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Is responsive design a better mobile and tablet strategy?

The new BostonGlobe.com website is intriguing for its use of responsive design.The responsive…Continue

Started Sep 15, 2011

Page view journalism: is the pendulum swinging the other way (to quality)?
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Rob O'Regan just posted a blog piece that i think is really timely, especially given Editor & Publisher's recent announcement that it was firing its editors to focus on contributed "expert"…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Prescott Shibles Oct 19, 2010.

Google to launch paywall for newspapers and magazines by end of year. Bad news for publishers?
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This is an excerpt from a post on eMedia Vitals, and I thought I'd throw it out here to see if…Continue

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Started this discussion. Last reply by enzo dal verme Jun 19, 2010.

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Mobile mandate: New content models

Where does mobile fit in your digital-first strategy? Technology executives like Eric Schmidt believe mobile should lead, not follow. It’s getting more difficult to argue his point. Unlike social media, mobile is more than just a content delivery/distribution channel; it’s becoming a platform in its own right. That means publishers need to be thinking about building new business models and new content…See More
Jun 20, 2012
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Is responsive design a better mobile and tablet strategy?

The new BostonGlobe.com website is intriguing for its use of responsive design.The responsive design concept enables site pages – layouts, fonts and images – to adjust automatically to different screen sizes. A combination of HTML5 and CSS3 design technologies, responsive design – and the new BostonGlobe.com in particular –…See More
Sep 15, 2011
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Prescott Shibles replied to Prescott Shibles's discussion Page view journalism: is the pendulum swinging the other way (to quality)?
"Perhaps this was the wrong day to post that: Washington Post Announces Content Exchange Partnership with Bleacher Report Bleacher Report, the home of their trademark SLIDESHOWS and attention-grabbing headlines which speak in the wrong tense or…"
Oct 19, 2010
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Page view journalism: is the pendulum swinging the other way (to quality)?

Rob O'Regan just posted a blog piece that i think is really timely, especially given Editor & Publisher's recent announcement that it was firing its editors to focus on contributed "expert" content. (http://mije.org/richardprince/editor-publisher-staff-fired)Essentially, he's saying that while Google likes sites that chase page views, ads don't. In fact, ads perform poorly on those algorithm-driven content sites. So,…See More
Oct 19, 2010
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Reinventing the copy editor: conventions to keep, throw out and add

Copy editing isn't dead on the Web ― but it does need a revival. Clean, clear and consistent copy makes any media brand look more professional, regardless of the medium. But when I scoured the Web and asked my fellow journalists for resources about copy editing, I found most of the information is still stuck in a print-first world.Which conventions would you keep in the digital world and which ones to let go?Full post:…See More
Sep 27, 2010
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enzo dal verme replied to Prescott Shibles's discussion Google to launch paywall for newspapers and magazines by end of year. Bad news for publishers?
"thank you for the interesting post !"
Jun 19, 2010
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Google to launch paywall for newspapers and magazines by end of year. Bad news for publishers?

This is an excerpt from a post on eMedia Vitals, and I thought I'd throw it out here to see if folks had any feedback.Google is currently recruiting publishers for a new paid content system that will launch by the end of the year, according to a report in the Italian newspaper La…See More
Jun 18, 2010
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Mobile mandate: New content models

Where does mobile fit in your digital-first strategy? Technology executives like Eric Schmidt believe mobile should lead, not follow. It’s getting more difficult to argue his point.

 

Unlike social media, mobile is more than just a content delivery/distribution channel; it’s becoming a platform in its own right. That means publishers…

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Reinventing the copy editor: conventions to keep, throw out and add

Copy editing isn't dead on the Web ― but it does need a revival. Clean, clear and consistent copy makes any media brand look more professional, regardless of the medium. But when I scoured the Web and asked my fellow journalists for resources about copy editing, I found most of the information is still stuck in a print-first world.



Which conventions would you keep in the digital world and which ones to let go?



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