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Links on Twitter: AFP to get into direct-content, ONA to revamp site, UK Times paywall leads to advertiser pull-out

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How social data built a better health care app: @digiphile guest-posts at @mashable http://nie.mn/bxM0p1 » "Imaginary cosmopolitans": @TheEconomist considers cross-national web use with data from @...

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The Newsonomics of less-is-more, more or less

18x18 Nieman Journalism Lab   about 11 hours ago
If you own the Salt Lake properties, or if you're the Tribune, and own the Chicago Tribune, WGN-TV and WGN radio, you practically have a fiduciary responsibility to rearrange assets that will make ...

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Links on Twitter: Google to find the right blog, Trib to create a “premium” paper, Target to sell Facebook giftcards

18x18 Nieman Journalism Lab   2010-09-01
"The goal is simply to give credit to whoever got the story started or added some significant new angle." http://nie.mn/9TLTCQ » Target to sell Facebook gift cards that can be used for "social game...

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The Awl gets a sister site, Splitsider, which will be its “newsy-voicey” compliment in covering comedy

18x18 Nieman Journalism Lab   2010-09-01
It sometimes feels like all the good topics are taken online — it’s uncommon to find a promising but untrampled niche for a new website. The folks behind The Awl hope they’ve found one in a new sit...

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All the web's a stage: Scholar Joshua Braun on what we show and what we choose to hide in journalism

18x18 Nieman Journalism Lab   2010-09-01
Joshua Braun is a media scholar currently pursuing his Ph.D in Communications at Cornell. His work is centered at the intriguing intersection of television and the web: He’s currently studying the ...

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Links on Twitter: Dallas Morning News talks paywall, video tool increases views, set aside time for a TED talk

18x18 Nieman Journalism Lab   2010-08-31
You’ll want to set time aside to watch this TED/@mccandelish video on the beauty of dataviz. Trust us. http://nie.mn/cXCKaV » The visualization of sound: very cool project sono-maps New York City (...

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For extra revenue, and to shore up content, j-schools turn to summer programs for high school students

18x18 Nieman Journalism Lab   2010-08-31
Journalism schools are ripe for experimentation. They’ve got students excited about the future of the industry, professors free from the profit pressures of a newsroom, and all the resources of a u...

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Boston.com launches a real estate-focused iPhone app

18x18 Nieman Journalism Lab   2010-08-31
Yesterday, Boston.com, the website of the Boston Globe, announced the launch of its real estate-focused iPhone app. The new (and free) tool, per its iTunes description page, will allow users to: • ...

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Links on Twitter: YouTube goes Hollywood, a Breathalyzer for headlines, confessions of an online moderator

18x18 Nieman Journalism Lab   2010-08-30
Network Effect 101: @hermida on teaching social media in J-school http://nie.mn/99KGsN » A Breathalyzer for headlines http://nie.mn/aQ0anv » When to delete: confessions of an online moderator http:...

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The AP and Google reach a licensing renewal agreement — here’s what it might mean for their relationship

18x18 Nieman Journalism Lab   2010-08-30
This afternoon, Google and The Associated Press announced that they’ve struck a new licensing deal that will allow Google to continue posting content from the news cooperative. The renewal is an ex...

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Playing it by ear: The Atlantic joins the magazine-Tumbling fray in embracing experimentation

18x18 Nieman Journalism Lab   2010-08-30
Until recently, Tumblr was a fairly isolated phenomenon: a platform that (to overgeneralize only slightly) helped a slew of web-savvy young city-dwellers to stay connected with more characters than...

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Links on Twitter: USA Today shifts focus to digital, Harvard Biz Review on catalyzing engagement, CDO explanation for the rest of us

18x18 Nieman Journalism Lab   2010-08-27
A CDO explanation for the rest of us. Al Granberg comic strip is worth 4,000 words http://nie.mn/dkfuTq » Social networking among Internet users ages 50 and older nearly doubled between April ‘09 a...