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The Steve Rubel Lifestream: links for 2007-08-21
Blog It and They May Come - WSJ.com "Small businesses find blogging can be useful -- but awfully time consuming" (tags: Blogs SmallBiz) Advertising Age: Marketers Start to Use Social Networks for CRM Instead of Ads (tags: SocialNetworking Marketing CRM) Advertising Age: Why Web Video is the New 30-Second Spot (tags: Video Marketing Advertising) ... [Link]
The Steve Rubel Lifestream: links for 2007-08-22
Ask The Readers: How Do You Handle "Bacn"? - Lifehacker Buzzword alert: bacn = email you get via Twitter and social nets. (tags: SocialNetworking Email bacn buzzwords culture) Advertising Age - Digital - How Search Benefits From Offline Media "Mags, Word-of-Mouth Drive Medium, Result in Sales" (tags: wordofmouth Search offfline) The Steve Rubel Aggregator Aggregates all of my various lifestreams ... [Link]
Romenesko: Additional items for July 9, 2009
> Rohde's dad: "To date I've asked David no questions" > Marburger explains his views on copyright law > Punk Planet mag founder set to launch CellStories > London police open, then close Murdoch probe | More > Ledger Live's now more a video blog than a newscast > PBP staff gets customer service lessons from the boss > "Freedom ... [Link]
Romenesko: Detroit Free Press exempt from latest Gannett layoffs
Crain's Detroit BusinessThe paper is in a separate unit with Gannett flagship USA Today and isn't subject to the community newspaper division's headcount reduction mandates, reports Bill Shea. The Free Press did cut staff in early June. || Staffers at Gannett papers across the U.S. are posting layoff news on the Gannett Blog. [Link]
Technosailor.com: Google Chrome OS: A lot to do about Nothing
Google is known for doing many things right. Despite giving them a hard time over the years, it’s undeniable that my life still revolves, in a very real way, around Google products. I use Gmail not only for, er, Gmail but I use Google Apps to run all my email services including my public aaron@technosailor.com email. Likewise, my analytics for ... [Link]
Romenesko: NYT considers $5/month charge for access to website
Poynter Online NewsPayA survey e-mailed to Times subscribers on Thursday afternoon mentions that the paper is considering the charge. The survey also asks print readers if they'd be willing to pay a discounted fee of $2.50 a month for web access. Times spokeswoman Catherine Mathis tells Bill Mitchell that no timetable has been set for a decision and no decisions ... [Link]
Romenesko: NYT's Keller takes questions from Time readers
Time.comFrom Time's "10 Questions" feature:Tommy Giglio, Chicago: You recently appeared as part of a Daily Show segment that treated the paper as a comical anachronism. How do you respond to those who seem eager for newspapers to die out? Bill Keller: Well, that's the last time I try to be a good sport. Even my wife told me that I ... [Link]
The Steve Rubel Lifestream: More Location Based Services Coming to the Desktop
Google today said they are bringing location awareness to Google Maps on the desktop. I tested it today in Google Chrome here in Illinois and it worked really well, as you can see from the image. So, where does this go from here? When you think about the metadata, lots of possibilities beyond this little feature...Commerce - click a product ... [Link]
Romenesko: Globe staffer to Mooney: Think you can get a better job? Go for it!
Media NationBrian Mooney's latest e-mail to Globe colleagues, in which he urged them to reject the revised contract on July 20, moved Lylah Alphonse to point out that "it would be easy for the union or for the Globe to drag things out, but the longer this drags out, the easier it is for NYT to turn to other options ... [Link]
Romenesko: WH press corps hands more ammo to Fox News, Rush
Gawker John Cook reports that journalists from more than 30 news organizations attended an off-the-record Fourth of July celebration at the White House. Reporters were admitted on this condition: "Blogging, Twittering or otherwise reporting on this event is not permitted. If you feel that you cannot agree to abide by these ground rules, please don't claim a ticket." [Link]
Global Guerrillas: JOURNAL: Leveraging Information Terrain
The Uighur protest/riot/crackdown in China provides some interesting data points on the uses of information terrain to disrupt social networks. Note the amplification. Rumors led to postings on the Internet that two Uighur men raped a Han woman at a Toy factory in Xinjiang. An angry mob of Han men lynch two Uighur men, killing them. Pictures/video of the dead ... [Link]
Romenesko: Suggestion for newspaper execs: Stay away from print for a few weeks
Temple Talk John Temple recommends editors and publishers go cold turkey on their print edition for a few weeks to see what life is like for those living solely in a digital world. "[They] would quickly see flaws in their offerings and would also more clearly understand the flood tide that is running," he writes. "I believe it would hasten ... [Link]
Romenesko: Kristof: My column needs a "Student Driver" sign at times
NYTimes.com When you write about a broad range of topics, you're more likely to say something silly, notes Nick Kristof. He feels comfortable writing about China or North Korea, "but when I write about new topics, I try to work very hard to vet my sources and information, and there still should be a 'student driver' sign over my column!" The ... [Link]
Romenesko: Tennessean explains why McNair interview was Wednesday's paper
Editor & Publisher | Nashville Scene The Tennessean's zoned sections are printed on Fridays, for Wednesday distribution. An interview with ex-Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair, who died on Saturday, was on the front page of the issue that readers got Wednesday. "We apologize for the timing of the story," says a publisher's note. || Related story and photo of the ... [Link]
The Steve Rubel Lifestream: Five Gadgets for the Social Technology Addicted
The following is my column in next week's Advertising Age. (Some of these I have mentioned before.) Now that we're deep into summer vacation season many are not taking a break from social networking. In fact my friends seem to be quite active online, even from the road. Here's what they are using ... Posterous (free - www.posterous.com) - As ... [Link]
Romenesko: Reuters Handbook of Journalism goes online
Reuters.com The handbook is "the guidance Reuters journalists live by," and until now, it hasn't been freely available to the public. Reuters editor-in-chief David Schlesinger says "the handbook is a living document, one that preserves rules that have guided Reuters journalists through a century and half but also one that may change when the times change." He adds that "it's ... [Link]
Romenesko: Cannon: No excuse for the way the press treated Palin
Politics Daily"To me the entire Sarah saga revealed that it wasn't only the traditional media's business model that is broken. Our journalism model is busted, too," writes Carl Cannon. "We simply didn't hold Joe Biden to the same standard as Sarah Palin." || Jeffrey Weiss responds: With all due respect, Carl: Horsepucky. To claim that Sarah Palin is the victim ... [Link]
Romenesko: Ex-WSJ, Portfolio journo Eisinger joins ProPublica
ProPublica Jesse Eisinger, who was most recently Wall Street editor of Conde Nast Portfolio, joins ProPublica in August as a senior reporter. With the addition of Eisinger, ProPublica's reporting and editing team grows to 32 people. [Link]
Romenesko: Hundreds apply to join Huffington Post investigative unit
American Journalism Review Although Huffington Post Investigative Fund executive editor Larry Roberts is still sorting through hundreds of resumes, he thinks the venture will be up and running later this summer with a team of about 12, including editors, reporters and multimedia staffers. The ex-WP newsman tells Lindsay Gsell that his unit will also use contract writers and freelancers. [Link]
Romenesko: BuyOneAnyway Foundation urges you to help a journalist by buying a paper today
Slate V | MediaiteSlate has created a Sally Struthers-esque commercial for BuyOneAnyway, "a foundation that encourages people like you to purchase newspapers daily even though no one wants to read them anymore." The narrator tells us that "for just pennies a day you can clothe, feed and shelter newspaper professionals" and that "once payment is made we'll send you the ... [Link]
