Wired.com: Epicenter: A First Look at Social Reader, WaPo’s New Facebook App
Friday, 23 September 2011, 11:10
"Facebook and the Washington Post Company introduced a new social news reading application at Facebook’s f8 developer conference on Thursday, aiming to change the way users interact with online news content. … Dubbed Washington Post Social Rea…
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."
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."
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.
FT.com: Why journalism wins my vote
Sunday, 12 October 2008, 09:02
FT editor Lionel Barber on the state of newspapers in the US: "[I]t seems undeniable that 2008 – and the coverage of the presidential election – will be seen as a tipping point in American journalism. The imperial status of the mainstream media – the television networks, big metropolitan dailies and lofty commentators – has been shaken. The lay-offs of hundreds of US newspaper journalists are a symptom of a wider malaise. We are witnessing a shift in the balance of power towards new media, with wholesale repercussions for the practice of journalism."
