CNN to Focus on Local News

CNN is making a shift towards more coverage of local news online: “CNN, known primarily for national and international news, announced a deal that will allow it to offer more local news on its Web site and, it hopes, land a bigger slice of the fast-growing market for local online ads.”

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The Disaggregation and Aggregation of News Media

Scott Karp looks at two sides of a debate between two Web 2.0 gurus, regarding the value of bundling and aggregating content. Their examples focus on the idea of whether an “album” of music is a natural way to bundle songs, and Scott brings that discussion over to newspapers. His conclusion: “Disaggregation — taking apart… Continue reading The Disaggregation and Aggregation of News Media

May the Mashup Be With You

The Wall Street Journal reports on a surprising new mashup project. George Lucas will make clips from his Star Wars movies available free to fans, and allow them to alter, recut, mashup, and share however they like. Just another example of how engaging your audience online is being taken very seriously by media owners.

The Online Editorial Process Happens After You Publish, Not Before

Brad Burnham has an interesting take on how publishing is different online: “There is an editorial process on the web – it just happens after something is published, not before.” He is referring to comments and modifications that can be made once something goes live. This also speaks to the shortened news cycle, where news… Continue reading The Online Editorial Process Happens After You Publish, Not Before

Technorati Relaunches with Focus on Tagging, Universal Search and Context

Technorati has relaunched it’s site with some significant changes: “Whereas folks using Technorati a couple of years ago were predominantly coming to us to search the blogosphere to surface the conversations that were most interesting to them, today they are increasingly coming to our site to get the 360 degree context of the Live Web… Continue reading Technorati Relaunches with Focus on Tagging, Universal Search and Context