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Off topic: Dates and Apples
I’m a big fan of Mahmood Al-Yousif’s blog from Bahrain. Occasionally he’ll throw in a little gardening info among the campaigning. Check out, for example, the dates in Mahmood’s back yard. So, with that in mind, I hope you’ll forgive a little off topic information from my own back yard. When we took over the…
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Google News – publisher!
Here is Josh Cohen’s announcement about Google News: Today we’re launching a new feature on Google News that will help you quickly and easily find original stories from news publishers – including stories from some of the top news agencies in the world, such as the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, UK Press Association and the…
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CNN drops Reuters TV
Every time an agency contract comes up for review at a news organization, there will always be someone saying: “Couldn’t we just do without [insert name of agency here]?” Generally, it is what’s known as a negotiating tactic. This time it’s Tony Maddox of CNN International, and the agency is Reuters, and apparently he means…