@niemanlab archives: June 2010
7
Jun
Steve Jobs defends app rejections, but no mention of the content-based denials of news/satire apps http://j.mp/aaon1f http://j.mp/clDaro 
Apple’s iBooks grabbed a 22% share of the U.S. ebook market in just two months http://j.mp/931CsQ
Tumblr adopts black dashboard to raise oil spill awareness, facilitate user donations (via @adamclarkestes) http://j.mp/bOv2iw
Pop quiz! Name three biz-side staffers at your news org http://j.mp/9bF32p
PolitiFact launches a Truth-O-Meter in Georgia led by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (via @ryansholin) http://j.mp/9WqAfY
Yahoo plans to let users view their Facebook news feeds in Yahoo mail and on Yahoo.com http://j.mp/bYbquW
“Your audience is a moving target—one that is…getting better at this Internet thing all the time” http://j.mp/djZ540
“If the company wins, the employees win”: @jxpaton announces a profit-sharing plan for Journal Register http://j.mp/cRoT5t
When it comes to why we link, what’s the difference between credibility, readability, and connectivity? http://j.mp/bxUuoC
Kenneth 2.0: NBC News’s social media director started as a Today Show page http://j.mp/asUJAb
Yahoo needs content, HuffPo wants more pageviews…negotiations ensue http://j.mp/cabTKK
“On the whole, reporters who engage with their community tend to have a better community,” our @jbenton tells the CBC http://j.mp/9hpGtY
Good morning! What can we infer from HuffPo allowing an iPhone farting app to appear in premium ad space? http://j.mp/9H5dSD
6
Jun
Looking for good Sunday evening listening? Catch Lab director @jbenton talking online-anonymity with the CBC http://j.mp/9hpGtY
Panera asks customers to name their own price. Could the bread model make dough for journalism? http://j.mp/90x8vC
MinnPost’ Joel Kramer on the tension between audience and impact http://j.mp/bJSHxB
How to apply for a job in a comment thread http://j.mp/av64KX
5
Jun
Step aside brand loyalty; we’re loyal to information now http://j.mp/cjZRUj
Steve Jobs tells iPhone developers to ignore that rejection email from Apple http://j.mp/d0R2e4
Fact-checking a tweet: is 70% of what we read online really written by people we know? http://j.mp/arL0cb
4
Jun
Does the @fivethirtyeight news http://j.mp/95DBtO mean the death of the amateur blogosphere? (via @clinthendler) http://j.mp/cTcYhZ
“A more sophisticated way of looking at it than I’d started with”: @niemanstory on narrative-via-databases http://j.mp/aRDs3r
NPR hires a “Chief People Officer” — a title “used at more progressive organizations” (via @acarvin) http://j.mp/9WolCR
@davidjoachim I found that stat surprising, considering the gender balance at the two news startups I worked previously
Slightly more than half, 51%, of all posts on the blogosphere are written by women http://j.mp/ag5VdJ
Austin American Statesman experiments with geolocation service Gowalla to help readers explore their city http://j.mp/bZIrUC
Is that video you want to use in the public domain? Here’s how to tell, and where to find more http://j.mp/a28nAM
This Week in Review: FTCs ideas for news, Apple’s paid-news pitch, and the de-linking debate http://j.mp/cgHMO2
Google quietly brings Twitter feeds to display ads, allowing a handful of advertisers to dynamically pull in their tweets http://j.mp/bqmxBr
Publishers smile: companies are paying up to 5 times more to place ads on iPad applications than regular websites http://j.mp/b2hwB3
Good morning! Is Demand Media a content farm or a domain harvester? CEO talks about his mysterious biz plan http://j.mp/coqDYF
Good morning! NYT launches a staff-curated city guide and checkin tool for the iPhone http://j.mp/aeciPs
3
Jun
.@fivethirtyeight was licensed, not bought: Nate Silver and his new editor on the blog’s move to @nytimes http://j.mp/95DBtO
.@fivethirtyeight was licensed, not bought: Nate Silver and his new editor on the blog’s move to @nytimes http://j.mp/aiJZyX
Nonprofit Center for Public Integrity just hired four investigative reporters and a database specialist http://j.mp/9i6cGB
“Journalism” versus “content”: a matter of taking sides? http://j.mp/cXQE2r
Newsonomics of commercial crowdsourcing: why not have the crowd build the next Yellow Pages for free? http://j.mp/acUBDZ
Congrats to @fivethirtyeight — soon to be incorporated into the politics section of nytimes.com http://j.mp/9KlmhD
Is 70 percent of what we read online really created by our friends? Some fuzzy numbers http://j.mp/arL0cb
Clarifying a questionably sourced tweet http://j.mp/arL0cb
Publishing plus: Hearst acquires digital marketing service provider iCrossing http://j.mp/cNIRN7
Report: Washington Times director wants to make the paper online-only http://j.mp/aMZpee
RT @zseward Nice! Looks like the Times is in the process of open sourcing its Document Viewer http://j.mp/bsUM7e
Good morning! The #PDF10 conference on tech, journ, and politics starts today. You can follow along here http://j.mp/9M0739
2
Jun
Steve Jobs mentions the Lab! We’re the “someone” in this quote http://j.mp/bRhSp2
Readers want relationships with people, not brands http://j.mp/cjZRUj
Leveraging transmedia narrative approaches, or, what He-Man can teach us about journalism (via @niemanstory) http://j.mp/cAuNh3
Leveraging transmedia narrative approaches, or, what He-Man can teach us about journalism (via @niemanstory)
The art of the (public) cover letter: Journal Register staff apply for ideaLab spots via blog comments http://j.mp/av64KX
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