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This is hardly breaking news, but disconcerting nonetheless for news organisations struggling to remain profitable. This conclusion is drawn from a Gallup poll where only 25% of Americans admitted to having a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in either newspaper or television news. This percentage dropped by over...

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Whatever it is you are doing on 24th July 2010, YouTube wants to know. The video sharing site is asking its global user base to upload a short film depicting moments of their life on a single day. Why 24th July you may ask? Say the numerical date out load…24/7 Kevin Macdonald,...

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Today, as reported by The New York Times, Yahoo! is scheduled to launch a news blog which will use common search terms to drive content. This method of generating news differs from the traditional top-down approach, where editors determine the news agenda for the day. Instead, SEO analysts at Yahoo! will...

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This month the Times took its first steps into implementing its hotly debated paywall. Since June 15th readers have had to register their information to access the content. Users are not required to pay anything during this trial period which is expected to last until the end of this month. The...

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Last week, you may have read the big scoop about General Stanley McChrystal being dismissed following his critical attitude towards the Obama administration. But where did you first read the story? The original piece by freelance writer Michael Hastings was intended for the Friday print edition of Rolling Stone. In an...

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