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By: What qualifies as a Spotlight story on Google News? Here’s a few clues » Nieman Journalism Lab

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:01:07 +0000

[...] News launched a Spotlight section back in September to highlight “in-depth pieces of lasting value.” Initial response was [...]

By: Google’s Plan to Become The Media Company

Google’s Plan to Become The Media Company — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:01:33 +0000

[...] To be that standalone media company, Google has been taking quiet little babysteps — baby tiptoes, really. It submitted a proposal to the Newspaper Association of America offering an enticing blend of micropayments, subscription billing, ad revenue and reader data (it’s worth reading if only to note how Google ingeniously couches itself as a vendor to publishers, not the other way around). It added a Spotlight section to Google News that highlights stories that meets its definition of “in-depth” journalism. [...]

By: Google adds news features « Qwerty2009’s Blog

Google adds news features « Qwerty2009’s Blog — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:20:05 +0000

[...] the Spotlight shines on longer features that have bounced around blogs for a few days,” says Nieman Journalism Labs. “Lifestyle and opinion pieces do particularly well, and The New York Times is a frequent [...]

By: Google turns ‘Spotlight’ on news of enduring significance | The Wire | Press Gazette

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:03:08 +0000

[...] M. Seward of Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard sees Spotlight as “part of an emerging class of news applications that use the [...]

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No more lolcatz « Meanderings — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:00:31 +0000

[...] seems to have some kinks to work out, but the general idea – as explained by the Neiman Journalism Lab – is that the algorithm will point out oft-linked and oft-read articles, which are hopefully [...]

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Google News recomienda reportajes y artículos [eng] — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:26:23 +0000

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Pandia Search Engine News Wrap-up September 5 | Wiadomości seo — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 09:49:28 +0000

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By: Google’s Spotlight – highlighting journalism of ‘lasting value’ | DAILYMAIL

Google’s Spotlight – highlighting journalism of ‘lasting value’ | DAILYMAIL — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:07:45 +0000

[...] own explanation of Google Spotlight and the selection of stories it has flagged up so far, Nieman Journalism Lab’s Zachary M. Seward suggests, “Spotlight shines on longer features that have bounced around blogs for a few [...]

By: Google Shines a Deeper Spotlight on News - Media Decoder Blog - NYTimes.com

Google Shines a Deeper Spotlight on News - Media Decoder Blog - NYTimes.com — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:31:47 +0000

[...] Thursday, the Nieman Journalism Lab drilled into Spotlight, a new-ish feature of Google News that puts less of a premium on the velocity [...]

By: Investigative journalism on 04 Sept 09 « The Centre for Investigative Journalism News Blog

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:44:02 +0000

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By: Google’s Spotlight – highlighting journalism of ‘lasting value’ | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:14:37 +0000

By: links for 2009-09-04 « David Black

links for 2009-09-04 « David Black — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:05:13 +0000

[...] Google News shines a Spotlight on “in-depth” journalism – Nieman Journalism Lab "Google News has quietly added a new section that steps back from the ever-quickening news cycle to highlight “in-depth pieces of lasting value.” It’s called Spotlight, and like the rest of Google News, the stories are selected by an undisclosed algorithm." (tags: internet journalism news aggregators google googlenews) [...]

By: Google News 又有新栏目：Spotlight | 谷奥——探寻谷歌的奥秘

Google News 又有新栏目：Spotlight | 谷奥——探寻谷歌的奥秘 — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:28:46 +0000

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By: The Onion Beats Investigative Journalism On Google News | Technology

The Onion Beats Investigative Journalism On Google News | Technology — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:02:54 +0000

[...] today I see this article talking about Google News Spotlight, which focuses on that supposedly last bastion of old media [...]