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Archives: August 2009

Martin Langeveld    August 31, 2009
Can newspaper publishers survive this revenue freefall? Perhaps, if they embrace a digital future.
Jim Barnett    August 31, 2009
The promise of a newspaper’s investigative spinoff
C.W. Anderson    August 31, 2009
An introduction to our newest blogger, C.W. Anderson
Joshua Benton    August 31, 2009
Our newest blogger: C.W. Anderson
Twitter    August 28, 2009
Links on Twitter: Measuring user engagement at Business Week, ramping up external links at the BBC, raiding Google’s offices in Italy
Joshua Benton    August 28, 2009
In defense of bullet points
Zachary M. Seward    August 28, 2009
An extremely expensive cover story — with a new way of footing the bill
Michael Andersen    August 28, 2009
A plan to support creative work — 100 government dollars at a time
Twitter    August 27, 2009
Links on Twitter: Chicago’s 16-year-old crime blogger, Howard Stern as “his own medium,” zombies seize summer doldrums
Joshua Benton    August 27, 2009
Micropayments and the power of free
Zachary M. Seward    August 27, 2009
For the Boston Globe’s Kennedy series, video is dominant
Jim Barnett    August 27, 2009
A for-profit argument for a nonprofit model
Twitter    August 26, 2009
Links on Twitter: “Must-read” critique of remnant advertising, women who tweet about online journalism, fairly brilliant CAPTCHA advertising
Jim Barnett    August 26, 2009
An ethics lesson for nonprofits
Twitter    August 25, 2009
Links on Twitter: Long tail of MSNBC video, National Public Radio’s API calls double, Google News experiments with “Interesting Reads”
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