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@niemanlab archives: May 2010

5
May
Drawing out the audience: inside the BBC’s user-generated hub http://bit.ly/chKUpj 
 
WSJ iPad update with context: 64,000 users have downloaded the app once. 3,200 have paid http://j.mp/buCUUw (h/t @thejqs
 
Murdoch on WSJ’s 64,000 iPad users: “Unlike the Kindle, we keep 100% of the revenue from the iPad.” http://j.mp/bBJDz4 
 
Good morning! The Media Consortium is offering its members cash for collaboration http://j.mp/dtxRly 
 
4
May
NYT introduces Version 3 of its Times Newswire API http://j.mp/cUgEgP 
 
The Good Soldiers author David Finkel on TGS, Wikileaks, and the deliberative narrative (via @niemanstory) http://j.mp/cTn54h 
 
“Intentionally increasing outbound traffic is positively radical for a mainstream newsroom.” http://j.mp/aTBnZN 
 
Google Ventures invests in app that tries to predict the future http://j.mp/caau4H 
 
NAA says newspaper circulation declines “are moderating.” @MartinLangeveld isn’t buying it. http://j.mp/c98o77 
 
RT @zseward: Smart, hilarious, and awful: Bloomberg BusinessWeek sponsoring free shoe shines in Midtown: http://twitpic.com/1l0n3x 
 
CBS News and CNN: reportedly back in partnership negotiations http://j.mp/9Z8xu5 
 
Google will begin selling digital books this summer http://j.mp/dfimqJ 
 
Google tops Compete’s March list of top 50 sites, Facebook right behind http://j.mp/cU0aBD 
 
Why does the BBC want to send its readers away? @jonathanstray on the value of linking http://j.mp/aTBnZN 
 
Ning goes premium with a three-tiered pricing structure (via @TechCrunch) http://j.mp/d5nYnm 
 
Hilarity: @geneweingarten on “the great philosophical schism” btw Facebook, Twitter (via @NiemanReports) http://j.mp/9DPwg3 
 
Great new post from @MartinLangeveld: Parsing the NAA’s spin on newspaper circ data http://j.mp/c98o77 
 
Twitter, @NPR honored for “Best Practices” in Webby Awards; see full list of winners here http://j.mp/bdqY 
 
Draft language of online privacy bill expected today. Players in the $23 billion internet ad biz say, no need! http://j.mp/bcE8Jc 
 
Good morning! The first edition of @pierre‘s Honolulu Civil Beat is now live http://j.mp/bwNexu 
 
3
May
Curating “social media signals” just got easier: Starting tomorrow, tweets will be embeddable http://j.mp/aBBTUn 
 
“Daddy, where do memes come from?” Don’t miss @ethanz‘s awesome #ROFLcon notes http://j.mp/96Cp2n 
 
Will @Ning launch its own version of AdSense tomorrow? Answer: nope! @TechCrunch updates its post (thx, @pkafka) http://j.mp/bnVI9Z 
 
The New Yorker’s web editor on branding and business: the site is a “consistent generator of subscriptions” http://j.mp/929wKp
 
Will @Ning launch its own version of AdSense tomorrow? @TechCrunch makes a case http://j.mp/bnVI9Z 
 
Public service announcement: @huffingtonpost is hiring an associate social news editor http://j.mp/1rE9Hk 
 
“Authentic” should be retired, says @asmartbear. So should “powerful,” “simple,” “disruptive.” Agree? http://j.mp/bDEOPU 
 
“Maximum information in minimum time”: Gauging social media’s merits http://j.mp/9thqqk 
 
Google’s BumpTop acquisition: a sign that a 3-D multi-touch tablet interface is on the way? http://j.mp/bRmL8l 
 
Newspapers are achieving a fragile stability. What’s next? Here’s the newsonomics of the reborn newspaper http://j.mp/a0g0f0 
 
Rethinking our headlines: Articles with sexual references in titles are shared more frequently on Facebook http://j.mp/cI3Ja2 
 
What do we “want” online? LIving Social picks up vc funding for “manufacturing serendipity” that creates demand http://j.mp/aeFztv 
 
Good morning! NYT SVP of digital ops says engagement is an “essential moat around which our defenses are based” http://j.mp/coq7r0