Nieman Foundation at Harvard
HOME
          
LATEST STORY
The Green Line creates local news for the people turning away from “big-J journalism”
ABOUT                    SUBSCRIBE
Nov. 3, 2008, 5:07 p.m.

‘The New Yorker’ goes digital

The New Yorker has been promoting its upcoming “Digital Reader” edition for a little while now — it appears to have launched today. Here’s a quick video look at it; a few bugs still seem to remain.

But I bet advertisers like it — the ability to click links within a “print” page is something they’ve craved for a while. They want the measurability of online advertising’s impact within the traditional grammar of print. That desire has led to some notable flops in the past; we’ll see if this format follows that path.

Joshua Benton is the senior writer and former director of Nieman Lab. You can reach him via email (joshua_benton@harvard.edu) or Twitter DM (@jbenton).
POSTED     Nov. 3, 2008, 5:07 p.m.
Show tags
 
Join the 60,000 who get the freshest future-of-journalism news in our daily email.
The Green Line creates local news for the people turning away from “big-J journalism”
The Green Line combines events, explainers, and solutions to appeal to young Torontonians.
Two-thirds of news influencers are men — and most have never worked for a news organization
A new Pew Research Center report also found nearly 40% of U.S. adults under 30 regularly get news from news influencers.
The Onion adds a new layer, buying Alex Jones’ Infowars and turning it into a parody of itself
One variety of “fake news” is taking possession of a far more insidious one.