@niemanlab archives: April 2011
8
Apr
This Week in Review: AOL’s purge, aggregation v. original reporting, and more http://nie.mn/eBaagC 
Treat the news like Starbucks—and more advice from Google News founder Krishna Bharat http://nie.mn/g5RNOA
Investigative reporting for kids http://nie.mn/hmJXBK
“Nonessential”? If the government shuts down tonight, many federal websites will go dark http://nie.mn/f3mY3H
Rethinking the investigative report: @CaliforniaWatch‘s latest comes in the form of…a coloring book http://nie.mn/hmJXBK
“Some weeks are just like this: The three biggest stories were HuffPo, the NYT, and HuffPo vs. the NYT.” http://nie.mn/eBaagC
Google News founder Krishna Bharat hopes the NYT can plug the leaks in its paywall http://nie.mn/g5RNOA
7
Apr
Tales of the Permalancer: An AOL Music writer recounts his time, “contributions” and end with AOL http://nie.mn/dU5tSx
USA Today may begin offering a pageview bonus to their writers http://nie.mn/gKjAQf
What If the CPB had $178? “‘Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!’ would be broadcast live from a moon base.” http://nie.mn/fYxOnr
Good news! Newsroom employment numbers are bouncing back http://nie.mn/hzRUkQ
Newsonomics: The Washington Post’s new approach to analytics and attempt to better understand readers http://nie.mn/f0ZwiL
One of Mexico’s more successful paywalled newspapers is looking at how to charge for mobile apps http://nie.mn/idYoTO
Are UK publishers making money on the web? Yes. But how does it compare to the rest of their revenue? http://nie.mn/ffk8hX
Are UK publishers make money on the web? Yes. But how does it compare to the rest of their revenue? http://nie.mn/ffk8hX
“Curate is code for ‘I have a discerning eye and great taste.’” http://nie.mn/iiAdzR
Armenia briefly lost its Internet, not because of protests, but because of a 75-year-old woman http://nie.mn/eBXpLT
Thanks to everyone who came out for the Lab’s first happy hour! You guys were swellegent! More #FutureofBrews events are on the way
Are you a blogger? Need legal advice? The New York Times Knowledge Network is here for you http://nie.mn/h1gXkI
Google is beefing up YouTube with new channels and original programming http://nie.mn/gGwzhI
Meet the people whose job it is to build news widgets for the WaPo at a moments notice http://nie.mn/eFnr11
ESPN just got into the TV everywhere game with the WatchESPN app for iPhone and iPads http://nie.mn/gpKy1P
The Newsonomics of the Washington Post’s reader dashboard 1.0 http://nie.mn/f0ZwiL
NYU Local is hosting a young journalists event this weekend w/ @FelixSalmon, @AntDeRosa and more http://nie.mn/gfk7jt
Why its important for news sites to be instructive on how they want their online engagement to work http://nie.mn/gUL50k
Whoa whoa whoa says NYT, that paywall wasn’t $40 million. It was more like $25 million http://nie.mn/gPuB10
The best job I never had: The death of Gourmet, Ruth Reichl’s new venture and one woman’s job hunt http://nie.mn/fY3eOI
The multimedia empire that is Vice just keeps growing, now with serious mainstream investment http://nie.mn/eH6J1E
Good morning! Twitter has finally unveiled geo-targeted ads and better tools to quantify followers http://nie.mn/iaCPke
6
Apr
The Daily’s data trove, part 2: time-of-day consumption trends, story sharing stats, and more http://nie.mn/hmsPD3
Three words for this evening, Bostonians: Ten. Free. Beers. http://nie.mn/gs9co4
Do iPad users read news at different times of day than laptop users? Some evidence the answer is yes: http://nie.mn/hmsPD3
Starting up? How to sustain momentum after initial success http://nie.mn/f6wjrd
News stories account for 56.9% of The Daily’s in-app tweets; Gossip stories, 4.8% http://nie.mn/hmsPD3
NPR Digital Services is developing a CMS that will integrate with the org’s API http://nie.mn/gpiVZQ
@carr2n @PaulColyer @sarahw Excellent! We’ve got dibs on Labitude™ — and, in honor of our happy hour tonight, #futureofbrews…
According to Yahoo, “royal wedding” search queries are up 8 million percent. You read that right. http://nie.mn/g74pCd
So valuable: Eight top editors detail the decisions and revisions involved in long-form writing http://nie.mn/gNX5N5
HuffPo, journo-magnet: “I thought, my God, this woman has described something that is too amazing to turn down” http://nie.mn/id6fds
Tiger Blood™? Charlie Sheen moves to trademark 22 of his catchphrases http://nie.mn/hBW0jH
Good morning! One of the NYT’s plans for its paywall: “make it simpler” http://nie.mn/eBds5s
5
Apr
Facebook introduces “Journalists on Facebook” page http://nie.mn/evrO4t
Hyperlocal network Examiner.com will use incentive pay to make content, um, not content-farmy http://nie.mn/gHOAbj
NY Post issues correction after incorrectly attributing crazy quote to Toni Braxton (but doesn’t say who said it) http://nie.mn/et8qh7
Elisabeth Murdoch makes a cool £153 million selling her TV production company to her dad http://nie.mn/f4dkpH
RT @NYTimesSkimmer: Times Skimmer has now switched from locked sections to using our regular meter. 20 free articles/month.
Is Righthaven a defender of intellectual property — or Internet villain? http://nie.mn/gy7aNJ
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