@niemanlab archives: May 2009
11
May
New at the Lab: @MartinLangeveld looks at Wolfram Alpha and other ways to enhance database journalism http://tr.im/l2Z1 
The most annoying web ad ever — 30-seconds, full-screen interstitial — is coming to a news site near you http://tr.im/l2U0
Going straight into my RSS reader: New blog by @mediabistro covers media in the Bay Area http://tr.im/l2IX
“Just landed in…”: @blprnt mapped 36 hours of plane travel by ingeniously parsing tweets http://tr.im/l2HG
@jenny8lee @michaelluo @brianstelter Thanks for tweeting the meeting! Can we get a twitpic of the TimesCenter for color?
The next big thing in online advertising is apparently “engagement.” Color me skeptical http://tr.im/l1OV
NYT’s @jenny8lee is livetweeting a presentation to staff on the Times Co.’s online business strategy.
His brand spreads: Jon Stewart creating a two-hour special for the History Channel on becoming an American citizen http://tr.im/l1NE
Follow the money: Dow Jones, publisher of WSJ, plans to double its investment in India http://tr.im/l1w7
Another question the Wolfram Alpha search engine can answer: “How many Nobel Prize winners were born under a full moon?” http://tr.im/l1v3
For what it’s worth: @danielsbaum has returned this morning to tweeting about how he was hired and fired by The New Yorker.
The Telegraph, UK’s most-visited newspaper site, generates 8% of its traffic from social networks like Digg http://tr.im/l1rP
“You’re going to need some other way to make money other than adverts,” concludes publisher of FT.com http://tr.im/l1qC
Feel free to spread our video from the NY Times R&D Lab across your other social nets http://tr.im/l0qO And thanks for all the RTs!
New video at the Lab: the New York Times R&D group envisions version 2.0 of the newspaper http://tr.im/l0qO
Good morning! One in five American households is cellphone-only http://tr.im/kZfa
10
May
From the Lab archives: Watch WSJ.com’s @alansmurray discuss plans for premium subscriptions (coming soon) http://tr.im/iq2p
“Micropayments” and premium subscriptions coming to The Wall Street Journal Online http://tr.im/kZIW (via @carr2n)
Fascinated by video of Moscow gas explosion: everyone’s walking *toward* the fireball, many with cellphones http://tr.im/kZEm
Pravda 2.0: How Russian propaganda has adapted to the age of Wikipedia, online radio, and LiveJournal http://tr.im/kZxF
Algorithm observes news, stocks, and weather to determine if it’s a good or bad day. Today: good! http://tr.im/kZcr (via @waxpancake)
“USA TODAY couture”: designer turns newspaper into stylish gown http://tr.im/kYHq
My two favorite things — coffee and local journalism — come together in the Czech Republic http://tr.im/kYD5
9
May
Grist for church: Frank Rich http://tr.im/kWPE and Maureen Dowd http://tr.im/kWPF both aim their quills at the decline of newspapers
Great profile of @CharlieNesson‘s battle against the RIAA cleverly use his tweets as epigraphs http://tr.im/kW6X
Impressive graphic by The Boston Globe on last night’s subway crash http://tr.im/kVQZ
One small tweet for man… NASA astronaut will microblog from space, take questions over YouTube http://tr.im/kVpn
NY media softball teams turn to ringers as layoffs deplete lineups. Web startup The Daily Beast fields a team http://tr.im/kVbu
8
May
Boston Globe is aggregating tweets about tonight’s subway crash but notes, “Warning: May contain profanity” http://pic.im/2Yd
WSJ’s Robert Thomson swipes at NYT again, re TimesSelect: “You should be *paid* to read New York Times comment” http://tr.im/kSef (at 3:23)
So what did everyone do while Twitter was down? I edited video we took at the NY Times R&D Lab. A teaser pic: http://pic.im/2Xs
Right now: BBC World Service discussing the future of news with our own @jbenton and others http://tr.im/kRTk
One reason @danielsbaum is spilling about The New Yorker? He has a book to promote http://tr.im/kRS6 (If only Twitter paid $3/word.)
I actually think this NY Times error adds to the obituary http://tr.im/kRuM Would love a way to see more raw copy and edits.
Thanks to @bzcohen & @roncharles for pointing out that @danielsbaum left The New Yorker in 2007. He’s just dishing now http://tr.im/kRaH
Corrected (thanks, everyone!): The New Yorker’s @danielsbaum just tweeted that he’s been “fired” and is telling all in 140-character chunks
The New Yorker’s @DanBaum just tweeted that he’s been “fired” and is telling all in 140-character chunks (via @arusbridger)
The wide world of sports visualizations http://tr.im/kQEi
More evidence there’s a business model in email: an ad that costs $275 per thousand impressions http://tr.im/kQDT
NY Times Reader 2.0, an Adobe AIR application, is coming next week: snazzier, searchable, and with video http://tr.im/kQAl
Frame-grabbing is a controversial practice in photography. Now it’s gone mainstream. We take a closer look http://tr.im/kPMA
Crazy smart search engine can answer this: “What was the weather in Rancho Mirage when Gerald Ford died?” http://tr.im/kPvF
“People in Silicon Valley really do want to change the world..from one in which they’re poor to one in which they’re rich” http://tr.im/kPlV
A 1995 court decision — involving Prodigy (!) — helps explain newspapers’ reluctance to engage with online readers http://tr.im/kPjP
Good morning! Eight of the ten largest pay daily newspapers are in Asia, and for now, they’re in good shape http://tr.im/kPdU
7
May
@DanGillmor notes that the most-viewed story on WashingtonPost.com right now is syndicated from TechCrunch http://tr.im/kNbY
How The Guardian approached designing its new, smart-looking mobile site http://tr.im/kMGk
Among Obama’s budget cuts: the Justice Department will no longer publish legal notices in newspapers http://tr.im/kMaB
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