Archive for the 'Newspapers' Category
News Corp says paywall plan for UK papers on track
March 11th, 2010Reuters – “News Corp will start charging for content for its British newspapers on the Web in the next weeks or months, the head of its European and Asian operations James Murdoch said on Wednesday.”
Anonymous comments: Virginia Tech student paper’s Web site raising hackles
February 14th, 2010Columbus Dispatch – “A Virginia Tech advisory committee has recommended that the university cut funding to all campus media unless the student newspaper bans anonymous comments on its Web site. The University Commission on Student Affairs, mostly made up of students, decided that the way the newspaper monitors online comments is irresponsible, lacks accountability, victimizes [...]
Will Getting Rid of Free Online Content Save The Newspaper Industry?
January 21st, 2010Findlaw – “The days of reading a daily newspaper appear to be part of the past, and newspapers are trying to come up with solutions to remain viable. With online content available on the internet, less people are reading printed newspapers. Free online content is available, but will charging readers for online content save the [...]
Murdoch to charge for all online content
August 5th, 2009FT – “Rupert Murdoch has vowed to charge for all the online content of his newspapers and television news channels, going well beyond his prediction in May that the company would test pay models on one of its stronger papers within the year.”
The News About the Internet
August 2nd, 2009New York Review of Books – “Of all the dismal and discouraging numbers to have emerged from the world of newspapers—the sharp plunges in circulation, the dizzying fall-off in revenues, the burgeoning debt, the mounting losses—none seems as sobering as the relentless march of layoffs and buyouts. According to the blog Paper Cuts, newspapers lost [...]
Digital newspaper archive hits 1M pages online
June 16th, 2009The Associated Press – “The vintage accounts of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and the Wright brothers' first “aeroplane” flight in 1903 are among the news stories preserved through the National Digital Newspaper Program. The program Tuesday celebrated the first 1 million pages that have been posted on a free, government-funded Web site.”
Alumni Try to Rewrite History on College-Newspaper Web Sites
May 24th, 2009Chronicle.com – “Disturbed that an article she wrote as a college student could be turned against her in moments with a Google search on her name, Ms. Dobo contacted The Daily Collegian and asked if it would essentially “hide” the article on the paper's Web site so it would be less prominent in any search [...]
Saying farewell to a long career filled with connection
May 26th, 2008Larry Benjamin: “It’s also unfortunate that many public officials and employees consider the press as an adversary. They forget that we share the same goal: to serve the public. The newspaper is the watchdog on behalf of the people, the connection between the people and their government. How do you say goodbye? By appreciating the [...]
READing is Fundamental
September 18th, 2007Newspaper Association of America – “Young people who used newspapers in school and read newspaper content aimed at teens are more likely to volunteer, vote and engage in civic expression as adults, according to a study of more than 1,500 25- to 34-year-olds released today by the Newspaper Association of America Foundation.” (via)
