Monthly Archives: December 2009

Why I’ve launched allaboutthestory.com #1

By Julie Starr | Published: December 23, 2009
I wrote a few weeks ago to say that I was launching an online marketplace for news features and other stories. It’s called All About The Story, it’s in beta and it’s off to a great start. I said I’d write more about why we’re doing it and the people behind it. I can’t fit [...]
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Link wrap: ‘content farms’ and tweeting trials

By Julie Starr | Published: December 20, 2009
A few things that crossed my radar recently. A rant about the failings of tech news and the (lack of) incentives causing it. From louisgray.com. I believe “fast food news” also can refer to the mass hysteria over making sure every site posts the news that a major browser or a major operating system has [...]
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Who loves Google, who doesn’t, and other stories

By Julie Starr | Published: December 9, 2009
Axel Springer in Germany likes Google and wants to build a one-click option for readers to pay for news: Instead of separate pay walls around individual newspaper Web sites, Mr. [Christoph] Keese [Springer’s head of public affairs] wants publishers and Internet companies to work together to create a “one-click marketplace solution” for their online content. [...]
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Headlines in my inbox often tell me nothing

By Julie Starr | Published: December 8, 2009
I was struck the other day by the difference a good headline can make in a news email bulletin. Here’s a few from from my inbox in the past couple of days: I subscribe to more news than I can handle and am often in a hurry or tired when I scroll through these. I’ve [...]
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