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Google’s Living Stories

An interesting article on Google’s “Living Stories” on the SE Roundtable.

From CNET: An Evolution in a Google News Policy

An interesting change in a Google News policy … as reported by Tom Krazit of CNET.

The Changing Dance Between Editorial and Ads

An article in the Wall Street Journal examines the relationship between editorial and advertising in newspapers … and in particular, at the Detroit Free Press … in today’s fast-changing media world.

Editors on the Internet

Wikipedia, one of the top sources of information on the Internet, announced that it is leaving its freewheeling days behind and editing changes to articles on people. No longer will anyone have the right to edit an article; only assigned editors…

Goldman Prez Quoted on PR Tactics for Vick

Goldman & Associates president Dean Goldman says right now, the best spokesman for Michael Vick isn’t Michael Vick.  Goldman is quoted in today’s Virginian-Pilot about what PR strategies Vick should use in trying to rehab his reputation along with his NFL…

Wall Street Journal Features Goldman Client

Goldman & Associates client Silverado Senior Living and its unusual program of golf lessons for people with Alzheimer’s are the focus of a story in the Wall Street Journal today.  Featured as the lead article in the WSJ’s Personal Journal…

Lively Night at National Press Club

CNN may be ready to launch its own wire service this year.

Maybe people who are interested in news will one day need to pay a “news bill,” just like all of us who use electricity and cable TV pay electric…

Google News Commenting Feature: Value Without Vitriol

With all the vitriol that is present in the online arena today, it is refreshing to find a cyber conversation where the participants don’t resort to vicious personal attacks or indecipherable shorthand. Perhaps it is an elitist sentiment, but reading the comments on Google News is refreshing in a way that reading comments on The New York Times website or the Huffington Post absolutely is not. We know, it’s ironic that Google claims that the internet is all about openness yet only allows comments from “authority” sources or those who have been mentioned in a particular news article. The difference is that the comments do what they are intended to do in providing alternate or additional points of view that are relevant. Besides, if one really wanted the entire conversation uncensored, they could read the comments from the original article.

Writer’s Strike Comes to an End

Here’s a link to the L.A. Times coverage of the deal recently made between the Writer’s Guild of America and Hollywood studios.  The new media issues that the writers were concerned about were resolved…sort of.  Writers will be given some residual…

As Newspapers Transform, Online Readership Increases

Here’s another article illustrating the transition that newspapers and consumers are making to the web.  It generally reaffirms findings that the AP reported on a couple of weeks ago, but interestingly, also discusses the spike in online readership that occurred…