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Drudge Report one ‘best’ web designs
12 hours 59 min agoThat’s right. Ken Yelin on 37Signals.com maintains that the Drudge Report — long ridiculed for having a terrible design — is one of the best designs on the web. Why? “My...
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Struggling Crosscut.com may go nonprofit
13 hours 21 min agoThe Northwest regional news site Crosscut.com is considering a switch to nonprofit status so it can pay the bills. “The goal, if we decide to make the shift, is a Crosscut.com that has the...
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‘Diggnation for girls’
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 7:59pmFor those of you who have been following the exploits of Rex Sorgatz, here’s his latest project, which he says is best described as “Diggnation for girls.” Or a 20-something web...
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Yelp growing leaps and bounds
Tue, 11/18/2008 - 11:55pmI’ve been a longtime user of Yelp, the local directory site that has grown market-by-market and often dominates local search terms. Yelp says it racked up 15 million uniques last month, up 200...
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Two new must-have iPhone apps
Tue, 11/18/2008 - 11:47pmEvery time I show a fellow iPhone owner the Ocarina app (99 cents), they download it immediately. Great use of networked technology and a glimpse of amazing things to come. And then there’s...
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Yang stepping down as Yahoo CEO
Tue, 11/18/2008 - 12:08pmYahoo cofounder Jerry Yang will step down as CEO and return to his former role as Chief Yahoo once the board of directors finds a replacement. Yang assumed the CEO role at the Board’s request...
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Andy Rooney defends newspapers, disses TV
Mon, 11/17/2008 - 4:07pmOhhh the things I could say…
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Why story comments are destructive
Sun, 11/16/2008 - 2:34amIt’s all the rage these days. Story comments. Aren’t they neat? Joeblow2938 said the story is great! JaneinOmaha said the story sucks. BlueFriend found a way to tie the story to George...
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CNN Wire could be a game changer
Sun, 11/16/2008 - 2:19amWith newspapers dropping the old AP collective left and right, CNN is hoping it can jump into the gap and provide a critical service. The nation’s number (or two or three) news website...
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Shudder to think: Obama may have to give up e-mail
Sun, 11/16/2008 - 2:06amCan you imagine quitting e-mail cold turkey? That’s the situation president-elect Barack Obama likely faces — since government rules and security concerns make keeping the e-mail pipe...
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Analysis: NBC, Fox local news partnership
Thu, 11/13/2008 - 9:01pmI realize that the first reaction to the NBC-Fox local newsgathering partnership (below) is likely a negative one for people who work in local TV news. I don’t know many details of how the...
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Fox, NBC stations teaming up for local news
Thu, 11/13/2008 - 7:13pmTV Week reports Fox and NBC are teaming up for local news coverage. The video-sharing arrangement will start in January in Philly, where their O&Os have been testing it since the summer. ...
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Gannett buys social tools company Ripple6
Thu, 11/13/2008 - 4:45pmRipple6 has been powering some of the social features on Gannett’s MomsLikeMe network of sites, and now Gannett has acquired the company for an undisclosed sum. “With the Ripple6...
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Microsoft gets social with new Live
Thu, 11/13/2008 - 1:13pmWhile Yahoo is changing its home page to allow users to bring in third-party apps that fit their lives, Microsoft is relaunching Windows Live to bring together your friends’ content from...
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NPR to tackle hyperlocal
Wed, 11/12/2008 - 10:27pmFrom a PaidContent interview with Vivian Schiller, who stepped down from NYTimes.com this week to take the CEO job at NPR: “So many companies have started and folded trying to win in local...
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YouTube debuts video search ads
Wed, 11/12/2008 - 7:34pmIt’s a little apples-to-oranges, but more people search for video on YouTube than conduct “core” searches on Yahoo. So it’s only natural that YouTube is offering paid search...
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Analysis: Does local TV have a future?
Wed, 11/12/2008 - 1:18pmColumnist Dianne Mermigas, whose insight has been a staple for TV execs for years, has written a blog post that examines the challenges facing local TV going into 2009. Beyond many of the numbers...
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Yahoo brings third-party apps to home page
Wed, 11/12/2008 - 1:03pmThird-party mobile applications are all the rage right now, thanks to the iPhone and Google Android phones. So why not take that same approach to a portal experience on the web? That’s what...
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New Flip camera shoots in HD
Wed, 11/12/2008 - 12:45pmThe new Flip MinoHD can shoot up to an hour of 720p video. It also features improved sound (which was a complaint in prior Flip cams), and it will cost you $230. Full review plus a test video clip...
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TVB cuts local TV ad forecast
Tue, 11/11/2008 - 5:26pmThe Television Bureau of Advertising predicts that total spot TV revenue will decline somewhere in the range of 7-11% for local television stations next year. That compares to TVB’s earlier...
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