MoveOn’s PBS Petition Nearing 1 Million
BL Ochman reports:
MoveOn.org, which was seeking 500,000 signatures on a petition against proposed Congress’ cancellation of funding to NPR and PBS, has now reached almost a million signatures.
MarketingVOX: Time Warner Cable is offering an interactive TV element to subscribers in the NYC market, Mediaweek reports (via MediaBuyerPlanner). During the Democratic mayoral primary today, viewers of Time Warner Cable’s NY1 News network can participate in a "snap poll" by using specially marked keys on their digital remotes, and will be tracked and reported…
Stephen Baker over at Business Week’s Blogspotting reports: Look for Yahoo! to unveil a response to Google’s blog search early next week. This from Bradley Horowitz, director of tech development in the company’s search group. He wouldn’t provide details in advance. It will be interesting to see how the two products compare — will Yahoo…
Here is a tantalizing tidbit about a new blog analytics tool called Measure Map. It isn’t live yet, but you can sign up for an invitation.
My preferred RSS reader, SearchFox, will cease to exist in 2 weeks. Esteban Kozak writes in his blog: Thanks for all your help in making SearchFox what it is. We have enjoyed providing this service, and hope that you have enjoyed using it. Please export all of your links and an OPML file with your…
Speaking of paying for content, USC’s Annenberg school has an interesting piece about a paid content success stroy: Cook’s Illustrated: Stirring up synergy to sell online food content. [via Online News Squared]
Online News Squared: “Knight Ridder revives the name of a former afternoon paper and uses it for the latest effort at citizen journalism at TheColumbiaRecord.com.” And MicroPersuasion reports on another major newspaper chain getting into the CJ game: "MediaPost: ‘Cox-owned Austin American-Statesman today plans to launch a free community blogging service on its group of…