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Link roundup: Facebook deals, Times paywalls, ONA and news experiments

Mandy — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 22:49:30 +0000

Geolocation meets deals

Last news first. Facebook announced today that it will be doing more with its location feature, including offering deals tied to location. This could spell trouble for other geolocation providers like Foursquare and Gowalla, group buying sites like Groupon and, sadly, news sites looking for revenue streams. Facebook is offering these deals [...]

How we did it: Securing an occupied Twitter handle

Mandy — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:15:47 +0000

It can be tough to be a new brand these days. Locking down namespace online is a huge part of a brand build – but much like potential mates, all the good ones seem to be taken.

We ran into that when we started building the brand for the soon-to-launch TBD. It’s a popular acronym, as everyone [...]

The new kid in the downpour of fresh ideas

Mandy — Thu, 13 May 2010 17:30:27 +0000

When you’ve spent your entire professional career in a newspaper’s newsroom, it’s pretty easily to get your mind blown at a startup. I can attest to that firsthand in my first few days on the job at TBD.

Instead of shoehorning some new media approach into a centuries-old tradition, we’re building something so new, it’s still [...]

Online news is always TBD

Mandy — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:50:44 +0000

Allbritton's Washington, D.C. metro site will be named TBD - and I think it's perfect. News at the start of the reporting process is "to be determined" - and that's exactly where readers should come in. [...]