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Link roundup: Demographics, Quora, Instagram and news from old media

Mandy — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:30:56 +0000

File under “Good to Know” In not-at-all-shocking news, a Pew study shows the Internet Gains on Television as Public’s Main News Source . Since 2007, the number of 18 to 29 year olds citing the internet as their main source has nearly doubled, from 34% to 65%. Not surprising numbers, but notable nonetheless. This should have TV stations that [...]

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 [...]

Pay-to-play commenting can eliminate trolls – and kill discussion

Mandy — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:59:30 +0000

A Massachusetts newspaper is banning anonymous comments by charging for the privilege. This seems like overkill - and it can eliminate important discussion. [...]

New strategy: Berate bloggers, tell online readers to buzz off

Mandy — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:29:31 +0000

I’m not sure where newspaper execs are getting their PR advice these days, but whoever/whatever it is needs to be fired. The print news sector has put out some head-shaking proclamations this week – all of which have a common theme of holier-than-thou insults directed at online news consumers.

First up is the absolutely appalling handling of [...]

NYT giving lessons in ineffective revenue models?

Mandy — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:34:33 +0000

The New York Times has now said that their metered paywall will not apply to blog referrals and searches, which really doesn't seem to make it much of a revenue model at all. [...]