Nieman Journalism Lab: NPR’s Infinite Player: It’s like a public radio station that only plays the kinds of pieces you like, forever
Thursday, 17 November 2011, 10:54
“This week, NPR unveiled Infinite Player, a web app that mimics the simplicity of radio, but with a personalized twist. Press play to hear the latest NPR newscast, followed by a never-ending playlist of random feature stories. It doesn’t stop till yo…
paidContent: What Publishers Can Learn From Online Retailers
Thursday, 8 September 2011, 18:37
FT panel looks at what online retailers and online publishers can learn from each other. Social media still trumped by other referral sources; email personalisation is vital; testing small UI changes can have huge benefits for conversions …
Bloomberg Blog: Introducing Bloomberg Queue
Friday, 5 August 2011, 13:29
"The way this new feature works is simple. You see a story you want to read, but you don't have time right then. Add it to your queue (using the + sign), and read it later. Or, if you've read a story and want to save it, you can do that …
Journalism.co.uk Editors’ Blog: #su2011: Forget hyperlocal, the future’s ‘hyperpersonal’
Tuesday, 28 June 2011, 15:55
"A new era of online publishing where readers are served ‘hyperpersonal’ news directly linked to their interests is taking shape, according to a consultant for world publishing body WAN-IFRA."
Monday Note: Read, Share and Destroy
Monday, 25 April 2011, 16:42
Frédéric Filloux: "In recent months, we’ve seen a flurry of innovative tools for reading and sharing contents. Or, even better, for basing one’s readings on other people’s shared contents. In Web 2.5 parlance, this is called Social Reading…
Techcrunch: The Washington Post Launches Trove, A Personalized Social News Site
Wednesday, 20 April 2011, 13:19
"The Washington Post Company this morning debuted its free, personalized, social news site and aggregator Trove in public beta."
Retail Week: Retail Bytes: Asos to make Amazon-style personal recommendation
Tuesday, 29 March 2011, 08:51
"Asos.com has become the latest retailer to make personalised recommendations for customers. Instead of showing the same suggested products to every person, the fashion etailer will use a customer’s previous buying history, and the similar purch…
Online Journalism Blog: Bella Hurrell on data journalism and the BBC News Specials Team
Tuesday, 22 February 2011, 11:58
"Data is only useful if it is personal – I want to find out about schools in my area, restaurants near me and so on – or when it reveals something remarkable. The duck pond debacle from MPs expenses data or the Iraq civilian death records kept…
New Media Age: Power is shifting in who chooses the news
Thursday, 17 February 2011, 16:58
Michael Nutley: "The role of editors has been vital to the media success stories of recent years, where niche audiences have proved willing to pay for products closely tailored to their interests. … We may be approaching a tipping point, however…
Nieman Journalism Lab: Who is The Daily trying to reach? What problem is it trying to solve?
Monday, 7 February 2011, 12:35
"While News Corp. may be home to properties like The Wall Street Journal, the design language of The Daily is surprisingly tabloid: big headlines, big pictures, short stories, and a populist feel. The sections — with “Gossip” given a high se…
Nieman Journalism Lab: “You are what you read”: NYT CTO Marc Frons on the paper’s new article recommendation engine
Thursday, 3 February 2011, 18:45
Marc Frons on the New York Times' new recommendation page: "While a lot of the rec engines out there are framed around content that users have read previously, “what we try to do is look at people’s patterns, and how they move around the …
The New York Times: Recommendations for You
Friday, 28 January 2011, 18:48
Smart online news personalisation would look much like online retailers' product recommendations. Look at individual users' search history, frequently-browsed categories and guess which recent stories might be relevant to them. The New York T…
Poynter: The Independent uses Facebook ‘likes’ to create custom topic feeds
Thursday, 13 January 2011, 13:54
Damon Kiesow: "The use of the feature to provide custom feeds is not new, however. Last year I reported on a similar use by ESPN’s cricket-only sports site. ESPNcricinfo places the “like” button on team and player bio pages."
ReadWriteWeb: How Media Will Relate to Facebook in the Future
Thursday, 13 January 2011, 13:29
"[The Independent] announced last night that it now offers granular subscriptions by Facebook. Instead of just "Liking" the entire site and getting all its articles pushed to your Facebook newsfeed, you can now limit your Like to particu…
