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Christian Science Monitor to Axe Print Version

by Allen Weiner  |  October 28, 2008  |  Comments Off

A story in The New York Times gives us he bad news: after a 100-year run as a powerful voice in the print media world, The Christian Science Monitor will cases its print edition in April 2009, publishing online only after that. The publishing company said that saving print costs will allow it to maintain [...]

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Category: Newspapers Publishing Web 2.0     Tags: , ,

And Then There Are Newspapers Who Don’t Get It

by Allen Weiner  |  September 15, 2008  |  Comments Off

A Colorado newspaper reporter (from the Rocky Mountain News) Twittered from a three-year-old’s funeral.

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Another Texas Newspaper Rises To The Occasion

by Allen Weiner  |  September 15, 2008  |  Comments Off

Here’s a clip from The Statesman, the Cox-owned (for now) newspaper in Austin. They are a great example of a daily that uses all the Web 2.0 weapons available to create reader engagement. The paper’s use of Twitter to track Ike is a textbook example others could follow.

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