@niemanlab archives: July 2009
24
Jul
Sure, those Guardian and Salon links helped. But @jeffsonderman‘s post spread furthest with Twitter http://tr.im/tQTs 
@kitson Haha, I would call that journalism! (But, for what it’s worth, I’m pretty sure that only applies to other academic papers.)
@c4fcm @blm849 @eric_adler All valid concerns. I think AP trying to stem member defections by offering this hard line as a kind of “service”
The NYT Co.’s top lawyer disagrees with the AP’s stance on copyright. See this insightful chat: http://tr.im/tvCs
Good morning! The Associated Press comes out and says it: They think a headline and link require a license http://tr.im/tQmL
23
Jul
@skedline I would differentiate between replies and retweets, both of which are totally fine! No rules on Twitter, as far as I’m concerned.
On retweeting http://tr.im/tJ0X Oh, and is it journalism?
“What can journalism learn from I Can Has Cheezburger?” Tips on filtering user-generated content http://tr.im/tHRS
@benjaminjtaylor It was left vague on the call, but best explanation is here http://3.ly/cEi Similar to Financial Times model.
@danamo They charged for opinion and archives. “Metered” would be per-article fees or a cap on free content. “Membership” is less clear.
On conference call, NYT Co.’s CEO said “metered” and “membership” models of charging for website still under consideration.
Watch the NY Times roll off the presses in this awesome Flickr set of photos and video http://tr.im/tGer (via @donohoe)
Twist in latest ProPublica/NYT collab is that it ran as an op-ed http://tr.im/tG6k I’m told ProPublica pitched it that way.
Major League Baseball makes a weird distinction on fair use in yanking its footage from The Daily Show http://tr.im/tFMB
Video of the day is NPR’s tour of its great-looking, new website with @NPRscottsimon giving it a whirl http://tr.im/tFL4
Good morning! Nearly half of blacks and Hispanics in U.S. use the mobile web vs. 32% of all Americans http://tr.im/tFHe
22
Jul
@neighborlogs Yeah, it’s interesting that they don’t have a classifieds-style option at a lower rate. Maybe in time. They’re new.
New York Times’ hyperlocal blogs roll out self-service ads at $5 CPM (about half their normal rate) http://tr.im/tyon
“Print Found Dead; Killer at Large.” Comics go big to keep the pages in funnies http://tr.im/txSp Also: http://tr.im/txSu
New York Times Co.’s top lawyer doubts that news aggregation is a copyright issue http://tr.im/tvCs
For immediate tweet: At $1 per character, new service offers press-release distribution via Twitter http://tr.im/tvoo
For immediate twelease: At $1 per character, new service offers press-release distribution via Twitter http://tr.im/tvoo
Skipping middleman, liberal news outlets plan their own ad network http://tr.im/tvks (Mother Jones, The Nation, Air America)
@c4fcm Thanks! That’s pretty good. And looks like it picks up more news than I’ve seen with other local aggregators.
Behind the scenes of the NYTimes.com homepage and how it differs from the print edition’s front http://tr.im/tvg9
Good morning! As magazines see print ads vanish, Complex is surviving with 45% of revenue from the web http://tr.im/tuYq
21
Jul
At Inside the Rockies, the real action is in the comments. How they’ve built community around baseball: http://tr.im/tlBP
How news is made: Photo of Harvard prof Skip Gates in handcuffs http://tr.im/tl83 snapped by neighbor http://tr.im/tlbv (1/2)
(2/2) …who sold the pic to citizen-photojournalism site @Demotix which licensed it to the New York Post http://tr.im/tleQ
Good morning! Active users of the English Wikipedia peaked in March ’07 at 55k and have settled above 40k http://tr.im/tjC9
20
Jul
Some will read only newspapers. Others, just the web. The question: Who will be better informed? http://tr.im/teFf
As local papers cut travel budgets for sports reporters, teams look to blogs for coverage http://tr.im/tc9L (via @bzcohen)
How hardcore policy reporting is paying the bills at a Seattle web startup (in 4 easy steps) http://tr.im/taj3
Want to play with the New York Times’ APIs but don’t really know how? They’ve built a sandbox for you http://tr.im/taaU
Newspapers shouldn’t bother competing with Google, says Topix CEO, because “news is a crap search product” http://tr.im/t9PL
“Say AOL were a restaurant…” Q&A with new CEO Tim Armstrong on growing a brand vs. building a network http://tr.im/t9DB
Good morning! Number of iPhone apps for news up 254% in 12 wks, leading all categories. Shift to paid apps http://tr.im/t8Kz
17
Jul
Have a great weekend, everyone! My 40 most-recent links, ranked by your clicks http://nieman.40twits.com
New York Times editor says it’s “conceivable” the paper could seek foundation support for some coverage http://tr.im/sRwh
Next time someone says the news industry’s crisis is hurting coverage of Washington, show them this chart http://tr.im/sQee
@knightpulse I don’t think that’s what the document says. Seems to blame that on consolidation and deregulation of media companies.
Unlike competitors, traffic at The Huffington Post is up since the election — but average stay is declining http://tr.im/sOkA
Puzzles, tulips, fantasy cricket, Panama hats: How The Telegraph has tapped a revenue stream in e-commerce http://tr.im/sNR1
Pantheon Bridge to nowhere: Why clunky tech of the ’90s may have kept newspaper execs from innovating http://tr.im/sMZj
Wikipedia’s awesome “in-house” newspaper @wikisignpost informs me that Al Jazeera’s videos, which are CC-licensed, were uploaded by users.
“Having content be portable is going to be paramount.” Q&A on NPR’s digital strategy and its open APIs http://tr.im/sMxS
Blogger behind GoldmanSachs666.com wins legal battle, may continue to suggest investment bank is the devil http://tr.im/sMrR
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