Google News has made some noticeable changes in the look and feel of its site; YouTube logos to make it easier to identify news video clips, the section pages now sport featured videos and photos from its ‘partners’. Now this will certainly help drive traffic specifically to these sites.
New colour frames around each section [...]
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The Google News folks have explained how the recently-introduced Timeline feature on the site can be used to unearth stories about flu published a long, long time ago, given the context of the current focus on Swine Flu.
“Looking back through the archives of Google News, parallels to the current media climate jump out immediately from [...]
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- The push of metrics: Some Newsrooms Shift Coverage Based on What Is Popular Online via NYTimes http://is.gd/eWQLP
- Al Jazeera redesign - the takeaways. Posted on this blog. #Journalism http://is.gd/eWQgC
- Why Wasn’t The AP Able To Get A Better Deal From Google? via PaidContent http://is.gd/eVv7o
- Agence France-Presse aims to stream its news direct to web users via hand-held devices and access Internet content - http://is.gd/eTqhh
- The 16th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style is out via NYTimes http://nyti.ms/aSob7q
- EmotionML: Will computers tap into your feelings? via CNET http://is.gd/eQkZe
- What Wikipedia Can Teach Businesses About Collaborative Authoring - via CMS Wire - good for media organisations too http://is.gd/eOV8Q
- A Profile Written Through Tweets - CJR - http://is.gd/eKHZQ