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Rosenblum looking for startup manager
You may remember, we mentioned back in September that video journalist (VJ) pioneer Michael Rosenblum plans to launch a hyperlocal video news project in Washington DC. Now he’s posted a job for a managing editor/executive producer to oversee five VJs. The plan is to distribute coverage via cell phone, web and cable. Interesting stuff.
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CNN.com tops MSNBC.com in October stats
It’s been quite some time since CNN.com beat MSNBC.com in the monthly Nielsen-Netratings stats. Here are the top five news sites in unique users for October:
1. Yahoo! News, 29,113,000
2. CNN.com, 27,570,000
3. MSNBC.com, 26,548,000
4. AOL News, 16,836,000
5. NYTimes.com, 12,936,000
(See the top 20 here.) And ABCNews.com says page views jumped 77 percent in October, thanks primarily to breaking the Mark Foley story. See the release below…
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CNBC.com gears up for relaunch
CNBC has been hard at work on a new, video-focused site that’s scheduled to launch on December 4th. “(It) will change the landscape of digital business news,” said Mark Hoffman, CNBC President. “We’ve recruited all-stars from across the industry to create a game-changing site that perfectly complements our worldwide television network while offering a breadth and depth of business news coverage that simply doesn’t exist on the web today.” While there are few details of what the new CNBC.com will offer, the site will have subscription components and a heavy video emphasis. CNBC says it’s transitioning to a “truly integrated news gathering organization” that will be active 24 hours a day. Click through below to see a list of the new CNBC.com management team…
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WSJ reporters stop CNBC appearances
The union representing Wall Street Journal reporters said its members would stop unpaid appearances on CNBC, as well as suspend their participation in webcasts and podcasts on WSJ.com. The union says they’re protesting “ugly” negotiations with the Journal’s parent company, Dow Jones.
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50 people shaping online journalism in UK
There are many notable Americans on this list, including Craig Newmark of Craigslist coming in at number 3. Someone posted a comment to the article asking, “Why on earth is Kevin Rose of Digg not on the list?” Yeah, why not?
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Hearst, McGraw-Hill invest in Gather.com
Social networking site Gather.com has raised $10 million in funding from a variety of sources including Hearst and McGraw-Hill. The funds will be used to strengthen the site’s position as the “leader in social media for grown-ups,” Gather.com said, and its strategy will include “building tight partnerships with leading media properties.”
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del.icio.us video tutorial
I think del.icio.us is one of the most useful web researching tools out there. For those of you unfamiliar with del.icio.us, it’s a social networking site for sharing bookmarks. I also think it’s a powerful tool to help journalists gather and organize all of their online research. I put together a video tutorial to show folks how to set it up and how to use it to make their newsgathering efforts more effective. It’s my first video tutorial, so I’d love to hear your feedback on what other web tools you would like to learn more about.
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Fan lines up to buy Playstation3… to sell on eBay
Just ran a report here on NECN interviewing people who have been waiting all night (or longer) to buy the PSP3 which goes on sale today. One of them was asked why she waited all night in the rain. She said her PS3 “was going right on eBay.” Somehow I don’t think she’s the only one: a quick search of eBay finds the asking prices between $1,000 and - hello? - $3,000.
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