@niemanlab archives: March 2010
10
Mar
Good morning! Open source journalism got its first mention in Salon in 1999, what are its implications today? http://j.mp/agYhGX 
9
Mar
Blogs as link ghettos? We’re enjoying the convo going on between @palafo, @felixsalmon http://j.mp/c872OK
FT digital strategist hints at paywall for video: “It’s certainly not a given that video should be free” http://j.mp/bM8tqm
Look out, Foursquare! Facebook will allow location-sharing starting next month, @nickbilton reports http://j.mp/dhl0Io
What ad decline? The new Vogue Turkey is 562 pages long…and 252 of them are ad pages http://j.mp/adgzZe
How Ars Technica got 25,000 readers to voluntarily look at ads http://j.mp/cTkLdL
Google’s economist-in-chief Hal Varian to newspapers at FTC confab: “Experiment, experiment, experiment!” http://j.mp/ciPu0A
Stories published on the weekend are more likely to be shared on Facebook than those from the week http://j.mp/9k8AHq
“Apps for Inclusion,” a joint @FCC / @KnightFdn contest, to reward apps that ease access to civic services http://j.mp/cy56T5
How an Ars Technica experiment got readers to turn off “devastating” adblock software http://j.mp/cTkLdL
Google dominates 88% of all searches in UK (vs. 64% in the US). Bing is about to overtake Yahoo for 2nd place http://j.mp/9NXbax
Good morning! The FCC’s America’s Digital Inclusion Summit is now streaming live at http://ping.fm/D3biV
Good morning! The FCC’s America’s Digital Inclusion Summit is now streaming live at http://reboot.fcc.gov/live/
8
Mar
NYT launches “Learning English with The New York Times,” a $5.99 iPhone app http://j.mp/9VfTFD
Now that it’s passed the billion-pageviews-a-month benchmark, Tumblr sets its sights on revenue generation http://j.mp/ct94iv
Media exec on the problem with online video: “It’s hard to justify $75 CPMs on Hulu and other big properties” http://j.mp/dz4zEK
“Be ready to shift gears often”: Our @martinlangeveld‘s white paper on publishers’ iPad strategies http://j.mp/djfrb4
Meet Mediagazer, Techmeme’s new aggregator of “must read media news” http://bit.ly/aEdvHL
Ars Technica editor explains why ad blockers are devastating to your favorite sites (even if you wouldn’t click) http://j.mp/di1kYe
Zooming the news: will Seadragon influence how we navigate the web? http://bit.ly/bZGREk
The logout ad: “Leaving? Try Facebook on your mobile,” may have spurred a 20% leap in usage among iPhone users http://j.mp/9HXn0l
Carol Bartz, CEO of Yahoo, on AOL: “we’re just a lot bigger… [AOL] is like a mini Yahoo.” http://j.mp/9EyB16
Online retailers sell competitor ads looking to make money off the 97% of visitors who don’t buy anything http://j.mp/d97hmg
Have an idea for informing your community? Submit it to @knightfdn‘s Community Information Challenge. Deadline: today http://bit.ly/2mSMlJ
Good morning! Does web advertising need a sheriff? DoubleVerify just got its badge ($10 million investment) http://j.mp/9rUVTX
5
Mar
It’s a SuperTweet, SuperTweet…: new API will allow third-party apps to beef up tweets with contextual data http://bit.ly/bUVfkm
Microsoft’s (rumored) tablet: just over 1 lb., and around 5″x7″x1″ when closed (it folds). Also comes with…a stylus. http://bit.ly/aO4DqS
Using eye-tracking metrics, a survey concludes that the majority of users are “indifferent” to real-time search results http://bit.ly/cWLmJa
Location-as-platform, cont’d: Google Chrome now supports geotargeting http://bit.ly/9bp8pz
Google exec: “Mobile will soon have more reach than TV, radio or the Internet” http://j.mp/9uAiDo
This week in review: Surveying the online news scene, a web-first philosophy for mag sites, Facebook patents its feed http://bit.ly/dmN2Mk
Spanish news site Soitu.es couldn’t find the business model to match its content creativity http://bit.ly/9KnUe4
Saudi Arabia is on track to become the Gulf’s first wireless society; mobile devices expected to eclipse PCs next year http://bit.ly/97waNt
A baseball writer from suburban D.C. is covering the Nationals’ spring training — funded by reader donations. http://bit.ly/9tDgbv
Newsweek plans to launch a Pakistan edition, the first of its kind by a Western magazine http://bit.ly/aKkVqp
Good morning! Apple’s iPad will be available in the US starting April 3; pre-orders accepted starting March 12. http://bit.ly/aZ8iBg
4
Mar
Sony takes on Apple, preps a new device that will blend netbook, ebook reader features and run Play Station games http://j.mp/dqgtHL
An Internet free of language barriers? The Economist on human/tech-hybrid web page translation http://bit.ly/cOn09g (via @EthanZ)
Twitter valued at a measly $1.4 billion, compared to Facebook at $11.5 billion http://j.mp/cDwcoX
Not a hacker? No worries! Here’s how to use Google Fusion Tables to visualize map data: http://bit.ly/d32BeZ (via @onyxfish)
YouTube gets automatic captioning for all videos using Google’s voice recognition software http://j.mp/dpxg2V
Dig up dirt like ProPublica, nonprofit outlet shares its dangerous nurses “reporting recipe” http://j.mp/dh472Z
Make way for mobile: Google exec says desktop PCs will be “irrelevant” within three years http://bit.ly/ctZ83M (via @semmerson)
Why $1.99? WaPo explains its iPhone app subscription thinking, plans for paid content http://j.mp/9dPjjF
Is the NYT really monetizing readers 34x better than Facebook? Yes, in one sense, but is it sustainable? http://j.mp/9pZcoz
3
Mar
Networks consider big change for Web advertising: Full ad load could be on the way http://j.mp/baRJNq
Doctoral student’s study suggests free ebooks could translate to higher print edition sales http://j.mp/caQNzK
20% of Google searches are personalized to fit a user’s location and interests http://j.mp/aaP7a9
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