural Literacy - NYTimes.com

Crucially important for newspapers.

19 May 2014

Mayor Tells Tabloids to Apologize to His Wife Over Motherhood Coverage - NYTimes.com

Little comment is needed on this; the papers crossed the line.

Abramson’s Exit at The Times Puts Tensions on Display - NYTimes.com

No doubt.

Robert F. Erburu, Led Times Mirror Co., Dies at 83 - NYTimes.com

For better or worse, he probably had a bigger impact on newspapers generally than this suggests.

16 May 2014

15 May 2014

Why Unbundling Cable Would Not Save You Money - NYTimes.com

Newspapers can do so much to sort this out for us.

06 May 2014

Amazon Makes Online Shopping Even Easier : NPR

The last time a newspaper offered something of equal value?

05 May 2014

Outside Spending Enters Arena of Judicial Races - NYTimes.com

How about an analysis of the court decision?

Google Now gets smarter for real-world scenarios | PCWorld

Any newspaper response?

30 April 2014

Facebook to Let Users Limit Data Revealed by Log-Ins - NYTimes.com

Newspapers could help us all so much.

'Babel' Essay Machine Can Generate Prize-Winning, But Meaningless Exams

Probably news stories as well.

27 April 2014

Dear Editor - On The Media

Pretty interesting - and a Brown professor as well!

Feuding in 140 Characters - NYTimes.com

For newspapers?

26 April 2014

The Media Has a Woman Problem - NYTimes.com

Has been, is, and likely always will be, a huge newspaper opportunity (to get it right).

perma.cc

Are newspapers participating?

Stopping Link Rot: Aiming To End A Virtual Epidemic : All Tech Considered : NPR

A huge problem.

22 April 2014

New York Police Reach Out on Twitter but Receive a Slap in the Face - NYTimes.com

Newspapers have such resources waiting to be tapped.

Navigate News With The Upshot - NYTimes.com

A good rationale.

21 April 2014

20 April 2014

Friends, and Influence, for Sale Online - NYTimes.com - NYTimes.com

How does accurate information get through this smog?

18 April 2014

17 April 2014

16 April 2014

Russia Is Quick to Bend Truth About Ukraine - NYTimes.com

It seems to me that Russia, and Russians, missed a huge opportunity to establish a strong and vibrant free press following the fall of the Soviet Union. I suppose historians may tell us one day why.

14 April 2014

08 April 2014

10 Courses With a Twist - NYTimes.com

And what are newspapers doing in response?

05 April 2014

Facebook Customizes Gender With 50 Different Choices - NYTimes.com

It makes me want to dump the whole thing.

Amazon Now Delivers Grocery and Household Items through New Service | Morning News USA

What are newspapers doing to deal with this?

04 April 2014

New Web Addresses Provide Alternatives To Crowded Domains : NPR

Mentioned here is the owner of .menu. I wonder if there is a .newspaper and if anyone is using it yet.

03 April 2014

Editor & Publisher ®

Smart move by Google.

In the Light: Exposure to Morning Sun Might Make you Thinner

I love the nostalgic reference to newspapers!

02 April 2014

Amazon unveils video-streaming set-top box - latimes.com

The newspaper answer to all of this?

Times Premier - Times Insider - NYTimes.com

The value proposition does not look good enough for this.