They drive huge engagement and otherworldly pageviews. From internal analytics to a flexible CMS, the recent quiz boom provide a useful peek into how BuzzFeed sees itself as a platform.
Plus: CNN buys the personalized tablet magazine Zite, hundreds of thousands of WikiLeaks’ cables are inadvertently released, the Financial Times parts ways with Apple, and how we’re training young political reporters.
Plus the week’s required reading: a new tablet play from MediaNews Group, a pitch for young journalists to learn tech skills, and a new essay from Clay Shirky. Mark Coddington
Coddington, Mark. "This Week in Review: Newsweek on the block, Twitter as a journalistic system, and more paywall rumblings." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 7 May. 2010. Web. 18 Mar. 2025.
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Coddington, M. (2010, May. 7). This Week in Review: Newsweek on the block, Twitter as a journalistic system, and more paywall rumblings. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/05/this-week-in-review-newsweek-on-the-block-twitter-as-a-journalistic-system-and-more-paywall-rumblings/
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Coddington, Mark. "This Week in Review: Newsweek on the block, Twitter as a journalistic system, and more paywall rumblings." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified May 7, 2010. Accessed March 18, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/05/this-week-in-review-newsweek-on-the-block-twitter-as-a-journalistic-system-and-more-paywall-rumblings/.
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