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51 Percent of Web Consumers are Reading User-Generated Contentnew
Center for Media Research |
09-11-2007 10:24 am |
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Tags: Editorial, Electronic Publishing
U.S. Ad Volume Drops for Second Consecutive Quarter; Web, Mags Risenew
Media Daily News |
09-11-2007 10:20 am |
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Texas Observer Moves to Preserve Evidence in Case of Executed Mannew
The Observer joined the Innocence Project and other groups in asking a Texas judge to stop local officials from destroying a hair they say could exonerate a man executed for murder, Reuters reports. Claude Jones was put to death by lethal injection in 2000, when President George W. Bush was governor of Texas. "If the state of Texas did execute an innocent man, the people of Texas deserve to know what was done in their name," executive editor Jake Bernstein says. "This case begs for further examination."
Reuters | The Texas Observer |
09-10-2007 12:00 pm |
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Proposed 'Ask an Eskimo' Column Causes a Stir in Alaskanew
As a newcomer to the state, new Anchorage Press publisher Bingo Barnes thought that a column modeled after Gustavo Arellano's syndicated "Ask a Mexican!," written by an Alaska Native writer, could work at the paper. Apparently, the former Boise Weekly owner and publisher was wrong. He posted the ad on Craigslist and then went on a week's vacation. "I anticipated some resistance to the idea, but I mainly expected to hear from candidates interested in writing such a column," Barnes writes. "Upon my return to the digital world, I was shocked to see what chaos I had unleashed." The Press no longer has any plans to run an "Ask an Eskimo" column.
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Anchorage Press |
09-10-2007 10:09 am |
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Palo Alto Weekly Launches Interactive Local Sports Sitenew
Palo Alto Sports Online went live on Friday as part of Palo Alto Online, the Weekly's community-based website. The interactive site will feature heavy use of video and databases to further extend the citizen journalism concepts being explored on Palo Alto Online. "Our local sports community is passionate and tech-savvy, and we are excited about providing a rich and interactive way to report on sports in the Palo Alto area," publisher Bill Johnson says.
Palo Alto Weekly |
09-10-2007 9:02 am |
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HotSwap Launches Video Classifieds for Auto Advertisersnew
TechCrunch |
09-10-2007 11:09 am |
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Why Some Print Ads Work and Why Many Completely Failnew
Advertising Age |
09-10-2007 11:02 am |
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Former Village Voice Book Critic Eliot Fremont-Smith Diesnew
The New York Times |
09-10-2007 9:45 am |
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Alt-Weekly is Turning its New Building 'Green' -- and Writing About Itnew
Facing rising rents and the end of their Sacramento paper's lease, News & Review owners Jeff vonKaenel and Deborah Redmond bought a shuttered commercial building. At the prodding of their teenage daughter and Phil Angelides, former California State Treasurer and last year's unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Governor, the couple are undertaking a green renovation of their new property. The $1.4 million project is scheduled to be complete in the fall of 2008, according to the News & Review. Since the paper will be figuring out much of the green engineering itself, it has given Sena Christian the task of writing a weekly column about the renovation for the next year. "Sure, we want a nice building. But we want something else, too," she writes. "We want to spur the green-building movement in Sacramento. By reporting on local individuals, companies and institutions leading the way, we want to up the ante, ultimately speeding up innovation in the realms of clean technology, energy efficiency and renewable energy."
Sacramento News & Review |
09-07-2007 10:53 am |
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Alt-Weekly Columnist Taken Off Radio Show for Anti-Bush Commentsnew
Kamikaze was suspended indefinitely from the local talk radio program the Kim Wade Show this week for comments he made in a recent Jackson Free Press column, the paper reports. "Freedom of speech no longer exists in this country," Kamikaze says. "I don't know if I'm being singled out but its unfortunate that the station caved to some random callers who disagreed with my viewpoints." As a rebuttal, Kamikaze, who is also a hip-hop artist, has recorded a new song, "Take Me Away," which he calls an "open letter" to George W. Bush. It was posted on his MySpace page today.
Jackson Free Press |
09-07-2007 8:17 am |
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Study: Online Shopping Growth to Slownew
MSNBC |
09-07-2007 4:52 pm |
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'Google Books' Enables Book Clip Embedding Into Websitesnew
TechCrunch |
09-07-2007 4:40 pm |
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SEO Tips for Blogs and Feedsnew
Search Engine Guide |
09-07-2007 4:31 pm |
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Sacramento News & Review Writer Passes Awaynew
Ralph Brave, 54, died on Saturday of lung cancer. "We remember him for his brilliance and intensity, his commitment to working for a better world and his depth of heart," say his colleagues at the News & Review.
Sacramento News & Review |
09-06-2007 4:33 pm |
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Weekly Dig's Founder on What He Learned from Metrocorpnew
The city mag publisher "didn't do everything perfectly, but there was a ton of stuff it did that was genius," Jeff Lawrence tells Business Week. Metrocorp, which also owns Boston magazine, bought a majority interest in the Dig in 2004, and Lawrence bought the paper back earlier this year. After watching how the bigger company spun out new revenue streams from its numerous brands, Lawrence is now thinking about how to introduce new ventures like phone-based Web content, a quarterly arts publication, Boston travel and entertainment guides for the Gen Y set, and alternative newspapers in other New England towns, all under the Weekly Dig brand. "I had access to their executive meetings and knowledge and history," Lawrence says. "Entrepreneurs don't often get that kind of opportunity."
Business Week |
09-06-2007 8:41 am |
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