The Financial Times and the Times are now available as e-newspapers on Amazon’s Kindle.
The partnership means electronic and automatically updated editions of the papers will now be accessible via the Kindle.
Editions of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Le Monde and the Irish Times are also available on the device.
Earlier this year the US Tribune Co. launched a magazine specially designed for the e-reader.
Tags: Amazon, e-newspapers, e-reader, Irish Times, Kindle, Le Monde, The Financial Times, the New York Times, The Times, US Tribune Co., Wall Street JournalThe New York Times has created a great visualisation tool for the medals table from the Beijing Olympics.
Each country that has made it onto the podium is represented by a circle - its size relative to the number of medals won.
Clicking on the graphic gives an overview of how many gold, silver and bronze accolades have been won, with a fuller breakdown listed below the map.
Reporters and editors at the New York Times have been told to keep their political affiliations offline and out of sight in the build up to the US presidential election.
A memo received by the New York Observer sent to staff by Craig Whitney, standards editor at the paper, warns journalists that social networks and other websites pose ‘potential political entanglements’:
“When Facebook asks what your political preferences are, don’t answer, and don’t say anything in a blog, video, radio or television program or any other medium that you couldn’t say in the paper or on our Website - about politics or anything else,” the memo says.
An earlier memo from Whitney referred staff to the title’s ethics policy, which states:
“Journalists have no place on the playing fields of politics. Staff members are entitled to vote, but they must do nothing that might raise questions about their professional neutrality or that of The Times. . . They should recognize that a bumper sticker on the family car or a campaign sign on the lawn may be misread as theirs, no matter who in their household actually placed the sticker or the sign.”
A good day for unbiased reporting? A bad day for bumper stickers.
Tags: Craig Whitney, social networks, the New York Observer, the New York TimesAgence France-Presse (AFP) has retracted a photo of Iranian missile tests published this morning, stating the image had been ‘apparently digitally altered’ by Iran’s state media, the New York Times’ Lede section reports.
It was too late for the print editions of the LA Times, Financial Times, Chicago Tribune and others, who ran the pic on the front page, and for the BBC, New York Times and Yahoo News websites.
Below - spot the difference between 1) the AFP’s image…
…and 2) an image later obtained by the Associated Press:
According to the Lede’s report, the agency said the fourth missile may have been added to mask a grounded missile that failed to launch during the test.
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Associated Press, BBC, Chicago Tribune, Financial Times, LA Times, new york times, the New York Times, YahooThe New York Times and International Herald Tribune are discussing a merger of their websites to expand their international audience.
Plans include a co-branded international site for the publications.
Tags: co-branded international site, International Herald Tribune, NYTimes, the New York Times, web mergerAn online petition has been set-up urging bloggers to boycott the Associated Press (AP), after the agency filed takedown notices against Drudge Retort for use of its content on the site.
The campaign run by UnAssociatedPress has gained 75 signatures since it was set-up on Saturday and encourages bloggers to make use of other agency’s material.
Since issuing the takedown notices to the Drudge Retort, AP vice president Jim Kennedy has said the agency’s tactics have been heavy-handed and a more thoughtful approach would be considered going forward.
According to the New York Times, the agency is considering a set of guidelines for bloggers on how to use their content.
In a statement he stressed the importance of bloggers in ‘the news conversation of the day’, but said the agency is concerned by wholesale reproduction of its content, which goes beyond reference.
Tags: Associated Press, Drudge Retort, Jim Kennedy, new york times, the New York TimesThe New York Times website won two awards for best news and newspaper at last night’s Webby awards.
BBC News also picked up an accolade for news, while its world service website won an award for radio.
The Financial Times blog Alphaville was also named best business blog.
Winners at the Webbys were asked to make a five-word acceptance speech - the full list of which can be read on the awards website.
Here’s a selection:
“No longer a newspaper site.” (NYTimes.com)
“Me, me, me, me, me!!!” (comedian Stephen Colbert named person of the year)
“Not bad for an aethiest [sic].” (Speaking of Faith, winner in the religion and spirituality category)
Tags: Alphaville, BBC, newspaper site, NYTimes.com, Stephen Colbert, The Financial Times, the New York Times
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