‘New York Times’ to Launch Local Citizen Journalism Sites
February 28, 2009
The New York Times is joining the growing world of local “citizen journalism” with two Web sites launching Monday focused on five specific communities in New Jersey and Brooklyn, N.Y., E&P reports. Read more »
Goodbye to the Age of Newspapers
February 28, 2009
Nightline’s John Donovan points out this strong read on the newspaper industry in his Twitter feed: Goodbye to the Age of Newspapers (Hello to a New Era of Corruption). Read more »
Media jobs
February 27, 2009
Seattle paper shifts toward aggregation
February 27, 2009
The Stranger says the Seattle Post-Intelligencer plans to shift toward a site that emphasizes aggregation of regional news. Read more »
Newsday to begin charging for online news
February 27, 2009
New York newspaper Newsday plans to begin charging online readers for access to its content. Newsday publisher Timothy Knight said the move could be used in a bundling arrangement to cross-promote content on the newspaper site and in Cablevision’s television programming.
The Twenty Weirdest TV Interviews of All Time
February 26, 2009
From Nerve.com: The Twenty Weirdest TV Interviews of All Time: Celebs gone wild, wasted or just mad about Katie.
New Media Women Entrepreneurs
February 23, 2009
J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism and the McCormick Foundation are seeking to fund three women-led projects that will rock the world of journalism. Read more »
The NewsVision Conference: Journalism Jobs in Transition
February 23, 2009
The Online News Association has partnered with the University of Maryland for the inaugural NewsVision conference, March 30, in Washington, D.C. Journalists and managers will share their experiences during this period of change for the industry. Read more »
The future of print, e-books and ‘The Printed Blog’
February 19, 2009
Here are three special reports from PBS MediaShift covering the future of print, e-books and “The Printed Blog,” a newspaper that aggregates blog content. Read more »
Hearst Magazine Increased Web Traffic By 150% with SEO and Wordtracker
February 19, 2009
This post was submitted by Rachelle Money, who works with Wordtracker and writes for its newsletter.
Since using the Wordtracker keyword research tool Dan Roberts says Hearst Publication’s online traffic has grown 150%. Hearst publishes 15 of the world’s most popular magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Oprah’s O Magazine, and Good Housekeeping as well as five web-only magazines. We talked to Roberts, Senior SEO Analyst for Hearst Publications’ Digital Media team. Read more »
This post was submitted by Rachelle Money.
