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Reuters Innovates, but Execution Lacking
Steve Rubel: "Reuters has launched a new program that converts the text of its news reports into podcasts." Good to see Reuters innovating on news presentation. But if you read the comments on Steve’s post, you’ll see that the implementation leaves something to be desired.
The Future of Paid Content on NYT
Outsell has an excellent analysis of New York Times Select. Their blog post looks at what future moves the NYT online might make and has an early evaluation of the movement to paid content for parts of the site from the Times’ own Martin Nisenholtz.
Simple Moves, Happy Customers, and Myriad Challenges
Today’s recommended reading is a bit all over the map. There’s something here to please communicators, entrepreneurs, consumers, and probably a half dozen other demographics. Don’t get too used to it, though, because I’m just as likely to get hung up on a single topic tomorrow.
“Masters of Information”
Forbes: “Every era has its prized commodity, cherished for its value and utility–gold in the 1850s, oil in the 1870s, water out West in the 1940s. Ours is data … we present the Masters of Information–those entrepreneurs and companies figuring out how to separate the gold from the gravel on the Web.” [via PaidContent.org]
1 of 4 Adults Prefers Online News
The Center for Media Research reports via email today that: According to JupiterResearch, the number of online adults who prefer the Internet as their main source of news has grown over 35% in the last four years, at the expense of television and newspapers. Currently, over 26% of online adults prefer the Internet for national…
Local Paper Launches Video Service
Interesting tidbit from PaidContent: The Virginian-Pilot–the largest daily metropolitan newspaper in the state of Virginia, has launched a standalone video site called HamptonRoads.tv. The site has local (both professional editorial and user-generated video) and national video (AP video feeds) and will funnel video to its local websites, HamptonRoads.com and PilotOnline.com.