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FT.com: New York Times ad sales down by 16.4 per cent

August 27th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted by Laura Oliver in Advertising, Editors' pick, Newspapers, USA
The New York Times advertising revenues for June have decreased by 16.4 per cent. They said that high oil prices, a slowing economy and the housing crisis could affect their prospects for some time. Full story...

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Amazon Kindle adds Financial Times and Times

August 20th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted by Laura Oliver in Newspapers, Technology

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.

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Editors Weblog: US mobile news market ready for ‘mass consumption’, says NYTimes

August 18th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, Mobile, Online Journalism
Robert Samuels, director of mobile products, mobile web, messaging, games and alternative platforms at The New York Times, is predicting a move from traffic from high-end devices to mass consumption of mobile news sites. The Times will target local consumers, with restaurant and weather listings, and make the most of text message alerts directing people to its mobile site. Full story...

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New York Times offers interactive Olympic medals map

August 15th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted by Laura Oliver in Mapping, Olympics

The 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.

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NYTimes.com: FBI obtained reporters’ phone records

August 11th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, USA, press freedom
The FBI has admitted it obtained phone records for reporters from the Indonesian bureaux of the New York Times and the Washington Post. Full story...

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New York Times reporters told to keep political views under wraps

July 15th, 2008 | 1 Comment | Posted by Laura Oliver in Politics, USA, journalism standards

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.

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Spot the difference: AFP withdraws ‘digitally altered’ missile shot

July 10th, 2008 | 1 Comment | Posted by Laura Oliver in Photography, Uncategorized, journalism standards

Agence 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…

Digitally altered image of Iranian missile tests from Agence France-Presse

…and 2) an image later obtained by the Associated Press:

An Associated Press image of Iranian missile testing

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.

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NYTimes.com: NYTimes and IHT consider web merger

June 24th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, International, Newspapers, integration, new york times

The 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.

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AP facing boycott, to set blogger guidelines

June 16th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted by Laura Oliver in AP, Copyright, blogging, blogs, legal, online communities

An 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.

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NYTimes.com and BBC scoop prizes at Webby awards

June 12th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted by Laura Oliver in Awards, NYTimes, ft

The 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)

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