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Google Fast Flip built for mobile
So this is it. In April, Sharon Waxman reported a conversation with Google CEO Eric Schmidt in which he told her: “In about six months, the company will roll out a system that will bring high-quality news content to users without them actively looking for it” … one in which users “will be automatically served [...]
Google’s crowdsourced traffic reports will hurt radio
“It’s stop and go on the bridge.” “Watch out for that deer on the 102.” The voices are a staple of local radio — listeners calling in to report traffic conditions. On-air updates build audiences, involve listeners and bring advertisers to morning and afternoon shows. But Google believes it can deliver traffic reports faster and [...]
T-J debacle: Opportunity to improve corrections policy
The firing of the Telegraph-Journal’s editor today and the departure of its publisher is truly astonishing news. Shakeups such as this don’t happen often — especially when they are related to publication of a single story. (That said, the T-J, under editor Shawna Richer, made a number of questionable moves in recent months.) The New [...]
AP: Good tracking initiative, crazy licensing idea
Give Associated Press President Tom Curley credit for grabbing people’s attention. A New York Times story today quotes him stating that online references to AP stories containing as little as a headline and a link require a licensing agreement. The interview follows AP’s announcement Thursday that it will begin a two-pronged approach to tracking sites [...]
Social media use throughout organization has financial payoff – study
A couple of reporters told me last week their news organization had encouraged them recently to begin tweeting updates. One, who was using the tool to announce new content, said audience engagement was still minimal. Another said they were unclear as to how the organization was tracking any benefit from their effort. A new study [...]
Authored by Tim Currie, Assistant Professor of Journalism (Online Journalism) at the