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.
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
Watch the video here: Read more »
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.
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.
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
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.
