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Reverse syndication
via BuzzMachine by Jeff Jarvis on February 14, 2008
In the story about their layoffs today, the New York Times mentioned, as it often does, that the Baghdad bureau costs them $3 million a year. I’ve been wondering about a new way to help support that bureau: reverse syndication. Now, the Times supports that work not with advertising associated with it directly — who wants to associated a brand with war? — but by doing the other things —...
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About our maps
via The EveryBlock Blog by (author unknown) on February 18, 2008
We’ve gotten a number of comments and questions about the maps thatappear on EveryBlock. People are wondering if we have created ourown mapping platform, and why we didn’t use the map offerings fromservices like Google, Yahoo!, or Microsoft.Yes, we created our own maps for EveryBlock. We did this because itgave us more choices and greater flexibility than we would have hadif we had made yet...
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Reinventing Journalism On The Web: Links As News, Links As Reporting
via Publishing 2.0 by Scott Karp on February 19, 2008
... reporting that matters most — SUPPLEMENTED by links to other original reporting done by other newsrooms — and by individuals. The idea is that journalists, editors, and newsrooms need to LEVERAGE the web, leverage the network to help them do more — in so many cases now, with less.But I would take Jeff’s web-savvy advice a step further:“Make linking to the rest an essential part of w...
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White Rabbit video with Star Trek crew
via Boing Boing by David Pescovitz on February 19, 2008
In the discussions following my post about Alice In Wonderland Syndrome, WAREQ linked to this absolutely fantastic psychedelic music video for Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit starring the original Star Trek crew. Link
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Fueling creativity in online video - with AdSense for video beta
via Inside AdSense by Inside AdSense Team on February 20, 2008
We know that publishers are quickly adding video to their sites and looking for ways to earn additional revenue. If this sounds like you, look no further than AdSense for video, our solution for qualifying publishers. You may remember that we announced AdSense for video as a pilot last May.Since then, we've tested a variety of ad formats with the interest of users, publishers and advertisers...
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Zell to use Trib's smaller papers as "a petri dish of innovation"
via Romenesko by Jim Romenesko on February 25, 2008
Newport News Daily PressAt Tribune's smaller papers, new ideas will be tested and incubated before being passed along to the company's big three: the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and Newsday. Sam Zell said during his stop at Tribune's Newport News paper: "I believe that newspapers, in fact, have a great future, and 25 or 30 years from now, the newspapers that adapt and take a...
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Exclusive Preview: Spb Mobile Shell 2.0
via pocketnow.com by Brandon Miniman on March 02, 2008
The successor to Spb Mobile Shell 1.0, which is an acclaimed interface... Read More
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Steven Levy loses a MacBook Air
via CrunchGear by John Biggs on March 09, 2008
Say it ain’t so, Steven! Mr. “Hackers” Levy believes his wife threw Apple’s loaner MacBook Air into the recycling chute with all the other paper, leading him to believe that no, he’s the only stupid one and that everyone else with little expectation that a featherlight computer will end up in a pile of other office detritus would do the same thing. This, friends, is why I’m going to...
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