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@niemanlab archives: June 2011

9
Jun
Us too RT @harrisj: Me too RT @Sarahlellison: I love this: RT @JillAbramson: @felixsalmon wrong! 
 
PSA: AOL/HuffPost is looking for an editor-in-chief for AOL TV http://nie.mn/lQ1c5l 
 
Apple’s subscription rules update is less about news orgs…and more about Amazon http://nie.mn/lALaEt 
 
One rec from today’s big @FCC report: Funnel government money into local ad markets http://nie.mn/kyeIaW 
 
Makes sense: IRE is taking over @DocumentCloud as the project’s Knight funding expires http://nie.mn/jGNiWS 
 
Apple has relaxed its iPad subscription rules, but the FT still isn’t satisfied http://nie.mn/lKBNAX 
 
Paywalls are proving to be pretty good at playing defense for news orgs. But what about playing offense? http://nie.mn/loHGSK 
 
Journal Register Co. CEO @jxpaton: “How The Crowd Saved Our Company” http://nie.mn/lvRDjd 
 
Is the Frank Rich Discount working? The NYT is seeing “an uptick in new print orders” http://nie.mn/lB07wx 
 
If you haven’t already, check out today’s strummable-and-recordable Google Doodle (a tribute to Les Paul) http://nie.mn/ekm7GA 
 
In 2010, online ad spending grew by 14.9%. In 2011, it’s poised to grow by 20.2% http://nie.mn/jEuMS6 
 
Apple makes its subscription rules more friendly to news orgs. But is this really about Amazon? http://nie.mn/lALaEt 
 
8
Jun
Betting on Grantland: Will ESPN’s sports and pop culture site win big? http://nie.mn/m3PsGz 
 
Sunlight’s Inbox Influence: Connecting the political dots through email http://nie.mn/kEPq9h 
 
IRE is working with news developers to create a site to download and analyze Census data http://nie.mn/kt4aX7 
 
Lessons from the Omaha World-Herald on their niche, and possibly money making, news app Curbwise http://nie.mn/k41K5j 
 
Good for @GOOD: By traffic and social media, GOOD looks to be on the rise http://nie.mn/mD4hyL 
 
The book, film, and website experience that is “Welcome to Pine Point” http://nie.mn/jhoNrl 
 
Researchers at MIT are working on a tool that can ID how rumors are spread on Twitter http://nie.mn/jrGPkk 
 
NJ supreme court rules that message board users aren’t protected by shield laws http://nie.mn/kWCUNj 
 
More thoughts insight on the NY Observer’s new look from @espiers http://nie.mn/muOcI2 
 
RT @jimbradysp: I’ll be discussing TBD & lessons learned in a Poynter webinar at 2pm ET today. Sign up! http://bit.ly/lbwNGQ 
 
Peeling back the connections through you email: A look at Sunlight Foundation’s Inbox Influence tool http://nie.mn/kEPq9h 
 
RT @parisreview: George Plimpton video game? Why, yes! Play Plimpton’s Video Falconry here: http://tpr.ly/izQKey 
 
The WSJ says it has more than 200,000 app subscribers on phones, tablets and e-readers http://nie.mn/mS0ZAW 
 
In two years TV will really be available everywhere, say TV executives http://nie.mn/miSDW2 
 
Houston, the psychic, the NYT and those bodies: When news alerts get ahead of the story http://nie.mn/kqkESw 
 
Big-time PSA: Columbia Journalism Review is looking for an Editor-in-Chief http://nie.mn/jSwjGn 
 
The BBC’s College of Journalism and POLIS are holding a conference on the media and accountability http://nie.mn/igGMLz 
 
How the Omaha World-Herald assembled a mountain of real estate data into their news app Curbwise http://nie.mn/k41K5j 
 
DocumentCloud has been rolling out a better search and new ways to annotate and redact documents http://nie.mn/kRhWX7 
 
Bloomberg’s head of digital talks about their recen redesign and how they use multimedia http://nie.mn/lJqCg1 
 
Good morning! Google has developed a system to track attribution of content that may affect ranking http://nie.mn/immb2D 
 
7
Jun
DocumentCloud has been rolling out a better search and new ways to annotate and redact documents http://nie.mn/kRhWX7 
 
CNN’s web strategy: Find the core. Strengthen the core. Stretch into new places. http://nie.mn/kgPp8F 
 
Bill Kling is on a mission to hire 100 reporters at every large public radio station http://nie.mn/iyoaGM 
 
Five tips for emerging video journalists http://nie.mn/k7ebNC via @ModernJourno 
 
RT @NiemanReports: Interview with director of @pageonemovie about how Keller seemed ready to “throw in the towel” http://nie.mn/k6XsGf 
 
A preview of the FCC’s “Future of Media” report http://nie.mn/mjGyrb 
 
Tips for responding to a hack, from PBS: Be quick; be personal; repeat, repeat, repeat http://nie.mn/io9vST 
 
RT @EMMAGKELLER: Can someone explain in 140 (or less) exactly what Patch is/does? I missed the memo. 
 
The Financial Times shuns the App Store, but not the iPad http://nie.mn/lSRfRY 
 
Microsoft, Yahoo, Google propose a common vocabulary for metadata, helping publishers add meaning to web content http://nie.mn/mkOm8x 
 
CNN.com gets an average of 8.5 million visitors *a day.* Here’s how http://nie.mn/l3BcS8 
 
Lots to savor in @niemanstory‘s latest Editors’ Roundtable http://nie.mn/jCQLrH 
 
Don’t call it retirement: An exit interview with Bill Kling, public radio’s original entrepreneur http://nie.mn/iyoaGM 
 
More on Apple’s Newsstand and how your publication can participate http://nie.mn/mRfw6P 
 
From a performance perspective, Google’s +1 button is disappointing http://nie.mn/jOpLIV 
 
Wow: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is proposing to build Creative Commons-style licenses into copyright law http://nie.mn/jZq2qu 
 
Apple’s iOS+Twitter integration will change mobile apps because developers can take advantage http://nie.mn/mAk9ca