Category Archives: newspapers

Predicting The Future Of Obituaries

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Danny Sanchez

A team of Northwestern University students led by pioneering professor Rich Gordon has published the results of a compelling analysis on Legacy.com and the future of newspaper obituaries. Gordon published an overview today on Poynter E-Media Tidbits, where he urged … Continue reading →

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Eye-Tracking Tablets And The Promise of Text 2.0 [Wired]

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Danny Sanchez

From Wired.com: “For example: What if those written words were watching you reading them and making adjustments accordingly? Eye-tracking technology and processor-packed tablets promise to react, based on how you’re looking at text – where you pause, how you stare, … Continue reading →

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Online News Readers Use 5 Sites or Fewer, Study Says [NYTimes]

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Danny Sanchez

From the NY Times: “Only 35 percent of the people who go online for news have a favorite site, and just 21 percent are more or less ‘monogamous,’ relying primarily on a single Internet news source, according to a survey … Continue reading →

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Facebook Users Prefer Broadcast Sites, Hitwise Analyst Says

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Danny Sanchez

Facebook users tend to prefer broadcast to newspaper media sites, according to Hitwise analyst Heather Hopkins. Check out her post containing plenty of metrics trends charts. [via Editor’s Weblog]

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Pew Study Says Internet Overtakes Newspapers For News

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Danny Sanchez

“The internet is now the third most-popular news platform, behind local and national television news and ahead of national print newspapers, local print newspapers and radio. Getting news online fits into a broad pattern of news consumption by Americans; six … Continue reading →

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100+ Screenshots of Inauguration Day News Coverage

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Danny Sanchez

Want to see how more than 100 major national and international news sites covered the inauguration of Barack Obama? Visit the Flickr photo gallery I put together to see screenshots of news sites’ home pages immediately after Obama was sworn … Continue reading →

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10 Things Online Editors can do to Save Their Jobs

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Danny Sanchez

Learning the skills to “do it yourself” can help you keep your online media job in these tough times and possibly get you an even better gig. [Photo by Tommy Huynh] If you’re a web worker at a news site, … Continue reading →

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How to Save Your Online Clips

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Danny Sanchez

Count on the fact that some of the journalism work living on your news site will go up in smoke. To protect yourself, make sure you’re keeping digital copies of your portfolio. [Photo by Mr. Peebles] Journo/developer Joe Murphy has … Continue reading →

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GateHouse Lawsuit vs. New York Times Co. has Dire Implications

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Danny Sanchez

GateHouse Media filed a lawsuit Monday against the New York Times Co. alleging copyright infringement after the NYT-owned Boston Globe frequently posted links containing headlines and the first sentences from articles on GateHouse’s community news sites. –View the Document: The … Continue reading →

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Study: Newspaper Sites Embrace User Content, Comments in 2008

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Danny Sanchez

A 2008 study released by The Bivings Group showed that newspaper web sites  increasingly embraced user content and comments, launched reporter-written blogs and shied away from requiring registration to read articles. The Bivings report, titled The Use of the Internet … Continue reading →

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5 Ways to Monitor Your News Competition Online

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Danny Sanchez

Being a sharp online editor means keeping a close watch on your competitors. [Photo by Pkabz] Do you want to explain to your editor why you didn’t know about the huge news that’s been on your competition’s site for more … Continue reading →

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Google News Launches Newspaper Archive Service

Posted on September 8, 2008 by Danny Sanchez

Google today announced the launch of a new service on Google News that will archive newspaper pages exactly as they originally appeared in print. According to the post, Google is partnering with newspaper publishers to enhance its archive search with … Continue reading →

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