The Newsonomics of Syndication 3.0, from NewsCred and NewsLook to Ok.com and Upworthy

In part, it’s about new niches being found and exploited. In part, it’s about responding to deep staff cuts at many newspapers. In part, it’s about a slow-dawning wave of new product creation, aided by the tablet. Each of the newer efforts sees the world a little differently, and that’s ...

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The Newsonomics of New York Times Video

Behind what we see, though, are some critical developments in processing of digital video, the behind-the-scenes heavy lifting that often determines time-to-market, and business failure or success. We can get a glimpse into that with the Times’ recently announced deal with Thought Equity Motion ...

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Nine Questions: How Will CNN Change the Wire Game?

A veteran journalist close to CNN, she has put the wire initiative in perspective: "CNN is positioned really well. They want to do good journalism....They're positioned globally. They have the TV world wrapped up and are now getting into the newspaper world."

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Freelance Organizer Helium May Be User-Gen 2.1 for News Sites

Consider it user-gen 2.1. It’s easy to see Helium, whose Marketplace product comes out of within the next week or two, as a website organizing the loose and large gaggle of freelance writers out there. It’s attempting to do that, and that in and of itself is interesting. Even more ...

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