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Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:
NBC closes hyperlocal, data-driven publishing pioneer EveryBlock   —  NBC News has shut down EveryBlock, one of the early pioneers of data-driven hyperlocal community news and information.  —  The decision took effect today.  Vivian Schiller, senior vice president and chief digital officer of NBC News …
Feb 7, 2013, 2:40 PMIn context
Julie Moos / Poynter:
Chinese hackers infiltrate The New York Times, Wall Street Journal   —  In the months just before and since The New York Times published an investigation of Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao's family, hackers have been “infiltrating its computer systems and getting passwords for its reporters and other employees,” the paper reports.
Jan 31, 2013, 4:00 PMIn context
Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:
Instagram users are posting 10 Hurricane Sandy pictures every second   —  Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom tells us via a spokeswoman: “There are now 10 pictures per second being posted with the hashtag #sandy — most are images of people prepping for the storm and images of scenes outdoors.”
Oct 29, 2012, 5:45 PMIn context
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Digital subscriptions up 11 percent at New York Times company, but revenue slips   —  Digital subscriptions to The New York Times rose 11 percent over the second quarter, to 592,000, the company announced in its third-quarter earnings report Thursday.  That breaks down to 566,000 subscribers …
Oct 25, 2012, 9:30 PMIn context
Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:
How the Huffington Post handles 70+ million comments a year   —  The Huffington Post has accumulated more than 70 million comments so far this year, far surpassing the 2011 total of 54 million.  —  To take a single example, its post (the first published) with the now-famous video of Mitt Romney's …
Oct 23, 2012, 4:25 AMIn context
Craig Silverman / Poynter:
Twitter CEO says curation tools for newsrooms are coming   —  “So, how does it feel to be the voice of the press in the 21 century?,” Emily Bell asked Twitter CEO Dick Costolo during a keynote interview Friday at the Online News Association Conference in San Francisco.  —  “I don't view that as my job, of course,” he said.
Sep 22, 2012, 5:55 AMIn context
Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:
Broadcast moves beyond the TV set as 17% of consumers get network content on multiple screens   —  People who watch a network's video online also spend 25 percent more time watching that network on their television sets, according to a new comScore study.  From the report:
Jun 12, 2012, 6:35 AMIn context
Steve Myers / Poynter:
Stupid game lets you destroy parts of NYT story about stupid games   —  The Times has figured out a great way to increase time-on-site (and destroy our productivity) by illustrating a story about our obsession with “stupid games” with a game that lets you shoot and destroy parts of its website.
Apr 4, 2012, 4:05 PMIn context
Steve Myers / Poynter:
How Google beat AP with Iowa caucus results (and why it matters)   —  WNYC's John Keefe decided to use Google's election results for his map tracking the results of Iowa's GOP caucus for three reasons:  — Google's data were easier to deal with than the files provided by the Associated Press.
Jan 7, 2012, 3:10 PMIn context
Julie Moos / Poynter:
New York Times sends subscriber email to 8.6 million readers instead of 300   —  The New York Times has determined that a mass email sent to subscribers was an error, not the result of spam or hacking.  —  “We regret that the error was made, but no one's security has been compromised,” spokeswoman Eileen Murphy told the Times.
Dec 28, 2011, 4:00 PMIn context

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