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    Archives: May 2012

    Justin EllisMay 31, 2012
    Now playing: The New York Times signs on to Hulu to reach a new audience for its long videos
    Under the new deal, you’ll soon be able to find videos from the Times next to your favorite episodes of Alf.
    How important are all those ugly Tweet Buttons to news sites?
    A quick-and-dirty look seems to indicate around 1 in 5 tweets to a news organization comes from those Tweet Buttons. Joshua Benton
    Ken DoctorMay 31, 2012
    The newsonomics of majority reader revenue
    Advertising once paid the bills at American newspapers. As that shifts — rapidly — how will it change the way news companies operate?
    Politwoops catches pols (or their staff) before they can hit “Delete”
    Coming soon to a country near you: The Internet in India becomes mobile-dominant
    Jeff IsraelyMay 30, 2012
    Jeff Israely: To B2B or not to B2B, that is our question
    Our startup correspondent, building Worldcrunch in Paris, reports on the twin temptations of building a business around serving consumers or other businesses. Or…both.
    A 404 error on Sina Weibo
    Andrew PhelpsMay 30, 2012
    Reverse engineering Chinese censorship: When and why are controversial tweets deleted?
    An MIT student is working to detect patterns in the disappearance of thousands of weibos from the Chinese Internet.
    Jonathan StrayMay 30, 2012
    What is it that journalists do? It can’t be reduced to just one thing
    In the start of a regular column for Nieman Lab, Jonathan Stray argues that a too-narrow definition of the work of journalism limits the field’s potential.
    Media General CEO only realized “the world had changed” a year ago
    Keys on computer keyboard spelling "geek"
    Andrew PhelpsMay 29, 2012
    3 new ideas on the future of news from MIT Media Lab students
    Adding metadata to hyperlinks, finding stories in ordinary datasets, providing context for impossibly big numbers.
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