Thursday, November 5, 2009
Does Your Mom Edit Your Blog? Google Wants to Know.
Why did Google start labeling blogs as “blogs” in its search results? Eric Schmidt thinks it may have to do with your mother.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
What Does the New York Times Really Know About Apple’s Tablet? “I Ain’t Sayin’,” Says Editor Bill Keller.
All the news we can’t tell you about? Most publishers can’t even get Apple to acknowledge that it’s working on a tablet, but maybe the newspaper of record has more pull. In any event, its top editor is staying mostly mum.
Friday, October 9, 2009
The AP Tries a “Truthiness” Approach: “We’re Not Talking to Google” Means “We’re Talking to Google”
Associated Press CEO Tom Curley told a group of journalists this week that his company isn’t talking to Google about renewing its licensing deal. But they have been talking for months and talked again this week.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Who Says the Web Doesn’t Pay? Gawker Boss Nick Denton Says He’ll Shell Out for Salacious Stories.
The blog network owner says he’ll open his checkbook for readers who have amazing tales and pictures he can publish. He’s not talking TMZ money, yet. But “I’d love to have their reputation–as the place you go if you want to make a buck.”
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Wall Street Journal Promises New Pay Sites, Someday
My colleagues over at The Wall Street Journal have been able to convince more than a million people to pay for full access to the paper’s Web site. Can it find even more people who are willing to pay for even more online stuff? We may find out: WSJ.com is contemplating what sounds an awful lot like trade newsletters.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Back to the Future: How the New York Times Saw the Web in 1995
New York Times chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr. may not have figured out how his paper can adapt to the Web age yet. But give him credit: He’s been thinking about the idea for more than a decade.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
On the Web, the New York Times Really Is the Paper of Record
Everyone knows that the New York Times is a relic of the analog age, and that its inability to adapt to the Web will doom it… one day. Until then, we’re all reading the New York Times.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Facebook at 5: Remembering the Early Years, and Measuring Up Against Google
Mark Zuckberg’s company has come a long way since the Harvard dorms. But if it wants to measure up against Silicon Valley’s most successful start-up of the last 20 years, it has some work ahead of it.
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