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How Google Wave is Changing the News

It’s not too often that legacy media learns a new mass communication tool along with its audience. But that’s exactly what’s going on now because of Google Wave.

 

MSNBC.com Acquires Hyperlocal News Site EveryBlock

MSNBC.com just announced that it has acquired EveryBlock, a 'hyperlocal' news and information site that has been publishing and aggregating data and news stories for 16 American cities for the last two years.

 

Want Your Articles on Google Instantaneously? Digg it.

Want Your Articles on Google Instantaneously? Digg it.

I'm just starting to submit stories from my blog to Digg, hoping against hope that they'll get some Digg love and drive some traffic back here. So far, no luck. The only Digg love my blog entries get is from me - and ONLY me. But I noticed a nice side effect - articles submitted to Digg almost instantly appear in Google's search results. Nice! Sure, the link goes to Digg, but from there, potential users can get here. It's a good trade-off.

 

Media Loves Twitter This Much: $48 Million A Month At Least

Media Loves Twitter This Much: $48 Million A Month At Least

If Twitter needed to pay for the media coverage the company and service gets across the board, it would have spent almost as ...

 

Morgan Out, Hippeau in at HuffPo

Betsy Morgan, the chief executive of The Huffington Post, is leaving the news Web site after less than two years on the job.

 

Online news turning 'hyperlocal'

On a recent morning, when many newspapers and news sites were buzzing about swine flu, voiceofsandiego.org wrote instead about a local science professor and his quest to understand the beginning of the universe.

 

AP's Curley Has Fightin' Words For Google

AP's Curley Has Fightin' Words For Google

Associated Press Chief Tom Curley threatens a news blackout. Will Google flinch?

 

The Ten Major Newspapers That Will Fold Or Go Digital Next

The Ten Major Newspapers That Will Fold Or Go Digital Next

Wall St. has created its list of the ten major daily papers that are most likely to fold or shut their print operations and only publish online.

 

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