-
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…
-
The new look Google News
This is what the new Google News UK story box looks like under the new publishing regime. Their local partner is the Press Association (PA). Duplicate deletion, or whatever euphemism you want to find, it’s certainly put PA at the top of the pecking order.
-
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…
-
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…