Facebook: Most Shared Articles on Facebook in 2011
Wednesday, 30 November 2011, 17:41
“We recently looked at the most shared articles in the US on Facebook over the past year. The stories range from cute to thought provoking and represent the type of news people have been sharing and discovering with friends in 2011.”
CNN Press Room: CNN names Peter Bale vice president, general manager of CNN International Digital
Monday, 4 April 2011, 10:28
"Peter Bale has joined CNN in the newly created role of vice president and general manager of CNN International Digital, reporting directly to KC Estenson, senior vice president and general manager of CNN Digital. … Bale will be responsible for …
CNN.com: CNN teams up with Foursquare for World Cup
Sunday, 13 June 2010, 09:34
"CNN has teamed up .. Foursquare on an innovative project for World Cup fans in the 32 competing nations. Fans will be eligible for two CNN badges on Foursquare. The "South Africa Explorer" badge is for people traveling to South Africa to attend the World Cup matches while the "Super Fan" badge is for fans who will be watching from pubs, bars and large viewing parties in the 31 other countries taking part in the tournament"
Poynter Online: How News Organizations Hope to Benefit from Facebook’s New Features
Thursday, 29 April 2010, 06:11
"We've seen an over 250 percent increase in referrals from Facebook to ABC News since the launch of the Social toolkit on ABCNews.com," [Jonathan Dube, vice president in charge of ABCNews.com] said.
CNN.com Blogs: Behind the Scenes:: CNN.com with Facebook: Your news just got a whole lot more social
Monday, 26 April 2010, 08:21
You'll find multiple ways to seamlessly recommend, share or comment on our content with your friends on Facebook, as well as see when your friends have recommended, shared or commented on CNN.com content [including] Global Facebook Connect login … Homepage activity feed … profile page activity module … recommending conent and NewsPulse."
Mediaite: CNN Pays For Cell Phone Image, Plane “Hero” Wants Payment For Interviews
Tuesday, 29 December 2009, 09:59
"CNN clarifies the network did not pay for the actual interview during CNN Newsroom. However, there’s a reason Schuringa has not appeared any further on CNN or any other network – we hear he has asked for additional payment for any future interviews. The practice of paying a 'licensing fee' rather than a direct exchange is a way networks who claim to never pay for interviews can get around the issue. By paying for images and video, they are free to say no money was exchanged hands for the actual interview."
paidcontent: CNN Launching Pay iPhone App; Live Streaming For $2 Plus Ads
Tuesday, 29 September 2009, 13:50
"[CNN] is charging a one-time $2 fee for the CNN iPhone app that just went live … hoping to take advantage of what execs see as iPhone/iTouch users’ comfort with small, instant transactions."
Nieman Journalism Lab: How a CNN user propelled the network into Twitter’s top slot — or why CNN headlines are so short
Saturday, 18 April 2009, 17:30
CNN Breaking News, the second most subscribed-to account on Twitter, has now been transferred to the network by its creator James Cox. "The user-created @CNNbrk dwarfs CNN’s official account on Twitter, which has just under 65,000 followers."
CBC: CNN’s holograms not really holograms
Thursday, 6 November 2008, 21:50
"They were quite sophisticated, no doubt," said Hans Jürgen Kreuzer, a professor of theoretical physics at Dalhousie University and an expert on holography who watched the 3-D interviews. "But I immediately said to my wife that I don't think it has anything to do with holograms."
Beet.TV: Obama Victory Creates Historic Global Demand for Web Content
Wednesday, 5 November 2008, 18:09
"On Election Day, CNN.com attracted more than 27 million unique visitors – the highest in the site’s history. Further, CNN.com Live – the Internet’s only live, multi-stream video news service – broke all previous records serving an impressive 4.9 million live streams, nearly tripling its previous traffic record. "
TVNewser: BBC is no CNN. “At Some Point It’s Almost Parody”
Sunday, 2 November 2008, 13:50
"I don't think the BBC will ever be, or aspire to be, the bells-and-whistles network," says CBS exile Rome Hartman, executive producer of "BBC World News America. … Fundamentally, we're about great stories. Graphics help, and they're cool. I have a lot of admiration for David Borhman and what he's doing at CNN. But at a certain point, it's almost parody."
Editor & Publisher: CNN Courts Newspapers With New Wire Service
Saturday, 1 November 2008, 11:16
"CNN is courting newspapers — and possibly competing with The Associated Press — with a new wire service the cable network plans to launch soon, with plans for an all-expenses-paid, three-day summit in December to show off its news gathering capabilities."
CNET: SEC launches probe into phony Jobs heart attack report
Sunday, 5 October 2008, 16:34
"Jennifer Martin, a CNN spokeswoman told CNET News that SEC investigators contacted the cable-news broadcaster seeking information on the person who posted the phony story to iReport.com. The CNN-owned site is dedicated to hosting news submitted by members of the public."
Chicago Tribune: Eric 2.0: Apple’s Jobs is fine. Why didn’t anyone ask?
Sunday, 5 October 2008, 16:10
"It’s flat-out embarrassing, dangerous and a blow to the credibility of an experiment that portends to tap into the Web’s community spirit. I have no problem with the notion of citizen journalism—it’s a perfect solution for covering neighborhood news and for eyewitness reports of major events. But when it’s used to break news, as the Jobs report did, facts need to be checked first. … CNN needs to rethink it’s citizen journalism approach. It apparently doesn’t want to take any responsibility when something goes awry. "
