links for 2007-05-04
Friday, 4 May 2007, 12:21
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“Belgian French-language newspapers were back on Google on Thursday after agreeing that the search engine can link to their Web sites, the first signs of a thaw in a bitter copyright dispute.”
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The Guardian’s blog site had a whole series of posts for World Press Freedom Day.
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Martin Belham looks at Sun Online. He’s impressed with their use of Feedzilla, with MySun. The blogs, though, are of “variable quality”.
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Martin Belham continues his series of newspaper site reviews. He likes the blogs but is surprised the regular stories don’t allow commenting.
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new US Hitwise data: print media web sites got 29.7% more traffic from Google than last year. Broadcasters’ sites got 35.9% more traffic via Google.
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“Associated Newspapers has stopped …Evening Standard vendors distributing … London Lite. According to media buyers, the move has been driven by declining sales of the Standard. Distribution will now be solely via London Lite distributors.”
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A University of Maryland study suggests that RSS feeds from mainstream news sites aren’t very useful in keeping up with the news.
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The Belgian newspapers are using the “no archive” tag that prevents Google’s from caching their webpages. Google has not signed a license to use the newspapers’ content, and maintains its legal position.
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“Fleet Street reporters are not the only users of the right-to-know laws. Robert Verkaik, Law Editor, surveys some of the other beneficiaries”
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Robert Freeman: “ITV Local is an altogether different disruptor. This one is a direct threat. The BBC just wants to stay relevant with local audiences, ITV not only wants the local audience”
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