NYTimes.com: Romenesko Taken to Woodshed for, um, Not Much. And Then Resigns.
Friday, 11 November 2011, 15:43
David Carr: “Out in the civilian world, [Romenesko's] departure is, um, less than seismic. But to those of us who read and followed him, it seemed like an ill-advised way to end a run that was remarkable in all aspects: He was a proto-blogger, helping …
The Awl: The Intolerable Evolution of Poynter’s "Romenesko+"
Friday, 11 November 2011, 11:09
Choire Sicha: “Romenesko’s entire practice was about giving credit, in ways that virtually no other blog has been, a position that “Romenesko+” does not embrace as strongly. Poynter has worked systematically to erode a fairly noble, not particularly mo…
American Journalism Review: The Romenesko Revolution
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 18:00
"Jim Romenesko, who essentially created the world of media news aggregation, announced his semi-retirement today from his influential and widely read blog on the Poynter Institute Web site."
Information Weapons: Extreme News Analytics From RecordedFuture
Wednesday, 1 June 2011, 11:08
"RecordedFuture … has developed a platform for providing momentum and sentiment ratings around two conceptual abstractions: events & entities. Its system is continually scanning 'thousands of high-quality new publications, blogs, publ…
Lost Remote: Drudge referrals measure up to Facebook, Twitter
Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 11:09
"The old-fashioned Drudge Report is sending more referrals to top news sites than Facebook or Twitter, explains a new Pew study that examined Nielsen traffic data. "
Monday Note: Flipboard: Threat and Opportunity
Monday, 25 April 2011, 16:42
Frédéric Filloux: "Every media company should be afraid of Flipboard. The Palo Alto startup epitomizes the best and the worst of the internet. The best is for the user. The worst is for the content providers that feed its stunning expansion with…
The Cutline: Jim Romenesko gets back to reporting
Saturday, 23 April 2011, 21:55
"After aggregating for a dozen years, I decided to shift gears a bit and do some reporting too. It's a good change of pace," Romenesko [said]. "Also … when I started aggregating for Poynter in 1999, there were only a few journalis…
New York Times: All the Aggregation That’s Fit to Aggregate
Tuesday, 15 March 2011, 11:16
Bill Keller: "'Aggregation' can mean smart people sharing their reading lists, plugging one another into the bounty of the information universe. It kind of describes what I do as an editor. But too often it amounts to taking words writte…
New York Times: News Is Power in Washington, and Aides Race to Be Well-Armed
Tuesday, 18 January 2011, 17:31
Tales of professional news curators: "[Bobby] Maldonado, 26, is one of the dozens of young aides throughout the city who rise before dawn to pore over the news to synthesize it, summarize it and spin it, so their bosses start the day well-prepared…
NLA v Meltwater
Friday, 26 November 2010, 12:53
Full text of the judgement in the Newspaper Licensing Agency case against aggregator Meltwater
psmith, journalist: Blog to get a job in journalism: build a community, promote yourself and get networking
Monday, 1 November 2010, 19:43
Patrick Smith: "I remember those internal debates at [Press Gazette] very well and it really was a change in mindset from 'why should we send readers elsewhere?' to 'aggregation is a service'. A small example of how far B2B journalism has come a looong way in the last five years."
The Australian: Fairfax Media loses copyright battle
Thursday, 9 September 2010, 12:44
"The Federal Court has ruled against Fairfax Media's attempt to claim copyright over headlines in The Australian Financial Review. The decision is seen by the publishing industry to have significant implications for the reproduction of newspaper articles."
currybetdotnet: 5 ways that The Guardian puts external links onto web pages
Monday, 9 August 2010, 10:24
About the "5 different ways that The Guardian puts external links onto web pages."
A VC: I Prefer Safari to Content Apps On The iPad
Tuesday, 1 June 2010, 11:46
Fred Wilson: "I've tried a few content apps on the iPad, including the much discussed Wired app. But I don't like reading content via apps on the iPad and I gravitate to the Safari browser."
