It was a busy Monday morning in two corners of the hacker journalist community: EveryBlock is acquired by MSNBC, and Y Combinator announces a “request for startups” to address that whole “future of journalism” question hanging out there in the open air.
Want to catch up?
Start here:
Msnbc.com acquires local news Web site
MSNBC.com | August 17, 2009
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The Briefing: Start at Y Combinator, finish at EveryBlock
August 17th, 2009 |
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The Briefing: Who’s going to save your URL shortener from extinction?
August 10th, 2009 |
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Yesterday, URL shortener tr.im announced that they’re shutting down.
Why? What do you need to know about it? What’s going to happen as bit.ly swoops in to the (attempted) rescue? Are we too dependent on services like tr.im to tie the social Web together?
Ten links to answer your questions:
tr.im R.I.P.
tr.im | August 9, 2009
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Joining Publish2: Ryan Sholin, Greg Linch and Howard Weaver
April 23rd, 2009 |
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Today we’re announcing three major additions to the Publish2 team — journalists whose stellar reputations speak for themselves:
Ryan Sholin joins us next week as Director of News Innovation.
Greg Linch is the winner of the Publish2 Future of Journalism Contest and will join us in the fall as our Producer.
Howard Weaver has joined our Board of [...]
Will Algorithms Make Human Editors Obsolete? Not If Journalists Collaborate
October 9th, 2008 |
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Will algorithms replace human editors on the web? It’s a bogeyman question on one level, but ask any news site about the percentage of traffic they get from search engines — and what the trend looks like — and you’ll realize that algorithms are increasingly deciding what we pay attention to, what is important, what [...]
GateHouse Media Seeks to Disrupt Print-Only Batavia NY Newspaper Market With Online-Only Innovation
September 8th, 2008 |
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Newspapers face the challenge of ensuring that their websites don’t cannibalize more lucrative print audience and revenue — even as more and more people get their news online. Then there’s the challenge of shrinking editorial staffs having to put out both a print paper and a website. It’s enough to kept many newspapers from innovating [...]