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Archives: September 2011

The paper explores a new way to distribute its content — through the crowds of users on Facebook.
In its expansion, PolitiFact sets its sights on becoming an Associated Press for fact-checking. Justin Ellis
Come have some beer and conversation before the Online News Association’s opening reception. Joshua Benton
“After several months of regular weekday screening, I can confirm that mainstream online media are caught in the same loop that ensnared legacy outlets.” Jean Marie Brown
Fifty years after Newt Minow’s famous speech to America’s young television industry, has the vast wasteland only gotten vaster?
Plus: Facebook keeps inching toward Twitter with its new Subscribe feature, the growing News Corp. scandal, and other recommended reading for the week.
Community PlanIt video frame grab
The project aims to use game dynamics to encourage more and better user input about how best to evaluate schools in Boston.
The paper’s in-house innovation lab will work on consumer apps for Boston.com while focusing on the look and presentation of BostonGlobe.com. Justin Ellis
That’s one brand, two major revenue streams, three products, and 4G.
How collaboration and distributed reporting helped revive an unsolved murder case. Robert Rosenthal