links for 2008-02-29
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Link Journalism: Is Linking to News a form of Journalism? - ReadWriteWeb
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Stop Press 2: Hitwise Data Shows Google News UK Unbiased - Search Engine Watch
Google News UK is sorting stories “without fear or favor.” It is so unbiased that it is even sending traffic to its competitors. Or, to borrow a line from the BBC charter, Google News UK is “free from both political and commercial influence” and answers o
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Conversation Agent: Print is Far from Dead - Can New Media Rise to That Level?
This year’s winners are: * Akzia, bi-weekly from Moscow, with a circulation of 200,000
* Expresso, a weekly news from Portugal, circulation 140,000
* Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, a weekly Sunday paper from Germany, circulation 320, -
, Hearst has been heavily focused on refining its online strategy for the past year. After a good deal of experimentation, the company has hit on a basic formula that will guide it for at least the next year: closer ties with portals.
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Johnston Earnings Preview: No Digital Relaunch; Online Acquisitions Unlikely | paidContent:UK
”We’re not preparing a digital relaunch in any way. We have a continually evolving web offering but it isn’t being relaunched; that’s completely fallacious … hopelessly wrong.”
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A VC: Conviction and Discipline
I ran into an old friend last night and we got to talking about the traits of a great investor. He said he thought the number one trait of great investors is discipline. I agreed that was key. But I added that conviction was also critical.
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The following five posts guide our thinking as we navigate our investment environment
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Matt McAlister » Local news is going the wrong way
Google’s new Local News offering misses the point entirely.
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MediaShift . Digging Deeper::Distinction Between Bloggers, Journalists Blurring More Than Ever | PBS
The time-worn debate of Bloggers vs. Journalists has finally run its course
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It’s such a thrill to share with you this interview with one of my heroes, author Stephen Covey of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People fame.
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Micro Persuasion: Comparing SMM SEO and PR Tactics is Pure Poppycock
Call me an optimist, but in 2008 most in the PR business take a clean approach to social media. A key reason is that when our clients engage, their participation needs to be transparent for it to be credible.
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Newspaper Web Sites Growing? Sure. But Papers Still Screwed. - Silicon Alley Insider
Consumer research firm Scarborough released some vague data Wednesday that purports to show an encouraging trend for newspapers: Namely, more people are reading newspapers online.
Simon @ February 29, 2008