Wall Street Journal appoints chief technology officer
Posted on May 13, 2008 - Filed Under WSJ, Job appointments, USA, Newspapers | Leave a Comment
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has named Sarabjit ‘Ruby’ Walia as chief technology officer for its digital network.
Walia will manage the technology across WSJ.com and Dow Jones’ sister websites Barrons and MarketWatch.
He joins the Journal from business and financial communications consultancy Financial Dynamics.
“Ruby’s success leading digital technology businesses within large media companies in this space […]
Nashua Telegraph experimenting with Qik
Posted on May 12, 2008 - Filed Under Mobile, USA, Video, Newspapers, multimedia experiments | Leave a Comment
The Nashua Telegraph is experimenting with live video from mobile phones on its website using streaming service Qik.
The Telegraph is using the tool to stream footage from N95 handsets to provide behind-the-scenes coverage of its online food show, The Doorbell Gourmet.
Qik’s popularity with publishers seems to be growing - last month the Sacramento Bee used […]
Online Journalism China: The voices in-between the official press and the western media
Posted on May 9, 2008 - Filed Under CNN, Online Journalism China, Olympics, USA, Online Journalism, China, Journalism | Leave a Comment
Adding to the burgeoning hoard of international bloggers on Journalism.co.uk, China Daily’s Dave Green offers an insight into the world of online journalism in China.
Domestic furore over the Western media’s reporting of the Tibet risings and the Olympic Torch relay was as inevitable as night following day, but the nature of the backlash wasn’t as […]
FollowTheMedia site faces closure
Posted on May 8, 2008 - Filed Under Europe, USA, Journalism | 1 Comment
News and commentary website FollowTheMedia could be shut down unless €35,000 (£27,444) is raised by May 16.
FTM, which focuses primarily on US and European media news and analysis, did not give any reasons for the potential closure in an announcement on its site.
The site is urging readers to make donations or register for membership - […]
Reuters: Murdoch’s online operation to miss ambitious targets
Posted on May 8, 2008 - Filed Under Rupert Murdoch, Fox, Funding, Myspace, Editors' pick, USA | Leave a Comment
The stressed state of the US economy is causing advertising budgets to shrink - causing News Corp to miss its ambitious online revenue target of one billion dollars by ten per cent, Rupert Murdoch said yesterday.
Reuters reported that the media tycoon claimed Fox Interactive Media - which runs the online part of his US empire, including MySpace - will however have “well over” $1 billion in revenue in the 2009 financial year.
Read More..>> Full story...Al Jazeera cameraman Sami Al-Hajj released
Posted on May 2, 2008 - Filed Under International, Al Jazeera, USA | Leave a Comment
Al Jazeera cameraman Sami Al-Hajj has been released from Guantanamo bay, after six years at the US military prison.
Al-Hajj, who has been on hunger strike since January last year, was flown back to his family in Sudan last night, Al Jazeera reports.
The cameraman was detained by US authorities as an ‘enemy combatant’ in 2002, despite […]
Editor&Publisher: Nielsen adds mobile to web metrics
Posted on May 2, 2008 - Filed Under Editors' pick, Mobile, USA, Traffic | Leave a Comment
Nielsen will start measuring traffic generated by mobile devices to internet sites.
A new tool, TotalWeb, will be used to produce unduplicated figures for access to sites via the internet and mobiles.
Yesterday the UK’s Audit Bureau of Circulations Electronic (ABCE) announced plans to add mobile metrics to its audits.
Read More..>> Full story...USAToday: Pentagon to launch foreign news websites
Posted on May 2, 2008 - Filed Under Editors' pick, USA, Politics | Leave a Comment
The Pentagon is to launch a network of foreign language news sites, including an Arabic site for Iraqis.
The sites will be staffed by local journalists in the countries reporting on US interests and carrying an anti-insurgency message.
Read More..>> Full story...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...Ohio’s leading newspapers to share stories across web
Posted on April 24, 2008 - Filed Under file sharing, Local, USA, Newspapers, Online Journalism, Journalism | Leave a Comment
Eight of the largest newspapers in the US state of Ohio have forged an alliance to share their top stories.
The Columbus Dispatch, The Toledo Blade, the Cincinnati Enquirer, The Akron Beacon Journal, The Plain Dealer are amongst newspapers making up the membership of the newly formed Ohio News Organization (with the unfortunate acronym, OHNO).
Rather than […]
