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Wow, think of what this could do for the international remittance business — currently what’s keeping Western Union afloat…
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“We are much less tolerant of papers predicting stories rather than reporting them, since we have ready access to news updated directly after the event. NH’s presidential primary was, without doubt, a terrible situation for the print industry to be in.”
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“A reader expressed disgust that the paper used Facebook as a source. He thought that even if the info was publicly available, it should not have been published. “Use of material in this way only highlights the huge privacy issues involved,” he said.”
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“An early step taken in many TOC implementations: Cut the active work. This has the effect that the remaining work is done faster AND with higher quality. (Paradoxically, most organizations see an increase in the amount of work completed over time.)”
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MS research: “diaries of the daily tasks performed by a variety of users. 23% of the daily tasks were related to e-mail and 13% were related to tracking their multiple tasks. That’s 36% of time spent managing email and tasks!”
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Apparently, today is “delurking day” — great goal, but I can think of better ways to organize it so it can be more effective. These one-day activity/awareness spurts rarely seem to offer more than a brief blip.
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The Rocky Mtn News is launching a new live blog of the CO legislature. Can’t wait to see it.
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“Nearly 70% of all reporters check a blog list on a regular basis. Over one in five (20.9%) reporters said they spend over an hour per day reading blogs. Nearly three in five (57.1%) reporters said they read blogs at least two to three times a week.”
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“The online survey was conducted among a random sample of North American reporters and editors, and was focused on understanding how social media and blogs influence their work.”
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Wow, NewWest.net is launching a print edition, and Jonathan Weber writes: “I think one of the most interesting things to emerge in the media business this year will be a comeback of sorts for print.” I’d be very surprised if he’s right, but we’ll see.
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Wow, this is actually a really useful data source for all kinds of city-specific info.
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“To me, ordering him to remove his postings when he has not used his ex-wife’s name (or her attorney’s name), and when he is writing about events which are in the center of his life experience does infringe on his right to free speech.”
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“Have cost cuts in print media set a new and higher bar for stopping the presses? Exactly how late, or how wrong, must a story be to merit an update?”
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“I was asked to compile a guide for reporters to using Facebook and the social web in general. My response is below. Does anybody have any tips they would like to share?”
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“Even worse is the suspicion among readers that the Tribune and other newspapers published the Parade magazine in order to honor their business agreement.”
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