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Monday 13 October, 2008
Ask.com rearms with semantics, rich media in searc...
Ask.com have improved their search with the natural language semantic technology Direct Answers from Search (DAFS). This ARS Technica post describes the move. Ask.com rearms with semantics, rich media
13/10/2008 10:43:00 [News from Journalism.co.uk]
Databasing My Social Graph with BatchBook - Mashab...
Looking for a better way to organise and reach your contacts? BatchBook might be useful and Mashable have posted this review. Databasing My Social Graph with BatchBook - Mashable -
13/10/2008 10:26:00 [News from Journalism.co.uk]
Roy Greenslade: UAE's media zone launch
The United Arab Emirates yesterday launched its multi-media centre in Abu Dhabi to train, develop and promote Arab talent in journalism, broadcasting, film-making and publishing. Twofour54, as the med
13/10/2008 10:03:00 [Media: Greenslade | guardian.co.uk]
Roy Greenslade: UAE's media zone launch
The United Arab Emirates yesterday launched its multi-media centre in Abu Dhabi to train, develop and promote Arab talent in journalism, broadcasting, film-making and publishing. Twofour54, as the med
13/10/2008 10:03:00 [Media | guardian.co.uk]
Roy Greenslade: Hand-drawn London newspaper makes ...
Copies of a unique four-page newspaper entitled The Manual were distributed to London commuters at several stations this morning. Unique? Yes, because every word and every image - every mark of any ki
13/10/2008 09:42:00 [Media: Greenslade | guardian.co.uk]
Roy Greenslade: Hand-drawn London newspaper makes ...
Copies of a unique four-page newspaper entitled The Manual were distributed to London commuters at several stations this morning. Unique? Yes, because every word and every image - every mark of any ki
13/10/2008 09:42:00 [Media | guardian.co.uk]
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13/10/2008 09:34:00 [News from Journalism.co.uk]
Roy Greenslade: Australian editor raps Fairfax Med...
Michael Gawenda, former editor-in-chief of Melbourne's The Age, has painted a bizarre but not totally surprising picture of life in Fairfax Media's newspaper. In a speech last week, Gawenda talked of
13/10/2008 08:12:00 [Media: Greenslade | guardian.co.uk]
Roy Greenslade: Australian editor raps Fairfax Med...
Michael Gawenda, former editor-in-chief of Melbourne's The Age, has painted a bizarre but not totally surprising picture of life in Fairfax Media's newspaper. In a speech last week, Gawenda talked of
13/10/2008 08:12:00 [Media | guardian.co.uk]
Roy Greenslade: Space tourist soars away with Metr...
The Metro is claiming to be the first newspaper in space because a special edition of the paper is being carried by Richard Garriott on his journey in a Soyuz spacecraft to the international space sta
13/10/2008 07:57:00 [Media: Greenslade | guardian.co.uk]
Roy Greenslade: Daily Sport's female editor counts...
Pam McVitie has just become the first female editor of the Daily Sport. She tells The Independent: "Men basically like looking at pictures of sexy babes. People can deny it if they want, but it's a fa
13/10/2008 07:46:00 [Media | guardian.co.uk]
Roy Greenslade: Daily Sport's female editor counts...
Pam McVitie has just become the first female editor of the Daily Sport. She tells The Independent: "Men basically like looking at pictures of sexy babes. People can deny it if they want, but it's a fa
13/10/2008 07:46:00 [Media: Greenslade | guardian.co.uk]
Roy Greenslade: US online advertising slows to a c...
US newspapers, already facing a grim economic forecast, are digesting another piece of bad news: the growth in online advertising has slowed to a crawl. After 17 quarters of ballooning growth, online
13/10/2008 07:23:00 [Media: Greenslade | guardian.co.uk]
Roy Greenslade: US online advertising slows to a c...
US newspapers, already facing a grim economic forecast, are digesting another piece of bad news: the growth in online advertising has slowed to a crawl. After 17 quarters of ballooning growth, online
13/10/2008 07:23:00 [Media | guardian.co.uk]
Telegraph Media Group ushers in 'no casuals' era w...
Telegraph Media Group has offered weekend-only contracts as part of its plan to ditch all casually employed freelance journalists, due to come into operation today. By Oliver Luft
13/10/2008 06:57:00 [Media | guardian.co.uk]
Roy Greenslade: US journalist on what it's like to...
Business reporter Ryan Chittum points that most journalists have no first-hand knowledge of foreclosure, of having one's house repossessed. But he does. As a teenager in the early 1990s, his parents l
13/10/2008 06:56:00 [Media: Greenslade | guardian.co.uk]
Government warns on junk food ads' shift from TV t...
Cartoon characters such as Tony the Tiger are disappearing from TV advertisements but appearing more frequently in press, radio and the internet, according to a report. By Mark Sweney
13/10/2008 06:56:00 [Media | guardian.co.uk]
Roy Greenslade: US journalist on what it's like to...
Business reporter Ryan Chittum points that most journalists have no first-hand knowledge of foreclosure, of having one's house repossessed. But he does. As a teenager in the early 1990s, his parents l
13/10/2008 06:56:00 [Media | guardian.co.uk]