Webby success for FT.com and BBC News
Posted on May 7, 2008 - Filed Under Awards, NYTimes, ft, radio, Newspapers, Online Journalism, BBC, blogs, Journalism | Leave a Comment
The Financial Times and the BBC have reason to celebrate after they both won Webby Awards - considered by many as the Oscars of online publishing.
With nominations in over 70 categories FT.com’s Alphaville blog and the BBC News site were amongst a crowded field of winners as they picked up gongs earlier this week.
The Webbys […]
NYTimes.com: Q&A with Khoi Vinh, design director for NYTimes.com
Posted on April 30, 2008 - Filed Under Editors' pick, NYTimes, USA, Design, Newspapers, Online Journalism | Leave a Comment
Vinh answers readers questions on what it takes to work for the newsroom of NYTimes.com and the design details of the online edition.
In the feature, Vinh admits the paper looks to other news websites for inspiration and gives Guardian.co.uk in particular.
“We draw inspiration from what’s happening in digital media at large, regardless of whether or not a news organization is explicitly involved,” adds Vinh.
Read More..>> Full story...Portfolio: Bloomberg buying NYT? Don’t hold your breath
Posted on April 22, 2008 - Filed Under NYTimes, Editors' pick, Newspapers, business, Journalism | Leave a Comment
Speculation about Bloomberg placing a bid for the New York Times has been rife for some time, but don’t believe the hype says Portfolio.
It quotes Bloomberg dismissing the speculation himself during a press conference yesterday in New York.
“I am not a newspaper person,” Portfolio reported him saying.
“I know nothing about the production of a newspaper. I know something about reading it. Sometimes I like it. Sometimes I don’t. I buy it everyday retail. But I am not going into the newspaper business.”
Read More..>> Full story...FT: NY Times losses further highlight decline for print
Posted on April 18, 2008 - Filed Under NYTimes, Editors' pick, USA, Newspapers, Publishing | Leave a Comment
A near ten per cent drop in print advertising revenue has caused the New York Times Co to register a loss in the first quarter - further highlighting the continued sharp decline of the US print newspaper industry.
The Times lost $350,000, or less than 1 cent per share, after recording a profit of $23.9m, or 17 cents per share, during the same period a year earlier - the FT said.
The company attributed the losses to a slowing economy compounding the overall struggle the newspaper industry is having as readers and advertisers migrate to the internet.
Read More..>> Full story...Google to plot New York Times stories on Google Earth
Posted on April 8, 2008 - Filed Under Mapping, NYTimes, google, USA, multimedia experiments, Newspapers, Online Journalism | Leave a Comment
Some New York Times stories will be plotted geographically, in real time, on Google Earth.
“The New York Times offers geo-coded news, and Google Earth offers the platform for reading that news in a 3D browser. This is the first time we’ve endeavoured to show news updated in real time, and we’re very excited to work […]
Poynter: Interview with Stacy Green, NYTimes, on newspapers using Facebook
Posted on April 4, 2008 - Filed Under NYTimes, Editors' pick, social networks, Facebook | Leave a Comment
Green discusses the positive impact on traffic to NYTimes.com since the launch of the paper’s News Quiz Facebook application.
“It’s increasingly important for the Times to distribute content in parts and pieces - through widgets and RSS feeds - for consumption around the web,” says Green
Read More..>> Full story...NY Gov. Spitzer prostitution ring story crashes NYT website
Posted on March 11, 2008 - Filed Under USA, NYTimes, Newspapers, Traffic, Online Journalism, Journalism | 1 Comment
A huge traffic surge in response to a story broken by the NYTimes.com alleging New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was a client of a high-end prostitution ring, caused the newspaper website to crash yesterday.
According to Huffingtonpost.com, the website went offline for a period yesterday afternoon as readers raced to read allegations about the governor.
NYT spokesperson […]
NYTimes.com launches Baghdad bureau blog
Posted on February 28, 2008 - Filed Under Iraq, NYTimes, USA, Newspapers, online communities, blogs, Online Journalism | Leave a Comment
NYTimes.com has launched Baghdad Bureau, a blog looking at stories about daily life in Baghdad outside the Green Zone.
The new blog is a collaboration between reporters, photographers and western and Iraqi staff that live in the Iraqi capital outside the Green Zone and will focus on the daily challenges, like travel and checkpoints, which confront […]
