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But first the news…
Scott Karp has an interesting suggestion for newspapers online. Put news first. [L]et’s look at the New York Times. It’s homepage is arranged, like most traditional media brand sites, by what is most important. Here’s the problem — if you visit the New York Times throughout the day, and no important news has broken, the…
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Writing about TV – the pre-download era
Television commissioning. How hard can it be? Roll up, buy a series, put it on TV. That was before you could download the stuff. Writing about TV is more difficult. But here is Will Hutton conjuring up the pre-download era: Every British television executive would love to have commissioned the American series Mad Men. With…
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The barriers to user-generated content
My colleague at City University, Neil Thurman, has published his latest study on user-generated content (UGC). You can read a pre-press version on his webpage. The headlines?UGC is being held back by: 1. Legal liabilities – publish and be damned. 2. Moderation costs – “80 per cent of the user generated content initiatives launched by…
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Transnational news traffic
So is online helping British journalism colonise the US? FishbowlNY’s take on a Guardian piece certainly makes it look that way: # The Daily Mail saw online traffic increase 31% for Mail Online compared to 01/07.# The Guardian’s traffic increased by 25.5%.# Rupert Murdoch’s highbrow/lowbrow Times of London and The Sun saw traffic up 38%…