St. Louis Globe-Democrat Returning As Free Online News Site

October 31, 2009

PaidContent reports: “The St. Louis Globe-Democrat—dead for 23 years—is coming back to life as a free news site. www.globe-democrat.com is slated to launch Dec. 8, according to an announcement by Dan Rositano, who runs a St. Louis IT company for small businesses; he describes himself on Linked In as president and CEO of the Globe-Democrat and in the press release as publisher. Rositano promises ‘a quality staff whose names will be familiar to former Globe-Democrat readers and all St. Louisians.’ “

Did the web kill Gourmet magazine?

October 30, 2009

MediaShift suggests it was a combination of the rise of food bloggers, user-generated recipe sites like All Recipes, and the changing game of branding.

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Starting your news website: A checklist for students and mid-career beginners

October 30, 2009

Here is a check-list of technical tools that you’ll need to get a basic, one-person news site on the Web, to lay a foundation for future expansion and success:  Starting your news website: A checklist for students and mid-career beginners.

Microsoft’s beta Twitter search

October 30, 2009

Microsoft has a beta site up for Twitter search at http://www.bing.com/twitter and it’s really good — check it out.

Clay Shirky on newspapers

October 30, 2009

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Google’s Eric Schmidt on What the Web Will Look Like in 5 Years

October 28, 2009

Google CEO Eric Schmidt says in five years, the  internet will be dominated by Chinese-language content and distinctions between TV, radio and the web will go away.

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Owner Of ‘Politico’ Going After Washington Post – Again

October 28, 2009

Politico owner Robert Allbritton is planning to launch a local Washington D.C news website, The New Republic reports.

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CNN.com launches new design

October 24, 2009

CNN.com is launching a redesigned site Monday, which includes a new entertainment section in partnership with Entertainment Weekly and People magazine; a tighter integration with iReport throughout the site; and a new product called NewsPulse described as “an iTunes for news” that list all the articles inside of CNN. TechCrunch has screenshots.

AP’s Tom Curley on the oversupply of news online

October 14, 2009

Here
is audio and the transcript of Tom Curley, president and chief executive of The Associated Press, talking at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Hong Kong.

Actual Newspaper Story or the Onion Headline?

October 13, 2009

Think you can spot real news from fake? Give the quiz a whirl and find out.

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