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Link wrap: Hari’s apology, Hearst turns to html 5, Boston Globe’s new paywall site
A few links from the past week or so. The Guardian Launches a New US Homepage The Guardian revealed a new url for the US – guardiannews.com – marking the start of its digital operation in New York. The new venture – headed up by Janine Gibson, formerly editor of guardian.co.uk – will create a [...]
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More job cuts, a reprieve and an expansion
Fairfax to lay off 45 advertising make-up staff in NZ New Zealand’s biggest newspaper proprietor, Fairfax Media is looking to lay off up to 45 staff by outsourcing their jobs to India, and to also close its printing site at Blenheim, where it publishes the Marlborough Express. “The company is considering outsourcing routine advertising make-up [...]
Guardian talks about its handling of Wikileaks cables (video)
5′ video from the Guardian about how its journalists are handling Wikileaks cables and editing them for publication. (If video is not displaying, you can see it here)
Simon Willison on Guardian crowdsourcing
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Paul Lewis on two persuasive examples of the value of crowdsourcing news