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More on social media editors
An interesting post from Cristian Mezei, on how to come to the attention of one small corner of the social media. A précis of his Digg tips below… What will get you a frontpage: 1. The rapidity of the votes. If you get 40-50 votes (no matter what users digg) in the first 30 minutes,…
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Cover price consequences
The two revenue sources for newspapers are advertising and cover price. As advertising declines editors hope there’s enough elasticity in the price to keep the cash coming in. Here’s Philip Stone on how that’s worked out for London’s most expensive paper, the Sunday Times, which has lost a 100,000 readers after hiking its price up…
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Panorama
A BBC film featuring Taranissi and presented by Robert Winston aired on 18 December 2006. It was part of the series Whatever It Takes. Foreshortened BBC current affairs flagship Panorama is beginning its new mini-slot by going after British IVF millionaire Mohamed Taranissi, recently slated by UK regulators, the HFEA. I’m an IVF parent, and…
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Someone in the blogosphere has been tracking the BBC‘s growing obsession with…hamsters!