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Where everybody visits newspaper sites

by John Einar Sandvand on August 10, 2009 · 18 comments

Newspapers own less than 1 per cent of the time spent online in the US. This is in strong contrast to the situation in Scandinavia. In fact, Norway’s largest newspaper site, VG.no, have more page views than any newspaper site in English, despite the fact that only 4,7 million people live in the country.

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How should news sites use Twitter?

by John Einar Sandvand on May 30, 2009 · 1 comment

The New York Times appointed a new social media editor – Jennifer Preston – this week. On Twitter suggestions for how the NYT should use Twitter poured in. Here are ten of the best suggestions she received.

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The newspaper on your wall

by John Einar Sandvand on May 15, 2009 · 0 comments

Here is Living Room 2.0 – New York Times’ vision of how the news site content on the work on your living room wall. It is another video which Nieman Journalism Lab has recorded from the R&D Group at New York Times. Some great and fascinating experiments here.

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Preparing for a future across platforms

by John Einar Sandvand on May 12, 2009 · 1 comment

This video shows how the New York Times is envisioning how its content can be shuffled across multiple devices. Through an application called CustomTimes they plan for the user to be able to switch between a tablet, television or even watching the content in the car. Really fascinating!

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New York Times 2.0 – report from the lab

by John Einar Sandvand on May 11, 2009 · 3 comments

Here is a fascinating video from New York Times R&D group about how they look at the future of news. The video has been produced by Nieman Journalism Lab. You can read much more at their site. Recommended.

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Media sites become aggregators of content

by John Einar Sandvand on December 8, 2008 · 1 comment

New York Times‘  alternative home page with links from other sources is a step toward a new potential role for media companies – as aggregators of content.

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How the New York Times can be saved

by John Einar Sandvand on November 25, 2008 · 0 comments

The New York Times is fading away, claims marketing guru Seth Godin. And he offers six suggestions for how big newspaper companies can ensure they have a strong future online as well. “Great people on an important mission, but their footprint is shrinking and the company is losing stock value and cash and power and [...]

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Reporting emotions, not only rational thoughts

by John Einar Sandvand on November 4, 2008 · 0 comments

As the technology develops, media companies are also searching for new and interactive ways to cover the big issues. That includes displaying readers emotions on the issues.

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