AP Hires Firm To Track Online Content
May 31, 2007
The Associated Press has tapped the Attributor Corporation to monitor and track their online content, to “fingerprint” AP copy to identify and document where it appears on the Internet and spot copyright violations.
Maury Povich launches online newspaper
May 31, 2007
Maury Povich, who has had a home in Montana for more than 10 years, has launched a new daily online newspaper with a weekly print edition to cover Flathead Valley, Montana.
NewWest.net founder Jonathan Weber says it “has the potential to show some interesting new approaches to news business.”
Assessing Legal Risks and Guidelines for User Comments
May 31, 2007
A good look at what the legal issues are that newsrooms should consider when opening their Web sites to public comment, from several legal experts.
The Great Debate: Salon vs. Slate
May 31, 2007
Read what writers and readers of PopMatters have to say.
Web site error rocks global oil markets
May 30, 2007
An error on the web site of TV station in Tulsa, Oklahoma, caused a spike in world oil prices today.
CBS affiliate KOTV reported that a lightning strike had caused a fire at an Oklahoma refinery — sparking a flurry of excitement among energy traders and boosting U.S. crude prices 40 cents, according to Reuters. The refining company announced the story was “completely wrong” and the station withdrew the story.
“All it takes is a screw-up on a Web site to move the market. It just goes to show how tense this market is,” said a Houston-based oil trader.
CNN to make Pipeline video free
May 28, 2007
CNN will redesign its internet offerings July 1, including making its CNN Pipeline video product free. The product was launched in late 2005 as a $25-a-year service providing four “streams” of video with footage of breaking news.
CNN, IBS partner
May 27, 2007
CNN and Internet Broadcasting have formed a partnership, in which they will link to each others’ content and work together on online ad platforms. This means CNN will link to local news stories from IBS member TV station sites and IBS sites will link to CNN content.
The high price of user-generated content
May 27, 2007
Companies have found that inviting consumers to create their advertising is often more stressful, costly and time-consuming than just rolling up their sleeves and doing the work themselves. Many entries are mediocre, if not downright bad, and sifting through them requires full-time attention. And even the most well-known brands often spend millions of dollars upfront to get the word out to consumers.
2007 EPpy Winners Announced
May 24, 2007
E&P has announced the winners of the 2007 EPpy Awards for interactive media, which included the inaugural Knight News Innovation Award, which was given to the Center for Innovation in Journalism at American Public Media for its Public Insight Journalism project.
Knight News Challenge First-Year Winners Announced
May 23, 2007
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced more than $10 million in grant money to fund innovative ideas for using digital news and information to build and bind community in specific geographic areas. Winners of the Knight News Challenge include The Media Lab and Comparative Media Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which will receive $5 million to create a Center for Future Civic Media to develop, test and study new forms of high-tech community news; and journalist/web developer Adrian Holovaty, creator of chicagocrime.org, who will receive $1.1 million to create a series of city-specific web sites devoted to public records and hyper-local information.