Monthly Archives: January 2009

You know you’re middle aged when… you remember standing for God Save the Queen

You know you’re middle-aged… when you remember standing to sing God Save the Queen before the matinee started.
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Google holds the NZ search crown

New Zealanders are hooked on Google if Hitwise‘s recent figures are anything to go by. In its monthly report the analytics company said 92.27 per cent of searches made in New Zealand in the 12 weeks to December 27 2008 were made through google.com or google.co.nz. This represents a 2.8% increase compared to 6 months [...]
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Elementary, said he

‘Excellent,’ I cried. ‘Elementary,’ said he. —Arthur Conan Doyle; origin of the misquotation, ‘Elementary, my dear Watson’. www.askoxford.com
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O’Reilly’s APN stake is no longer for sale

From NZPA (via nbr.co.nz): Irish media tycoon Tony O’Reilly has failed to find a buyer for his media assets down under, including the New Zealand Herald newspaper, and is under pressure to offload assets closer to home to ease his empire’s debt burden. Independent News&Media (INM) confirmed it has given up a two-month attempt to [...]
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Social bookmarking for journalists

More useful tips from journalism.co.uk consulting editor Colin Meek.
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