Slate has launched a new publishing system, and with it a series of new features, including a new “social stream” that highlights the stories that readers are most interested in at the moment. This is also noteworthy because Slate, one of the earliest web content sites, had been working...
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The rate of growth of Internet ad revenues more than doubled year-over-year, in the first half of 2011, according to figures released by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Here is the full announcement: NEW YORK – Internet ad revenues rose 23.2 percent — to a...
Keep reading » Most Americans (69%) say that if their local newspaper no longer existed, it would not have a major impact on their ability to keep up with information and news about their community, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism and Internet & American...
Keep reading » If there was a theme at this year’s Online News Association conference it was that we are no longer talking about the future of journalism because the future of journalism is here. Some of the more specific themes and catchphrases that seemed to resonate and get repeated throughout included...
Keep reading » At the Online News Association conference this weekend in Boston, Google News introduced a new content tag that will help publishers get more credit, and presumably traffic, by making it easier for Google News to better feature "standout" content and give even more credit where credit is due....
Keep reading » BBC News, Flipboard, the Los Angeles Times, Zeit Online and the Washington Post were among the news and technology organizations winning 2011 Online Journalism Awards. This year, the awards introduced changes to acknowledge the explosion of journalistic innovation on new digital platforms. Entries...
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