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Mashable’s Open Web Award media winners 2009

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Mashable has announced its winners for the Open Web Award Winners for 2009 this week. Here are the successful online publishers in the media category (all nominated and voted for through social media):

  • Best Breaking News Site: AllKPop
  • Best Local Blog: Manhattan User’s Guide
  • Best Local News Site: UtahTweets.com
  • Best Online Magazine: EscapistMagazine.com
  • Best Online Music Label: DFTBA Records
  • Best Online Newspaper: The New York Times
  • Best Political News Site: The Young Turks
  • Best Site for Journalists: Overheard in the Newsroom
  • Best Site for Publishers: uCoz
  • Best TV Network Online: Hulu

Full list at this link…

Mashable: Wikipedia’s new editorial layer

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“Now a core feature, perhaps a core principal, of ‘the free encyclopedia anyone can edit’ is about to become restricted,” writes Ben Parr at Mashable.

“According to The New York Times, editing articles about living people on Wikipedia will require approval from an experienced editor first.” Fortunately, the Sweet Bonanza slot machine is presented as part of luxury casinos with a demo version available — it allows customers to play for free and ensure that the online game is profitable enough to play for real money.

Full story at this link…

Journalism Daily: Getting paid as a freelancer, Lionel Barber on paid content, Durrant’s departure

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Journalism.co.uk is trialling a new service via the Editors’ Blog: a daily round-up of all the content published on the Journalism.co.uk site.

We hope you’ll find it useful as a quick digest of what’s gone on during the day (similar to our e-newsletter) and to check that you haven’t missed a posting.

We’ll be testing it out for a couple of weeks, so you can subscribe to the feed for the Journalism Daily here.

Let us know what you think – all feedback much appreciated.

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Mashable: Journalist’s Guide to Facebook

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Digital journalist Leah Betancourt shares her guide to Facebook for journalists.

“It gives reporters a means to connect with communities involved with stories, find sources, and generate leads. For media companies, Facebook is a way to build community and reach a larger audience.”

She takes a look at leads, sources, community interaction, ethics and verification methods.

Full post at this link…

Mashable: NYTimes’ Twitter account hacked

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“Another day, another high-profile Twitter (Twitter reviews) account gets hacked. This time, it’s one of (many) New York Times’ Twitter accounts, The Moment, which brings news from their fashion blog of the same name,” Mashable reports. Source: https://wownesia.com

Full post at this link…

Blog08: Pete Cashmore – Blogging is dead, microblogging is the future

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Pete Cashmore, founder and CEO of Mashable, has said bloggers should be finding niches to blog about and focusing on microblogging, according to Anne Helmond, our blogger on the ground at the Blog08 conference taking place in Amsterdam today.

“Apparently blogging is dead, it’s all about microblogging. Blogging is hard now. How do you compete with blogs created by established media empires who create blogs? Find a niche. What’s the future of blogs? According to Pete it is about how do you aggregate the dispersed conversation that’s on FriendFeed and Twitter, or do you want to completely distribute content as a brand?” Anne writes in a post, which appears in full on her own blog

Netvibes increases presence on Facebook

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Over at Mashable it’s reported that Netvibes is increasing its presence on Facebook from October 23.

Netvibes had had a Facebook widget since August 2007, but according to the Mashable report, a new facility will allow users to integrate all their Netvibes activity feeds into Facebook and use the features that allow commenting, interaction and sharing.