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Want to share Globe stories on Twitter? Your readers will hit a paywall after just two clicks a month.
The arrival of the web knocked the news industry’s relationships — with advertisers and with readers — out of alignment. But there are signs a few small repairs are working.
The new project provides a real-time API for closed captions, making it possible to code against what’s being said on TV right now — and enabling a broad range of applications.
Plus: Lessons from the Petraeus scandal, war on social media between Israel and Hamas, and the rest of the week’s media and tech must-reads.
A Knight Foundation grant will allow the Globe and MIT’s Center for Civic Media to build tools for newsgathering and reader engagement. Justin Ellis
We access news on multiple devices. Shouldn’t those devices be smart enough to connect our actions to their presentation?
This summer the Boston Globe’s online sibling will start an alternative music channel with vets from indie station WFNX. Justin Ellis
Publishers are getting more aggressive about repackaging their work into ebooks, iPad magazines, and other new forms, in the hopes of creating something readers will pay for.
The newspaper has applied to be the registrar of .boston websites — a move that could mean new revenues or just a high upfront cost. Justin Ellis
Journalism and education are both about knowledge. Could their post-disruption business models start to blur?