Few Internet users catching onto blog phenomenon
From CNN: Only 26% of the more than three quarters of Americans who described themselves as Internet users said they were “very familiar” or “somewhat familiar” with blogs, according to the CNN/USA...
View ArticleGoogle News site equips users with editing tools
From Internet News: Google’s News site now offers news according to users’ preferences. New customization options allow users to prioritize news categories, secure stories containing specific keywords,...
View ArticleLibel case could jeopardize online freedom of expression
Reporters Without Borders sent a letter to the Canadian justice minister discussing an “important question of law for online media:” Can a journalist be sued for libel wherever an Internet report is...
View ArticleOnline journalists pick up their shields and fight back
From Forbes.com: The online journalists who publicized private trade information about Apple Computer Inc. filed an appeal Tuesday in an endeavor to secure their immunity from revealing confidential...
View ArticleMajor newspaper publishers buy a piece of online news site
From Pittsburg Post-Gazette: Three newspaper publishers each bought a quarter share of Topix.net, a technology company that caters to 1.4 million monthly users as of last month by compiling and sorting...
View ArticleCBS site posts Schiavo obit early
From American Daily: CBS prematurely announced Terri Schiavo’s death on its news site March 28th. The article, written by Christine Lagorio, was pulled within a day. However, Glen Beck, talk radio show...
View ArticleReuters to host “Blogs and the Media Debate”
From The Blog Herald: Reuters will host a panel discussion the evening of April 5 called “Blogs and the Media Debate” in New York. The panel of seven from all walks of media life will consider the...
View ArticleOnline video news from the Cayman Islands
From: Cayman Net News: Cayman Net News will broadcast daily video reports from the Cayman Islands starting April 4 with CiNTV Headline Report, its first online news program. “CiNTV Headline Report is a...
View ArticleYahoo News: Online news leader
From The Wall Street Journal: Yahoo News, which relies on both “human oversight [and] automation,” now ranks as the leader of online news. The news aggregator (see related OJR story) attracts most of...
View ArticleStudy: Youth trashing the throwaway newspaper
From Editor and Publisher: Young people prefer online news over news displayed in the traditional context, according to a Carnegie Corporation of New York study called “Abandoning the News.” Merrill...
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