Archives: October 2011

Justin EllisOctober 27, 2011
The path of disruption: Did Newspaper Next succeed in transforming newspapers?
The 2006 report was supposed to be a wake-up call to an industry in turmoil. But its legacy is less than clear.
Ken DoctorOctober 27, 2011
The newsonomics of NYT’s Sunday gain and paid content 2.0
Why aren’t more newspapers with paywalls seeing a Sunday circulation bump, as the Times is expected to?
Megan GarberOctober 26, 2011
The Guardian launches n0tice, an open community news platform
“In many ways they’ve created a new kind of social platform, or a really really old one reinvented for the new world.”
Meet Scroll, a new tool that wants to de-templatize the news web
Cody Brown and Kate Ray launch a new tool to help non-coders design on a story-by-story basis. Megan Garber
Simon OwensOctober 25, 2011
As Occupy Wall Street evolves, news sites find it “a great opportunity for web journalism”
How the movement shifted in the media’s eyes from “just another protest” to a broad-based subject for news coverage.
Justin EllisOctober 25, 2011
Bringing a crowd to a records fight: The Columbia Missourian uses Spot.us to raise money for data request
For one community newspaper (and journalism school teaching lab), outside donations quickly helped pay for access to public data.
Annie GilbertsonOctober 24, 2011
Public radio talks dirty: An award-winning web/radio show pushes boundaries
“Love and Radio,” winner of a Third Coast award as an innovator in public radio, uses words — and editing techniques — you won’t hear on most of the dial.
Justin EllisOctober 24, 2011
Aggregation and tips from neighbors drive Philly.com’s new community news site
The prospect of better reaching readers — and advertisers — in a community encourage the Philadelphia Media Network to experiment with curation and open story budgets.
‘Public Parts’ and its public parts: In a networked world, can a book go viral?
Behind the Jarvis/Morozov spat is a book tour tailor-made for the digital age. Megan Garber
Mark CoddingtonOctober 21, 2011
This Week in Review: Things get testier at News Corp., Google+ makes an identity compromise
Plus: keys to sustainability for nonprofit news, an auspicious start for Apple Newsstand, and all the rest of this week’s required reading.
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USA Today toys with a side business: selling commercial access to its data
The newspaper is also lifting restrictions on its popular census data API. Andrew Phelps
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Ken DoctorOctober 20, 2011
The newsonomics of Piano Media
The Slovakian startup’s model may not be a perfect fit for the United States, but all news publishers could learn from its ideas about scarcity.
Megan GarberOctober 19, 2011
Tool of the day: Google’s “Follow Your World” feature
A web app lets you track satellite and aerial imagery over time.
Boston.com gets analytical on sports fans with The Pulse
The new tool will help Boston.com analyze fans moods and track trends around their beloved Patriots and Red Sox. Justin Ellis
Bostonist is shuttered as the Gothamist network looks to grow
Publisher Jake Dobkin said its traffic levels were low compared to the rest of the Gothamist sites and that the network’s largest cities perform best. Andrew Phelps
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