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Top UK news stories on Digg in 2007

Thursday, 10 January 2008, 08:15

The social bookmarking and news recommendation site Digg, which determines its front-page content by allowing its users to vote for (or “Digg”) links posted by other users, has gained a reputation for generating huge spikes in traffic to web sites that stike the Diggers’ fancy.
So what stories have the often-geeky Diggers chosen in 2007? [...]

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@Beyond the Printed Word: MySun moderators tested on 152-page policy

Thursday, 8 November 2007, 13:12

Danny Dagan, head of online communities at News Group Digital which runs MySun and provides moderation for the News of the World and thelondonpaper.
The Sun and its sister titles take a very strict line on moderating content submitted to their sites, its approach is that contributing under the tabloids’ brands is very different than blogging [...]

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Sambrook: transparency and humility essential to trust in journalists (audio)

Friday, 7 September 2007, 10:55

“Arrogance” was a major part of how the BBC “tripped up” in reporting the story that led to the Hutton inquiry, and journalists should show greater humility and transparency, the BBC’s director of global news, Richard Sambrook, has said.
Sambrook made the comment last night while interviewing Web 2.0 critic and Cult of the Amateur author [...]

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